Oral History Archive

Maria Belfiore Indovina

Grew up visiting Coney in the 1950's

Joanna Randall

Sand Sculpting Contestant

Ron Rossi

Bringing the 1960's back to Coney Island

John Hodge

Member of the Seven Immortals

Harold Kramer

Relatives lived under the Thunderbolt

Kyle Yapching & Steve DeCastro

First ride on The Cyclone

Louis Beard

Arcade game repairman

Erik Knapp

First in line for a ride on the Cyclone

Circus Boy

13-year-old side show worker and activist

Gary and Betty Stein

Mother and Son, Residents of Coney Island

Peter Agrapides

Owner of Williams Candy and past owner of Fascination Arcade

D.J. Vourderis

D.J. Vourderis adds solar panels to the Wonder Wheel

Joseph Albanese

87-year-old remembers the Nickel Empire

Jocelyn Cantor

Grew up on Avenue Z in the 1930's and 40's

Coney Island Vinny

Owner of Sheepshead Bay tattoo shop recounts when Coney Island's Stillwell Ave was "Tattoo Alley"

Steve Spak

Photographer who worked on a city ambulance for Coney Island Hospital in the late 1970's

Robert Shapiro

Lived on Mermaid Ave. between 35th and 36th Streets between 1945 and 1965

Louis Ritter

Amusement Ride Operator