Filtering by amusement rides

Mike Boodley
Award-winning roller coaster designer looks back on riding the Cyclone 1,001 consecutive times in 1975

Alonzo Kittrels
Memories of bus trips to Coney Island with the Good Will Family Club from the 1940's through 1961

Jim Lucarelli
Memories of operating Steeplechase Park's Sports Car ride in 1963-1964 and fighting the Ravenhall fire

Marie Navarro
A lifelong resident's memories of growing up in Coney Island's Gravesend Houses and Kaiser Park

Stephen Salmieri
Bensonhurst-born photographer whose work documents Coney Island from the mid-1960s to early '70s

Josh Wolfe
Chairman of Coney Island Prep on growing up in Coney Island and the charter school's first 15 years

Frieda Schwelke
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and moving to Luna Park Houses in 1962

Laura Numeroff
Children's book author's memories of Steeplechase, the Animal Nursery, and Brighton Beach Baths