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REACH THE (LONG) BEACH
Transportation Alternatives
May/June, 2000
by Hal Ruzal and Clarence Eckerson Jr.
Though it’s a long ride to Long Beach, in Nassau County – about 55 mi. round
trip – it’s a fun way to get in a workout and a dose of sun. The good: few
stops, few turns, few traffic lights. The bad: potential for omnipresent
headwind. Best: If you’re too tired to return, you can bail out via the Long
Island Railroad in Long Beach, if you’ve remembered to bring your bike pass, or
at the A train’s Rockaway Beach stop, only five miles away. This route,
published in the May/June 2000 issue of Transportation Alternatives, uses the
Veteran’s Memorial Bridge since the Marine Parkway Bridge was closed at the
time. However, that route also takes you on a great six-mile stretch along the
Shore Parkway bike path.
Key
| R |
Right Turn |
L |
Left Turn |
| BR |
Bear Right |
BL |
Bear Left |
| QR |
Quick Right |
QL |
Quick Left |
| GF |
Gaily Forward |
X |
Cross |
| x.x |
Cumulative Mileage |
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| 0.0 |
R |
Start at the Grand
Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park. Enter park;
follow roadway counterclockwise until you reach the exit at the south end of the park (2nd left).
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| 1.6 |
R |
Exit at south end of park.
Go halfway around traffic circle and continue on Coney Island Ave. |
| 2.1 |
L |
Albermarle (don't miss it!) |
| 2.4 |
R |
Rugby Rd. |
| 4.0 |
L |
Ave. K |
| 4.6 |
R |
Bedford |
| 7.4 |
L |
Emmons |
| 8.0 |
GF |
Enter Shore Parkway bike
path at Binham |
| 14.0 |
L |
Pennsylvania |
| 15.0 |
R |
Cozine |
| 16.2 |
L |
Crescent |
| 16.6 |
R |
Loring. Continue around dirt
pile; "dead end" becomes 149th St. on the other side. (You're in Howard
Beach) |
| 17.5 |
R |
84th St. |
| 17.9 |
R |
Shore Parkway, then L at
156th Ave., which becomes 84th again under overpass. |
| 18.9 |
L |
164th Ave |
| 19.3 |
R |
Onto Cross Bay Blvd. bike
lane. Go over Addabbo Bridge |
| 23.1 |
L |
At end of bike lane, make L
to cross over Veteran's Memorial Bridge |
| 24.0 |
L |
At end of ramp continue L
(east) on Beach Channel Drive. |
| 26.7 |
X |
Pass under subway trestle;
becomes Seagirt Blvd. |
| 28.3 |
BR |
Look for bike signs. Bear R
on sidewalk to cross Atlantic Beach Bridge. |
| 28.8 |
L |
Park becomes Beech. |
| 31.6 |
R |
New York Ave. |
| 31.7 |
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You've reached the Beach |
For the return,
retrace your steps back to Howard Beach. After passing around the dirt pile on
Loring, continue, then pick up the following directions:
| 47.1 |
L |
Crescent |
| 47.4 |
R |
Cozine |
| 49.4 |
L |
103rd St. |
| 49.5 |
R |
Flatlands Ave. |
| 50.0 |
R |
94th St. |
| 51.0 |
L |
Ave A, R 92nd St., R Church, L East 95th
to cross Linden Blvd. safely |
| 52.2 |
L |
East New York Ave. |
| 52.3 |
R |
Rochester, then immediate L on Crown |
| 54.0 |
R |
Washington Ave. |
| 54.6 |
L |
Eastern Parkway back to Grand Army Plaza |
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