Filtering by Gravesend Houses

Shavon Meyers
A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland

Lorraine Ross
Resident of Coney Island for 47 years and retired transit cleaner at Stillwell Terminal

Tiana Camacho
A voice actor's reflections on how growing up in Coney Island in the 1990s shaped her imagination

Marie Navarro
A lifelong resident's memories of growing up in Coney Island's Gravesend Houses and Kaiser Park

Carlos Quinones
Memories of placing the Puerto Rican flag atop the Parachute Jump and driving the Mermaid Avenue bus

Barbara Unterman Jones
Memories of being one of the first families to move into Gravesend Houses in 1954 and growing up there

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

Georganna Deas
Coney Island resident Georganna Deas has spent forty years advocating for a better Coney Island