New York City was home to some basic superheroes such as Arachnid-Girl, Metal Woman, the Terrific-4, Chief-U.S, and a bunch of other popular superheroes that you've seen in the comic books you read. Basically just like the real world, New York is not a friendly place for someone like you to be in.
There are basically dozens of accidents that happen as you walk the streets of either Brooklyn, or Manhattan which could lead to a ton of people seeing God if they don't escape. For example, the fire department is too slow to reach a flaming building, and dozens of people get mugged when you least expect it as they approach you on the street. Just then as you get up from where you landed, you notice that the top half of a building was going to collapse on you, which made you shield your own body.