I drive TO NYC
Only an idiot drives through it
I have used to bypass the city by raking the long route from Virginia to New England via Pennsylvania and the Hudson Valley just so I didn't have to deal with NJ Turnpike and NYC. A little bit longer but a much more pleasant ride. Poconos and Catskills.
Those who look at a map are tempted to take 95 over the George Washington Bridge, then drive through the tip of Manhattan then the Bronx and Westchester
Unless you go in the middle of the night, you are going to hit traffic or pure gridlock. I live in NJ and drive up to the Tappan Zee (Mario Cuomo) Bridge. Even then you hit rush hour traffic
Only a moron like Indeependent would try to drive through the city