Oral History Archive

Filtering by Surf Avenue back to all
Ida Rosenblum Gambrell
Memories of Coney Island in the 1920s and '30s
Greg Birbil
Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue
Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes
Fred Stern
Bus driver for 35 years on the B36 route and the shuttle bus inside Sea Gate
Crystal Isley
Memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses in the 1980s and '90s
Eliot Wofse
A Coney Island native's memories of running amusement games
George Rudes
Clothing company CEO George Rudes grew up in the shadow of the Half Moon Hotel
Sol Handwerker
Nathan's son recounts his memories of growing up in the family business