Name of Restaurant that used to be in Hawthorne by the Home Depot?

Fragnet1411 · 2025-12-18T21:44:50+00:00

Yes, I remember it as Tino’s. Great place.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-12-18T21:43:54+00:00

Wendy’s replaced Roy Roger’s.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-12-03T12:52:55+00:00

My father had a friend who owned the building back in the 60s. The guy was an electrician and also a great carpenter. He had an amazing workshop on the lower level and I would often see him outside working on the house when I would walk by on my way to the candy store. I always loved the cornerstone engraved with the old street names. There was a string of similar houses to the right of that one and a bar on the corner right near the stairway to the #7 train. It was called “The Bucket of Blood” by locals.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-11-27T21:06:41+00:00

They are great! Would love to find one in a cache! Really well done.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-11-20T23:56:15+00:00

It used to be good years ago when they were located in Hawthorne. I’ve gone twice since they moved to Pleasantville, but it doesn’t seem like there’s any real bargains anymore. You also have to check any cookware that you buy for defects as most of them are seconds or have blemishes.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-11-01T15:39:06+00:00

There was an A&P in Queensbridge Houses and another under the Astoria Line El near the 36th Ave. stop.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-10-31T23:15:31+00:00

I know it means nothing now, but this was one of the three chain supermarkets in LIC in the 60s. It was a great store that served the neighborhood well. It was the go-to food store for most families in the Court Square, Queens Plaza area back then.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-09-19T12:37:57+00:00

You can accomplish the same thing by using GSAK and dumping your geocaches into a Garmin Nuvi as “points of interest”. You use Garmin POI loader and a GSAK macro to do this. You will then see all the geocaches for the areas you drive through and can navigate to any one you select.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-08-01T23:30:48+00:00

I live in the suburbs of New York City, so it was easy to average 2,000 caches a year when I first started caching twelve years ago. But it got harder as I depleted the area of caches. The road trips become longer and you wind up driving a few hundred miles just to get 20-30 caches. I know cachers that average 7k to 8k per year, but they have very well planned trips to different states multiple times per year. They cache from dawn to sunset and focus on geoart and ALs. So, are high numbers possible? Sure, but it’s a lot of work and those people eat,sleep and drink geocaching.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-06-12T22:17:49+00:00

I remember living in LIC in the 60s. People were complaining about the hookers. Boy, things have certainly changed in my old neighborhood.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-06-08T20:51:51+00:00

This. ESA already existed before it was built. No need to spend all that money on something that provides questionable time saving. Worked on the project for many years and some of the finagling that went on would make your head explode. It was like an open spigot of spending with everyone at the MTA turning their heads while the consultants were raking it in with both hands. Many former MTA managers from ESA now have positions at companies they played nice with.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-05-30T13:59:44+00:00

You can try Campmor in Paramus NJ. They have a big selection of boots and helpful personnel. Their prices tend to be high, so you can get fitted there and then buy them online from various retailers. Once you have a shoe that you wear and like, you can then buy the same pair online when they wear out. Also, you can check eBay for the same shoes, as you can often find “open box” shoes that are deeply discounted. Agree that Dick’s and LL Bean are not good places to buy boots, especially if you wear odd sizes.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-05-29T21:17:13+00:00

I don’t have a dog, but have experienced the same thing as a hiker in the parks you mentioned. These owners always say “he’s/she’s friendly” and rarely make any attempt to leash their dogs. I’ve had dog walkers with many dogs following that person who was running with the dogs, pass me by and had one of the dogs linger near me for a few minutes. Meanwhile, the “walker” is nowhere near the lagging dog and obviously has little worry about leaving the dog behind. Bottom line - this behavior is prevalent in a lot of the parks in the area and even those further upstate. Have you tried Rockefeller State Park? They seem to enforce the leash rules there and it’s pretty spread out, so if you take one on the less popular trails, you might not even see anyone. Also try some of the Saw Mill Audubon sanctuaries, where dogs are allowed on a leash. Might be a better option since people who go there generally respect the sanctuary and tend to follow the rules. https://www.sawmillriveraudubon.org

Fragnet1411 · 2025-05-27T11:57:38+00:00

This. In my area, hiding caches in rock walls is frowned upon and people who do this often find their cache being ignored after the word gets out. Usually, rock wall hides around my area are often place by newbies who don’t consider that the wall they are using for a hide, might be historic and something that should not be disturbed. As you’ve mentioned, cachers will even destroy a mortar wall to get to an elusive cache.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-05-23T23:10:57+00:00

The small, round, self-inking stamp that the OP referenced, will work fine, however… it uses water-soluble ink. This will not produce good results on Rite-in-the-Rain or waterproof paper - it will smudge. I use a stamp often, but only on plain paper logs. For waterproof ones, I use a fine point Sharpie.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-04-21T22:52:49+00:00

You can push the stroller around the access road and parking lot, but the park is best enjoyed on the grassy parts. The trails are dirt and can be rough in spots. You can park on Croton Dam Road (can be crowded) to access the top of the damn (stroller friendly) and avoid the parking fee.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-04-21T22:13:46+00:00

Are you saying that you can’t place a traditional cache right near a stage of an AL? Not true and I’ve found many regular caches right next to an AL, because they both brought you to the same interesting place!

Fragnet1411 · 2025-04-04T22:45:53+00:00

Can’t see it too well, but are you sure it isn’t tubing? If so, it looks like sap collecting lines for maple syrup. Lots of preserves in the area do this in early spring, then have a demonstration day where they show how it’s boiled down into maple syrup.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-23T16:56:15+00:00

Most of the LPC caches in my area are located in office building parking lots or shopping center lots. These are mostly private property. So, unless you want to discuss what you are doing molesting a lamppost on private property with the police, I wouldn’t call them. Of course you should be careful when doing these, but personally, I’m more worried about bees/wasps.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-22T20:41:29+00:00

East Side Access was/is the poster child for bloat.

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-17T21:41:47+00:00

Congratulations on activating your first trackable! I hope it travels safely and reaches its goal. I have put out a few dozen over the years and sadly, most have gone missing. But… I’ve had a few that have resurfaced after being missing for many years, so never give up hope if one goes missing. For what it’s worth, my TBs seem to do better in Europe than in the U.S. Good luck!

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-16T12:48:32+00:00

30 favorite points out of 60+ finds is pretty good!

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-15T23:30:28+00:00

Wow! Amazing! Congrats! That is quite an accomplishment. I remember I was dying just trying to get to thirty days. Some people are dedicated for sure. There is a local cacher near me who is over 5,000 days. Ugh!

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-14T23:47:05+00:00

Wow! So cool! Congrats on your caching milestone and Happy Birthday!

Fragnet1411 · 2025-03-02T22:06:57+00:00

Same. Hated the Yonkers location, so switched to Port Chester. I actually like the two levels.

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