It might get recommended for libraries in New York, but kids who are unfamiliar with New York landmarks are going to miss a lot of the references in this book.  The illustrations are fun, and the story is cute:  it tells of a taxi driver who picks up a funny-dressed passenger who asks to be taken to Schmeeker Street, on the other side of town.  At a dead-end, the passenger pulls out a remote control that opens the entrance to the Finkon Tunnel, and leads to the other side of town (a very pink a green kind of place), where they root for the Spankees baseball team, have to drive around spotholes, etc. After dropping off his passenger, the cabbie makes his way home by way of the Snooklyn Bridge, and is much relieved when he finds himself back in Times Square, but when he gets home his family are all dressed in pink and green, and his wife is serving tweet loaf and bravy for dinner.