Originally Posted by hyperRevue
I've ridden in Boston and Milwaukee mainly and when I visited a friend out in NYC a couple months back I borrowed one of his bikes and we rode around Brooklyn and Manhattan. It's really not as intense or intimidating as it might seem. Just stick to the right and keep your eyes and ears open and you'll be fine.
Actually stick to the left on the one ways so you ass doesn't get doored
Edit: Wang beat me to it