The rally at City Hall was a resounding success.  We had a great turnout and made our voices heard!!
Speakers included Dick Zigun, Richard Eagan, Miss Cyclone, and Juan Rivero.

When / Where:
* New York City Hall Steps (Btw. Broadway and Park Row)
* Wednesday June 10, 1 p.m.
* We will meet at 12:30 p.m. by the fountain in City Hall park so that we have time to go through security.
* Parade will follow demonstration.

The future of Coney Island is in danger!

The City’s current flawed rezoning plan would destroy Coney Island’s unique character and undermine its historic amusement district: It allows high-rise towers up to 27 stories tall in the heart of Coney Island’s amusement district. It limits the area reserved for the outdoor rides to a narrow, nine-acre strip of land. It endangers Coney Island’s historic buildings.

And time is running out! The Planning Commission will vote on the plan in just a couple of weeks!

We must urge Mayor Bloomberg, Council member Recchia, and the rest of City Council to fix this flawed plan:

* Expand the acreage for outdoor rides and amusements. Nine acres isn’t enough!
* Keep high-rises out of the heart of the amusement district.
* Protect small businesses, create amusement jobs, preserve Coney Island’s historic structures.

By fixing its plan, the City can revitalize Coney Island’s historic amusement district, preserving this local treasure as a playground for all New Yorkers, a world-class tourist destination and an economic engine for New York City.

Save Coney Island has a BIG weekend coming up. Some of you may already have volunteer shifts of your own scheduled, but we’d like to invite you all to join us in Coney Island on Saturday and Sunday. It will be a great opportunity to meet each other, do some additional petitioning, and pick up materials for shifts.

Saturday, June 6th, we’ll be meeting up to grab some pens and clipboards and hit the Boardwalk.

Sunday, June 7th, will find us back at it for some inspired signature-collecting!

If you’re interested in participating, just contact us: [email protected].

Can’t make it this weekend out to Coney Island, but want to petition elsewhere? Please contact us!! ALL of the petition materials can be found on this website in one handy kit under the “volunteer” tab, and we’ve also JUST posted some additional brochures chock full of fun.

See you there!

Two excellent articles about the Coney Island redevelopment plans were recently published. In the first, Neil deMause of the Voice takes on the “Coney By the Sea” fiasco. Next up is the meticulous Noticing New York, who digs deep into the thorny questions surrounding the planned amusement acreage. Happy reading!

CONEY FESTIVAL BY THE SEA GETS UNDERWAY, KINDA

WHO TOOK MY 27 ACRES?

We need YOUR help to save Coney Island!

The time has come for the boots to hit the pavement and for us to rescue Coney Island. The City Planning Commission is expected vote on the City’s plan on June 17th. By then, we’re planning to collect petition signatures from all over the city letting the administration and council-members know that they won’t be turning the People’s Playground into the people’s sandlot without a fight.

In order to collect those letters, we need volunteers. Lots of them!! We need people to pair up, clipboard in hand, at one of the various high-traffic spots throughout the city and collect signatures for a couple of hours. We also need people who have access to locations close to the places we’ll be hitting that might serve as pick-up/drop-off spots for the volunteers’ materials (clipboard, petitions, stickens, pens, etc.) Do you have access to high-powered printing services? Let us know! We need your help!

Take a look at our online shift schedule and then email us at [email protected] with your availability.

Please Attend our Meeting! This Tuesday at 7PM
Help us Save Coney Island!!

This is the final hour. The fat lady is clearing her throat. The fate of Coney Island will be decided this summer.

A greedy developer and a flawed city rezoning plan threaten the future of the “People’s Playground.” At the end of the summer, the City Council will vote on a plan that would reduce the size of the amusement area to a small strip of land by the Boardwalk and put four high-rises right in front of it. We have a little over two months to convince the City Council to oppose the City’s plan or to convince the City to change it.

Help us save this national treasure!

Save Coney Island will be holding an organizational meeting next week to plan our final strategy and decide the events for the summer. We need to turn this into the city-wide issue it deserves to be!

This is our last chance!

Please attend this meeting:

WHEN: Tuesday May 19th at 7PM
LOCATION: Downtown Brooklyn at FUREE Headquarters
ADDRESS: 81 Willoughby Street, 701
Brooklyn, NY 11201
7th Floor

We’ll fill you in on the background to the fight to save Coney Island, and help you get involved.

Want to get involved but can’t make the meeting?

E-mail us at [email protected] and introduce yourself. Let us know if you have any special skills, connections or ideas that might help us Save Coney Island!

Welcome to SaveConeyIsland.net, the online home of Save Coney Island — the grassroots activist group fighting for a bright future for Coney Island.

This site will serve as a hub for Coney Island activism — your source for information about what’s happening at the “People’s Playground” and how you can get involved in the fight to preserve Coney Island’s historic amusement district.

Stay tuned!