Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2010 - 2019 back to all

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

Gabriel Valencia

Twenty years as part of the family at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk

Marina Rubin

Ukrainian emigre writer and author of Stealing Cherries, a collection of flash fiction

Misha Mokretsov

Founder and head coach at New York Fencing Academy in Coney Island

Happy New Year 2016!

New Year's Day greetings and Coney Island memories recorded at Deno's Wonder Wheel

Abiodun Bello

A Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the health benefits and natural high of winter swimming

Basil Jones

Jamaican-born chef at Footprints Caribbean Cafe in Coney Island and originator of Rasta Pasta