Yes, I’ve looked at census reports on Ancestry but didn’t find any records. On the Hamburg passenger list, I only have the one page from ‘Ancestry.’ Living in Utah now, I suppose I could try to get the record from microfilm, once things ‘open up.’
I’m not sure if he stayed with a family member already living in NY. The most likely would have been one of his ‘sister-in-laws,’ the only one who came, stayed, and survived from that generation. 

I can also look at ship manifests for the ‘Amerika’ for that date.