Local questions

A Park Pass is not needed for Glen Island Park, but proof of Westchester County residency is required for admission. This can be established with a Westchester County park pass or a valid New York State driver’s license with a Westchester county address. Residents may each bring up to four adult guests and five children. Pass holders receive discounted admission and parking.

The Long Island Rail Road operates daily train services between New York’s Penn Station and Montauk Station, with some direct services but most changing trains at Jamaica. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends the LIRR operates the non-stop express Cannonball service from Penn Station at 4:06 pm on Friday afternoons and returns on Sundays, departing Montauk at 6:37 pm (except the first and last weekends of service which is a holiday Monday evening return).

At Orlando International Airport, Terminal A and Terminal B are simply opposite sides of the same Main Terminal building, which is only 525 feet across. Also called A-Side and B-Side, crossing from one side to the other can be done on Level 3 (Departures Level). Orlando International Airport departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. [table id=4 /]

For LA Lakers basketball games at Staples Center, doors open 1.5 hours prior to the start of the game. For Suite and Premier ticket holders doors open 2 hours beforehand.

Requests for free tickets to see a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at NBC Studios in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center can be made online at tonightshowtix.com. Tickets are released monthly, with a month’s ticket waitlist typically opening during the first week of the prior month. Numbered stand-by cards are also handed out at 9 am on the morning of taping. The stand-by line typically forms several hours earlier on 49th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), beginning at the Tonight Show sign and heading towards 6th Avenue. Receiving a stand-by card does not guarantee admission, but you will be able to return at a specific time later that afternoon for cancellations or extra tickets that become available.

Radio City was a name given to the western portion of New York’s Rockefeller Center by its first major tenant, the Radio Corporation of America, or RCA. RCA, then the parent company of NBC, initially housed its radio-related broadcast operations at Radio City, later adding television production facilities. NBC’s TV studios continue to be located in the Rockefeller Center.

The nearest Manchester Metrolink tram stop to Wythenshawe Hospital is Roundthorn, an 8 to 10-minute walk away from the hospital. The Roundthorn stop is served by Metrolink’s Navy Line which runs between Manchester city centre and Manchester Airport.

Dogs are permitted at San Mateo Campground but they must be under control at all times and on a leash no longer than six feet. They must be kept in a vehicle or tent at night and not be left unattended at any time. Only service dogs are allowed in buildings or on the beach.

The Millbrae Art & Wine Festival is held annually on the Labor Day weekend preceding the first Monday of September. The event is held between 10 am and 5 pm on the Saturday and Sunday along Broadway (one block west of El Camino Real) between Victoria and Meadow Glen Avenues in downtown Millbrae.

San Francisco property tax can be paid in person at The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector in City Hall Monday through Friday (except holidays) from 8 am to 5 pm. Wait times at the office are longer around delinquency dates. Property taxes are payable in two equal installments, the first is due November 1st and delinquent after December 10th, and the second is due on March 1st and delinquent after April 10th.

Alcohol consumption is not permitted in Times Square at any time, including New Years Eve. It is illegal to drink alcoholic beverages or have an open container of alcohol in any public place in New York City.

Newark Liberty International Airport departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. [table id=2 /]

Manchester International Airport departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. [table id=1 /]

The NPR member radio station in Detroit is WDET which broadcasts to Metro Detroit and southeast Michigan on FM and HD Radio at 101.9 MHz, and also streams online. The station is operated by Wayne State University from the University Tower building on Cass Avenue in Midtown Detroit.

The Ottawa Senators NHL ice hockey team plays its home games at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa’s Kanata neighbourhood.

The northern end of Manhattan’s High Line elevated park and walkway wraps around the Hudson Yards development and emerges on West 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. A spur off the Highline at West 30th Street near 10th Avenue connects directly to the shops and restaurants at 10 Hudson Yards and there is stair and elevator access to street level here.

Leashed dogs are permitted in most areas of Zilker Park in south Austin, and the park has a designated dog park at The Great Lawn where well behaved dogs can play off-leash. There is also a dog swim area in Barton Creek known as Barking Springs, located just outside Barton Springs Pool. Dog leashes must be no longer than 6 feet, and in-heat dogs are not allowed in off-leash areas.

Manhattan’s Central Park is 843 acres. It is New York City’s fifth largest park by area.

Staten Island Ferry runs every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A more frequent service every 15 or 20 minutes operates on weekdays during the rush hours of 6 am to 9:30 am and 3:30 pm to 8 pm.

Vine and HQ Trivia cofounder, Colin Kroll, died at the age of 34 from an apparent drugs overdose in his apartment on Spring Street in New York’s Nolita neighborhood. In the early hours of Sunday, December 16th, 2018, police attended Kroll’s apartment and found him face down and unresponsive in his bedroom, and he was declared dead shortly afterwards. His cause of death was reported to be an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.