Pushing the envelope here — in size and constructing entirely on a phone! (What’s the ratio of characters in the clues to the grid?) Photo from Darrylsnow on Wikimedia Commons.
Well, my grandparents were born and raised in New York, but they married and moved to California in 1902 After our original family settled there back in the 1650s. Have I ever been in New York? No. Did I have the foggiest clue what the answer to 1A was? No! Fascinating that it's the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Thanks for a great puzzle!