Coney Island

Luna Park

"I can hear the Atlantic echo back roller coaster screams from summers past.
And everything was closed at Coney Island, and I could not help from smiling.
Brooklyn will fill in the beach eventually and everyone will go except me."
Death Cab for Cutie, Coney Island

Someone Else's Drama

Met Museum (Pixabay)

"In New York, we are so frequently within earshot of strangers.  We constantly find ourselves smack in someone else's drama."
William Meyers, quoted in New York: The Big Apple Quote Book

Lump of Dough

Midtown Manhattan

"New York is a lump of dough in the process of kneading. The yeast has been working for some time, but the mass has yet to rise."
Arwin van Dam, Travel magazine