THE QUEENS NEW YORKER

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE FIRST EXPRESSWAY IN THE SERIES OF THE ROADS OF QUEENS, THE BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPRESSWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_278#Brooklyn%E2%80%93Queens_Expressway PICTURES BY:  By Coolcaesar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54518967 By I, GK tramrunner229, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p...

ON THIS EDITION WE CONCLUDE THE PARKWAYS WITH A LOOK AT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ROBERT MOSES PROJECT, THE SOUTHERN STATE:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_State_Parkway By Doug Kerr - Flickr: Southern State Parkway - New York, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20804219 By Doug Kerr - Flickr: Southern State Parkway - New York, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.w...

ON THE FINALE OF THE THIS EDITION OF THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY WILL LOOK AT THE EXPANSIONS THROUGH THE 1950s AND 1960s:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Changes_during_the_1950s_and_1960s PICTURES BY DOUG KERR:  By Doug Kerr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4296723947/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27839140 By Doug Kerr - Fli...

ON PART 4 OF THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY WILL LOOK AT HOW THE EXTENSIONS TO WANTAGH STATE PARKWAY AND SAGTIKOS PARKWAY CAME ABOUT:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Extension_to_Wantagh_State_Parkway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Extensions_to_the_Sagtikos_State_Parkway PICTURES BY THE WIKI MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern...

IT'S PART 3 OF THE ROBERT MOSES PROJECT THAT HAD SO MANY DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS BEFORE THEY COULD COME TO A COMPROMISE, THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Continued_arguments PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_State_approaching_Willis_Avenue.jpg#/media/File:Northern_State_approaching_Willis_Avenue.jpg...

ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT PART 2 OF THE HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY, A ROBERT MOSES PROJECT:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Political_opposition PICTURES BY THE WIKI MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_State_Parkway_at_Exit_33.jpg#/media/File:Northern_State_Parkway_at_Exit_33.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meadowbrook_...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT ANOTHER ROBERT MOSES PARKWAY PROJECT BUILT IN 1933 IT SERVES COMMUNITIES ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF LONG ISLAND, THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#History PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_State_Parkway_at_Exit_33.jpg#/media/File:Northern_State_Parkway_at_Exit_33.jpg...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE PARKWAY THAT TRAVELED FROM ONE END OF BROOKLYN TO ONE END OF QUEENS, THE INTERBOROUGH PARKWAY AKA THE JACKIE ROBINSON PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson_Parkway PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson_Parkway#/map/0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interboro_Kew_G_Interchange_jeh. JPG#/media...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE ROAD TO QUEENS THAT IS CELEBRATING 98 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG TAKING PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B, THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Parkway PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GCP_Astoria_Blvd_31st_St_BMT_jeh. JPG#/media/File:GCP_Astoria_Blvd_31st_St_BMT_jeh. JPG https://comm...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT ANOTHER GREAT ROBERT MOSES PROJECT THAT IS NOW CELEBRATING 80 YEARS IN COMPLETETION, THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Island_Parkway#History PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Island_Parkway#/map/0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belt_exit_25a_jeh. JPG#/media/File:Belt_exit_25a_jeh. JPG http...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S PART 2 OF THE PARKWAY NAMED AFTER THE RIVER: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway#Route_description GO TO ANCHOR AND SUPPORT THE CHANNEL THERE:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker

ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT ANOTHER GREAT PARKWAY THAT SPANS THE VERY RIVER NAMED AFTER THE PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway#History PICTURES BY WIKI-MEDIA:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway#/map/0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronx_River_Parkway_exit_10C.jpg#/media/File:Bronx_River_Parkway_exit_10C.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT ANOTHER GREAT ROBERT MOSES ROAD THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, BETHPAGE STATE PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethpage_State_Parkway#History https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bethpage_near_Exit_B4.jpg#/media/File:Bethpage_near_Exit_B4.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bethpage_State_Parkway_-_Exit_B1.jpg#/media/File:Bethpage_State_Parkw...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE FIRST OF ROADS THAT GO THROUGH THE BOROUGH'S OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS, THE BELT PARKWAY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_Parkway PICTURES BY THE WIKI MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belt_exit_25a_jeh. JPG#/media/File:Belt_exit_25a_jeh. JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belt_parkway_sign.png#/media/File:Belt_parkway_sign.png h...

ON THIS EDITION ITS THE FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW TOPIC WHERE ALL THE TRANSPORTATION WE COVERED HAS A PLACE TO DRIVE ON, THE PARKWAYS OF NYC:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkways_in_New_York PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Truckersuseexpwysnotpkwys.jpg#/media/File:Truckersuseexpwysnotpkwys.jpg NYC ROADS:  http://www.nycroads.com/roads/northern/ ht...

ON THIS EDITION ITS THE FINALE OF THE YELLOW TAXI CAB AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE 36 EPISODE SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#2000s_and_2010s PICTURES BY THE WIKI MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_Escape_NYC_Taxi_hybrid.jpg#/media/File:Ford_Escape_NYC_Taxi_hybrid.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_Prius_...

ON THIS EDITION ITS PART 2 WHERE WILL LOOK AT THE 1980-1990s:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#1980s PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1987_Chevrolet_Caprice_New_York_Taxi_Cab.jpg#/media/File:1987_Chevrolet_Caprice_New_York_Taxi_Cab.jpg

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE NEXT IN OUR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION, THE HISTORY OF THE YELLOW TAXI CAB:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#History PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-1126-500,_Kraftdroschke.jpg#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-1126-500,_Kraftdroschke.jpg https://commons.wikimedia....

WILL LOOK AT THE FINAL PART OF BUSES AND HOW THE OPERATIONS OF THE LOCAL AND EXPRESS ROUTES WERE MADE:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations#Operations PICTURES BY:  https://www.facebook.com/MTANewYorkCityTransit/ https://www.nytransitmuseumstore.com/collections/memorabilia/stickerm-retro-logo.html LOOK FOR ARCHIVED SHOWS AT ANCHOR:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensn...

ON THIS EDITION ITS PART ONE OF THE COMPANY THAT BOUGHT OUT ALL THE PRIVATELY OWNED BUSES BACK IN 2006, THE BLUEBIRDS OF TRANSPORTATION, MTA BUS COMPANY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations#MTA_Bus PICTURES BY NYC TRANSIT:  https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Mta-New-York-City-Transit/reviews?fjobtitle=Bus+Driver&ftopic=wlbalance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuyteuJM...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE 4TH PRIVATELY OWNED BUS COMPANY DRIVING AROUND THE FIVE BOROUGHS BEFORE BEING BOUGHT BY MTA, IT'S THE COMMAND BUS COMAPNY:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Bus_Company PICTURES BY WIKI MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Command_Bus_Company_Orion_V_05.501_CNG_4966.jpg#/media/File:Command_Bus_Company_Orion_V_05.501_CNG_4966.jpg http://ww...

IT'S THE MILESTONE OF THE SERIES 100 EPISODES AND WILL LOOK AT THE JAMAICA BUSES AND THE HISTORY OF THIS FLEET:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Buses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_depots_of_MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations#Baisley_Park_Depot PICTURES BY  PUBLIC. FOTKI.COM:  https://public.fotki.com/esbdave/us-coach-east/new-york-coach-companies/jamaica-buses/jamaica-buses-974f...

ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE SECOND PRIVATELY OWNED BUS COMPANYTHAT STARTED IN 1931, TRIBORO COACH:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboro_Coach PICTURES BY WIKI MEDIA:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TriboroCoachINCLOGO.JPG#/media/File:TriboroCoachINCLOGO.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MTA_Bus_GMC_RTS_7093.jpg#/media/File:MTA_Bus_GMC_RTS_7093.jpg FLICKR:  https...

ON THIS EDITION ONE DAY ON THE EVE OF OUR 1ST YEAR ON YOUTUBE, WILL LOOK AT THE FIRST PRIVATE OWNED BUS COMPANY THAT STARTED IN 1925, GREEN BUS LINES:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bus_Lines PICTURES BY FLICKR AND WIKI MEDIA:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/15872316328 http://transferpoint.bravepages.com/museum/transit_pictures/13/index.html https://metro.fandom.com/wiki/G...

TODAY STARTS A NEW SERIES IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION AS NOW WILL LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE MTA AND HOW IT GOT STARTED:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations#History PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Transit_Authority_Mack_C-49_6259.jpg#/media/File:NYC_Transit_Authority_Mack_C-49_6259.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki...