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The Brooklyn Bridge can be crossed on foot in approximately 30 minutes, depending on factors such as numbers of other pedestrians and the weather. The walkway is segregated for pedestrians and cyclists, and sightseers stopping to take photographs and not keeping to the designated lanes can slow the flow of other pedestrians and bike traffic across the bridge considerably.

Heath Ledger died in his rented apartment on the fourth floor of 421 Broome Street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood on January 22nd, 2008, aged 28. The Australian actor reportedly overdosed accidentally on prescription medication.

Vine and HQ Trivia cofounder, Colin Kroll, died at the age of 34 from an apparent drugs overdose in his apartment on Spring Street in New York’s Nolita neighborhood. In the early hours of Sunday, December 16th, 2018, police attended Kroll’s apartment and found him face down and unresponsive in his bedroom, and he was declared dead shortly afterwards. His cause of death was reported to be an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.

The Staten Island Ferry leaves Manhattan from the Whitehall Terminal (also called South Ferry) on Whitehall Street and South Street, near Battery Park, at the southern tip of Lower Manhattan.

WNYC is located at New York Public Radio’s offices and broadcast facilities at Varick Street and Charlton Street in Hudson Square, Manhattan.

When John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved to New York City in August 1971, they lived at the St Regis Hotel for two months before moving to an apartment at 105 Bank Street in the West Village. The couple rented the apartment from The Lovin’ Spoonful’s drummer-vocalist Joe Butler, and lived there until 1973 when they moved to their apartment in the Dakota building on West 72nd Street.

Shake Shack first opened in 2001 in Madison Square Park, New York City, operating initially from a hot dog cart over three summers. The permanent Shake Shack kiosk restaurant opened in the park on June 12, 2004.

The Statue of Liberty was erected in New York in 1886 and dedicated on October 28th, 1886 by President Grover Cleveland. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi started fabricating the Statue of Liberty in France in 1875 and completed the work in July 1884. In 1885, the statue was shipped in sections to New York and assembled on a purpose-built granite pedestal on Liberty Island in 1886.

The Starbucks on West 32nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, has decor inspired by nearby Penn Station and Hudson Rail Yards. Illuminated tracks snake across the store’s ceiling and a 32-foot light box features the work of Brooklyn-based artist Jake Wallace.

Madison Square Garden is the home arena of the New York Rangers NHL ice hockey team and the New York Knicks NBA basketball team. St John’s Red Storm men’s NCAA basketball team also plays some home games at The Garden.

For New York Rangers ice hockey games at Madison Square Garden, doors open 90 minutes before puck drop.

The northern end of Manhattan’s High Line elevated park and walkway wraps around the Hudson Yards development and emerges on West 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. A spur off the Highline at West 30th Street near 10th Avenue connects directly to the shops and restaurants at 10 Hudson Yards and there is stair and elevator access to street level here.

CNN’s broadcast studios in Manhattan are based at 30 Hudson Yards on West 33rd Street and 10th Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood. CNN’s parent, WarnerMedia, moved its New York operations here from the old Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in 2019. Shows produced at this location include: Early Start Cuomo Prime Time Quest Means Business CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Erin Burnett OutFront Fareed Zakaria GPS Anderson Cooper 360°

The Staten Island Ferry is free of charge in both directions and no ticket is required to travel.

It is not possible to visit the top of the Chrysler Building as the 77-floor building is leased to business tenants and there is no observation deck. General public access is limited to the lobby area only.

The National Debt Clock in New York is on a wall near the Stephen Sondheim Theater, at the entrance to the covered passageway connecting 43rd and 42nd streets between Broadway and 6th Avenue. The digital billboard, operated by the Durst Organization, displays the current United States gross national debt.

There is a 24 hour Starbucks Coffee in New York City at 43rd and Broadway in Times Square. This busy store is small and has no customer seating or wifi.

Alcohol consumption is not permitted in Times Square at any time, including New Years Eve. It is illegal to drink alcoholic beverages or have an open container of alcohol in any public place in New York City.

Staten Island Ferry runs every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A more frequent service every 15 or 20 minutes operates on weekdays during the rush hours of 6 am to 9:30 am and 3:30 pm to 8 pm.

Requests for free tickets to see a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at NBC Studios in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center can be made online at tonightshowtix.com. Tickets are released monthly, with a month’s ticket waitlist typically opening during the first week of the prior month. Numbered stand-by cards are also handed out at 9 am on the morning of taping. The stand-by line typically forms several hours earlier on 49th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), beginning at the Tonight Show sign and heading towards 6th Avenue. Receiving a stand-by card does not guarantee admission, but you will be able to return at a specific time later that afternoon for cancellations or extra tickets that become available.