AQU assistance please
 

headed up to NYC this weekend, and seeing as how i've never been i figured it would be a good excuse to check out the big A this saturday.
so, i'm asking for any/all transportation suggestions.
my hotel is around 3 blocks from Grand Central Station, but i'm not sure what would be the most efficient mode of transportation, airplane, bus, cab, train, subway, etc.

your help is much appreciated

-bt-

A cab will cost you upwards of $60 each way.

The subway is the best way to go. They're actually pretty easy and it's a two train trip to the Big A from Grand Central. You take the 4 or 5 DOWNTOWN, both the same for your needs, from Grand Central to Fulton Street ( the first station stop after 42nd/Grand Central will be 14th Street...if it's 59th you're going Uptown...the wrong way ). If you can, be near the back of the train, as that's closest to the stairs when you switch at Fulton, though it's no big deal. At Fulton, you switch to the A train, which is very close to the 4/5 platform. The stairs you take will lead you to the back of the A, which is where you want to be when you get off at the Aqueduct/Conduit stop. You want the DOWNTOWN/BROOKLYN train ( in this case, your first stop is High Street...which is the first stop in Brooklyn, Once again, if your first stop is Chambers, you are going Uptown and you need to get out and get the Downtown train on the other side of the platform ). Now, here's the mildly tricky part, there are TWO A Trains, one goes to Lefferts Blvd and the other to Far Rockaway. You need the Far Rockaway train. Depending on when you go on Saturday, the Rockaway trains come every 15 to 20 minutes. Tell me when you want to leave and I will give you a close approximation as to when Rockaway trains leave Fulton. It will take approx. 35 minutes from Fulton to Aqueduct. It will take about 10 minutes from Grand Central on the 4/5 to get to Fulton, so if you leave your hotel 30 minutes before an A hits Fulton you should be fine.

You will realize when you are at Aqueduct. It is the fourth stop ABOVE ground. You will see the track...and a lot of people will get off the train there. It is a short walk to the track from the Station and following others won't be a problem.

I do this every day on the A Train.

Really pay attention to this part, otherwise it's a long walk!

It's actually not that far. If you get off at 110th Street, the stop before Lefferts, it's a mile to the Main entrance at Aqueduct and one half mile to the parking lot.

Any distance would feel treacherous in the sleet.

Re: The A Train

Bring a few extra bucks...There are great buys on DVD's, fruit snacks, and tremendous sermonettes from the many religions of the world.

No there aren't.

Aren't what? I experienced all of that and more on the A. Rode it for 2 weeks and loved it! It's a snapshot of the world in 35 minutes.

You have a vivid imagination.

Thanks.

Back in the 90s, when I was going every day, there was a crazy Jesus screamer that got on the same train, every day, on the way home. Thankfully you don't encounter too many of those anymore. And, you can always switch cars.

The first day I didn't know the difference between Far Rock and Lefferts. Needless to say I looked out of sorts on the Lefferts platform waiting to get back to Rockaway Blvd. I really fit in.
:rolleyes:

He's doin mornings now on the PATH trains...................:zz:

They're a little more crowded.

You must have enough money to burn a wet mule. Don't forget in a few weeks that there will be poker tables too.

Kev,
Help me here. I may not be hip to all southern vernacular so please explain what the hell this means.

AQU assistance please
 

This should help with the above:

http://nmisscommentor.com/politics/e...rn-a-wet-mule/

Thanks OM.

Bob's post in the luck thread made me think of this. I know there will be wagering on Horses, Golf, Dogs, midget tos...I mean poker, but is their a jai-alai option available there as well?

I know we pass a sign for a Jai-alai fronton every time we drive through Ocala on the way to TBD (http://www.jai-alai.info/ocala-jai-alai.html). Needless to say (I think it's needless), we have never stopped. There is also one in Orlando.

The one and only time I have witnessed live Jai-alai was in 1982 in Bridgeport CT. That was enough for me

What wrong with Jai alai......fun way to blow up a few hrs and $$...

If there were no other entertainment (ie gambling) options, perhaps, but I must admit to have no understanding of how the game works from a gambling perspective.

I figured there would be some people wouldn't get that. But you? You, my friend, are clearly not an Appalachian American.

No Jai Alai for me, thanks. I will be lucky to still have money left by the time everyone else gets in town.

Lol. Just give Mrs. Bigs all your money when you arrive and she can give a daily allowance.

As long as MaTH is around for pickings on the golf course, I will be in good shape.;)

If that's the case, then I'm really going to have to knock off a 7-11 before I get to Tampa...............

:rolleyes:
degenerate


-bt-

burning it at both ends brother


-bt-

They need to be keeping their eyes on you, instead of you watching them.

I know that it will come as no shock, but I have spent many an hour in the Ocala Fronton. Alas, the Tampa Jai Alai Fronton is now a shiny Home Depot (closed in '94).

There is most certainly Jai Alai simulcasting from So. FL. if you get the urge Math.

WTF is the point of subjecting yourself to Jai Alai if you can't watch it live?
i'd rather hang out with gpk and buy scratch offs at the local 7-11 for 2 hours

-bt-

You mean that's not the itinerary for Tuesday night?

They sell scratch offs at the simulcast - see, everybody wins :tro:;)

It is brutal on TV. You can't see the pelota.

It is for the true degenerates, so from the looks of some of gpk and herky's recent threads, I'm guessing they will dive right in.

Stop it.

Cesta

Jai-Alai + bunch of degenerates = COMEDY GOLD!

Not really. It's a huge freaking court with about ten people spread out through it.

In the 90's when I spent my entire summer in Florida most years -- and my entire Christmas vacation from school there most years -- Miami had two Jai-Li frontons, three dog tracks, three thoroughbred tracks, and at least one harness track.

Now that HIA has made a comeback -- I guess you still have three horse tracks, plus Pompano is still an active harness track, not sure if Miami and Dania are still going and how the dog situation is with Hollywood, Flagler, and Biscayne.

I'm down with some golf betting... just give me a couple strokes :)