Coney Island

It is thought that Coney Beach Amusement Park was built to entertain American troops returning from the war and took its name from New York's pleasure park on Coney Island.

In the small world these characters inhabit, Mancuso was close to the brothers’ dysfunctional family back in Coney Island.

Scattered throughout the pages are evidence of his beginnings in Coney Island, where he seemed to excel in mathematics, the piano and the accordion.

That includes day trips to Coney Island, beach getaways and picnics at the park — my personal favorite summer pastime.

Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest brings the world’s top competitive eaters to Coney Island, N.Y., to see how many hot dogs they can eat in 10 minutes.