Just stay off Flatbush Avenue, though. There's a Dodgers doubleheader.[/b][/quote]As we begin to pick the book apart....

If Michael were coming from Long Beach to Union & 3rd, the best way to go in 1955 would probably have been straight across Atlantic Avenue to 3rd Avenue.

Irrespective of when the various parkways and expressways were completed, and when the Atlantic Beach Bridge was completed, I can't think of any route from Long Beach that would have taken him anywhere near the part of Flatbush Avenue that would be affected by traffic caused by a Dodgers game.