A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt at Goose Barnacle in Brooklyn with David Alperin, the shop/bar’s owner. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/The Guardian

I first came to New York City by accident, after a miscommunication with my father led me to believe my (long-deceased) mother had been desperate to visit the city before she died.

Years later I found out that my mum had actually wanted to go to Paris. But I still had a great time in New York, and ended up moving here a couple of years later.