ConeyLove.com / Welcome!

Hey, welcome to ConeyLove.com - the place for everyone who loves Coney Island. Whether you're talking about the shiny, scrubbed parts of Coney or the gritty, salt-of-the-earth Coney, this is the place to show your love.

I was inspired to create this site by the Save Coney Island party this last weekend, put together by Miss Lola Staar, whom I had the great pleasure of meeting a couple of months ago. She was amazed by my Coney Island Lighthouse history and I was amazed to finally meet her after hearing about her for so long.

The reason I went with the "Love" theme is because there is a lack of love when it comes to talking about Coney Island nowadays. Too many people are focused on the negative, and although it's only natural to keep both the good AND the bad in perspective, I want to focus on all the many, many reasons we all love Coney.

My first reason is that without Coney Island, I never would have been born. My Father and my Mother met in Coney Island, at Surf Lanes (which later became a movie theater). My Mother was working there alongside my Grandmother (Nana) who was the lunch counter lady, and my Dad went there to go bowling with his own Father. When my Dad went to go buy some beer for my Grandfather, my Mom teased him about not being old enough to drink. And with that typical Coney Island flirting, boy meets girl, and here I am.

So long live Coney! And long love Coney, too.