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Steve Campanella
Collector of 1950's and '60s memorabilia whose Bensonhurst home is known as the Statue House

Father Maxim Pliskov
Russian Orthodox priest at Coney Island's St. John of Kronstadt Chapel for the Homeless

Robert Serrano Jr.
Ride operator at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 11 years and Michael Jackson impressionist

Dennis Thomas
President of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club for the past 12 years and a member since the 1980s

Steve Burke
Memories of working at Coney Island's pony track as a boy in the 1940s for "no pay, just tips"

Boan Lin (Master Lin)
Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn

Natasha Lvovich
Moscow-born Coney Island resident, writer of creative nonfiction and fiction, and professor of English

Connie Scacciaferro
Memories of going to Coney Island Beach as a child in the 1930's and a teenager in the '40s

Ahmed Hussain
Memories of a boyhood helping out in his family's store in Coney Island and learning to play pinball

Rob Weissbard
Milton Berger's nephew describes adventures at Steeplechase Park with Coney's great showman

Mr. Luong
Coney Island homeowner recalls fleeing Vietnam with his family in 1981 and settling in New York City