Started hitchhiking towards Hartford and figured I'd just get a cheap bus to New York there, but a woman picked me up and brought me all the way to the Bronx!
The beach early on before the crowds got there...
The Narwhals and the Atlantians:
"MAKE MANHATTAN THE NEW ATLANTIS"
GY!BE informs me that They Don't Sleep Anymore On The Beach, but you still can... or at least I did... you just have to be a bit sneakier about it, and go a bit out of the way to find a tucked-away spot. Sunrise over the ocean is definitely some good shit to wake up to.