Oral History Archive

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Jeff Brooks

Tales of unusual dark rides, riots, the Tornado, and the Bowery

Keith Suber

Community activist and reformed gang member

Zohra Saed

Poet and writer from Afghanistan who grew up in Southern Brooklyn

Ronald Kannatt (The Prince of Coney Island)

Twenty years at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Karaoke on the Boardwalk

Angela Kravtchenko

Architect who is a Coney Island resident and a community activist

JR Lopez

Memories of growing up on West 35th Street in Coney Island in the 1990s

Sofya Lobova

A longtime resident of Haber Houses and leader of the Russian-speaking community

Sonia Solano

Reflections on raising a family and working in Coney Island in the 1990s and 2000s

Erum Hanif

Community Board 13 member and CEO of Apna Brooklyn Community Center

Samantha Robles (Cake)

Tattoo artist who grew up in Coney Island's West End

Ansen Tang

Director of United Chinese Association of Brooklyn in Bensonhurt, Dyker Heights, and Sheepshead Bay

Jerry Farley (The Jerry Farley)

Record producer and audio engineer who produces live shows at Coney Island Brewery

Jeff Brooks and Monica Ghee

Jeff was given less than a year to live. Monica donated a kidney and saved his life.

Orlando Mendez

Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and being the third generation of his family to live here today

Tymell Murphy

Professional basketball player and author of a book of poems and stories who grew up in Coney Island

Maria Schwab

Growing up in Gravesend and going to Coney Island in the 1960s and living there today

Esther Delgado

Growing up in Gravesend and going to Coney Island in the 1940s and living there today

Arlene Oken Straus

Memories of living in Luna Park Houses in the 1960s and '70s