Tell me about Brooklyn
#21
Posted 2014-May-09, 12:46
Amusement park and the Russian area. There were New York Aquarium too, but I am not sure if it is already re-open after Sandy. It is less number of good restaurants now that it used to be 10 years ago, but still more than enough. Russian food in general are not vegetarian, but she surely could find something tasty and appropriate for her. Honestly that place more interesting for visiting than for living. A little far from Manhattan, a little expensive to find the apartment, almost impossible to find parking spot for the car and so on. But very good public transportation. I am living there, but I am Russian and things like Russian bookstore and Russian speaking doctors are more beneficial for me than for her.
I would probably more advise to live in Bay Ridge or in the Bensonhurst. Or maybe Sheepshead Bay. Anyway all those places are not really homogeneous and you (or her) certainly should take a closer look before make a decision.
#22
Posted 2014-May-09, 13:35
But yes, if you're in NYC proper and say "Long Island," you'll be understood to be referring to the part of the island that isn't Brooklyn or Queens unless the context indicates otherwise.
#23
Posted 2014-May-09, 16:50
Bbradley62, on 2014-May-09, 12:38, said:
PS to Ken: To a Long Islander, "The City" means any of the five boroughs; to someone living in the five boroughs, "The City" probably means Manhattan.
Ok, Kathryn has a lot to learn. She will manage!
This is useful to me.
I had no idea there really was a place called Hicksville. I can imagine they take some pride in it. After all, everyone has heard of it!
As for Billy Joel, how does it go, Sonny move out to the country...
#24
Posted 2014-May-09, 18:10
#25
Posted 2014-May-12, 00:08
kenberg, on 2014-May-09, 16:50, said:
I grew up in the town adjacent to Hicksville (a town called Plainview). It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what the name suggests; when you hear a name often, you don't tend to notice the words that comprise it. I think it was actually the most developed of the towns in our area: there was a big shopping mall and it had the closest LIRR station.
So it was definitely not a town of "hicks". It was actually named after the founder, Elliot Hicks.
Plainview also just a couple of town over from Levittown, the archetype of the post-WWII pre-fab suburban communities. But I don't recall ever having much reason to go there, and I had no idea as a child that it was particularly notable.
#26
Posted 2014-May-12, 06:52
These places are not vegetarian but likely to have something vegetarians will enjoy:
Nine Chains Bakery
Hope & Anchor (burger place with veggie burgers)
Bar Toto
Roberta's pizza
Northeast Kingdom
Good places to buy fruits and vegetables:
Fun places to walk
Green-Wood Cemetary
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (my neighbor Thomas Rainer posted this essay on his blog)
Old brownstown neighborhoods in Park Slope, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and others
#27
Posted 2014-May-12, 06:57
Side bit: I was once told that the Supreme Court decided that, for purposes of taxation, Long Island was not an island. Any truth in that as far as you know?
#28
Posted 2014-May-12, 09:21
kenberg, on 2014-May-12, 06:57, said:
This sounds like the case: http://en.wikipedia....States_v._Maine
The question was whether Ling Island Sound and Block Island Sound, the waters north of LI, were a bay or open seas. It wasn't a matter of taxation, but whether this area of water was under federal or state control. If LI is a peninsula, then the sounds are bays and under control of the states that border it; if it's an island, it's federally controlled.
They decided that it's really a peninsula, because it's separated from the mainland just by the East River, which wasn't even wide enough for ships to pass until it was artificially widened.
#29
Posted 2014-May-12, 10:49
But of course this is another example of logic trying to dominate reality. Reality always wins.
#31
Posted 2014-May-12, 13:07
barmar, on 2014-May-12, 09:21, said:
On a much smaller scale, we have the same situation here: Keweenaw Waterway
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The Keweenaw waterway also made it possible for larger vessels to travel to Houghton and Hancock and it provided a Harbor of Refuge to protect these vessels from Superior's terrible storms. Completion of this canal made the Keweenaw an island, rather than a peninsula.
Our one bridge to the mainland will be undergoing repairs from next December to June, so we're expecting significant traffic snarl-ups then.
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists — that is why they invented hell. — Bertrand Russell
#32
Posted 2014-May-13, 17:50
As for tv, screw it. You aren't missing anything. -- Ken Berg
I have come to realise it is futile to expect or hope a regular club game will be run in accordance with the laws. -- Jillybean
#33
Posted 2014-May-13, 18:34
blackshoe, on 2014-May-13, 17:50, said:
But well paid idiots!
#34
Posted 2014-May-13, 19:49
Bbradley62, on 2014-May-12, 12:17, said:
I am truly honored and pleased by the linkage, and that is one of my two favorites, the other being "A lot of things that said I didn't say".
#35
Posted 2014-May-14, 14:24
#36
Posted 2014-May-17, 09:00
#37
Posted 2014-May-18, 16:37
y66, on 2014-May-17, 09:00, said:
This looks very promising. Thanks.
#39
Posted 2014-June-11, 04:32
y66, on 2014-June-10, 06:55, said:
It looked good from the review. We have been traveling to and fro so I haven't done much with this, but now we are back. Kathryn, the granddaughter, is now up in Brooklyn with a roommate. Neither of them has a car, probably right for living in Brooklyn. The Pickle Shack is not walking distance away but it's not so terribly far either. My plan is to talk with her soon and see what works for her. I am convinced enough so that if we go to Brooklyn then we will go to the Pickle Shack, but of course this dinner out is to be her choice (well, subject to price constraint). I'll recommend it.
#40
Posted 2014-July-12, 14:42