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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
William Boyle
Gravesend-born novelist whose work is set on the Southern Brooklyn block where he was raised
Stephen Salmieri
Bensonhurst-born photographer whose work documents Coney Island from the mid-1960s to early '70s
Gerard Thornton
A childhood watching boats in the Coney Island Channel led to the founding of a tugboat company
Alexander Vindman
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who emigrated from Ukraine to Brighton Beach as a child
Angbeen Saleem
A poet and roller coaster lover describes her weekly ritual of riding the Coney Island Cyclone
