Oral History Archive

Filtering by Sheepshead Bay back to all
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
Ansen Tang
Director of United Chinese Association of Brooklyn in Bensonhurt, Dyker Heights, and Sheepshead Bay
Nasim Almuntaser
Brooklyn College history student grew up working in his family's bodega in Brighton Beach
Lisa Marie Pompilio
Horses, hot type, tattoos, sideshows, and graphic design
Teresa Genaro
Reflections on the history of horse racing in Coney Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Father Eugene Pappas
On growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and the history of Greek-American businesses in the area
Coney Island Vinny
Owner of Sheepshead Bay tattoo shop recounts when Coney Island's Stillwell Ave was "Tattoo Alley"