NYQ<\/a>, a series in which we find out how \u201cNew York\u201d notable New Yorkers really are.<\/p>\nHow many years have you lived in New York? <\/strong>Eight, on and off.<\/p>\nYou could make one subway-etiquette rule law \u2014 what would it be? <\/strong>Fill up the middle of the train first.<\/p>\nSomeone bumps into you on the subway \u2014 what do you do? <\/strong>Say, \u201cTake me out to dinner first.\u201d<\/p>\nYour train line is down and you are running late \u2014 what do you do? <\/strong>Apologize profusely to whoever I\u2019m meeting. Maybe hop on a Citi Bike. If it\u2019s close enough, I\u2019ll hoof it.<\/p>\nYour cab driver is taking you on a horrible route. Do you interrupt? <\/strong>No, I\u2019ll be a completely passive passenger.<\/p>\nHow often do you take public transportation to the airport? <\/strong>My most recent trip back from JFK, I took the AirTrain. Cost me 11 bucks and was actually six minutes faster than what my Uber was going to take.<\/p>\nSomeone tries to hand you a flyer on the street \u2014 what do you do? <\/strong>Say, \u201cI don\u2019t live here.\u201d<\/p>\nSomeone tries to get you to film a TikTok on the street. What do you do? <\/strong>Duck and cover.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s a blinking red light and you\u2019re about to cross \u2014 do you wait it out till it says walk, or are you crossing? <\/strong>It completely depends on how much I\u2019m lost in my train of thought, but usually I jaywalk.<\/p>\nYou have family coming to town in 24 hours \u2014 what do you do with them on short notice? <\/strong>I ask my sister to plan the weekend.<\/p>\nSomeone says the rats are actually cute \u2014 what\u2019s your honest response? <\/strong>Agree with them and tell them that they\u2019re very intelligent.<\/p>\nSomeone you want to impress asks for restaurant advice \u2014 what neighborhood do you send them to for the best cookies? <\/strong>I really love Prospect Heights, and Radio Bakery is delicious if you like waiting in a line.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the longest you\u2019ve ever waited in a line in New York? <\/strong>Twenty, 30 minutes.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the longest you\u2019ve ever waited on a subway platform? <\/strong>Probably 26 minutes.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the most you\u2019ve ever paid for a coffee in New York City? <\/strong>Definitely upward of $8. I feel very strongly that if you\u2019re going out to coffee with a friend, you pick up both coffees.
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Bed bugs or roaches? <\/strong>Roaches, 100,000 percent.<\/p>\nRoaches or rats? <\/strong>Rats, 100 million percent.<\/p>\nHow would you do the New York City accent? <\/strong>\u201cGabagool.\u201d Is that New Jersey?<\/p>\nDo you touch the subway poles? <\/strong>I have an intense habit of washing my hands a lot. I do, like, one of these [pulls sleeve over hand to demonstrate]. Or I\u2019ll lean or I\u2019ll sit.<\/p>\nBest New York celebrity sighting? <\/strong>The bronze men who, like, sit on thin air. That\u2019s my New York celebrity.<\/p>\nWhat about NYC still makes no sense to you? <\/strong>Is it the Fulton Street stop? How to transfer to the \u2014 is it the J? You\u2019re supposed to do, like, a loop around. It just doesn\u2019t make any sense, and the signage is really bad. It\u2019s easily fixable.<\/p>\nYou know you\u2019re a New Yorker when \u2026 <\/strong>When you know, directionally, which way to get out of the subway, and you don\u2019t have to look at Google Maps.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s a place that closed that you wish you could bring back? <\/strong>This place called Bar Meridian. Cheap drinks, cheap eats. They had, like, day-old spaghetti that was always really yummy.<\/p>\nSexiest New Yorker? <\/strong>Whoever is brave enough to put their hand out for me to hold the subway doors from closing.<\/p>\nHow much do you pay when you go to the Met? <\/strong>Whatever\u2019s suggested. I think it\u2019s 30 bucks. If I had two 20s, I\u2019d like to believe that I would just, like, give \u2019em 40 bucks.<\/p>\nWhat percent did you tip your last Uber driver? <\/strong>I hope 20 percent.<\/p>\nHow many times have you moved in New York City? <\/strong>Eight, if you count sublets.<\/p>\nWhat was the worst move? <\/strong>I saved myself money on Ubers \u2019cause I was moving, like, a mile and a half. So I would fill my suitcases up and walk them to my apartment and then have to wheel them back. Like 15 times.<\/p>\nLast thing you used your famous-person status to get in New York? <\/strong>I don\u2019t think I do that. I actually went to Public Records and got, essentially, turned away.<\/p>\n
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