CL65 CREW ON EXPRESSWAY VISUAL INTO LGA WERE CHANGED OVER LATE ON SHORT FINAL TO AN UNINFORMED TWR CTLR.

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ATC (NEW YORK APCH) VECTORED US TOWARD DIACS INTXN (MASPETH GAS TANKS). WE WERE ASKED TO RPT 'THE TANKS' LATE DUE TO THE CTLR TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH A NON ENGLISH SPEAKING PLT (HE SPOKE IT BUT IT WAS HEAVILY ACCENTED). WE RPTED THE TANKS AND WERE CLRED FOR THE 'EXPRESSWAY VISUAL TO RWY 31.' WE CROSSED THE TANKS AT 2500 FT MSL AND PROCEEDED ON APPROX A 085 DEG HDG (FOLLOWING THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY) AND DSNDED TO 1200 FT. AT THE POINT WE STARTED THE TURN TO FINAL; WE HAD NOT YET BEEN HANDED OFF TO LGA TWR. I HAD THE FO INITIATE THE CALL UP AS WE TURNED FINAL. THE APCH CTLR WAS STILL IN THE MIDST OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NON ENGLISH SPEAKER IN AND AMONGST THE OTHER NORMAL TFC. WHEN WE CALLED THE TWR; RATHER THAN BEING CLRED TO LAND; WE GOT 'HEY ACR X; YOU KNOW THIS IS A CTLED ARPT; RIGHT? YOU KNOW YOU CALL ME AND YOU GET YOUR LNDG CLRNC; RIGHT?' FINALLY AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL; HE CLRED US TO LAND. I CALLED THE TWR SUPVR AFTER WE PARKED AND EXPRESSED MY DISPLEASURE AT THE TREATMENT WE RECEIVED. BOTH THE FO AND I WERE QUITE UPSET BY THE ALT; ESPECIALLY ON SHORT FINAL AND LOW ALT.