That's awesome, Ms. NormaJean AKA Writing Queen. I'll go this way, too, only from the Staten Island Ferry. I'll also visit Ground Zero. It has huge significance not for my novels (and Vince). It was my 18th b-day (what's the 21st in the States).
You know it's so funny exploring the "forgotten borough" – it's so unique and quirky and downright rural. Wild strangers are chatting each other up... and people help each other. Like I did my host with breakfast, who has her arm in a cast. I'd appreciate the hand too if I were her.