Oral History Archive

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Sara Schneider

Got a tattoo of the Astroland Rocket in honor of her first date in Coney Island

Mathylde Frontus

On growing up in Coney Island and founding the nonprofit Urban Neighborhood Services

Paul Sanchez

Coney Island singer/songwriter who wrote "A Coney Island Song"

Courtney King

Jamaican-born artist and Coney Island resident

Rebecca Diamond

A five-year-old describes her visit to Coney Island

Mohammed Saad Ali

Actor and playwright whose new play A Lonely Night in Coney Island is set on the Boardwalk

Joel Zika

The founder of the Dark Ride Project on documenting Spook-A-Rama and other historic dark rides

Vincent Cutrone

Owner of Octopus Garden in Gravesend

Chia-Ti Chiu

Teaching Yoga on the Beach in Coney Island

Eliot Wofse

A Coney Island native's memories of running amusement games

Dionne Brown (D.L. Jordan)

Lifelong Coney Island resident and author of Living Life Like It's Golden

Barry Yanowitz

Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and '80s and coming back to photograph it

Ronald Wimberly

Storyteller, cartoonist and designer whose graphic novel Prince of Cats is partly set in 1980's Coney Island

Grace Lo

Homeowner and community activist in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years

Richard White

Marine science teacher at Edward R. Murrow High School recalls his Coney Island memories

Johanna Gargiulo Sherman

Artist and Coney Island resident recalls growing up on Mermaid Avenue above Carolina Restaurant

Kite Flyers at Coney Island Kite Festival

Kite flyers Billy Echeverria, Nicholas Rowe, Kurtis Jones and Charles Stewart at Coney Island's Kite Festival

Lawrence Mach

Chef and owner of the Vendy Award winning Coney Shack food cart