Oral History Archive

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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

Theresa Giovinni

Coney Island resident who moved here as a high school student talks about her neighborhood

Terry Zheng

5D Cinema entrepreneur on Coney Island's Bowery

Boris Kotlyar

Mermaid Spa founder talks about bringing the Russian banya tradition to Coney Island

Max and Stef

Getting engaged on the Wonder Wheel, the most romantic ride in the world

Carmen Arcendiga

Memories of family picnics under the Boardwalk and making new memories at Spook-A-Rama

Levent Demirgil

Turkish store owner returns to Coney Island as restaurateur three years after Hurricane Sandy

Galina Mogurova

Surviving Hurricane Sandy in Coney Island's West End

Cornel Chan

"The Elvis of the East" and founder of Brooklyn Chinese-American Assn. Chorus

Tatyana Panteleyeva

From Tbilisi, Georgia to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Junaid Anwar

Pakistani immigrant and Lincoln High School graduate recounts living on West 15th Street

Takeshi Yamada

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

Karen Thumann

On her three year photo project

Marie Roberts

A painter with a Coney Island legacy

Joshua Lee

Mr. Cyclone 2010

Sydney Cozby

Future elephant rider for the circus

Lauren Burke

On a date with Coney Island