Buses await wave of commuters outside Howard Beach station
A row of Coach buses lined up Monday afternoon outside the Howard Beach-JFK train station, ready to ferry commuters to locations such as Hicksville, Mineola, Hempstead/Lake State Park and Bay Shore.
MTA employees wearing bright orange vests and MTA Police officers milled about in the scorching heat, preparing for the first wave of the afternoon rush hour crowd.
Joshua Needelman covers the Town of North Hempstead for Newsday. A Long Island native and University of Maryland graduate, his work has appeared in publications including The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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