Oral History Archive

Susan Petersen Avitzour

Lived in Coney Island until age 11 and is back for the first time in 25 years

Betty Fair

Lifelong Coney Island resident

Marina Molina

Has lived in Coney Island for 41 years

Wendolyn Bundy

Retired teacher

Charles Tesoro

Former president of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce

Paul Krassner

Author and key figure in the counterculture of the 1960's shares his Coney Island memories

Trav S.D.

Actor, author, and modern-day vaudevillian

Philomena Marano

Artist and co-founder of Coney Island Hysterical Society

Matt Kennedy

Longtime Director of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce

Barbara Delamadrid

A lifetime resident of Coney Island

Ed Spielman

Biographer of the Mighty Atom

Nick Fracaro

Artistic Director of Thieves Theatre

Frank Pugliese

Maintained Astroland Park's Astrotower for 25 years

Marvin Sylvor

American carousel designer and artist

Binky C.

Describes living on Coney Island Creek

Bobby Nagy

Roller coaster aficionado

Rosa Escolin

Came from Puerto Rico to show Coney to her family

Harold Blumenthal

Offers perspectives on both the heyday and decay of Coney Island