Residents both for and against a proposal for a casino in Coney Island, Brooklyn expressed their passion at the local Y Thursday night.

“The casino would be a complete abomination and the ruin of the entire Coney Island,” Adam Rinn, artistic director at Coney Island USA, said.

But Augustine Quiles owns a bar nearby and says the new casino and its amenities would be a great addition to the community.

“Year-round foot traffic, people would be on Coney Island right now. The Coney Island area, there is no foot traffic,” Quiles said.

There are at least 11 projects vying to get three state licenses to operate casinos in New York.

The awarding of those licenses won’t happen until later this year. Developers of The Coney announced a $200 million community trust fund if the project gets a license, which could go toward community grants. But not everyone is on board.

“This isn’t for families. This is to promote gambling degenerate behavior,” Frank Xavier, who lives in Coney Island, said.

The developers website says Coney Island Casino at Surf Avenue and West 12th Street would bring “4,000 union jobs to the neighborhood” as well as a 500-room hotel and a 2,500-seat concert venue.

The idea of jobs and amenities does not impress Shannon Vavrinchik.

“I don’t like to see corporations come in and rip apart places that are sacred,” Shannon Vavrinchik, who lives in Gravesend, said.

Some residents left the meeting because there was too much yelling.

A required vote will be taken at Community Board 13’s next Land Use Committee meeting on Jan. 15 before bringing it the full board for a vote at the general board meeting on Jan. 22.