Oral History Archive

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Charles Guariglia

Memories of working a bread route on Coney Island's Mermaid Avenue in the 1950's and '60s

Ahmed Hussain

Memories of a boyhood helping out in his family's store in Coney Island and learning to play pinball

Ho Cheung Li

Mermaid Avenue pharmacist dispenses news and advice to new immigrants

Rachel Rosenberg Simon

Rachel Simon recalls her family's Deli Restaurant on Mermaid Avenue

Amparo Garcia

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

Rena Stutman Rice

Memories of growing up in Brighton Beach in the 1950s and '60s

Nasim Almuntaser

Brooklyn College history student grew up working in his family's bodega in Brighton Beach

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte, owners of 51-year-old SAS Italian Records in Bensonhurst

Andy Fuhrman

Memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses and on Mermaid Avenue in the 1950s and '60s

Al Burgo

Memories of growing up on West 33rd Street in Coney Island and working on the Boardwalk in the 1960s

Vincent Cutrone

Owner of Octopus Garden in Gravesend

Derrick Batts

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

Viktor Vassiliev

New York Bread co-owner talks about baking 30 different kinds of Russian bread in Coney Island

Levent Demirgil

Turkish store owner returns to Coney Island as restaurateur three years after Hurricane Sandy

Sabino Eugenio and Magda Perez

Owners of Mermaid Prime Meats in Coney Island

John Dorman

Owner of Philips Candy Store

Edwin Cosme

Business Owner and Founder of the Coney Island Sports Foundation

Peter Agrapides

Owner of Williams Candy and past owner of Fascination Arcade