In fairness, I went to high school across the street from the Bronx Zoo, and was on the track team. We used to run in the Zoo every Wednesday, when admission was free. As a result, not only have I been to the Zoo more than any adult I know, but when my brothers take their kids there they ask me to come with them. Because I know every inch of it like a Navajo -not that it is all that complicated.
My work today takes me to the NY Botanical Garden (also across the street) all the time. In early 2001 I worked at the top of 1 WTC. And ever 5th grade class has the compulsory trip to the Statue of Liberty. But you're a NYer, so you know what I'm talking about. Times Square on New Years Eve is the Ninth Ring of Hell to natives.
Speaking 5th grade trips of the Statue, when I worked downtown it used to amuse me watching clueless teachers take their classes down Rector St. on the way to the ferry. They would walk right past the grave of Alexander Hamilton without realizing it.