Stopping for a Dave’s egg cream, a rainy morning in Central Park and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

A memorable coffee cart order, a ferry rider gets an unusual greeting and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Sometimes people give me comments on this column. I get some praise occasionally. And that’s good. I think a certain percentage of that praise is actually sincere. I know that some pieces are ...