Oral History Archive

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Jeff Brooks

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

Jeff Brooks and Monica Ghee

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

Monica Ghee

Coney Island native and longtime independent game operator on Jones Walk

Gloria Nicholson

Memories of growing up in a Jones Walk rooming house in 1940s Coney Island

Candi Rafael

Coney Island carny kid and water race game operator on the Bowery

Dalia Vazquez and Raymundo Bardomiano

Dalia Vazquez and Raymundo Bardomiano own Tacos Doña Zita on Coney Island's Bowery

Mary Loretta Hood

Mary Hood came to Coney Island as a child and worked on the Bowery well into her 90s

Terry Zheng

5D Cinema entrepreneur on Coney Island's Bowery

Naomi Starss

An adventuresome youth in Coney Island

Harry Gans

Lived in Coney Island from 1938 thru early 1950's

Freda Aron

Radio broadcaster and Coney Island native

Linda and Michael Merr

Family of former Coney game and ride owner Jack Merr

Neal Kavakos

Memories of Tunnels of Love ride operator John Kavakos