>Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:31 AM >To: NY BIRDS Cornell >Subject: [nysbirds-l] GHGU location
>I am hoping someone can post directions to the Coney island bathhouse, from >the LIE. Thanx in advance........ >Dan Furbish. Step 1 is getting to the Belt Parkway. >From points north (e.g., Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges) and east (Queens, >Nassau, and Suffolk Counties), I suggest googling directions from your >starting point to JFK airport and using these as a basis for getting to the >Belt Parkway. 2. From the Belt Parkway, take exit 7, Ocean Parkway, south toward the Aquarium. Go south on Ocean Parkway as far as you can, then right (west) on Surf Ave. 3. The gull frequents the beachfront just south of Surf Ave, between the Aquarium (8th St, I think) and 15th St, a small road with lots of metered parking. If you can't find a space at 15th St, go back out onto Surf and look for meters to the east (people have reported finding parking of various kinds along Surf and at 12th and 10th Streets). If you still have trouble (unlikely on a weekday), turn around and repeat the process. If you get frustrated, you can pay for safe parking at the aquarium. 4. Make note of what Street (e.g., 8th, or 12th, or 15th) you've parked near, walk out onto the boardwalk, then navigate to a point even with 12th St (three short blocks east of 15th or four short blocks west of the aquarium). You will see the Wonder Wheel behind you and a fountain on the beach side shaped like a palm tree. The gull likes this fountain and also perches on the yellow volley ball net poles nearby, or on the beach, or on the signs above the boardwalk businesses. When present, it is usually conspicuous, moving around among these spots but seldom wandering west of the big pier or east of the aquarium. Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in effect.<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree> Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
