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Old Posted Mar 18, 2020, 5:01 PM
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loooooong beach

loooooong beach





no, not the los angeles long beach, the long island version on ny’s intercoastal islands.

lb is a colorful little blue collar ‘city by the sea’ as they call it -- ie., it’s the 35th densest city in the usa, it’s one of the northernmost cities with a humid, subtropical climate, it has long history of corruption, its divvied into distinct neighborhoods, etc. --

also of note it really got whapped by sandy, but at long last, the beach, the boardwalk and all seem mostly, but certainly not fully, restored -- you still see signs of the storm everywhere.

aside from that, the beach town is basically divided into five parts:

1. the northern intercoastal facing area
2. the downtown cbd in the middle
3. the westend with the beachy hangouts, bungalow beach house ‘walk’ alleys and the beach vacation rental ‘state’ streets
4. the fully residential eastend with the boat dock canals
5. and last, but not least, the beachfront with its boardwalk life and apt buildings


long beach is a very easy summer getaway day trip via the lirr from penn station. these pics are from a few trips over several seasons -- enjoy!



more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach,_New_York
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/r...-a-resort.html



































long island …. land of the deli, breakfast rolls, bagels and heros, here brands is a longtime fav











first up -- hit the beach -- any season -- that’s why you are there!







































































































































































this is the touristy west end





















































































































this is the downtown cbd along park ave --- plus a few residential streets around it




city government area




























granada towers (1929, spanish revival)
















every town has its quirks --- the animal house

































the east end is residential -- many homes are along several canals -- good for boat people




















last and least is the residential northern end of town -- nothing really there for day trippers




















protip -- if i had a real camera you could see the talls in manhattan from the northside










back at the train station --- time to go!


























jamaica


















lic




















*** and that’s all folks -- i hope you enjoyed day trippin on long beach ny ***

daytrip tip -- besides the beach i highly rec renting a bike and riding around,
you can rent sobi city bikes along the boardwalk via their app,
or there is bike shop called local cycles on park ave aka the main drag --
it’s run by nice guys who will take care of you --
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2020, 3:01 AM
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Nice tour, it was a lot of photos, still I really enjoyed them. Thanks for sharing, and I guess I could say I was a little bit interested in what it looks like since I used to live in a city with the same name on the west coast.
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^ i bet if you lived there -- thanks.

for more comparison -- as if there really is any comparison lol --

i see the ny version is 33,500 residents in just over 2 sq miles, whereas the california version is a little ways under 500k people and just over 50 sq miles.
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those new towers in Jamiaca look like a prison complex
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Long Beach is a camouflage name as it is a cluster of ports instead of lines of beaches.
It should be called Long Ports or Long Beach Ports.
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those new towers in Jamiaca look like a prison complex


ha -- its low and mixed income housing and actually they look very nice inside.

i believe they are called the crossing at jamaica station and alvista.


a lot more on tap for jamaica. umm, eventually.

https://ny.curbed.com/maps/jamaica-q...uction-map-nyc
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Long Beach is a camouflage name as it is a cluster of ports instead of lines of beaches.
It should be called Long Ports or Long Beach Ports.
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ha -- no, no cluster of ports. there is really nothing on the northside and the beach goes on and on along the oceanside.
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^ i bet if you lived there -- thanks.

for more comparison -- as if there really is any comparison lol --

i see the ny version is 33,500 residents in just over 2 sq miles, whereas the california version is a little ways under 500k people and just over 50 sq miles.

Hawaiian hibiscus bush growing in Long Bch!

Vegetation affects the vibe of place....its rhythm or friendliness. Just as highrises or super talls affect the tone of NYC several miles west of LB.

each good or favorable in its own way.


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Long Beach is a camouflage name as it is a cluster of ports instead of lines of beaches.
It should be called Long Ports or Long Beach Ports.
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Make sure you're describing the east coast Long Bch, not the west coast one. Or visa versa.
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Long Beach is a camouflage name as it is a cluster of ports instead of lines of beaches.
It should be called Long Ports or Long Beach Ports.
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You're thinking of the Long Beach in California. This thread is about the Long Beach in New York City. There are no ports in this particular Long Beach.
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Hawaiian hibiscus bush growing in Long Bch!

Vegetation affects the vibe of place....its rhythm or friendliness. Just as highrises or super talls affect the tone of NYC several miles west of LB.

each good or favorable in its own way.


mrnyc


great catch!

that must be one of the ‘northernmost cities with a humid, subtropical climate’ benefits.

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My hometown, sort of! I'm from neighboring Atlantic Beach, which abuts the West End, but my parents live in LB now -- you got a few shots of their building on the boardwalk. I posted a photo thread of my own a few years ago, but this is much more comprehensive. Thanks for the memories.
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Long Beach is an interesting town. Appreciate the pics, as well as the Jamaica and Manhattan pics.
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Very interesting tour. Is this microclimate specific to that particular part of Long Island?
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Very interesting tour. Is this microclimate specific to that particular part of Long Island?
yes in that its the same climate for all the ny intercoastal islands all the way out to and including montauk. for example, all across more rural fire island in the middle of them you get a tropical feel with the dunes, scrub pine, unusual plants, little lizards, dwarf deer and the like. its very surprising and you probably wouldnt expect anything like that this far north. its also why the hamptons are so popular and its very much worth a day trip, or better yet renting out there for awhile in the summer.
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Right, the south shore of LI has the most moderate/warm climate in the region, by far. The least snow, the earliest spring, etc.

It's about as far north as you can go in the Eastern U.S. and still grow subtropical stuff. It's also, in part, why the Hamptons/Fire Island are so popular.
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Thanks for the comprehensive tour of Long Beach! I was only there once about 15 years ago... the southern shore of Long Island has nice long and wide beaches, which many people very likely don't associate with NYC. Long Beach itself had a "communism beach" feel to it, if that makes any sense... just the style of the buildings, people, and gritty urbanity. I always headed a bit further to Jones Beach for a more natural, less crowded beach day.



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Hawaiian hibiscus bush growing in Long Bch!

Vegetation affects the vibe of place....its rhythm or friendliness. Just as highrises or super talls affect the tone of NYC several miles west of LB.

each good or favorable in its own way.


mrnyc
No, that's Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)... it's very common, and it grows pretty much anywhere in the northeast. Has nothing to do with the coastal climate there.
I have a big, 10 ft-tall clump of it in my front yard in Pittsburgh that's probably 70 years old. It's beautiful with late summer blooms.
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Thanks for the pics.

I visited Long Beach a couple summers ago.

The town and the vernacular were underwhelming. Was expecting something more quaint and beach-like. The blocks of apartments fronting the beach were very utilitarian and bland.

The beach however exceeded expectations. Very well taken care of and impressive boardwalk.
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Thanks for the pics.

I visited Long Beach a couple summers ago.

The town and the vernacular were underwhelming. Was expecting something more quaint and beach-like. The blocks of apartments fronting the beach were very utilitarian and bland.

The beach however exceeded expectations. Very well taken care of and impressive boardwalk.

yes, long beach is the easily accessible and crowdy 'working people's' vacation town of the intercoastal islands, closest to nyc.

very beachy oriented, but definitely not pretty.

also, to give them a bit of a break, remember it was entirely swamped by sandy, so it was also wrecked and is still recovering.

anyway, the pretty parts of the intercostal south shore are everything east of it.



edit: a couple sandy pix



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