So, leaving 3 hours of travel time to and from Manhattan (to be safe, since it's a weekend) and arriving 3 hours prior to departure, you'll have 2 hours to explore the city. Maybe 3 if you're very lucky. I guess you have to decide if that's worth it.
The Virtual Boy was released on July 21, 1995 (1995-07-21) in Japan and on August 16, 1995 (1995-08-16) in North America with the launch titles Mario's Tennis, Red Alarm, Teleroboxer, and Galactic Pinball. It was not released in PAL markets.
The game was released for the SNES in November 1991. It was later re-released for the Game Boy Advance on December 9, 2002, in North America, on a cartridge with Four Swords, the first multiplayer Zelda, and then through Nintendo's Virtual Console service on January 22, 2007.