Filtering by seniors (older people)

Kai Fung
Homeowner in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years and first member of his family to settle here

Deena Metzger
Writer, poet and healer who grew up in a Yiddish literary family in Sea Gate during World War II

Marian Carbone and Anna Jackson
Memories of riding the Parachute Jump and Steeplechase horse race ride in the 1950s

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

Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law

Charles Robert Feltman
Great-grandson of Feltmans Restaurant founder and hot dog inventor Charles Feltman

Commendatore Aldo Mancusi
Memories of Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and growing up in Brooklyn in an Italian family

Judge Steve Arniotes
The story behind the Boardwalk Lido Restaurant and the family who operated it from 1927 until 1960

Hector George Wallace
An immigrant sign painter recounts his journey from Jamaica and the UK to Coney Island.