Oral History Archive

Ron Rossi

Bringing the 1960's back to Coney Island

Maria Belfiore Indovina

Grew up visiting Coney in the 1950's

John Hodge

Member of the Seven Immortals

Joanna Randall

Sand Sculpting Contestant

Harold Kramer

Relatives lived under the Thunderbolt

Kyle Yapching & Steve DeCastro

First ride on The Cyclone

Sherri and Harold Kaufman

High school sweethearts from Coney Island

Diana Carroll and Sean Toole

Runners from Manhattan in the Brooklyn Half Marathon

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

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

Marty Reich

Locker Boy at Oriole Baths who hung out at Washington Baths with his friends

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Bill Galvin

Coney Island Cyclone coaster marathoner