BIG DREAMS: Zoe Jankowski, 5, adds her desire for “better behavior” to the other wishes on the Wishing Wall. (
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A new tooth, a God-fearing husband, babies and betrothal.
These are just a few of the wishes New Year’s revelers have pinned to the Wishing Wall at the Times Square Museum & Visitor Center.
Most of the people behind the notes — which will be added to the two tons of confetti to be dropped on Times Square on New Year’s Eve — are very serious about what they want.
“I wished for better behavior,” said Zoe Jankowski, 5, of East Quogue, LI. “I’m mean to my brother.”
Zoe’s grandma, Peg Graeve, helped her write down her wish.
“I asked her what she wanted, and that’s what she [said],” Graeve explained. “She knows she has to suck it up.”
Cyrus Cursetjee, 8, was also hoping for some family harmony.
“I wished for my mom to stop yelling at me for no reason!” he said. “It’s six times a week. I can’t stop her!”
Luis Hernandez, 19, wished for a tooth to replace his cracked canine.
“I broke it skiing three days ago in Missouri,” he explained.
The Times Square Alliance, which is hosting the wall for a sixth year, says health, happiness, peace and true love are usually the most popular wishes.
“We didn’t know that each of us was writing the same thing,” said Rachel Rennie, who was at the wall with her hubby of two years, Paul. Their wish: “To become parents.”
Noha Sadek, 24, was visiting from Egypt. She grew up watching the Times Square ball drop every year.
Her wish: “That my country will be the best country in the world.”
Americans had similar wishes for the US.
“I wished that they resolve the fiscal-cliff issue so I don’t have to pay the alternative minimum tax,” said John Rossi, 49, of Hamilton, NJ, who simply wrote “tax” on his tiny slip of paper.
On the other side, he wrote, “John and Julie 2013,” in honor of his fiancée, who was watching.
“That keeps me out of that trouble,” he said.
Jaylene Dawe, 28, of West Virginia, said, “I wished for a godly husband, someone who will put God before anything this world has to offer — even me.”
She knows she’s not likely to find that here, right?
“I figured that,” she said. “You never know.”
Tourists far outnumbered locals at the wall. In fact, only one wish seemed quintessentially New York.
The anonymous dreamer’s hope? For “everyone to f–k off.”