Mentioning Brooklyn is also a good segue into the ambiguity of a ride "in New York City"; I suspect that even at the same time the price of a ride will vary by

Mentioning Brooklyn is also a good segue into the ambiguity of a ride "in New York City"; I suspect that even at the same time the price of a ride will vary by borough (or even neighborhood within a borough). The price of a ride from lower to upper Manhattan will presumably be different than the same distance in Brooklyn or the Bronx or Queens (although we can all probably agree that no reasonable person would interpret the question as being about Staten Island...)