Oral History Archive

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Dionne Brown (D.L. Jordan)

Lifelong Coney Island resident and author of Living Life Like It's Golden

Barry Yanowitz

Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and '80s and coming back to photograph it

Donna Bianco

Memories of working as a police officer in Coney Island in the 1980s and '90s

George Rudes

Clothing company CEO George Rudes grew up in the shadow of the Half Moon Hotel

Ronald Wimberly

Storyteller, cartoonist and designer whose graphic novel Prince of Cats is partly set in 1980's Coney Island

Gregory Bitetzakis

Co-owner and operator of Gregory & Paul's for more than 50 years

Linda Kramer Evans

Girlhood memories of visiting Great-Aunt Molly who lived in the house under the roller coaster

Harold J. Kramer

Boyhood memories of visiting relatives at the house under the Thunderbolt roller coaster

Grace Lo

Homeowner and community activist in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years

Richard White

Marine science teacher at Edward R. Murrow High School recalls his Coney Island memories

Charles Robert Feltman

Great-grandson of Feltmans Restaurant founder and hot dog inventor Charles Feltman

Steve Larkin

Memories of working at a Coney Island beach chair and umbrella rental company as a teen in the 1970s

Johanna Gargiulo Sherman

Artist and Coney Island resident recalls growing up on Mermaid Avenue above Carolina Restaurant

Kite Flyers at Coney Island Kite Festival

Kite flyers Billy Echeverria, Nicholas Rowe, Kurtis Jones and Charles Stewart at Coney Island's Kite Festival

Lawrence Mach

Chef and owner of the Vendy Award winning Coney Shack food cart

Julio Sauce

Ecuadorian-born Gravesend resident is among NYC's fastest long-distance runners in his age category

Shirley Aikens

Community activist and president of the Carey Gardens Tenants Association

Antoinette Balzano

Granddaughter of Anthony "Totonno" Pero tells the story of how he founded Totonno's Pizzeria in 1924