Oral History Archive

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Zohra Saed

Poet and writer from Afghanistan who grew up in Southern Brooklyn

Mort Shatzkin

Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes

Stanislav Baev

Coney Island resident and founder of the not-for-profit American Alliance for Protection of Animals

Viktor Vassiliev

New York Bread co-owner talks about baking 30 different kinds of Russian bread in Coney Island

Anthony Martire

A family tradition of raising and racing homing pigeons in Coney Island

Takeshi Yamada

Osaka-born artist creates sideshow curiosities in his Coney Island home