
Stanley Shapiro
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and going back four times a year

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

Ellen Abrams
Memories of growing up on West 29th Street and meeting her lifeguard husband on Coney Island Beach

Tara Altebrando
Author of Dreamland Social Club, a novel set in Coney Island, who got engaged on the Wonder Wheel

Alan Fine
Memories of Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and meeting his wife there when they were children

Martin Abrams
Brooklynite who was a lifeguard in the 1950s and met his wife of 60 years on Coney Island Beach

Natalie Johnson
Memories of having a season locker at Ravenhall and Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and '60s

Stanislav Baev
Coney Island resident and founder of the not-for-profit American Alliance for Protection of Animals