Manhattan may have its gay bars and such traditional pickup spots as the woods of the Ramble in Central Park and the piers of the West Village. Their playing field is the parking lot itself and the goal is a sexual encounter, usually quick and anonymous. The other end is popular with another set with a much lower profile in this suburban setting: gay men cruising for sex. At one end of the lot, retirees arrive to practice their golf and mothers in minivans gather to wait for their Little Leaguers. There is a narrow parking lot in Cunningham Park in Queens surrounded by playing fields for adult softball and youth soccer and baseball.
