Fun fact, the US Open didn't always take place at Flushing Meadows! The tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, originally known as the US National Championships (wasn't called the US Open until 1968), for which men's singles and men's doubles were first played in August 1881. The tournament was first held in August 1881 on grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, now home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. They held tournaments in places like Livingston on Staten Island and Chicago, but the effort to relocate it to NYC began as early as 1911 when a group of tennis players, headed by New Yorker Karl Behr, started working on it. In early 1915, a group of about 100 tennis players signed a petition in favor of moving the tournament, arguing that because most tennis clubs, players, and fans at the time lived around NYC, it made sense to host the national championships there! So they did, in 1915, they moved it to Forest Hills, played there until 1920 and didn't return until 1924 when the 14,000-seat Forest Hills Stadium was built, they remained there until 1977, and finally moved to Flushing Meadows in 1978! The Open saw some of its biggest moments and changes while in Forest Hills, including the introduction of seedings in 1927, tiebreakers in 1970, equal prize money for men and women in 1973, and night play in 1975
The LIRR branch that serves Flushing Main Street is Port Washington, not Port Jefferson! And yeah, planes have to curve that hard to reach LaGuardia because of its short runways. That’s why they brake so hard immediately upon landing. They have less room to Deaccelerate. FAA approved Instrument Departure Procedure "Whitestone Climb" and the "Expressway Visual Approach to Runway 31". When adopting the Expressway Approach, when the aircraft crosses the intersection of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and the LIE in Long Island City, it turns northeast on 85° and follows the LIE, after reaching Flushing Meadows, the aircraft executes a 135° left turn over the Flushing Bay and joins the final approach to the Runway 31. When adopting Whitestone Climb, aircraft will circle over Flushing and head to Whitestone Bridge on the North upon takeoff from Runway 13. Such patterns aim to reduce the noise, avoid the traffic of the JFK Airport and maximize the air traffic capacity in the New York TRACON. Also worth mentioning that when it was built, the site required moving landfill from Rikers Island, then a garbage dump, onto a metal reinforcing framework. The framework below the airport still causes magnetic interference on the compasses of outgoing aircraft But that's nothing compared to what pilots had to face when landing at the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Because of the geography surrounding Kai Tak, with water on three sides of its former single runway, Kowloon residential apartment complexes to the northwest and 2,000-plus ft mountains to the northeast of Kai Tak, planes could not fly over the mountains and quickly drop in for a final approach. Instead, they had to fly above Victoria Harbour and Kowloon City, passing north of Mong Kok's Bishop Hill. After passing Bishop Hill, pilots would see Checkerboard Hill with a large orange-and-white pattern. Once the pattern was sighted and identified, the aircraft made a low-altitude (sub-600 ft; 180 m) 47-degree right-hand turn, ending with a short final approach and touchdown. For pilots, this airport was technically demanding, as the approach could not be flown by aircraft instruments but had to be flown visually because of the right-hand turn required. So planes flew very close to many apartment buildings, nearly scraping the roofs off them, as they dodged them to land at the airport. Due to overcrowding in the 1980s, the Hong Kong government decided to build the airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok off of Lantau Island, and Kai Tak closed in 1998, the year after the British handed Hong Kong over to China. To connect it with the city, the MTR built the Airport Express connecting Chek Lap Kok and AsiaWorld-Expo with Tsing Yi, Kowloon, and Hong Kong Island. Kowloon and Hong Kong stations offer "in town check-in", nearly all stations have baggage trolleys and free porter services, and Kowloon and Hong Kong stations also offer free shuttle bus service to hotels. Today, Kai Tak is used as a cruise terminal and a sports park, the former airport fire station is preserved, and the checkerboard on Checkerboard Hill was restored in 2021.
As an former United Airlines and U.S. Airways pilot, i made hundreds of approaches through the Expressway Visual to 31, i did make sharp turns to 31, but i rarely did go-arounds, and the Whitestone Climb provides a great view of the Whitestone Bridge and Flushing when you adopt it!
Supertoe I been watching you since I was 3 I’ve never out eating my waffles on my mom gave my iPad so I can watch you. You have been my favorite. You help me to focus
Have you ever been looking at the 9th Av Lower Level? Look closely and you can see stairs leading down to the lower level. The lower level was part of the Culver Shuttle which ran between 9th Avenue and Ditmas Av. The Shuttle Service was part of the Culver Line which oddly enough has a sign of "5" as the design. Years later it was given a bullet sign as "SS" However, the shuttle service was discontinued in 1975. And then, it was demolished.
Little tip if you ever end up eating at Penn Station again: NEVER eat at Slice Pizza (I know that’s where you got your pizza from). Like you implicitly said, it’s a scam. If you want better pizza that’ll hold its weight against other NYC places within Penn, walk in the Penn corridor between the 7th and 8th Ave subway stations and go into Rose Pizza. It’s a Long Island classic for us LIRR travelers. Also, Jacob’s Pickles in the Food Hall has amazing southern style chicken sandwiches. Definitely one of the best sandwiches I’ve had on this side of the Mason-Dixon
for the D trains 9th ave lower level that used to be a connection for the culver shuttle which stopped in the mid 70s do to low ridership but now its one of my fave half used stations
Also, it's important to remember that the 7 train did not reach Times Square yet. It came along in March 1927. The 7 train previous terminus was Time Sq-42 St. Until 88 years, in 2015 the 7 train was extended to Hudson Yards.
supertoe. i could 've met you because the 3 is my home train and i take the 148th street bound to 96th street to go to my uncle (edit:i forgot to add "with my mum")
You could have gone from 74th and Broadway to Woodside and taken the LIRR from there to Penn. It’s the same cost (if I remember correctly), but it does cut down significantly on travel time
When you saw the opening gap in the s train that is the malbon wreck a train was running 36miles per hour but it need to be 6 miles per hour and got a thigh turn and crash in the tunnel then the sreet name changed.
7 train map: *_QUEENS_* Flushing - Main Street (7) LIRR ♿ Mets Willets Point, used to be Shea Stadium (7) ♿ 111th Street (7) 103rd Street - Corona Plaza (7) Junction Blvd (7) ♿ *_82nd Street - Jackson Heights_* (Main Street side closed) (7) 90th Street - Elmhurst Avenue (7) 74th Street - Broadway (E) (F) (M) (R) (7) ♿ 69th Street (7) Woodside - 61st Street (7) LIRR ♿ 52nd Street (7) 46th Street - Bliss Street (7) 40th Street - Lowery Street (7) 33rd Street (7) Queensboro Plaza (N) (W) (7) Court Square - 23rd Street ♿ Hunters Point Avenue (7) LIRR Vernon Blvd - Jackson Avenue (7) *_QUEENS_* ------------------------------------------------------------ *_MANHATTAN_* Grand Central 42nd Street (4) (5) (6) (7) (S) LIRR and MNRR ♿ 5th Avenue - Bryant Park (B) (D) (F) (M) (7) Times Square - 42nd Street (A) (C) (E) (7) (A) (C) (E) (N) (Q) (R) (W) PABT ♿ 34th Street - Hudson Yards (7) *_MANHATTAN_*
I was on the B93 one time so I could see the service change in action… my bus driver acted like we were in a racing game. I thought I was gonna die 12 times!
I’m surprised you never were at the ninth Avenue station before and discovered that lower level. that’s been an abandoned lower level from when the Culver shuttle shut down in the mid 70s. They use that for film shoots and things of that nature anymore. It’s probably a good one for your subway secrets series for your next installment.
*Can you do a route based on:* Take the 7 train from Flushing to Court Square. Transfer to G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn. Transfer to A to 42nd St-PABT. Transfer to the R train to Lexington Av-59 St. Transfer to 4 to Grand Concourse. Do you like the request?
You could have taken the Grand Central LIRR train to woodside, then transfer to a different LIRR train to Penn station. You would’ve gotten there quicker.
WTN Route. A L 1 G A Q R 🐊🐊🐊🐊 A from Inwood to 14th St L From 14th St To 6th Ave Walk to 14 street on The 1 1 from 14th St to South Ferry Cut it out idc but take the r from Whitehall to Atlantic Ave Walk to Fulton street on the G G from Fulton St to Hoyt Schermerhorn A from Hoyt Schermerhorn to Canal St Canal Street Q to 14th St R from 14th St to 23rd St
For your next Where To Now? on September 27th come to Steinway St or 36 Av where I might see you. I really want to see you in person for the very first time. I suggest you take: Start at 125 St Take the 5 to Nevins St The 2 to Atlantic Av The LIRR to Jamaica The E to 42 St The A to Rockaway Blvd The Q53 to Jamaica Av The J to Canal St The Q to 34 St The N to 42 St The S to Grand Central The 7 to 5 Av The M to Queens Plaza The R to Steinway St
Can you do 4 from 138th street to 161 D to 42stBP Q to Canal street 6 to BBCityhall J to Marcy M to loirmer G to Hoyt Schemrhorn C to Jay st F to 4/9 R to 77th street
Sometimes UA-cam does weird stuff like that. If I see it’s taking a super long time to encode on YT, I just upload it again and use whichever upload finishes first.
4:00 This is where this is the Baseball Stadium is at… not a Tennis Stadium… Well I have never even seen a lot of people like this going to see the Mets to win Baseball to leave the (7)!
The US Open was this day. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is on the opposite side of the track from City Point.
You know it’s a great day when Suprtoe is posting something
Sure is
I know
For real
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I take the N train
MY BEAUTIFUL 7 TRAIN!!! I miss it so much!!!
Fun fact, the US Open didn't always take place at Flushing Meadows! The tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, originally known as the US National Championships (wasn't called the US Open until 1968), for which men's singles and men's doubles were first played in August 1881. The tournament was first held in August 1881 on grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, now home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. They held tournaments in places like Livingston on Staten Island and Chicago, but the effort to relocate it to NYC began as early as 1911 when a group of tennis players, headed by New Yorker Karl Behr, started working on it. In early 1915, a group of about 100 tennis players signed a petition in favor of moving the tournament, arguing that because most tennis clubs, players, and fans at the time lived around NYC, it made sense to host the national championships there! So they did, in 1915, they moved it to Forest Hills, played there until 1920 and didn't return until 1924 when the 14,000-seat Forest Hills Stadium was built, they remained there until 1977, and finally moved to Flushing Meadows in 1978!
The Open saw some of its biggest moments and changes while in Forest Hills, including the introduction of seedings in 1927, tiebreakers in 1970, equal prize money for men and women in 1973, and night play in 1975
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Awesome video as always!
Thanks so much!!! Appreciate you!
The LIRR branch that serves Flushing Main Street is Port Washington, not Port Jefferson! And yeah, planes have to curve that hard to reach LaGuardia because of its short runways. That’s why they brake so hard immediately upon landing. They have less room to Deaccelerate. FAA approved Instrument Departure Procedure "Whitestone Climb" and the "Expressway Visual Approach to Runway 31". When adopting the Expressway Approach, when the aircraft crosses the intersection of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and the LIE in Long Island City, it turns northeast on 85° and follows the LIE, after reaching Flushing Meadows, the aircraft executes a 135° left turn over the Flushing Bay and joins the final approach to the Runway 31. When adopting Whitestone Climb, aircraft will circle over Flushing and head to Whitestone Bridge on the North upon takeoff from Runway 13. Such patterns aim to reduce the noise, avoid the traffic of the JFK Airport and maximize the air traffic capacity in the New York TRACON. Also worth mentioning that when it was built, the site required moving landfill from Rikers Island, then a garbage dump, onto a metal reinforcing framework. The framework below the airport still causes magnetic interference on the compasses of outgoing aircraft
But that's nothing compared to what pilots had to face when landing at the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Because of the geography surrounding Kai Tak, with water on three sides of its former single runway, Kowloon residential apartment complexes to the northwest and 2,000-plus ft mountains to the northeast of Kai Tak, planes could not fly over the mountains and quickly drop in for a final approach. Instead, they had to fly above Victoria Harbour and Kowloon City, passing north of Mong Kok's Bishop Hill. After passing Bishop Hill, pilots would see Checkerboard Hill with a large orange-and-white pattern. Once the pattern was sighted and identified, the aircraft made a low-altitude (sub-600 ft; 180 m) 47-degree right-hand turn, ending with a short final approach and touchdown. For pilots, this airport was technically demanding, as the approach could not be flown by aircraft instruments but had to be flown visually because of the right-hand turn required. So planes flew very close to many apartment buildings, nearly scraping the roofs off them, as they dodged them to land at the airport. Due to overcrowding in the 1980s, the Hong Kong government decided to build the airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok off of Lantau Island, and Kai Tak closed in 1998, the year after the British handed Hong Kong over to China. To connect it with the city, the MTR built the Airport Express connecting Chek Lap Kok and AsiaWorld-Expo with Tsing Yi, Kowloon, and Hong Kong Island. Kowloon and Hong Kong stations offer "in town check-in", nearly all stations have baggage trolleys and free porter services, and Kowloon and Hong Kong stations also offer free shuttle bus service to hotels. Today, Kai Tak is used as a cruise terminal and a sports park, the former airport fire station is preserved, and the checkerboard on Checkerboard Hill was restored in 2021.
As an former United Airlines and U.S. Airways pilot, i made hundreds of approaches through the Expressway Visual to 31, i did make sharp turns to 31, but i rarely did go-arounds, and the Whitestone Climb provides a great view of the Whitestone Bridge and Flushing when you adopt it!
I love suprtoes vids so much! I started watching in 2021 or 2020, he's the reason why he made me like mta transit trains
That’s a branch of the Gowanus Canal @22:04 😂
The Respect signage at Franklin Street station was in tribute to the late Aretha Franklin who passed away on August 16, 2018
Omg, I'm so excited for this vid
Still making amazing videos! Been watching since 2016, and they’ve always been great.
“Hi to David for me!”
Thanks a lot Suprtoe! Just that alone really made my day. Too bad I couldn’t make it today, would have loved to meet you! 😝
Ty for the inspo we just got back from the transit museum!🎉
How’s it going SuprToe? Here’s another one! Have a great time!
YOOOOOOOOO W
Wow! Thanks my dude!
@@SuprToe You’re welcome.
Supertoe I been watching you since I was 3 I’ve never out eating my waffles on my mom gave my iPad so I can watch you. You have been my favorite. You help me to focus
Thanks friend! Happy to have you as a fan!
Now, where did I seen this before.
My man GoGo Suprtoe is back 😊
Can’t wait for this vid to drop!
Have you ever been looking at the 9th Av Lower Level? Look closely and you can see stairs leading down to the lower level. The lower level was part of the Culver Shuttle which ran between 9th Avenue and Ditmas Av. The Shuttle Service was part of the Culver Line which oddly enough has a sign of "5" as the design. Years later it was given a bullet sign as "SS" However, the shuttle service was discontinued in 1975. And then, it was demolished.
9:18 One of the Arrival procedures and Approach to Runway at LGA procedures
We missed you supertoe!!! ❤️
Another thing, I just realized I was on one of those planes! I flew back to NYC midday on Labor Day!
Suprtoe, YOU forgot about The Rockaway shuttle That runs to Rockaway Blvd
I explain in the video.
Awesome video GoGoSupertoe!!
Little tip if you ever end up eating at Penn Station again: NEVER eat at Slice Pizza (I know that’s where you got your pizza from). Like you implicitly said, it’s a scam. If you want better pizza that’ll hold its weight against other NYC places within Penn, walk in the Penn corridor between the 7th and 8th Ave subway stations and go into Rose Pizza. It’s a Long Island classic for us LIRR travelers. Also, Jacob’s Pickles in the Food Hall has amazing southern style chicken sandwiches. Definitely one of the best sandwiches I’ve had on this side of the Mason-Dixon
The G line is full like again from Church Ave to Court Square
41:53 you just actually caught R46 pre goh closing door sound
Oh, come on butterfingers 30:05 and 30:06
finally returning back to suprtoe after ages, intro felt different.
supr excited!
hahahaha. i see what you did there.
27:28 This is a church avenue bound ding dong
for the D trains 9th ave lower level that used to be a connection for the culver shuttle which stopped in the mid 70s do to low ridership but now its one of my fave half used stations
bruh this guy is making videos for 7 seven years he should get a million and i been watching you since i was young ❤
Also, it's important to remember that the 7 train did not reach Times Square yet. It came along in March 1927. The 7 train previous terminus was Time Sq-42 St. Until 88 years, in 2015 the 7 train was extended to Hudson Yards.
supertoe. i could 've met you because the 3 is my home train and i take the 148th street bound to 96th street to go to my uncle (edit:i forgot to add "with my mum")
You have made the word “shenanigans” mean to me nothing but a jumble of words that happen to make a coherent word
13:49 that day was not a good day for her
You could have gone from 74th and Broadway to Woodside and taken the LIRR from there to Penn. It’s the same cost (if I remember correctly), but it does cut down significantly on travel time
Correct but I rarely make it out to Flushing so I figured why not?
Who knew that Suprtoe uploaded
Love the videos. Where is shiny Mrs super toe?
Thanks! Videos with LilyShine (Shiny Mrs Suprtoe) are shorter, so I usually post them as Patreon Exclusives.
Just subscribed to the Patreon! :)
Wen You saw the 38st and a lower level thas a srecet from SS cover suttle trains to Dimars F station to 9av D staion
Yeah I need to include that in a subway secrets episode.
The lower level was part of the Culver Shuttle, it was discontinued in 1975
When you saw the opening gap in the s train that is the malbon wreck a train was running 36miles per hour but it need to be 6 miles per hour and got a thigh turn and crash in the tunnel then the sreet name changed.
7 train map:
*_QUEENS_*
Flushing - Main Street (7) LIRR ♿
Mets Willets Point, used to be Shea Stadium (7) ♿
111th Street (7)
103rd Street - Corona Plaza (7)
Junction Blvd (7) ♿
*_82nd Street - Jackson Heights_* (Main Street side closed) (7)
90th Street - Elmhurst Avenue (7)
74th Street - Broadway (E) (F) (M) (R) (7) ♿
69th Street (7)
Woodside - 61st Street (7) LIRR ♿
52nd Street (7)
46th Street - Bliss Street (7)
40th Street - Lowery Street (7)
33rd Street (7)
Queensboro Plaza (N) (W) (7)
Court Square - 23rd Street ♿
Hunters Point Avenue (7) LIRR
Vernon Blvd - Jackson Avenue (7)
*_QUEENS_*
------------------------------------------------------------
*_MANHATTAN_*
Grand Central 42nd Street (4) (5) (6) (7) (S) LIRR and MNRR ♿
5th Avenue - Bryant Park (B) (D) (F) (M) (7)
Times Square - 42nd Street (A) (C) (E) (7) (A) (C) (E) (N) (Q) (R) (W) PABT ♿
34th Street - Hudson Yards (7)
*_MANHATTAN_*
I was on the B93 one time so I could see the service change in action… my bus driver acted like we were in a racing game. I thought I was gonna die 12 times!
heck yea ‼️
105-109 arrived
When I was 4 or 3 I used to take one
"Do you live at Dekalb Ave?"
I’m surprised you never were at the ninth Avenue station before and discovered that lower level. that’s been an abandoned lower level from when the Culver shuttle shut down in the mid 70s. They use that for film shoots and things of that nature anymore. It’s probably a good one for your subway secrets series for your next installment.
I Never Been To The U S Open Before Go Go Suprtoe
*Can you do a route based on:*
Take the 7 train from Flushing to Court Square.
Transfer to G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn.
Transfer to A to 42nd St-PABT.
Transfer to the R train to Lexington Av-59 St.
Transfer to 4 to Grand Concourse.
Do you like the request?
16:41 I know exactly what you mean
I love supertoe ❤
You could have taken the Grand Central LIRR train to woodside, then transfer to a different LIRR train to Penn station. You would’ve gotten there quicker.
Also take e instead of 7
Nice Vid.
6:30 Yes it's another entrance unfortunately where a few Chinese call girls hang out
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Franklin ave shuttle so crowded have you?
Nope. And I had no idea why it was so crowded at the time. West Indian Day Parade.
I just got my Student omny card. I be omny smaking everday now
41:13 Because it's the end of summer
I can’t wait Suprtoe!
Question: Why have you been doing allota all train videos lately?
38:30 Because of the West Indian Labor Day festval in Crown Heights
i love your all trains videos! hopefully the shenanigans were not too MTA-like.
“MTA shenanigans are the type of shenanigans that make the most sense,”
- Suprtoe, All Queens Trains 2023
@@nicholasstanton9575 i remember that, haha.
I miss the days when the 7 line was the IRT's home of the most vintage cars still in service; ditto for the C on the IND.
Lez go I am your patron
IT STARTED
Ride on the 2 train, very packed on rush hour.
Can you visit Queensboro Plaza
48:20 a lot of improvements are either slowed or eliminated due to lack of funds
WTN Route. A L 1 G A Q R 🐊🐊🐊🐊
A from Inwood to 14th St
L From 14th St To 6th Ave
Walk to 14 street on The 1
1 from 14th St to South Ferry
Cut it out idc but take the r from Whitehall to Atlantic Ave
Walk to Fulton street on the G
G from Fulton St to Hoyt Schermerhorn
A from Hoyt Schermerhorn to Canal St
Canal Street Q to 14th St
R from 14th St to 23rd St
So. Where To Now? (best catchphrase ever) have a good weekend!
7:34 Port WWashington
Yeah I got it wrong.
No problem @@SuprToe
YAY
Is there a 4 train on Essex street?
Yes
Awesome video 🔥 also one question will you be at the r32 run tomorrow?
Yes 10am
5:18 is referred to as the Spanish solution
As someone who not only loves the Mta but Loves plane I can tell you What airline you saw
supertoe or school is on nostrand and dekalb!
Where you started is where I live near that train station
For your next Where To Now? on September 27th come to Steinway St or 36 Av where I might see you. I really want to see you in person for the very first time. I suggest you take:
Start at 125 St
Take the 5 to Nevins St
The 2 to Atlantic Av
The LIRR to Jamaica
The E to 42 St
The A to Rockaway Blvd
The Q53 to Jamaica Av
The J to Canal St
The Q to 34 St
The N to 42 St
The S to Grand Central
The 7 to 5 Av
The M to Queens Plaza
The R to Steinway St
Gogosuprtoe I made a route for you. start at 163rd st. Take the C to 168th st. 1 to marble hill. Metro north to Yankees stadium. 4 to Woodlawn
1:52 this is the weekend of the annual
U.S. Open
Could you do one on Halloween or any other holiday?
58:19 i saw that same thing a few months ago
me too
Can you do 4 from 138th street to 161 D to 42stBP Q to Canal street 6 to BBCityhall J to Marcy M to loirmer G to Hoyt Schemrhorn C to Jay st F to 4/9 R to 77th street
18:00 R179 on 6th Ave
6:50 LaGuardia flight path
I hope I can spot you one day
WOW
Im doing all trains starting between 8 and 815 see you at Union
square
Same
beetle juice only in theaters
I love Mta subway
4:50 Skyview Mall
when I posted a vid on the 7 (it was 30 minutes) IT TOOK AT LEAST 5 DAYS CAUSE ITS NOT EVEN UPLOADED YET
Sometimes UA-cam does weird stuff like that. If I see it’s taking a super long time to encode on YT, I just upload it again and use whichever upload finishes first.
OMG OMG OMG
MY HOUSE IS RIGHT THERE
7:35 I am a Virtual Pilot, and I know all the pilots procedures and flight procedures
Collier big fan WV
4:00 This is where this is the Baseball Stadium is at… not a Tennis Stadium…
Well I have never even seen a lot of people like this going to see the Mets to win Baseball to leave the (7)!
The US Open was this day. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is on the opposite side of the track from City Point.
Ohh… Thanks for letting me know, Suprtoe!
Next time, can we even get All Trains 2025?
UR AT MT AREA!!!
I’m my home 41-11 75st
DAY 16 OF ASKING OUR LORD SUPRTOE TO GO TO ALL VERSIONS OF THE NY BOTANICAL GARDENS