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Jeanette Bigelson
At age 103, Coney Island resident shares her memories and secrets to a long and happy life

Charles Guariglia
Memories of working a bread route on Coney Island's Mermaid Avenue in the 1950's and '60s

Emmanuel Elpenord
An actor's memories of growing up in Sea Rise apartments and a souvenir of the Wonder Wheel

Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member

Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution

Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant

Shavon Meyers
A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland

Lorraine Ross
Resident of Coney Island for 47 years and retired transit cleaner at Stillwell Terminal

Lu Zhao
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst