"EridanMan" wrote in message
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All puerile sarcasm aside... I do have to agree that having such a tiny
little sliver of uncontrolled VFR boxed in like that was just inviting
people to take un-necessary risks... especially if the local center was
less willing to grant a class Bravo Transition to light singles because
'they had their space below' (I have _NO_ idea if this was actually the
case... but I can understand how an out of town pilot might be given
that impression).

It's not the case at all. I've gone up the East River multiple times, both
in the VFR corridor and communicating with LGA ATCT. The LGA controllers
have always been very helpful and professional, calling out helicopter and
other traffic as I traversed the area, asking if I wanted a handoff or
wanted to exit the Class B, etc. The only time they denied my request to be
cleared into the Class B was when traffic was landing on runway 4, and they
were actually using that part of the class B for bigger iron than my C-172.