It's been a while since I've gone into NYC but in the 2000s it was common to be offered drugs exiting the Port Authority bus terminal, Penn Station, or walking

It's been a while since I've gone into NYC but in the 2000s it was common to be offered drugs exiting the Port Authority bus terminal, Penn Station, or walking around Union Square, with a casualness like asking for the time. Whether the drugs offered were real or not, I wouldn't know.