Oral History Archive

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Kyle Yapching & Steve DeCastro

First ride on The Cyclone

Sherri and Harold Kaufman

High school sweethearts from Coney Island

Paul Fetscher

Real estate broker and restaurant development consultant

Diana Carroll and Sean Toole

Runners from Manhattan in the Brooklyn Half Marathon

Louis Beard

Arcade game repairman

Priscilla Patterson

Volunteer at Amethyst Women's Project

Goldie Durlester

Lived through the Great Depression in Coney Island

Maria Belfiore Indovina

Grew up visiting Coney in the 1950's

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

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Bill Galvin

Coney Island Cyclone coaster marathoner

Nicholas Carillo

Son of Richard Carillo, Concession Owner

Edwin Cosme

Business Owner and Founder of the Coney Island Sports Foundation

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