Oral History Archive

Filtering by Kaiser Park back to all

Marie Navarro

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

Stuart Waldman

Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and '50s and fun summer jobs

Frieda Schwelke

Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and moving to Luna Park Houses in 1962

Billy Blitzer

Longtime baseball scout for the Chicago Cubs and Sea Gate resident

Karen Dawn Blondel

Environmental justice organizer who was born in Coney Island and raised here in the 1960s and '70s

Scott Krivitsky

Teacher and community advocate at Public School 188 in Coney Island

Filippo Dispenza

Science teacher at John Dewey High School and advisor for the Robotics Team

Ted Enoch

Partnerships for Parks' Catalyst community specialist on waterfront parks along Coney Island Creek

Georganna Deas

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

Steve Garone and Dan Pisark

Friends since Mark Twain Junior High years

John Hodge

Member of the Seven Immortals

Larry Berkley

Born and raised in Coney and lived there for 18 years