NY Meet!

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Hi All!
If you have the time join us at 1pm on nov 16th.
See you all there!

Floyd bennet field MEET!


DATE/TIME:
Sunday, November 16th 2008!!
1:00PM




Its a abandoned airfiled base!
Here are some info and directions on it. its a sick place to hang out and talk about cars guys. hope some of you can make it and we can get something going.

DIRECTIONS:
TO FLOYD BENNETT FIELD

For those coming from Staten Island, central/southern NJ and all pts south, take 278 East across the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, go east on the Belt Pkwy, take exit 11S (Flatbush Ave), continue along Flatbush Ave going away from Brooklyn. Take a left onto Aviation Rd. (it should be the last cross road you see before the tolls). This well-signed road will lead you to Floyd Bennett Field.

For those coming from the Bronx, Queens, Long Island and Brooklyn, take the Van Wyck Expwy towards JFK Airport to Belt Pkwy west, take exit 11A (Flatbush Ave), continue along Flatbush Ave going away from Brooklyn. Take a left onto Aviation Rd. (it should be the last cross road you see before the tolls). This well-signed road will lead you to Floyd Bennett Field.

For those coming from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and all pts north, take 95 south across the Whitestone Bridge, connect with the Van Wyck Expwy, and follow directions for those coming from the NYC boroughs.

More info on the site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Bennett_Field


Last meet there! from last year! Was awesome!

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58886

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Thank you for your the thread: very nice find. I (live in NYC and) never knew about this place!

Is there space to race drive in straight line?

Edit: from your Wikipedia link:

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has divisions located on the historic former airfield. The department's aviation base, with its fleet of Bell Jet Ranger helicopters, is housed in space leased from the National Park Service that was once the United States Coast Guard Air Station Brooklyn, and is also now headquarters for the NYPD Emergency Services Unit. The Driver Training Unit is also located there, using a section of former runway to teach officers to operate many different vehicles used by the department.

The Wikipedia article also states there are runways:

Runway 6-24 (New): Constructed in 1942, this 5,000 x 300-foot (91 m) runway was lengthened to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in 1952. It runs perpendicular to Flatbush Avenue on the North side of the field.

From your e90post link:

I see a few reversed-hat-wearing types on the pictures. I really dislike that crowd (it's the hip-hop or reggaeton loud-bass-windows-down-even-in-winter-playing type) and hope your gathering doesn't attract it.