Filtering by seniors (older people)

Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member

Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution

Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant

Lu Zhao
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst

Juanhua Zhao
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story

Leonid Alaverdov
Tapestry artist and Coney Island resident whose work is inspired by his native Baku and New York City

Steve Burke
Memories of working at Coney Island's pony track as a boy in the 1940s for "no pay, just tips"

Boan Lin (Master Lin)
Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn

Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn

Connie Scacciaferro
Memories of going to Coney Island Beach as a child in the 1930's and a teenager in the '40s

Stanley Fox, Part 2
Retired arcade operator's memories of when Coney Island's amusements were open in the wintertime