Husker Fan Coming to the Game

[Husker.Wed.]

I really want to go to a Nebraska game at Rutgers. I want to see where the cannons shelled the British and saved the Continental Army's retreat from New York. My limited history understanding is we wouldn't be having this conversation right now if your students hadn't saved the retreat by stopping the British pursuing, and crushing General Washington.

Unfortunately, a lot of volunteer/family stuff this weekend precluded me going to the game this year. In 2015 I had a big work project before I retired and couldn't attend. And 2020 was the China Virus year and nobody was allowed in your stadium. The question I had in 2015 and still do is why can't people going to your games park on the street for free and walk five or six blocks to the game? There appears to be a huge amount of discussion before your games about Uber, and long walks, and limos, and parking passes, etc. Why not just park on the city streets and walk to the game?

Does this have to do with people not wanting/able to walk a mile or two to the stadium? Is it because fear of crime does not make walking a mile to the stadium a safe enterprise? Is it because it is just flat out impossible to find a parking space on game day?

Anyways, good luck tomorrow. It appears it will be nice weather for a game.

 

[Knight Shift]

I really want to go to a Nebraska game at Rutgers. I want to see where the cannons shelled the British and saved the Continental Army's retreat from New York. My limited history understanding is we wouldn't be having this conversation right now if your students hadn't saved the retreat by stopping the British pursuing, and crushing General Washington.

Unfortunately, a lot of volunteer/family stuff this weekend precluded me going to the game this year. In 2015 I had a big work project before I retired and couldn't attend. And 2020 was the China Virus year and nobody was allowed in your stadium. The question I had in 2015 and still do is why can't people going to your games park on the street for free and walk five or six blocks to the game? There appears to be a huge amount of discussion before your games about Uber, and long walks, and limos, and parking passes, etc. Why not just park on the city streets and walk to the game?

Does this have to do with people not wanting/able to walk a mile or two to the stadium? Is it because fear of crime does not make walking a mile to the stadium a safe enterprise? Is it because it is just flat out impossible to find a parking space on game day?

Anyways, good luck tomorrow. It appears it will be nice weather for a game.

Good questions and hope to see you out our way sometime. The football stadium is on the Busch Campus, which is a separate town from where the "main" or College Avenue Campus is located. The football stadium is located in a suburban town named Piscataway, and the College Ave Campus is in the City of New Brunswick. Generally speaking, there is no street parking available in Piscataway, NJ that would be walkable to the stadium. Not sure if parking is available on the street in the neighborhood at the church where a lot of people park.

But that area, perhaps Juniper Lane, COULD be a possibility, but I suspect, the town may post no parking during game day as a courtesy to the residents. It's 1.2 mile walk from Juniper Lane to the Stadium. There are not many residential streets near the stadium. As you move further West from the Stadium, there is a huge Colgate Palmolive corporate campus. There is also limited parking across the Raritan River in New Brunswick that is about 1 mile from the stadium. The key word is limited. Being that New Brunswick is a small city, there are parking restrictions and many streets require resident parking permits.

 

[ldwnmas]

This is Jersey - Cut a deal with the Uber driver to meet you after the game. There is a Greek Church near the stadium. He can drop you off there and pick you up at the same location.

I would not count on Uber/Lyft for the game. The drivers see the clusterf$&k traffic around the stadium and don’t accept rides. If you find one that does accept the ride, they either cancel or it may take up to a hour or more for them to make it to you. Did this all last season and it was a nightmare.
If you need to use a ride share take it to the college ave campus and take a shuttle to the stadium

 

[yessir321]

Get yourself a parking pass near the stadium. DO NOT wait for the buses with 2 small kids. It will be miserable riding those with 2 young kids.

 

[RU#1fan]

I really want to go to a Nebraska game at Rutgers. I want to see where the cannons shelled the British and saved the Continental Army's retreat from New York. My limited history understanding is we wouldn't be having this conversation right now if your students hadn't saved the retreat by stopping the British pursuing, and crushing General Washington.

Unfortunately, a lot of volunteer/family stuff this weekend precluded me going to the game this year. In 2015 I had a big work project before I retired and couldn't attend. And 2020 was the China Virus year and nobody was allowed in your stadium. The question I had in 2015 and still do is why can't people going to your games park on the street for free and walk five or six blocks to the game? There appears to be a huge amount of discussion before your games about Uber, and long walks, and limos, and parking passes, etc. Why not just park on the city streets and walk to the game?

Does this have to do with people not wanting/able to walk a mile or two to the stadium? Is it because fear of crime does not make walking a mile to the stadium a safe enterprise? Is it because it is just flat out impossible to find a parking space on game day?

Anyways, good luck tomorrow. It appears it will be nice weather for a game.

I have found free parking about a mile from the stadium and it’s not a bad walk. Hope you eventually make it to our Stadium in the future as I am sure you will enjoy the experience. Had a great time visiting Lincoln a few years back when we played Nebraska.

 

[srru86]

Lubrano's has some good pizza. Walking distance from the DT I do believe.

Never tried that place. If there were any relation to this Lubrano that would be a total no-go for me.

Whereas the last time I was at Cafe Alfredo down the street they had a picture of Schiano on the wall. And Ash was still the coach then. Food was good.

 

[srru86]

lex

I really want to go to a Nebraska game at Rutgers. I want to see where the cannons shelled the British and saved the Continental Army's retreat from New York. My limited history understanding is we wouldn't be having this conversation right now if your students hadn't saved the retreat by stopping the British pursuing, and crushing General Washington.

Unfortunately, a lot of volunteer/family stuff this weekend precluded me going to the game this year. In 2015 I had a big work project before I retired and couldn't attend. And 2020 was the China Virus year and nobody was allowed in your stadium. The question I had in 2015 and still do is why can't people going to your games park on the street for free and walk five or six blocks to the game? There appears to be a huge amount of discussion before your games about Uber, and long walks, and limos, and parking passes, etc. Why not just park on the city streets and walk to the game?

Does this have to do with people not wanting/able to walk a mile or two to the stadium? Is it because fear of crime does not make walking a mile to the stadium a safe enterprise? Is it because it is just flat out impossible to find a parking space on game day?

Anyways, good luck tomorrow. It appears it will be nice weather for a game.

The spot where Alexander Hamilton's battery caused the British advance party to pause at the Raritan Ford is marked. If you look on a current campus map it is adjacent to Kirkpatrick Chapel and Schenck Observatory on a small rise.

Unfortunately you don't get a good feel for the site as there is a Johnson and Johnson Parking deck that blocks the view Hamilton's gunners would have had of the ford.

You could walk from this marker to the stadium. On the map the pedestrian bridge over the river alongside RT 18 Lynch bridge is just beyond the upper left corner of the diagram. It's about 2.5 miles total. So you'd have to budget some time. I wouldn't be concerned about safety particularly. It is an urban area but you'll be on campus most of the way and it is pretty well patrolled.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Never tried that place. If there were any relation to this Lubrano that would be a total no-go for me.

Whereas the last time I was at Cafe Alfredo down the street they had a picture of Schiano on the wall. And Ash was still the coach then. Food was good.

A rub & tug is next door

 

[yesrutgers01]

This is Jersey - Cut a deal with the Uber driver to meet you after the game. There is a Greek Church near the stadium. He can drop you off there and pick you up at the same location.

Even if not an Uber- if you decide to rent a car- take River Road to the Greek Church- they usually have parking and it is the most common "Visitor's" tailgating location. If you are early enough, it shouldn't be a problem- or, almost directly across the street from the church, maybe 50 ft north- there is a private residence that has parking on their front lawn ran by a very nice woman and usually her son there.
Also- pretty easy in and out. Also great place to be dropped off by uber...

As mentioned earlier- George St is also a great place to start your day

 

[Husker.Wed.]

lex

The spot where Alexander Hamilton's battery caused the British advance party to pause at the Raritan Ford is marked. If you look on a current campus map it is adjacent to Kirkpatrick Chapel and Schenck Observatory on a small rise.

Unfortunately you don't get a good feel for the site as there is a Johnson and Johnson Parking deck that blocks the view Hamilton's gunners would have had of the ford.

You could walk from this marker to the stadium. On the map the pedestrian bridge over the river alongside RT 18 Lynch bridge is just beyond the upper left corner of the diagram. It's about 2.5 miles total. So you'd have to budget some time. I wouldn't be concerned about safety particularly. It is an urban area but you'll be on campus most of the way and it is pretty well patrolled.

Cool, thanks. During my career I spent a lot of time in south-central and southern states and have been to most of the Civil War sites and studied the battles. Now retired, I'd like to spend some time at the northeast Revolution sites.

 

[ClassOf02]

Cool, thanks. During my career I spent a lot of time in south-central and southern states and have been to most of the Civil War sites and studied the battles. Now retired, I'd like to spend some time at the northeast Revolution sites.

NJ and PA are chock full of interesting Revolution sites. I live a few miles UPSTREAM (that’s a Rutgers reference: Upstream Redteam, Redteam Upstream. Rah! Rah! Rutgers Rah!) from where Washington & his troops crossed the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776 and surprised the Hessian troops near Trenton. Very cool historical reenactment every Christmas morning.

 

[Knight Shift]

NJ and PA are chock full of interesting Revolution sites. I live a few miles UPSTREAM (that’s a Rutgers reference: Upstream Redteam, Redteam Upstream. Rah! Rah! Rutgers Rah!) from where Washington & his troops crossed the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776 and surprised the Hessian troops near Trenton. Very cool historical reenactment every Christmas morning.

Yes, and down in Monmouth is the Battleground park. So much history here.

 

[iReC89]

I really want to go to a Nebraska game at Rutgers. I want to see where the cannons shelled the British and saved the Continental Army's retreat from New York. My limited history understanding is we wouldn't be having this conversation right now if your students hadn't saved the retreat by stopping the British pursuing, and crushing General Washington.

Unfortunately, a lot of volunteer/family stuff this weekend precluded me going to the game this year. In 2015 I had a big work project before I retired and couldn't attend. And 2020 was the China Virus year and nobody was allowed in your stadium. The question I had in 2015 and still do is why can't people going to your games park on the street for free and walk five or six blocks to the game? There appears to be a huge amount of discussion before your games about Uber, and long walks, and limos, and parking passes, etc. Why not just park on the city streets and walk to the game?

Does this have to do with people not wanting/able to walk a mile or two to the stadium? Is it because fear of crime does not make walking a mile to the stadium a safe enterprise? Is it because it is just flat out impossible to find a parking space on game day?

Anyways, good luck tomorrow. It appears it will be nice weather for a game.

My parking strategy will be detailed only in my will, but if you make a game down the road message me and I will help you.

We celebrate Rutgers as the firsthplace of college football, but it probably wouldn't do us any harm to celebrate that the banks of the Raritan between the stadium and the main campus was the site of the first official 4th of July independence day celebration.

On July 3, 1778 Washington issued the following order: Tomorrow, the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, will be celebrated by the firing thirteen Pieces of Cannon and a feu de joie of the whole line: The Army will be formed on the Brunswick side of the Rariton at five o’Clock in the afternoon on the ground pointed out by the Quarter Master General. The Soldiers are to adorn their Hats with Green-Boughs and to make the best appearance possible – The disposition will be given in the orders of tomorrow – Double allowance of rum will be served out.

 

[mdk01]

Cool, thanks. During my career I spent a lot of time in south-central and southern states and have been to most of the Civil War sites and studied the battles. Now retired, I'd like to spend some time at the northeast Revolution sites.

If you like golf and the ponies you should really consider Saratoga for one of your trips, although prices jump while the track is in season. Also highly recommended would be a trip to West Point in late September - early October. An Army game at that time of year should be on every college football fan's bucket list and Fort Putnum, with it's spectacular view of the Hudson providing Benedict Arnold's motivation is open game mornings

 

[Scarlet Haze]

Old Man Raffertys in New Brunswick is a nice place for a family meal and right in the middle of town. Reasonable prices, great desserts which the kids can look at in advance of choosing in the dessert case in the store section.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I really want to go to a Nebraska game at Rutgers. I want to see where the cannons shelled the British and saved the Continental Army's retreat from New York. ...

Here's teh spot via Google Earth... in the middle toward the bottom there is a paved lot next to Kirkpatric Chapel. It is on a hill relative to the raritan river to the northeast. The railroad bridge is about int eh right spot, I'd imagine.. to where Washington crossed and Alexander Hamilton led an artillery section guarding his retreat from about that parking lot. There is on old plaque in that place saying so.

Google Earth

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EDIT: took closer look.. and the car/pedestrian bridge is probably more likely the ford that was used... river can change from wading across to a torrent.. it is tidal at this point too... lower angle viewpoint

Google Earth

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oops.. I see @srru86 already provided this info.. well, the google earth link is new..

 

[LetsGoRUwrestling]

If you will be here Saturday, then a drive down the shore would be in order. Boardwalk is open at Seaside Heights on Oct 8. The kids will love it. Check out www.casinopiernj.com for more info

Good call...Ocean County Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival are this weekend in Seaside (Friday.Sat,Sun)...Met a bunch of Iowa fans on the beach 2 weeks ago before game...They loved it

 

[Source]

If you will be here Saturday, then a drive down the shore would be in order. Boardwalk is open at Seaside Heights on Oct 8. The kids will love it. Check out www.casinopiernj.com for more info

OR go to Asbury Park for the Zombie Walk..... people dressed up and walking around the town in zombie outfits all day stopping in at bars, etc. It's the largest Zombie gathering in the world. It started in 2008.

Asbury Park Zombie Walk lives again in 2022. Here's what's new and different this year

Thousands of undead ghouls will be back on the Boardwalk and downtown for the 2022 Asbury Park Zombie Walk.

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Zombies Take Over Asbury Park Saturday

Spooky Fun Saturday in Asbury Park with the Annual Zombie Walk

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