Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2010 - 2019 back to all

Takeshi Yamada

Osaka-born artist creates sideshow curiosities in his Coney Island home

Marie Roberts

A painter with a Coney Island legacy

Louis Beard

Arcade game repairman

Kyle Yapching & Steve DeCastro

First ride on The Cyclone

D.J. Vourderis

D.J. Vourderis adds solar panels to the Wonder Wheel

Allen James

Coney Islander, musician/songwriter in alt-rock band Newborn, lifeguard

Sam Shlivko

Growing up in the Russian community in Coney Island and Brighton Beach

Jay Green (Gerald Greenberg)

Three-time International Jugglers Association champion and resident of Southern Brooklyn

Adam RealMan

Coney Island native Adam RealMan Rinn bends steel with his bare hands!

Sara Schneider

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

Vincent Cutrone

Owner of Octopus Garden in Gravesend

Richard White

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

Michael Borruto

Revisiting the Spook-A-Rama and Wonder Wheel of his boyhood

Scott Krivitsky

Teacher and community advocate at Public School 188 in Coney Island

Filippo Dispenza

Science teacher at John Dewey High School and advisor for the Robotics Team

Karen Thumann

On her three year photo project

Lauren Burke

On a date with Coney Island

Peter Spanakos

Founder of the Sea Gate Historical Society