The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association is giving another tour of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel on August 10th. I went on the July 27th tour and it was quite an experience. I arrived early for the 1:30pm meeting time and saw a few people milling about at the meeting point. I thought I was in on [...]
Crowded, boardwalk, skatepark, surfing. Take the A to Broad Channel, transfer to the S to Rockaway Park-Beach 116th St.
Yesterday, I was walking down Ocean Ave. and I heard something that sounded like a bunch of parrots. I looked up and low and behold there were a pair of squawking green parrots hanging from a wooden nest attached to an air conditioning unit on the 6th floor of an apartment building. I was stunned. [...]