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Mathylde Frontus
On growing up in Coney Island and founding the nonprofit Urban Neighborhood Services

Jeffrey Eisenmesser
Former teacher at Mark Twain Junior High School recalls his Coney Island memories

Gladys Sandman and Lucille daCosta
Girlhood memories of growing up on West 5th Street in Coney Island before being displaced by Warbasse

Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law

Mohammed Saad Ali
Actor and playwright whose new play A Lonely Night in Coney Island is set on the Boardwalk

Joel Zika
The founder of the Dark Ride Project on documenting Spook-A-Rama and other historic dark rides

Al Burgo
Memories of growing up on West 33rd Street in Coney Island and working on the Boardwalk in the 1960s