The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: New York City

INDEX

A

apartments

finding, 74

Manhattan studio costs, 62–63

roommates, 58–61

C

cockroach infestation, 38–43

Coney Island hot dog eating contest, 75–78

D

disasters and their solutions, 14–15

dog leash tangle, freeing yourself from, 32–35

dog poop removal, 48

doorman, sneaking past, 27–29

E

East River, swimming across, 10–13

events, traffic-snarling, 80–81

eviction, sneaking past doorman after, 27–29

G

garbage strike, 53

ghosts, 30–31

gossip columns, getting into, 87–89

group, walking through, 79

H

haunted places, 30–31

hot dog eating contest, 75–78

I

intersections, dangerous, 69

K

keys, retrieving from subway grate, 26

M

muggings, 54–56

museum fatigue, 66–68

N

New Year’s ball drop, 57, 80–81

nightclubs, getting into, 70–73

P

parades, 80–81

pedestrian accidents, 69

pigeon swarms, 44–47

R

rat bites, 49–52

roommates, 58–61

S

sample sales, 82–85

subway

characters and solutions, 86

escaping stalled car, 21–24

retrieving keys from grate, 26

worst lines, 25

swimming across East River, 10–13

R

taxicabs

hailing, 16–19

when to leave, 20

Times Square New Year’s ball drop, 57, 80–81

traffic-snarling events, 80–81

trash disposal, 53