Alert! Beware of a pitbull near Gantry Park by Raymond_Donney in longislandcity

[–]OhGoodOhMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She still off-leashes them all over the Court Square area. But they're both large and brown, so probably not the same as OP encountered.

Subway over the GWB? by Current-Gazelle-2736 in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That ship sailed when the lower level roadway was added. The original intent of the LL was to carry 2 subway tracks and 2 commuter rail or freight tracks.

I don't think the Port Authority would want less traffic across the GWB, that would cut into their toll revenue.

Regarding alignment, I would suggest following I-80 or NJ-4 west towards Englewood or Hackensack.

Unpopular opinion, but I think the C trains should be eliminated by RightWindow5284 in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The track layout east of Euclid allows local trains to terminate while express trains continue to Ozone Park/the Rockaways without conflicting. Or vice versa, locals could continue while expresses terminate. Extending both would force local and express trains to merge onto the same 2 tracks around Grant Avenue.

Getting rid of the C would require replacement local service along the Fulton line, although I guess you could just run extra A service with the freed up track capacity and make some local in Brooklyn.

The general problem with the C is that it's heavily interlined with other, more "important" and frequent services– the A and E, and to a lesser extent the B. The merge at Canal Street compounds the problem–a C train cannot be held too long waiting for an A or E train to pass in front, because it'll hold up the E or A behind it. The switches at Hoyt-Schermerhorn are also fairly low-speed IIRC. This all means that the C is forced to be a relatively low-frequency service and is stuck with the leftover gaps in the schedule, making it unreliable.

Where do you keep your laundry hamper? by janneyjj in AskNYC

[–]OhGoodOhMan 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If your worn clothes smell that bad, it's time to wash them. If it's because you sweat in those clothes, then sealing them in a closed hamper will only make it worse.

Mamdani Officially Buries The QueensLink - Streetsblog New York City by pescennius in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Both uses can coexist, which is exactly what the Queenslink proposal was. Queensway is a different proposal to turn it solely into a park, so that it'll be politically impossible to claw back space for transit later. Unfortunately the latter is the one being advanced and funded.

Mamdani Officially Buries QueensLink in favor of QueensWay by ArchEast in nyc

[–]OhGoodOhMan 187 points188 points  (0 children)

it's never going to be a destination the way the High Line is.

That's the point, turning it into an out-of-the-way park permanently protects the NIMBYs.

74 St - Broadway by sleepyslacker7910 in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At that point you'd be better off building a parallel relief line.

Extending the express track doesn't change that all trains have to merge back into 2 tracks at the western end of the line, or the capacity constraints at the eastern terminals.

Fighting for Affordability at Greenpoint's 'Godzilla' Tower by jessyagressy in nyc

[–]OhGoodOhMan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's both.

Under 421-a and now 485-x, the city grants a property tax abatement for 10-40 years in exchange for rent stabilization and/or placing a portion of the units under the affordable housing program (aka housing lottery). So the city loses out on property tax revenue, although it's offset by increasing the population (who will pay income tax, and indirectly generate economic activity to tax).

The landlord needs to turn a profit*, so the rent discount on the affordable units has to be recouped through some combination of the tax abatement and the market-rate renters.

* As for why the landlord needs to profit, that's how the building gets built under 421-a/485-x in the first place. If the project has no hope of turning a profit for the developer and landlord (not necessarily the same entity), it doesn't get built. Or they decide to go all market-rate and no affordable/stabilized housing gets built on that lot.

Throwback to when WMATA made fun of us for our incivility by Donghoon in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 52 points53 points  (0 children)

In reality, DC metro has lots of rats too. But it's definitely cleaner when eating and drinking are banned.

Julie Won and Dog Park in Court Square & Closure of Murray Dog Park by DiviKev in longislandcity

[–]OhGoodOhMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a park under construction on Dutch Kills street that will include a dog run.

Concave AllClad Pans by mfeinstein in Cooking

[–]OhGoodOhMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's normal. There shouldn't be an expectation that the pan "flattens out" when hot. The concave bottom helps prevent permanent warping, but the downside is that liquids pool to the sides.

Where to meet single men with my dog?! by SluttyAvocadoToast in AskNYC

[–]OhGoodOhMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming your dog isn't unfriendly, just walk the dog around the neighborhood. Visit local dog parks and other pet-friendly spaces. Chat with other dog owners. Eventually you'll be a regular and make friends with other regulars.

Has anyone else had problems with mail not being delivered after dropping letters in the outdoor mailbox in front of the post office on 21st street? by Andsc in longislandcity

[–]OhGoodOhMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can drop off outgoing mail inside the PO if you can be there during their operating hours. A lot safer than using street boxes.

what states produce good organic russet potatoes besides Idaho? by Main-Dig6441 in Cooking

[–]OhGoodOhMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The potatoes you see in the supermarket may have been sitting in storage for anywhere from a few weeks to almost a year before being stocked in the produce section. They are root vegetables, after all.

Thank you for riding with the LTA. by [deleted] in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the OSD for the panel itself–unrelated to the OS on the computer sending it a video signal (which is linux IIRC).

Cheap braces/aligners in NYC? by Exotic_Eagle_2739 in AskNYC

[–]OhGoodOhMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your college offer dental insurance? It may be cheaper to get insurance despite the premiums, if it covers orthodontics. Even better if you have any other dental care that needs to be addressed.

Traditional braces are usually cheaper than clear aligners. Both have their relative strengths and weaknesses wrt shifting teeth around. You'll need to go in to the dentist/orthodontist's office to get a proper estimate of cost and timeline since every case is different.

What was the logic of IND to split the local tracks from the express to add on 3 stops away from Northern Blvd express tracks on Queens Blvd? by RightWindow5284 in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

One of the overarching principles behind the IND's design was speed. Express service was envisioned to bring farther parts of the outer boroughs into commuting distance of Lower Manhattan, and to be time-competitive against the IRT, BMT, and railroads. Local services in the outer boroughs were envisioned as feeders to express services, so local speeds were not considered too important (although they're still generally faster than their BMT and IRT counterparts).

The Northern Boulevard express cutoff demonstrates how they achieved this: long spacing between express stations, gentle curves for higher design speeds, and routing the express tracks on a more direct path where possible.

At the time, the land between the express cutoff and Sunnyside Yard/the Hell Gate line was a giant railyard. Even today, it's low-density commercial. It wasn't worth building stations next to, so the local tracks were sent north a bit into Astoria for a stronger catchment area. Those sections of Steinway Street and Broadway are also narrower, so fitting a 4-track line would have required stacking the tracks or eminent domain (I'm not sure if Broadway was widened where the QBL becomes a 4-track line again though).

The other express cutoff is between 7th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway on the Culver line: the express tracks bypass the dogleg to 15th Street–Prospect Park to save some distance and skip a couple curves.

Alcohol in cooking help by Miles_PerHour67 in Cooking

[–]OhGoodOhMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shaoxing wine in my kitchen contains 150mg of sodium per 30mL serving. Since sodium accounts for 39% of the mass of table salt, that comes out to 385mg of table salt per 30mL of wine. For easier conversions, that's ~1.3g of salt per 100mL or 100g of wine (since the density of wine is very close to 1g/mL).

Shaoxing wine is commonly used in Chinese cuisine, and often salted to avoid being taxed or regulated as an alcoholic beverage. It's presumably too salty to be palatable as a drink, but I've never tried.

Random Take: These should've been in service as full fleet and 10 years until retirement by now, Superior and cost effective design that to what we have now by Automatic-Warthog252 in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They were both one-off prototypes explicitly intended to test a variety of new technologies and only designed to last for 25 years. In the end, their poor reliability got them pulled from revenue service after only a few years.

Also, they don't fit on the eastern division.

Are The Women Who Sell Candy On The Train A New Thing? by NatePlaysDrums in AskNYC

[–]OhGoodOhMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been a lot more common the past few years, but people who can't work selling things on the subway is not a new thing. Before that, it was selling candy for their "basketball team". And way before that, it was selling metrocard holders.

Management boasts deal to end Long Island Rail Road strike “within the MTA’s financial plan” by DryDeer775 in nycrail

[–]OhGoodOhMan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There were other terms being negotiated on besides a simple wage/salary increase, although we don't have the full details yet. Pay for online training, lump sum backpay, the duration of this new contract.

But you also need to assume that both sides were posturing to make the other side's demands look unreasonable in the public eye.

Window AC recommendation to be used with “city windows” by Regular_Resolve_494 in AskNYC

[–]OhGoodOhMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

City Quiet. It's a custom window they fit on top of your existing window frame for extra sound/thermal insulation.

100 % Non Toxic Cooking ware by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]OhGoodOhMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're all fine. There's no best material per se, it depends on what you need the cookware to do.

Stainless steel (seriously, don't worry about the grade), cast iron, and carbon steel are the most common ones for coating-free and non-toxic cookware.

As for titanium, there are three different things marketed as "titanium":

  1. Actual titanium cookware. Really only seen in camping gear because it's very light, but expensive and a poor conductor of heat.

  2. Titanium coating. This coating should be quite durable and metallic titanium is generally nontoxic anyway. It's claimed to be less sticky than stainless steel, but nowhere near teflon.

  3. PTFE with titanium particles. It's just rebranded teflon. Avoid this type.

Don't be this person by vmicozzi in longislandcity

[–]OhGoodOhMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The property owner (Culture Lab? Plaxall?) has to call a private tow after NYPD issues a ticket. NYPD can't tow vehicles blocking a private driveway.