Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1980 - 1989 back to all

Kevin Rexach

Worked at the B&B Carousell

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Akosva Albritton

Former employee of Astella Development Corporation

Amos Wengler

Coney Island singer/songwriter who wrote "Save Coney Island" and "Hot Dog Song"

Reginald Sweeny

Life-long resident of Coney Island

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist

Daniel Blake (Africasso)

Artist and Champion Break-Dancer

Jimmy Prince

Proprietor of Major Markets, Coney Island's oldest butcher shop

Louis Scarcella

Longtime resident of Coney Island and former President of the Polar Bear Club