I lived in NYC for 13 years and was a tour guide there for much if that time. You will not get closer or more convenient than Liberty RV park. It's safe. Just keep your expectations low. The real "party" is on the island of Manhattan anyway. That's where you will spend your time and your commute to Manhattan will be shorter than millions of New Yorker's daily commute. You'll be a stones throw from Little Italy, Soho, Tribecca, Battery City Park, and the entire southern tip of Manhattan with Wall Street and the rest. I suggest taking a free ferry trip to and from Staten Island on the Staten Island Ferry. You'll go right past the Statue of Liberty. PM me and I'll add more free and very cool things to do.
The thing to remember about NYC is that by US standards, it's old. Really old. Much of it was built a long time ago. So to outsider eyes, it appears to be a rat hole. To a New Yorker, it appears to have character. ๐ I always laughed when I would see buildings from the outside and think that they were a dump and then when I went in I realized that the apartments inside were occupied by millionaires and were beautiful on the inside. That's New York City for ya.
Funny. I remember the first time I visited Liberty Harbor Park to go to a dinner event there for work. I remember thinking that it was really pretty and kind of fancy. Of course I had spend a few years living in Queens so... ๐
Btw, my wife and I are from Florida. Go Noles! I used to visit DeLand a lot as I had friends from HS who went to Stetson. Lovely little campus.
