It's silly to go out of the way via WSB, pay the full price cash toll (no EZ-Pass) with long lines these days - just to not deal with the fear of "blocking the box" Traffic on the Cross Bronx Exp. (I-95) is known as the rowing parking lot filled with trucks and there's construction on the return route, best to avoid it.

Just use the BQE, take the Brooklyn Bridge exit instead across the East River, keep left for Chamber Street, right on Church Street to 6th Avenue, keep left as it become Ave. of the Americas and turn left right at Canal Street - 2 blocks to HT. For late Saturday afternoon, that would be my usual route to go to NJ - avoid the Chinatown - Canal Street passage going cross-town.

Use GPS or Google Nav on a smartphone, and use handset BT or speakerphone as NYPD will pull & ticket driver for not using handsfree devices, etc.