All this talk about NYC traffic brings to mind the days BEFORE the Verrazano Bridge (Staten Island to B'klyn) ... If you had a gig in B'klyn you had to take a ferry from SI to 69st in Bklyn ... On a Fri or Sat, the line for vehicles could be 2 - 3 hours long!!! ... We would have 1 or 2 guys take the van with all the equipment and get in line a few hours before ... On the way back we just had to wait our turn .... The only options (which were not better) were to take a bridge into New Jersey, a bridge or tunnel into NYC and take a bridge or tunnel into to B'klyn ... OR, take the ferry from SI into NYC and tunnel or bridge to B'klyn!!! .... The things we did for love and $15 bucks a man for the gig!!!.... Those were the "good ol' days"????
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