Bridges and Ferries

I had a very big breakfast this morning as I had felt like eating eggs with sausages. The breakfast was really good (even though I had had to pay extra for it) and I felt really full afterwards. While I was eating, some guy sat down at my table since he needed the power outlet that was nearby. At first I was a bit annoyed about sharing the table but then we started chatting a little bit. The guy's name was Mehmet, he was from Turkey but currently living and working in Boston. When I mentioned that New York hadn't really captivated me yet, he told me about a website with unusual sights. We checked it out and decided on a few attractions that sounded interesting.
So after breakfast, Mehmet and I took the subway Downtown. The abandonned subway station, which we wanted to check out first, was supposed to be close to City Hall. However, when we got off the subway and started walking around that area, we couldn't find any entrance. Thus, we checked the facts again and found out that getting to the abandonned subway station was kind of sketchy - you would have to stay in a certain subway after its final stop. Consequently, we decided on trying to do something else. We couldn't find any other unusual sights nearby. However, as we were close to the Brooklyn Bridge, I wanted to to go and check that out.
We ended up walking on a nice path along the water which offered an amazing view of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhatten Bridge. Apart from the noise of the traffic, this was really the first nice spot that I had been to here in New York.
Next, we wanted to check out something called the 'Dream House'. We walked there for about half an hour only to find out that it was currently closed. Mehmet told me that he needed to work now for a bit, so I decided to go on on my own.

I wanted to check out the Statue of Liberty. When I got to the ferry terminal that offered the ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, I found out that I would only have been able to go to one of those two attractions this afternoon since it was already past 2 PM. Therefore, I decided to postpone this trip and to do something else now instead. The free State Island ferry was right around the corner and even though I didn't really know anything about it, I decided to take it.
The 30 minute ferry ride to State Island was actually very nice. It offered a cool view of Manhatten and the statue of Liberty. When I arrived at State Island, I decided to justwalk around for a little while. There wasn't too much to see, though. I saw some signs leading to a National Lighthouse Museum, which sounded really interesting. Unfortunately, the museum was already closed as it was 5 PM by now.
The ferry ride back to Manhatten was really nice, too. The sun was just about to set, which gave me the chance to take a few amazing sunset pictures with the Statue of Liberty.

After I arrived back in Manhatten, I just took the next subway back to the hostel. Here, I had another cheesecake chocolate muffin for dinner and took a hot shower before going to bed.
All things considered, I still didn't really like New York much. It is too noisy, there are too many people and there is nothing that really captivated me.