Talk:Long Beach, New York/Archives/2012

Commute to New York

I live in Long Beach, NY and work in Manhattan. Via the Long Island Rail Road, Penn Station is a 52 minute trip according to their schedule, but the train actually arriving in less than an hour is rare.

It may have to do with the fact that the ambiguous term "New York" can refer to any of the five boroughs. Any chance that it only takes 40 minutes to take a train to, say, Queens? I don't know, as I have no regular commute to the city, and any time I go, I'm not really worried about how long it takes. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 04:59, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I commute to midtown from Kensington, Brooklyn (maybe 7 miles) on the Express bus and I'm lucky if it takes an hour. Who can ever tell with NYC traffic.

Geographic map

The "geographic map" of Long Beach is incorrect; it shows Long Beach as a part of Long Island, while it is a actually a separate barrier island. The people of Long Beach are proud to say that they live on their own island, and I think that the map should be changed. Mr nivarana 01:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the geographic map is perfectly correct. The map is of Nassau County, with Long Beach highlighted in red. The map includes waterways that belong to the county and city. No geographic boundaries within the white area are shown, except for the lake. The bay is part of Long Beach, is it not? (Also keep in mind the stats in the infobox, which note the total area of Long Beach, including water.) —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 00:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

That seems like a silly explaination. Does the geographic area stop in the middle of the bay or does it go all the way to Island Park and some of the communities on the "mainland"? Or do you count the bay for those towns as well?

Now that I look at it again, the red space does not even include the waterways in Long Beach. Look at any satellite photo of the island and you'll see that it's that shape. (Keep in mind that the city borders are Nevada Ave. and Maple Blvd..) The map is fine. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 23:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

you can argue the map is fine... but wouldnt it just be easier to put an easier to read map? i look at that and it says to me theres no bays.... 192.160.130.38 (talk) 01:41, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

===Save it for your blog "One June 17, 2007, Lindell School, one of Long Beach's public elementary schools was part of a racial scandal. Several white young men attempted to gain entrance onto the school's baseball field for a game of pickup baseball. An enforcing bystander, a middle-aged Indian male, would not let the young men enter the field. He then called the police and the young men left." 69.123.31.43 22:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Length of Boardwalk

"The whole city is less than a mile wide from ocean to bay and about three and a half miles long."

The boardwalk is 4 1/4 miles long, and it isn't the length of the entire city. Something must be wrong here.

I lived in LB for 35 years. The boardwalk is only 2.2 miles long. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.129.253 (talk) 21:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Demographics - Census data does not add up to 100%?

Under Demographics, the Census data of racial makeup adds up to over 100%... error? 96.250.13.235 (talk) 06:45, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Incorporation Date

So was it incorporated in 1923 as the introductory paragraph states; or in 1922 as the History section states? Perfect example of why Wikipedia is such a poor source for information these days.207.172.166.181 (talk) 04:06, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Eddie Smith

Added former pro hockey player Eddie Smith to the list of notable natives and residents Cosand (talk) 19:26, 7 December 2012 (UTC)