If I lived in New York, and worked in Manhattan, I’d be happy to use a restricted entrance if it meant being close to work. That would be preferable to having to cross burroughs to get to work.
I’m thinking of moving back. I’ll happily take a poor entrance - especially if it puts me back in the theater district at a good rent. What do I care what people think? That’s the problem today - too many people care about what other people think.