Oral History Archive

Filtering by Stillwell Avenue back to all

Ahmed Hussain

Memories of a boyhood helping out in his family's store in Coney Island and learning to play pinball

Father Eugene Pappas

On growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and the history of Greek-American businesses in the area

Patricia Casola

Daughter of Coney Island artist, banner painter and Cyclops creator Dan Casola

Wesley Casola

Son of Coney Island artist, banner painter and Cyclops creator Dan Casola

Coney Island Vinny

Owner of Sheepshead Bay tattoo shop recounts when Coney Island's Stillwell Ave was "Tattoo Alley"