Editor’s note: A version of this story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated by Nicolette Cavallaro.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three hours and 45 minutes. That’s how long my round-trip commute took every day to Manhattan in the late ’80s/early ’90s as a college student.
Bus to the Staten Island Ferry, ferry to the subway, and then a walk up and then down a big hill to City College of New York in Harlem. Four years…