Hampton Bays, NY - Vacation recommendations

[Opti]

Jul 9, 2021 10:32:59 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 9, 2021 6:52:37 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

After seeing video of the subway last night, do not walk in subway flood water.

Many years ago and of the national evening news, a segment was about a recent windy day in Manhattan. A video captured a woman who was passing a subway entrance/exit stairwell being blown into a trash can and then the two of them disappearing as they tumbled down the subway entrance/exit stairs.

I remember that. Plus the woman who walked directly into an open manhole or something similar while her face was glued to her phone. Watch where you walk. Be aware of scaffolding. It does come down.

I guess the news has prepared me for many things NYC. Where you might be ambushed at turnstiles and other useful stuff. 

[Tennesseer]

Jul 9, 2021 10:42:02 GMT -5 Opti said:

Jul 9, 2021 10:26:57 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Back around 1989 or so, and while I was still living and working in Connecticut, my employer's local sales office hosted a dinner cruise or its best customers departing out of Stamford, CT and sailing down to roughly mid-town Manhattan and back.

Interesting to view the familiar sites from the perspective of water versus highways.

My first one was around that time, for a UNIX deliverable celebration. Somewhere I have the small charger from that milestone.
I do not remember all that much about the cruise except NYC at night from the water is a nice sight. Statue of Liberty was bathed in lights.


Had great views of NYC at night at a wedding venue more than a decade ago. Sadly no pics of even me dressed up, as the official invitees phone allegedly took bad hardly visible pics. I like the city at night. There are great restaurants in Hoboken, NJ and other NYC adjacent areas. 

I was just going to mention the restaurants and views from Hoboken and see you did. When I was living in Newark, I used to take family and friends to Hoboken for evening meals because the views were so great.

I also used to take them to the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark. Some really good Spanish and Portuguese restaurants there.

[Opti]

Jul 9, 2021 10:51:08 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 9, 2021 10:42:02 GMT -5 Opti said:

My first one was around that time, for a UNIX deliverable celebration. Somewhere I have the small charger from that milestone.
I do not remember all that much about the cruise except NYC at night from the water is a nice sight. Statue of Liberty was bathed in lights.


Had great views of NYC at night at a wedding venue more than a decade ago. Sadly no pics of even me dressed up, as the official invitees phone allegedly took bad hardly visible pics. I like the city at night. There are great restaurants in Hoboken, NJ and other NYC adjacent areas. 

I was just going to mention the restaurants and views from Hoboken and see you did. When I was living in Newark, I used to take family and friends to Hoboken for evening meals because the views were so great.

I also used to take them to the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark. Some really good Spanish and Portuguese restaurants there.

Yes I've yet to eat in the Ironbound section, but I have had good Portuguese and Spanish food. Maybe one of these days I should write down all the places coworkers I have worked with, have come from. One of my faves, was from Spain.

[NoNamePerson]

I need to back up and say I never visited The High Line!(in my original post)  It is on list for next time Saw a special on how it came to be. Was not there when we visited. So flying blind on that suggestion FWIW. 

[TheOtherMe]

The video I saw last night was of a woman at the bottom step walking in to waist high water.  The filth in the water was disgusting

[Opti]

Jul 9, 2021 11:55:17 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

The video I saw last night was of a woman at the bottom step walking in to waist high water.  The filth in the water was disgusting

Of course the water is filthy. It happens in all floods. This at least is new recent dirt, debris etc. versus aged debris, bacteria and what not like during the rescues during Katrina. If you don't have cuts and skin conditions, I think showering or bathing as soon as reasonable is a good enough precaution.

[Lizard Queen]

Jul 9, 2021 11:55:17 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

The video I saw last night was of a woman at the bottom step walking in to waist high water.  The filth in the water was disgusting

I saw that. This article has that, plus several other videos.
www.marketwatch.com/story/swimming-to-the-subway-and-jet-skiing-down-bronx-streets-you-wont-believe-these-insane-videos-of-flash-floods-in-nyc-11625847876?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/YqvygBIlJr

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Jul 9, 2021 10:51:08 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I also used to take them to the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark. Some really good Spanish and Portuguese restaurants there.

Oh, yeah- I worked for a sub of Prudential that was within walking distance of Ironbound. My Ex worked for Engelhard (now merged into BASF), also in Newark. Great restaurants.

And now I want paella and some sangria.

[tallguy]

I went to NYC for the first time a couple years ago.  GF was going back east and invited me along.  Stayed with a couple from her extended family and they took us into New York for the day.  Not sure if it was the Water Taxi, but we did some kind of hop-on, hop-off tour that took us around pretty well.  Saw the Statue of Liberty up pretty close, had pizza in Brooklyn, Ubered up to the WTC Memorial, and explored a couple other places before driving through the Times Square area at night on the way out of town.  I had really wanted to see the Statue and the Memorial primarily, but as long as we were going to be around Times Square at night....  Didn't get a very good sense of it from the car, but it was certainly busy! 

[Opti]

Jul 9, 2021 13:45:43 GMT -5 Lizard Queen said:

Jul 9, 2021 11:55:17 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

The video I saw last night was of a woman at the bottom step walking in to waist high water.  The filth in the water was disgusting

I saw that. This article has that, plus several other videos.
www.marketwatch.com/story/swimming-to-the-subway-and-jet-skiing-down-bronx-streets-you-wont-believe-these-insane-videos-of-flash-floods-in-nyc-11625847876?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/YqvygBIlJr

I totally believe those videos since I've seen much worse over the years. Its a concrete jungle. Too much rain in a short time, causes issue in many areas because there is very little open ground for the water to drain into. So when the drains get overwhelmed things happen. One of the major drains near my part of the parking lot did the bubble up thing when we were getting rain in the 2 inches an hour rate.

There are some interesting current looks at Hoboken and Ridgewood that have been on the news too. Small tornado touched down near the shore. One of the things it did was take out 7 utility poles in a row, some of them falling and closing off one entire direction of the roadway. #stormseason  Yes it looks like this ... and worse.