Oral History Archive

Filtering by Cyclone, The back to all

Rosalie Diamond

Memories of going to Steeplechase Park as a teenager in the 1950s

Barry Yanowitz

Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and '80s and coming back to photograph it

Carmen Arcendiga

Memories of family picnics under the Boardwalk and making new memories at Spook-A-Rama

Robert Maxwell

Roller coaster restorer and enthusiast

John Rea

Began his career as a sign painter in Coney Island

Joseph Svehlak

Fond memories of Coney Island

Tommy Smith

Grew up in a Coney Island bungalow

Joshua Lee

Mr. Cyclone 2010

Richard Picone

A fan of the Cyclone

Rob Weiner

Fan of the Cyclone and the Cyclones

Mi Won Kim

Fan of the new Luna Park

Robby Corrado

Mr. Cyclone hopeful

Ron Rossi

Bringing the 1960's back to Coney Island

Kyle Yapching & Steve DeCastro

First ride on The Cyclone

Erik Knapp

First in line for a ride on the Cyclone

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Bill Galvin

Coney Island Cyclone coaster marathoner

Joseph Albanese

87-year-old remembers the Nickel Empire