Oral History Archive

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Marie Navarro

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

Eric Schwelke

Memories of living in Luna Park Houses in the 1960s and again in the late 1970s

Frieda Schwelke

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

Alan Kirschenbaum

Memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses in the 1950s and early '60s

Jane McNeive Ennis

Memories of Ocean Tide Baths and Coney Island

Yi Xin Tong (in English)

Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lu feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek

Yi Xin Tong

Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lushan feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek

Steeplechase Pier Fishermen

Harry Delgado, "Stretch," and Larye Mcsheppard share fishing stories

Derrick Batts

Coney Island resident and proprietor of Coney Island Hook and Bait Shop