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April 10, 2011 10:36 AM Subscribe
Are there any places in Nassau County (NY) an old friend and I could go to pretend we're teenagers again?
RidiculousIdeaFilter: An old friend I used to make out with back in high school is in town for a few days. We've kept in touch over the years, but I haven't seen her since graduation. She and I were talking about meeting up, and then the conversation turned to high school, and we decided it'd be fun to meet up again for old time's sake since we're both single and don't have anything going on tonight.
Here's the tricky part: she's staying with her parents, who are not going to be okay with her bringing a guy home. I live with my parents right now, who are not going to be okay with me bringing a girl home. I'd also rather not go to a skeevy motel that charges by the hour (mostly because I don't know of any around here).
So we thought it might be fun to pull off to the side of the road or into a poorly lit parking lot or something like that, but the question is where we'd do something like that without fear of being discovered and subsequently arrested/murdered by gangs/anything else. Does anyone know of a place we could go? She lives near Carle Place/Westbury, I live near Hicksville, and we'll be in a car, so I can drive if need be.
Thanks in advance!
Throwaway email: neverwannaactmyage@yahoo.com
RidiculousIdeaFilter: An old friend I used to make out with back in high school is in town for a few days. We've kept in touch over the years, but I haven't seen her since graduation. She and I were talking about meeting up, and then the conversation turned to high school, and we decided it'd be fun to meet up again for old time's sake since we're both single and don't have anything going on tonight.
Here's the tricky part: she's staying with her parents, who are not going to be okay with her bringing a guy home. I live with my parents right now, who are not going to be okay with me bringing a girl home. I'd also rather not go to a skeevy motel that charges by the hour (mostly because I don't know of any around here).
So we thought it might be fun to pull off to the side of the road or into a poorly lit parking lot or something like that, but the question is where we'd do something like that without fear of being discovered and subsequently arrested/murdered by gangs/anything else. Does anyone know of a place we could go? She lives near Carle Place/Westbury, I live near Hicksville, and we'll be in a car, so I can drive if need be.
Thanks in advance!
Throwaway email: neverwannaactmyage@yahoo.com
Ahahaha, I grew up in Westbury. There's the skeevy motel on Old Country and Post/Merrick. Never been, but it's right behind the sex toy shop.
The only place that worked consistently for someone I know was the back of the NEFCU on Jericho and Underhill. Not exactly close, but 15 minutes away. And, if someone does drive around (like a truck to empty the dumpster at 3am), you can just drive out the other end, you're not trapped. (Not that I endorse evading police, but it will buy you a minute or two while driving away to put on some clothes.)
In short, avoid both Roosevelt and Broadway malls since they have security that drives around 24/7. Some larger chains and strip malls also have rent-a-cops, but even ones that don't are all facing the road, so you'll be easily seen. Parks, likewise have patrolling security but they can actually arrest you, so avoid Eisenhower and Cantiague.
If you don't mind taking a bit of a drive, you can head to the sparsely populated villages on the north shore (e.g., Sand Point, which, BTW, has a nice view of the Manhattan skyline). However, in most of them, parking on the roadside is prohibited, so you'll stick out to the local police who may or may not stumble across you as long as you don't park in front of someone's house where they will definitely call the cops. On the positive side, they'll probably just tell you kids to leave their little village and drive behind you to the border. Don't go back, find another. Hooray for dozens of tiny police departments that just want non-residents out.
Gangs? In Nassau? Relax.
posted by Brian Puccio at 10:59 AM on April 10, 2011
The only place that worked consistently for someone I know was the back of the NEFCU on Jericho and Underhill. Not exactly close, but 15 minutes away. And, if someone does drive around (like a truck to empty the dumpster at 3am), you can just drive out the other end, you're not trapped. (Not that I endorse evading police, but it will buy you a minute or two while driving away to put on some clothes.)
In short, avoid both Roosevelt and Broadway malls since they have security that drives around 24/7. Some larger chains and strip malls also have rent-a-cops, but even ones that don't are all facing the road, so you'll be easily seen. Parks, likewise have patrolling security but they can actually arrest you, so avoid Eisenhower and Cantiague.
If you don't mind taking a bit of a drive, you can head to the sparsely populated villages on the north shore (e.g., Sand Point, which, BTW, has a nice view of the Manhattan skyline). However, in most of them, parking on the roadside is prohibited, so you'll stick out to the local police who may or may not stumble across you as long as you don't park in front of someone's house where they will definitely call the cops. On the positive side, they'll probably just tell you kids to leave their little village and drive behind you to the border. Don't go back, find another. Hooray for dozens of tiny police departments that just want non-residents out.
Gangs? In Nassau? Relax.
posted by Brian Puccio at 10:59 AM on April 10, 2011
Go to the Garden City Hotel. Or for something a less fancy, try the Holiday Inn of Carle Place.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:11 AM on April 10, 2011
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:11 AM on April 10, 2011
murdered by gangs
Gangs of what? Bargain-hunters?
Go to a motel already. Anywhere in Nassau where the homes are far apart enough to give you privacy will be a wealthy-as-fuck village with its own police force who have nothing else to do all night but cruise around looking for people like you. Trust me.
posted by elizardbits at 11:34 AM on April 10, 2011 [7 favorites]
Gangs of what? Bargain-hunters?
Go to a motel already. Anywhere in Nassau where the homes are far apart enough to give you privacy will be a wealthy-as-fuck village with its own police force who have nothing else to do all night but cruise around looking for people like you. Trust me.
posted by elizardbits at 11:34 AM on April 10, 2011 [7 favorites]
The Park and Ride lot at exit 52 off of the LIE in Melville is (or at least, was) a huge gay cruising spot at night. You could presumably get busy in your car there without worry. Romantic!
posted by skwm at 1:07 PM on April 10, 2011
posted by skwm at 1:07 PM on April 10, 2011
Fixing this for you:
"the question is where we'd do something like that without fear ofbeing discovered and subsequently arrested/murdered by gangs/anything else" noticing how much less comfortable it is to make out in a car than in a hotel with a bed and shower, now that we have each tried both."
And the answer is, nowhere.
posted by salvia at 2:46 PM on April 10, 2011
"the question is where we'd do something like that without fear of
And the answer is, nowhere.
posted by salvia at 2:46 PM on April 10, 2011
Well, I guess it depends on what you like and what kind of car is available to you.
There are probably other local options, but worst case, you're about an hour south of Green Mountain National Forest. "Visitors can camp anywhere on the forest unless the area is posted closed to camping, while staying the recommended 200 feet from roads, trails, and bodies of water to disperse impact." "Can camp" also generally means "can park without a ranger shining a light into your car windows." So, you could zoom in on Google Maps to look for small side roads where you could park. Supposedly, this is a detailed map of Green Mountain roads (south half, 10.5 MB PDF), and an explanation of what those map designations mean, but I ran out of time before I could make sense of the map.
posted by salvia at 3:08 PM on April 10, 2011
There are probably other local options, but worst case, you're about an hour south of Green Mountain National Forest. "Visitors can camp anywhere on the forest unless the area is posted closed to camping, while staying the recommended 200 feet from roads, trails, and bodies of water to disperse impact." "Can camp" also generally means "can park without a ranger shining a light into your car windows." So, you could zoom in on Google Maps to look for small side roads where you could park. Supposedly, this is a detailed map of Green Mountain roads (south half, 10.5 MB PDF), and an explanation of what those map designations mean, but I ran out of time before I could make sense of the map.
posted by salvia at 3:08 PM on April 10, 2011
There are probably other local options, but worst case, you're about an hour south of Green Mountain National Forest.That's in Vermont. OP is on Long Island. That's easily 4 hours away, plus whatever bridge traffic OP will hit.
posted by Brian Puccio at 5:10 PM on April 10, 2011
OP is on Long Island.
Oh, really? Ok, my bad, sorry. This was my research -- I used Nassau, NY, instead of Nassau County.
posted by salvia at 7:35 PM on April 10, 2011
Oh, really? Ok, my bad, sorry. This was my research -- I used Nassau, NY, instead of Nassau County.
posted by salvia at 7:35 PM on April 10, 2011
Is there no woods in Nassau county NY? In these woods, are there no trails. Slightly off of these trails, are there no secluded areas where you could touch eachother?
posted by WeekendJen at 9:44 AM on April 11, 2011
posted by WeekendJen at 9:44 AM on April 11, 2011
Well, I've seen condoms in the parking lot at the Roosevelt Raceway theater.
And my friends and I joke, "Only south of Northern Boulevard." Meaning that our private police won't stand for those kinds of shenanigans. I can't even park my own car on the road in front of my house. Don't try that up here.
But I'm trying to think of sketchy, dark places that I don't like being at night. There are some scary areas of the parking lots at the Hicksville train station. And since they don't consistently ticket I'm assuming they're not hardcore patrolling. If you park in the midst of a bunch of other cars, I don't see you getting bothered.
Or behind the Kitchen Kabaret strip mall in... what is that, East Norwich? On Glen Cove road just north of the LIE. There's really sketchy parking in the back.
Do we have murderous gangs?
posted by thebazilist at 12:37 PM on April 11, 2011
And my friends and I joke, "Only south of Northern Boulevard." Meaning that our private police won't stand for those kinds of shenanigans. I can't even park my own car on the road in front of my house. Don't try that up here.
But I'm trying to think of sketchy, dark places that I don't like being at night. There are some scary areas of the parking lots at the Hicksville train station. And since they don't consistently ticket I'm assuming they're not hardcore patrolling. If you park in the midst of a bunch of other cars, I don't see you getting bothered.
Or behind the Kitchen Kabaret strip mall in... what is that, East Norwich? On Glen Cove road just north of the LIE. There's really sketchy parking in the back.
Do we have murderous gangs?
posted by thebazilist at 12:37 PM on April 11, 2011
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