Driving from Manhattan NYC, through Brooklyn to Jacob Riis Beach

Saturday, August 20th, 2014 Drove from Long Island City to Costco, crossed Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. Crossed midtown to Hells Kitchen, then drove down to Union Square, and made a mistake of going through Chinatown with crappy traffic and turned onto Canal St, then onto the Manhattan Bridge onto I278 to go to Jacob Riis Beach. Missed the Shore Parkway and accidentally crossed into Staten Island via the Verrazano Bridge, paid toll and crossed back onto the Shore Parkway before finally getting the be