Staten Island isn’t exactly known for its bicycle friendliness. Nevertheless, over the past few years, several bicycling improvements have been made. Much of this has occurred in the northeastern section of the island by its most popular beaches. This area is still on my to-do list. In the southern section of the island is home…
Category: New York City
Biking in Queens
Biking Through Brooklyn
On several occasions each year I uncover my mammoth chrome mountain bike and go for a ride. My destination is generally the Howard Beach – JFK subway station in Queens. After mentioning this to people I’m often asked for details. I think that my mention of such a trip conjures up images of me biking…
TWA Flight Center Open House
The annual Open House New York happened to be a couple Sundays ago (10/16). Usually I only find a a handful of events that I’m interested in and usually they require a reservation, which I’m always too late for. This year there was one event I was interested in that didn’t require a reservation: The…
The Journey to Vienna Has Begun
I’m probably approaching 50 lifetime trips to/from Vienna. Amazingly I’ve never experienced any serious travel disturbances. About the worst that has happened so far is that I got into Syracuse at 2:45am instead of 10pm back when I was in college. So maybe I’m due for some travel insanity. I just got on a New…
Fire in Williamsburg
I saw a fairly large fire on my way to see the fireworks tonight. It was in an industrial building at the corner of North 9th Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. I saw the first smoke around 9:15 while walking on Berry Street along McCarren Park. I quickly walked down to North 10th Street,…
Public Bathrooms in New York City
One of the first things you learn upon arriving in New York City is that Starbucks contain the quasi-public bathrooms of this epicenter of Western civilization. There are two major reason for this: The city only provides one. (There are also about a dozen in the subway system, but they’re not recommended) There is a…
More L-Train Service
[S]tarting in December, more frequent service will roll across the line, which traverses several explosively growing, “hot” neighborhoods in Northwest Brooklyn. During the weekday morning rush hour, L trains will run approximately 3.5 minutes apart, instead of every 4 minutes. Manhattan-bound train trips will increase from 15 train trips to 17 train trips. Read the Brooklyn…
Tighter Squeeze Thanks to Cab Driver Strike
Whenever I take the L-Train in the morning, I expect claustrophobic conditions such as those in the picture to the right. However, whenever the cab drivers strike, the packing extends to the last part of “Option A” for my commute, the E-Train. Drivers were protesting plans put in motion by Mayor Michael Bloomberg under which…