Oral History Archive

Filtering by Steeplechase Park back to all

Vivian and Ben Grisar

Holders of Coney Island History

Lynn Osgood and Sid Finkelstein

Brother and Sister from Coney Island

Maria Belfiore Indovina

Grew up visiting Coney in the 1950's

Ron Rossi

Bringing the 1960's back to Coney Island

Louis Ritter

Amusement Ride Operator

Nicholas Carillo

Son of Richard Carillo, Concession Owner

Jocelyn Cantor

Grew up on Avenue Z in the 1930's and 40's

Marty Reich

Locker Boy at Oriole Baths who hung out at Washington Baths with his friends

Gene Natale

Lived in Coney Island during the 50's

Joan DelSandra

Memories of the Bobsled, Caterpillar and Parachute Jump

David Rapaport

Got stuck on the Parachute Jump

Ronald Ruiz

Retired bus driver

Paul Krassner

Author and key figure in the counterculture of the 1960's shares his Coney Island memories

Susan Petersen Avitzour

Lived in Coney Island until age 11 and is back for the first time in 25 years

Bobby Nagy

Roller coaster aficionado

Jim St. Clair

Recalls Coney Island as a boy, especially Steeplechase Park

Phil Einhorn

Grew up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s

Sylvia Perlmutter Kaye

Former West End resident in the 1940's and 50's