Oral History Archive

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Glenn King

Actor, performer, artist, teacher

Harold Blumenthal

Offers perspectives on both the heyday and decay of Coney Island

Lauragay Scarnaco-Albergo

Grew up in Coney Island

Max Nowicki

Band organ expert

Phil Einhorn

Grew up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Joseph Errante

Former resident theater artist at Coney Island USA

Minnie Pinkwas

Moved to Coney Island in 1934

Sol Handwerker

Nathan's son recounts his memories of growing up in the family business

Larry Berkley

Born and raised in Coney and lived there for 18 years

Kevin Rexach

Worked at the B&B Carousell

Jim St. Clair

Recalls Coney Island as a boy, especially Steeplechase Park

Meg Feeley

Memories of her grandfather's frosted food business and a renegade ride on the Thunderbolt

Liivia Westervelt

Two generations are interviewed

Jerry Krase

Brooklyn College sociology professor

Ruby Hirsch

Former West End resident and neighbor of Woody Guthrie in the 1930's and 40's

Sylvia Perlmutter Kaye

Former West End resident in the 1940's and 50's

Lorraine Reitman Gorelick

Resident of Coney Island in the 1940's