Do locals go to Coney Island? (Long Branch, Point Pleasant: school, restaurant, garden)

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by jobaba

For many years, it was 'the hood'.

Yup!
Back in the '80s, in the days when I still drove into NYC, some of my Manhattan friends suggested that we take a ride in my car to Coney Island. Our actual destination was the Coney Island Aquarium, but we had to walk for some distance on the boardwalk in order to get there. The Aquarium proved to be a major disappointment, and the people with whom we shared the boardwalk were... let's just say... somewhat sketchy.

[HudsonCoNJ]

When I hear Coney Island I think of that Spike Lee movie with Denzel Washington “He Got Game”

[lammius]

I think of Sidetalk NYC

[jtab4994]

I also grew up in NJ, with a view of the Manhattan skyline out my bedroom window. Never went to Coney Island until 15 years after I moved to PA, and that was to see a Brooklyn Cyclones game. But like most people in NJ, we went to the Jersey Shore or Palisades Park so why bother with Coney Island?

Never visited the Statue of Liberty, either.

[HudsonCoNJ]

Originally Posted by lammius

I think of Sidetalk NYC

Ding dong!!

[Kracer]

Take down all the bridges and tunnels and I would not even notice. That stuff is for the hoboken crowd to fill in a weekend to say they did it.

[Mike_J]

I went a couple of times while dating a beautiful girl from Brooklyn.

I remember it being depressed and not an area I would want to visit again.
I was expecting something much better than what it turned out to be.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by Mike_J

I went a couple of times while dating a beautiful girl from Brooklyn.

I remember it being depressed and not an area I would want to visit again.
I was expecting something much better than what it turned out to be.

OK, so sounds like it's a less-than-desirable area, lol. Got it.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I grew up in NJ, 30 miles from Manhattan, have lived most of my 65 years in NJ, worked in NYC most of my life, and I've never been to Coney Island, either.

Why would I? What is there that the Jersey Shore does not have?

As someone pointed out, it would be a huge pain in the ass to get there. For what?

By the way, I just got back from walking the mile-long boardwalk at the beach in Long Branch. Took me 15 minutes to get there.

Don't ask me! That's why I'm asking you guys, lol. I have no idea what it's like. I thought it was more than just a beach. No idea how hard or easy to get there, since I'm from the Left coast.

I thought it was this iconic place.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

No and why would we when we have the Jersey Shore?

How would I know, lol.