Seagate

So for me, growing up, it was a strange place 'cause we did have this, like, really iconic set of places nearby, and yet the neighborhood itself was actually very much a working class, low-income neighborhood.

And there was then this gated community called Sea Gate, and I happened to live two blocks away from Sea Gate.

And so I felt like the community of Coney Island was sending me all kinds of messages, and those messages were, "You grew up on the wrong side of that gated community.

You grew up on the wrong side of that fence," right? There wasn't a ton of, like, careers and, and educational opportunities right in Coney Island.