Kane's Kapricious Konnections

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Across
  1. 3. New York City's mainland borough
  2. 5. New York's state tree is a variety of this
  3. 7. Famous elephant with very floppy ears
  4. 9. More of a hotdog than an island
  5. 10. 1-down spent a large fraction of their later life seeking a unified one of these; or, with 6 down, the name of a course I took last semester
  6. 12. 1-down's greatest achievement
  7. 13. ___ Island, with which New York City's third most populous borough shares its name
  8. 16. famous NYC breakfast sandwich
  9. 17. New ___ + Small___ = the historically German neighborhood we're sleeping in
  10. 19. Dora's valise
  11. 23. An author who's surname consists of a common black bird + "ley"
  12. 25. (Baby) ___, Inc.
  13. 27. The Blue ___ Verde is Arizona's state tree
  14. 28. RZA, GZA, Method Man, and Remedy's island home
  15. 29. Comical nickname for New York City?
  16. 30. ___ Square, an important park, neighborhood and transportation station near Kane's building
  17. 31. Coextensive with Kings County, the locale for Erika's half marathon
Down
  1. 1. A relatively famous scientist?
  2. 2. Before it was New York, it was New ___
  3. 4. By most definitions, the wealthiest American ever
  4. 6. In physics, the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction
  5. 8. Named for an English explorer, the ___ fjord can be found immediately west of Manhattan
  6. 11. ___ + erbocker, an old-time Manhattanite
  7. 14. Washington state tree
  8. 15. What the American Museum of Natural History, POTUS, and an island between Manhattan and Queens all have in common
  9. 18. Charge carrier
  10. 20. A musical(ly)-famous abandoned bay
  11. 21. The number of New York City boroughs
  12. 22. Current New York City mayor
  13. 24. A wizarding Place near Kane's office?
  14. 25. ___ Diner, home of the best pancakes in New York City, possibly
  15. 26. Common household utility