Ever since I watched the first Escape from New York, it’s kinda how I see the city. A place to be strongly avoided. Not because of the movie, though.
And you are right. It’s the better of the two.
I went by cab from an airport into Brooklyn around 8pm one night and I got chills of Escape From New York.
I see that the 69th Street Bridge wasn’t even used in the movie. It was a bridge in St. Louis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_Rocks_Bridge