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Schwartz: Your Train Trip To Islanders Games Is About To Improve

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For 43 seasons, Islanders fans were programmed to get in their car and drive to home games at Nassau Coliseum. But when the team relocated to Brooklyn for this season, the commute to homes games changed to the way that many Long Islanders get to work.

All aboard the Islanders express to Brooklyn on the Long Island Rail Road!

For a large portion of the team’s fan base that still comes from Long Island, it’s no longer practical to drive. It’s a lot easier to get to Barclays Center by taking the train and, as it turns out, there are a good number of fans from Nassau and Suffolk counties that have been making the trek.