To once again deserve the nickname “The World’s Playground,” we need an influx of major private infrastructure. Coney Island needs a world-class hotel. Coney Island needs rooms for conventions. Coney Island needs a large indoor theater for world-class entertainers and musicians. Coney needs free-of-charge, family-friendly bathrooms and other open-space infrastructure. Coney Island needs 4000+ jobs, especially good year-round union jobs. Frankly, there is no other alternative that can activate so much land so quickly. It’s pollyannaish to suggest Coney Island will have a better opportunity in our lifetimes.