Subway ride to Arvenre video (Hamilton, Howard: beach, train, housing)

[baylovers]

For those folks who wonder about the commute to Rockaway on the A train visit this page, video is on the bottom of the page: Subway Memories

After the arduous trip through Manhattan & Brooklyn you enter the descalation phase of the trip were goes onto the elevated section. As the train makes the trip past the Aqueduct station you can make out part of the racetrack to the left then it heads towards Howard Beach/JFK (actually it is the Hamilton Beach section). Then you go over the first leg of Jamaica Bay through the Gateway National Park bird sanctuary into Broad Channel, this is the stop where you will catch the shuttle to Rockaway Park. The train then proceds over the second train tressle into a section know as the Hammels "Y", this is the fork in the tracks that splits to Far Rockaway & Rockaway Park. At the end of the video you can see the new housing being built around Arverne-By-Sea.

Yes, it is a long ride from Manhattan but usually watching out the window rolling over the water made it seem all worthwhile. It is a rare, peaceful experience on the NYC subway.

[009]

Yup, that ride between Howard Beach and Broad Channel is one of the best views you can get in the subway system, especially early morning or when the sun is settling.

[SeventhFloor]

i actually made a video showing arverne by the sea from the A train, but i have been too busy to post it....i will do so tonight.

[Rachael84]

I've never been on that line in that section, but taking the N/W from Astoria and being right beside the skyline is pretty too.

by the way, it's so weird seeing so many trees on an el lol

[SilkCity0416]

^^^ You should should see the skyline from N, Q, B or D train when it's on the Manhattan Bridge. Beautiful.