The LB Herald just ran an article regarding a recent rape incident that occurred at the Long Beach Motor Inn. I just wanted to post the link for the Facebook group that was mentioned – for those who want to make your voices heard. Hopefully a movement will come out of this and that dump [...]
Posts Tagged ‘LIRR’
LIRR Service Alerts: Replacement bridges over troubled waters
Due to bridge replacement, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will not have service for six weekends starting January 23rd.
longbeachny.org – LIRR Service on Long Beach Branch to be disrupted for Six Weekends
mta.info – Buses Replace Trains As LIRR Installs New Bridges Over Powell Creek And Hog Island Channel
Long Beach LIRR line delayed!
A car flipped over and landed on the LIRR tracks in East Rockaway on the Long Beach branch. I’ll post updates as soon as I get them. Here are a bunch of articles:
Newsday.com – Woman, child extracted from car flipped on tracks
1010wins.com – LIRR Service Suspended Due to Overturned Car on Tracks
News12 – Car [...]
Update: now add the LIRR to the bomb threat list
Newsday – Source: Bomb threats closed Long Beach bridge, LIRR station
What’s going to be added to the list next? The beach? Luckily nothing blew up… yet..
Newsday – Explore LI Dockside dining
What’s missing from this article? Yeah, you guessed it: Long Beach.
Sure, we have plenty of great restaurants in town, but if we want some dockside dining we have to go over the bridge to Island Park or down the block to Point Lookout. Better yet, if we had a proper marina in Long [...]
Corrupt MTA making service cuts this summer
What else is new. Even in a good economy the MTA finds ways to bleed it’s riders. A bad economy just gives the MTA a better excuse.
Today’s Newsday reports that the MTA will make service cuts including no weekend service to Freeport this summer. Freeport is one of the main branches that brings LIRR riders [...]
Beach Chairs and Umbrellas!
According to some notes from the last City Council meeting, It appears that the city will test chair and umbrella rentals on the beach this summer. And why not? It could bring lots of revenue to the city.
Hopefully they will plant a rental store right in front of the new Allergria Hotel. Not to [...]
The future of Long Beach being considered:
A collection of interesting notes taken from the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Master Plan & Planning Board Charrettes.
1. A redesign of Walbaums shopping center – the only shopping center in Long Beach. Strip stores – bring those stores to the street with parking in the rear. It would compliment the downtown district better.
2. Would Long Beach [...]
