It’s long been a criticism of the plan in comments and on social media that it doesn’t do anything to connect Newark with Jamaica. I’d like to address this briefly, since changes in work geography over the last decade have made the Port Washington connection more valuable relative to t...
waterfowl on Jamaica BayWaterfowl on Jamaica Bay, Gateway National Wildlife Refuge, New York City.(more) The city’s flora and fauna are testimony to the rapid changes in the ecosystem imposed by urban settlement. In areas that once were hunting and fishing paradises for several bands of Nativ...
Long Island’s southern shore, fronting the Atlantic, is lined by an almost continuous series of sandbars and sandspits that form several embayments, including Jamaica and Great South bays. This ribbon of sand widens at certain points to form little islands, several of which have become ...