Oral History Archive

Filtering by bathhouses back to all

Alan Fine

Memories of Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and meeting his wife there when they were children

Natalie Johnson

Memories of having a season locker at Ravenhall and Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and '60s

Amparo Garcia

Lifelong Brighton Beach resident shares stories of Brighton Beach then and now

Richard Termini

Memories of growing up at Bensonhurst's Termini's Bakery and riding Coney Island's Astroland Rocket

Arthur Nintzel

Boyhood memories of Ocean Tide Baths and the B&B Carousell's Lincoln horse

Ida Rosenblum Gambrell

Memories of Coney Island in the 1920s and '30s

Jeffrey Eisenmesser

Former teacher at Mark Twain Junior High School recalls his Coney Island memories

Boris Kotlyar

Mermaid Spa founder talks about bringing the Russian banya tradition to Coney Island

José Beth Smolensky

Juilliard trained musician whose family owned Washington Baths

Jan Brown

A Brooklyn native's boyhood memories of Washington Baths and Steeplechase Park

Joseph Svehlak

Fond memories of Coney Island

Harry Gans

Lived in Coney Island from 1938 thru early 1950's

Marty Reich

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

Joseph Albanese

87-year-old remembers the Nickel Empire

Melissa Rosson Rappaport

Architectural preservationist

Harold Blumenthal

Offers perspectives on both the heyday and decay of Coney Island

Moire Cuite and Elizabeth O'Boyle

Recollections of summers spent at the Ocean Tide beach club near Sea Gate