Jamaica Long Island Rail Road Station

Yup, it’s a train station. The first five pictures are from the summer months, in 2005 and 2006, on the way to Long Beach. The last three are from the other day. We happened to be on the train with Friday night Long Island-based revelers — they were pre-gaming it. I always found the idea of drinking on public transportation funny, which is not to say that I don’t enjoy a tall boy on the Staten Island Ferry — just that it doesn’t occur to me to brown bag on the M60. Some contend that drinking on the region’s commuter trains is a time-honored tradition. Others point to the “Vomit Comet” as proof that it’s a bad idea. Then there’s the Irish.