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3Hotdogs

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14. Visitors should venture out of the city. Take the ferry to Staten Island

Reply to Backseat Driver (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 11:33 PM

Feb 2020

and see Governor's Island. Go to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. See the museum of moving image in Queens or the transit museum in Brooklyn.

Or go to Bedlow's Island in New Jersey and climb the Statue of Liberty.

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I have some weird questions. Do people in the various boroughs of NYC, [View all] Backseat Driver Feb 2020 OP

Yes. But neighborhood more so than borough. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2020 #1

THIS 100% Runningdawg Feb 2020 #5

All of the above Sanity Claws Feb 2020 #2

"Oh, yeah? What exit?" CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #3

HEY I grew up in Teaneck !! Waa.... pangaia Feb 2020 #4

Everyone not in NJ... NeoGreen Feb 2020 #7

My town, Maplewood, N.J. has an overabundance of refugees from 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #13

Why would you be afraid to visit NYC alone? It's easy... pangaia Feb 2020 #6

I'm "directionally challenged," spin-me-around and I'm lost, LOL! Backseat Driver Feb 2020 #8

At least in Manhattan the skyline is your compass Runningdawg Feb 2020 #9

Stay in Manhattan Midnightwalk Feb 2020 #10

Most of Manhattan is a square grid. Impossible to get lost pangaia Feb 2020 #15

Don't wear a Boston Red Sox to Yankee Stadium Sanity Claws Feb 2020 #11

LOL Oh yeah. Even MORE dangerous !!! pangaia Feb 2020 #16

It is super easy to get around in NYC. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #12

Of course, Manhattan is NOT the entirety of NYC, however.. pangaia Feb 2020 #17

Visitors should venture out of the city. Take the ferry to Staten Island 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #14

Staten Island, Governor's Island, The Bronx and Queens are part of NYC. pangaia Feb 2020 #18

I know. The o.p. asks about places in N.Y.C. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #19

But you started your post with, "Visitors should venture out of the city." pangaia Feb 2020 #20