Excellent directions!! Shai. Thank you. Lorraine Bondi and I got the gull!! great views of it for over an hour 3Aug 11. 1:25 pm Thanx again :)
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > >> 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ > > -- > -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
