Oral History Archive

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Roy Omori

Growing up Japanese American in Coney Island in the 1950s and '60s

Greg Birbil

Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue

Stanley Shapiro

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

Jen Kepler

Educator at New York Aquarium and passionate observer of Brooklyn wildlife

Steeplechase Pier Fishermen

Harry Delgado, "Stretch," and Larye Mcsheppard share fishing stories

Chris "Daze" Ellis

Artist whose Coney Island-themed work includes solo and community murals at Coney Art Walls

Barry Yanowitz

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

Gene Ritter

Founder of Cultural Research Divers shares his knowledge of oceans, estuaries, and Coney Island Creek

Federico Ausbury and Maira Vergara

Husband-and-wife music duo Federico Ausbury and Maira Vergara of A Flying Dodo Society