Coast Quote by Raymond Sokolov

[Long Island] is buoyant, it's on the outskirts of Manhattan, and so they have access to phenomenal restaurants.

— Gordon Ramsay

“Manhattan is a narrow island surrounded by various miscellaneous items.”

— Roz Chast

The great thing about New Jersey is that it's close to New York.

— Fran Lebowitz

We're called New Jersey but we're actually the suburbs of New York.

— Harlan Coben

I grew up on lovely Staten Island, which is the forgotten borough of New York City.

— Craig Mazin

Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.

— Eddie Trunk

Being in New York as a whole, Brooklyn as well, you can do anything you want. That's by far the best part about New…

— Spencer Dinwiddie

“The interactive map, available online at welikia.org, is a fantastic snapshot of a different New York. In 1609, the island of Manhattan was part…

— Randall Munroe

New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in…

— Jon Bon Jovi

Every block of the city is a quintessential definition of the highly diversified New York food cultue. Each area is divided as a small…

— Vikas Khanna

“It (NY) was like the city that Lot left behind and it would dissolve if it ever began looking backward over its own shoulder.…

— Colum McCann

I'm lucky to live in New York, a city that offers so many options for lunch. I can pick up dumplings from a Midtown…

— Marcus Samuelsson