Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2000 - 2009 back to all

Erik Knapp

First in line for a ride on the Cyclone

Circus Boy

13-year-old side show worker and activist

Edwin Cosme

Business Owner and Founder of the Coney Island Sports Foundation

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Peter Agrapides

Owner of Williams Candy and past owner of Fascination Arcade

Jack Ward

Grandson of Coney Island Developer William J. Ward

Marion Kantrowitz

Rode the Cyclone at 4 years old

Betty Fair

Lifelong Coney Island resident

Trav S.D.

Actor, author, and modern-day vaudevillian

Stanley Fox

Ran penny arcades in Coney Island for over 20 years

Kevin Rexach

Worked at the B&B Carousell

Cesar Rafael

Coney Island game operator

Amos Wengler

Coney Island singer/songwriter who wrote "Save Coney Island" and "Hot Dog Song"

Naomi M

Experiences at the Mermaid Parade

Louis Scarcella

Longtime resident of Coney Island and former President of the Polar Bear Club

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist

The sounds of a typical day at Major Markets on Mermaid Avenue

Oldest market in Coney Island

Daniel Blake (Africasso)

Artist and Champion Break-Dancer