Oral History Archive

Liivia Westervelt

Two generations are interviewed

Anne Greenspan

Lifelong Coney and Sea Gate resident

Glenn King

Actor, performer, artist, teacher

Harold Blumenthal

Offers perspectives on both the heyday and decay of Coney Island

Lauragay Scarnaco-Albergo

Grew up in Coney Island

Max Nowicki

Band organ expert

Phil Einhorn

Grew up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s

Jerry Krase

Brooklyn College sociology professor

Ruby Hirsch

Former West End resident and neighbor of Woody Guthrie in the 1930's and 40's

Sylvia Perlmutter Kaye

Former West End resident in the 1940's and 50's

Lorraine Reitman Gorelick

Resident of Coney Island in the 1940's

Everett Ortner

Co-founder of the Brownstone Revival Coalition

Joe Franklin

Radio and television personality

Alvin Dorfman

1944 Lincoln HS graduate and former West Brighton resident

Ray Leibowitz

Lincoln HS graduate and former West End resident in the 1940's and 50's

Mark Breyer

Outside talker at the World in Wax Musee and lifeguard in the 1950's and 60's

Cesar Rafael

Coney Island game operator

Lily Binder

Artist and photographer