Babylon Mets fan finds a way to Citi Field
Shuttle buses bring fans to Citi Field Saturday amid LIRR strike. Credit: Ben Dickson
Mets fan Bethany Guerrieri of Babylon would’ve preferred to take the train to see Saturday night’s Subway Series game at Citi Field, but the option was unavailable given the strike by Long Island Rail Road workers.
She ended up taking the shuttle from the Manhasset train station — a route the Mets added because of the strike, in addition to their existing coach bus routes from Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station and Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City.
“The shuttle is nice, but it would be nicer if everybody could just work together and have an agreement so we don’t have to take shuttles,” she said. “We could take a train and just be more efficient and environmentally friendly.”
She said the experience was “great” and she has “nothing bad to say about the shuttle,” adding that the tickets — at $8.99 per round trip — were “very affordable.”
Ben Dickson is Newsday Sports' general assignment reporter. He joined Newsday’s high school sports staff in 2023 after graduating from Maryland, where he covered several of the Terrapins' teams.
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