Comments on: You can hitch a free ride to Rockaway Beach this weekend

By: GloriaV

GloriaV — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:50:19 +0000

proper spelling: McCarren. Sorry, I am a born and bred Greenpointer. ;)

By: isabelle

isabelle — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:39:25 +0000

That’s cool! I still prefer riding my bike there though!

By: Kelly Murphy

Kelly Murphy — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:26:54 +0000

I double-checked with Sam from Rockabus:

“As far as the pick up point goes, it will be Union and Meeker, beneath the BQE.”

So ignore anything misleading on the website or Twitter!

By: beezy

beezy — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:17:53 +0000

It’s also a 90 minute bike ride from McCaren Park to Riis Park/Fort Tilden; which is free.

By: Kelly Murphy

Kelly Murphy — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:43:36 +0000

Looks like the site’s been updated from last night. Good spot! We’ll get that changed in the article.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:35:44 +0000

Whoops, I meant metropolitan and union, not metropolitan and meeker.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:35:10 +0000

The Rockabus website says this picks up at Metropolitan and Union, not Metropolitan and Union.

By: versayce

versayce — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:47:04 +0000

You guys know that the Rockabus is a yellow school bus, right? Who in their right mind would pay $18 to have a yellow school bus take them back and forth from Williamsburg to Rockaway? Oh wait.

By: Tim Donnelly

Tim Donnelly — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:41:41 +0000

While this may seem like a good deal, it behooves me to point out that $18 is practically the price of a Megabus ticket to Boston or D.C. Just sayin.