Verranzano will have cars but they'll be moving along at midnight on Friday night. LI traffic? Depends what you mean by Friday night. 3:00 PM until 8 PM will be a standstill at times, again also depends on where on the island you are. There are only 3 major roads, The Northern State Pkwy., LI Expressway and Southern State Pkwy. Large commercial vehicles are only allowed on the L.I.E. (495).
Looks like I may be going to be doing a lap around long Island on the sunrise Hwy to the light house then back along the north shore on 25A. Any worries with riding thru the night?
One thing that surprised the hell out of me, was the number of deer out on the end of LI in the wee hours. I had no idea...it was crazy
Apparently not. Now the deer are coming to Long Islanders- Wild video shows deer crashing through hair salon window in New York
Plenty of deer to worry about. And drunk drivers on weekend nights. More importantly, I'm curious as to why would you be doing a lap around L.I. at night? The roads you're talking about are not very inspiring. Strip malls, stop lights, etc. It could be much more enjoyable during the day. If you're touring the Northeast from Missouri there's WAY better riding to be had without dealing with the pitfalls of L.I.
I was born and raised on the Island. Don't bother going. Left 10 years ago. Traffic, lousy roads, traffic, tolls, traffic, total anachry on the roads, and more traffic, even at night. Not to mention the driving conditions you have to go thru to get onto L.I.
Going to Long Island as part of the VOID rally. 9 bonus locations on Long Island. In a rally you go where the points are. And you get there when you can. I think Manhattan is much better at midnight and the only part of Long Island I care about seeing is the bonus locations, which were all restaurants by the way. Thanks for all the advice. I had a podium finish in the rally, a chat with a state trooper, and massive traffic problems from DC to Fredericksburg VA. Long Island traffic wasn't that bad.
Oh deer. At least it used the door on the way out.
Well, I thought for sure I was headed to Atlanta during this rally, but that all changed with the rally book. We went all the way out to Montauk, and the deer population did NOT decline since I was last there in 2017. My wife got a rude awakening (I think she was nodding) when I had to grab a handful of brake to avoid a big buck. Fun stuff!!
