Think you've seen a few too many gangster films my friend.
And im not from NJ/NY,i live in Munich and originally from England..
I have an apartment in Berlin for well over 2 yrs now. I have yet been able to spend any major time there as yet. My place over looks the canal.
I have a grandson there. I thought I would be able to spend the summers there with him but because of a dumb health issue I have not as yet.
Can't find good Italian food their either. This is how I cope with that buy lasagna from Italian restraunt. Scrape off that stuff they call sauce.
Then I go to a Turkish restraunt and buy there thick tomato soup.
Pour that soup over the lasagna and presto changO you have a lasagna you can actually eat.
When I am there I live on that and big macs and their hot chocolate.