Dodging dangers getting to train station
Photo credit: Newsday / Judy Cartwright | Birchwood Co-op board of directors member Russell Sutherland, superintendent Carlos Rivera and resident Lou Camacho at a spot where there's no traffic signal or crosswalk for residents to cross Roslyn Road to get to the Mineola LIRR station. (Jan. 16, 2013)
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More Watchdog columnsWhen residents of the Birchwood Court co-op apartments in Mineola head for the train station, they typically go by foot. After all, the station is a hop-skip-and-jump from the 444-unit complex on Roslyn Road.
But the journey can require some dodges and sprints as well: They cross Roslyn Road in front of the apartments, where there's neither a traffic signal nor crosswalk.
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