best new thing in the world. ready? of the 8 million people jammed into new york city, 150,000 of them, give or take, live here on that peninsula that is circled in red there. the peninsula at the city s far southern edge. that peninsula is called the rockaways, an 11-mile long atlantic ocean beach peninsula that is part of new york city. and since peninsulas by definition jut out into water and are surrounded on water by three sides, lots of peninsulas are pretty hard to reach. and the rockaways are no exception. in the 1950s in the rockaways, they celebrated and the city finally, finally extended a subway line out there. rockaway, here we come. that subway line, the a-train, is the connection for the rockaways to the rest of the world. and it is the longest subway line in this big, big, big city. the part of that subway trip that goes across jamaica bay, just that one part, takes so long that new york city pigeons
live here on that peninsula that s circled in red there, a peninsula at the city s far southern edge. that peninsula is called the rockaways. it s an 11-mile long atlantic ocean beach pen been that is part of new york is he. since peninsulas by definition jut out into water and surrounded by water on three sides, lots of peninsulas are hard to reach they re no exception. in the 1950s in the rockaways they celebrated when the city finally extended a subway out there. rockaway here we come. the a train is the connection for the rockaways to the rest of the world and it is the longest subway line in this big, big, big city. a part of that subway trip that goes across ja make cag bay just that one part takes so long that new york city pigeons are learned to ride the a train. they get on the train on one side of the bay, they ride the train and then they get off the
ready? of the 8 million people jammed into new york city, 150,000 of them, give or take, live here on that peninsula that is circled in red there. the peninsula at the city s far southern edge. that peninsula is called the rockaways, an 11-mile long atlantic ocean beach peninsula that is part of new york city. and since peninsulas by definition jut out into water and are surrounded on water by three sides, lots of peninsulas are pretty hard to reach. and the rockaways are no exception. in the 1950s in the rockaways, they celebrated and the city finally, finally extended a subway line out there. rockaway, here we come. that subway line, the a-train, is the connection for the rockaways to the rest of the world. and it is the longest subway line in this big, big, big city. the part of that subway trip that goes across jamaica bay, just that one part, takes so long that new york city pigeons have learned to ride the a-train so they don t have to fly across the bay. they get on the train on