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