Forgotten New York

DELIBERATE AMBIGUITY, Flushing Meadows

In March, while scouting the upcoming July 13th ForgottenTour in Flushing Meadows, it might as well have been Kadath in the Cold Waste, as we tracked the vast windswept wilderness with nary a soul around. (The scene in summer is much different.)

Attached to the guardrail on the boadwalk between the elevated and the park (which crosses the Corona Subway Yards) is this sign, which seems to be deliberately misleading regarding where the park is and where the train is. For example, the arrow next to the 7 bullet leads, not to the train, but to the park. Only the arrow on the right will take you to the park and to Citifield.

Of course, the ramp going down to Roosevelt Avenue might be closed for whatever reason, in which case the other arrow would apply, as you’d have to go to the eastbound subway platform and then down to the street.

I suspect this sign tries to touch all the bases, which is something the Mets would like to do.

7/3/13

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