EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Since moving to a condominium in Brooklyn Heights this summer, Thaddeus Young has been learning things about New York, including that it can take an incredibly long time to drive a shockingly short distance.
That happened to Young and his family on Sunday afternoon, when they hopped in their car and ran into a traffic jam from Atlantic Antic, an annual street festival in the neighborhood.
“It was crazy,” Young said Monday. “For a five-minute drive, it took us like 30 minutes. I was like, ‘Yeah, we’re going back home.’ ”
But Young, who grew up in Memphis, has embraced the borough.