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m4l, why so cranky today??? Didn’t have your daily rice???
Arkady, your 10:05 post is why I love you!
Rob, you’re right. I’ve changed plans and decided to bring the Champs to a late night rave where X will be readily available and then wander aimlessly through Brownsville in the middle of the night with a wad of Ben Franklins hanging out of my back pocket. That’ll teach those spoiled, self-entitled little rugrats.
DIBS, again, who cares?
Biff;
I would recommend taking the “A” train just to Broad Channel Island and getting off there. The train ride to Broad Channel is exciting: the track is just a few feet above the water.
Broad Channel Island is an interesting day trip for two reasons:
a) it, along with City Island, is NYC’s version of a seacoast village, complete with homes built on pilings over the water. I’m not sure if there is a top-notch restaurant there, but there are certainly local greasy spoons/diners for basic grub.
b) if your kids are good walkers, go to the Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge, which is about 1 mile from the station. You wouldn’t believe that you are in NYC when you’re there. Thousands of birds of at least 25 different species congregate there, and you enjoy great views of Jamaica Bay.
If you’re not into walking, you can take a bus from the station to the refuge.
Best to go in the Spring or Summer.
The 7 line is also great, as someone mentioned.
From when I was about 11 onwards, riding the subways was one of my joys. My cousins and I just used to hop on and ride for hours.
oh i forgot about my Benson Intervention!
we need to kidnap him and make him go to all the places in park slope he hates the most!!
he always used to be like, i never see you around the neighborhood, and then we come to find out he detests the neighborhood and everyone in it!!
*rob*
m4l, I’m actually posting it because I know he’ll read it and it’ll set him off!!!
rob – Bad day at the office? You’re so truculent this morning!
DIBS, who cares?
quote:
rob – There’s a lot of street smart learning on a day trip on the trains if the kids are young. They begin to distinguish among various lines, learn the stops & names of neighborhoods, etc. They grasp the concept of the boroughs of NYC & broaden their horizons altogether. A lot of it is assimilated so they know stuff beyond their normal routines.
that’s still not teaching anything about street smarts. a tourist can get all that down pat in 1 hour in the city. street smarts is teaching your kids if someone jumps you, you pull out your hello kitty box cutter and slash away.
i guess “street” smarts are different for kids these days
*rob*