For real, just stay off the brooklyn bridge. Every other tourist in nyc ends up walking over that bridge, and they are all totally clueless. The manhattan bridge is so close and so mellow,even with a couple peds on the bike side, and the occasional bag of bum ***** it's paradise compared to the brooklyn.
mrRed and gwalin, great idea. I could probably take a dozen photos a day of people parked in bike lanes, and would be happy to.