Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2010 - 2019 back to all

Candi Rafael

Coney Island carny kid and water race game operator on the Bowery

Irina Roizin

Founder and director of Brighton Ballet Theater, now celebrating its 30th year

Santos Torres

Coney Island resident for 43 years, community gardener and musician

Commendatore Aldo Mancusi

Memories of Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and growing up in Brooklyn in an Italian family

April Leong

Founder and principal of Coney Island's Liberation Diploma Plus High School

Albert Apuzzi and Dori Ten

Coney Island handball champions Albert Apuzzi and Dori Ten on the mecca of handball

Ted Enoch

Partnerships for Parks' Catalyst community specialist on waterfront parks along Coney Island Creek

Sarah Beetson

UK illustrator based in Australia who created her own summer-long artist residency in Coney Island

Viktor Vassiliev

New York Bread co-owner talks about baking 30 different kinds of Russian bread in Coney Island

Jorge Gallegos

Working year-round at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 30 years

Anthony Martire

A family tradition of raising and racing homing pigeons in Coney Island

Bonnie Kong

Growing up in Coney Island and becoming invested in the community

Connor Frontera

A young harmonica player born and raised in Coney Island

Martine Emile

Longtime Coney Island resident and cinematographer for a series of indie films shot here

Aisuluu Sartbaeva

Journalist and PTA President of I.S. 303 moved to Coney Island from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia

Federico Ausbury and Maira Vergara

Husband-and-wife music duo Federico Ausbury and Maira Vergara of A Flying Dodo Society

Georganna Deas

Coney Island resident Georganna Deas has spent forty years advocating for a better Coney Island

Taty and Ralph Alicea

Mother and son remember the Laughing Lady at Coney's Magic Carpet Fun House