JustJon
06-19-2003, 12:14 PM
From the lovely TooCute:
RONFEZ.NET SOFTBALL 2003 - getting there
The softball game is being held at the Amityville Village Beach.
The directions are as follows. I am assuming that you can get to
Long Island on your own, but I'll leave a couple of notes on that
lower down.
BY CAR:
If you're on the LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY or the NORTHERN
STATE PARKWAY going east:
Take it to the MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY SOUTH (there are
signs. From the LIE, they will direct you to get on the Northern
State for a short distance and then the Meadowbrook)
Take the SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY EAST exit
Take the AMITYVILLE/RTE. 110 SOUTH exit (32S, I think) - and
get on to 110 South (when you get off at the exit, you gotta
take the little curve that goes left and make the right turn on to
110 south, rather than go straight, which takes you past the
korean church) Take RTE 110/Broadway South until it ends
(this takes you through the trailer parks of scenic North
Amityville, and the gazebo of Amityville proper - about 5
minutes). Amity Harbor Sports will be directly in
front of you when 110 ends.
Take a LEFT turn onto MERRICK ROAD.
Take a RIGHT at the first light (BAYVIEW AVENUE). There will be
a Chrysler dealer on your right.
Take Bayview to the end; the park is there. I don't think we
know which field (there are two of them there and we need to
clarify; they're both equally nice) it is yet but I'll post that later
when we find out for sure)
If you live in a nearby town, you're probably familiar with the
area already, however - you can take sunrise highway(27) to
Bayview Avenue directly - it is at the corner where home depot/
target/red lobster are and then take Bayview all the way to the
shore.
BY TRAIN: Take the LIRR Babylon Branch to AMITYVILLE from
Penn Station or wherever you happen to be getting on. You can
get a schedule[url=" http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/
avl_main.htm "]here[url].
We might try to arrange a carpool or perhaps a van from a taxi
service - I figure if the majority of people get there around the
same time, we can arrange to meet the trains, and people can
arrange to meet on the first car of the train or whatever and
party on the way. You could theoretically walk from the train if
you want; it will probably take about half an hour on foot. Once
you get off the train, you'd walk under the tracks in the same
direction the train is heading over to 110/broadway, take a
right, walk to the end, take a left, take a right on Bayview an
dwalk to the end.
About Long Island: If you take the 59th street bridge you can
go from manhattan to LI for free (no tolls) but it is hard to find
the LIE if you've never done it before despite numerous signs
(half of them are just wrong). The Midtown tunnel will get you
directly onto the LIE. The Triborough will get you on the the
Grand Central which turns into the Northern State. From CT/the
Bronx you might want to take the cross bronx to the throgs
neck or whitestone, which will spit you out on the cross island
parkway south, which you can take directly to the southern
state parkway. I'm assuming NJers can figure out how to get to
manhattan and then on to long island.
Got it?
Need a ride? Got a question about getting there? Post here.
And yes, there is a nearby train and we'll see about shuttling ppl
to and from the station.
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This message was edited by PanterA on 6-29-03 @ 10:08 PM
RONFEZ.NET SOFTBALL 2003 - getting there
The softball game is being held at the Amityville Village Beach.
The directions are as follows. I am assuming that you can get to
Long Island on your own, but I'll leave a couple of notes on that
lower down.
BY CAR:
If you're on the LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY or the NORTHERN
STATE PARKWAY going east:
Take it to the MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY SOUTH (there are
signs. From the LIE, they will direct you to get on the Northern
State for a short distance and then the Meadowbrook)
Take the SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY EAST exit
Take the AMITYVILLE/RTE. 110 SOUTH exit (32S, I think) - and
get on to 110 South (when you get off at the exit, you gotta
take the little curve that goes left and make the right turn on to
110 south, rather than go straight, which takes you past the
korean church) Take RTE 110/Broadway South until it ends
(this takes you through the trailer parks of scenic North
Amityville, and the gazebo of Amityville proper - about 5
minutes). Amity Harbor Sports will be directly in
front of you when 110 ends.
Take a LEFT turn onto MERRICK ROAD.
Take a RIGHT at the first light (BAYVIEW AVENUE). There will be
a Chrysler dealer on your right.
Take Bayview to the end; the park is there. I don't think we
know which field (there are two of them there and we need to
clarify; they're both equally nice) it is yet but I'll post that later
when we find out for sure)
If you live in a nearby town, you're probably familiar with the
area already, however - you can take sunrise highway(27) to
Bayview Avenue directly - it is at the corner where home depot/
target/red lobster are and then take Bayview all the way to the
shore.
BY TRAIN: Take the LIRR Babylon Branch to AMITYVILLE from
Penn Station or wherever you happen to be getting on. You can
get a schedule[url=" http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/
avl_main.htm "]here[url].
We might try to arrange a carpool or perhaps a van from a taxi
service - I figure if the majority of people get there around the
same time, we can arrange to meet the trains, and people can
arrange to meet on the first car of the train or whatever and
party on the way. You could theoretically walk from the train if
you want; it will probably take about half an hour on foot. Once
you get off the train, you'd walk under the tracks in the same
direction the train is heading over to 110/broadway, take a
right, walk to the end, take a left, take a right on Bayview an
dwalk to the end.
About Long Island: If you take the 59th street bridge you can
go from manhattan to LI for free (no tolls) but it is hard to find
the LIE if you've never done it before despite numerous signs
(half of them are just wrong). The Midtown tunnel will get you
directly onto the LIE. The Triborough will get you on the the
Grand Central which turns into the Northern State. From CT/the
Bronx you might want to take the cross bronx to the throgs
neck or whitestone, which will spit you out on the cross island
parkway south, which you can take directly to the southern
state parkway. I'm assuming NJers can figure out how to get to
manhattan and then on to long island.
Got it?
Need a ride? Got a question about getting there? Post here.
And yes, there is a nearby train and we'll see about shuttling ppl
to and from the station.
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This message was edited by PanterA on 6-29-03 @ 10:08 PM