Top News in NYC & Tri-State Update July 12th: NYC nail salons, massage parlors, tattoo and tanning businesses are open. Restaurants and bars are still limited to take-out and delivery and outdoor service. The High Line reopens with timed entry and reduced hours. Governors Island reopens with timed entry for ferries. Libraries in all five boroughs … [Read more...] about NYC Update: What’s Open, Closed, Cancelled, Postponed
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Manhattanhenge 2020 Returns July 12/13
Manhattanhenge is when the sun sets directly through the center of Manhattan cross streets, lighting both the north and south sides. Manhattanhenge is just four times a year, when the sun is directly in line with the street grid, two nights in May and again in July. It's a photographer's delight, whether you are using a camera phone or serious gear with a long lens and a … [Read more...] about Manhattanhenge 2020 Returns July 12/13
NYC Libraries Re-Open with Grab-and-Go Service
New York City’s three library systems—The New York Public Library (NYPL), Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), and Queens Public Library (QPL) - are re-opening with grab-and-go service. Limited operations across 22 branches in all five boroughs are set to begin on Monday, July 13, with new rules for social distancing and wearing face masks. Not all branches in all systems … [Read more...] about NYC Libraries Re-Open with Grab-and-Go Service
Take a Hike: Best Parks & Trails for Social Distancing
NYC parks are great any time of year, but especially in summer, when lush greenery provides cool shaded spots for secluded walks. Take a hike along 300 miles of trails through some of the oldest forests in the city, and past 10,000 acres of wild and untouched natural areas, glacial potholes, and bedrock you can see and touch. You'll come across all kinds of wildlife, from … [Read more...] about Take a Hike: Best Parks & Trails for Social Distancing
Queensboro Dance Festival Showcases Culturally Diverse Local Groups FREE & Virtually
The Queensboro Dance Festival continues with some two dozen Queens-based troupes, continues virtually and FREE with events on Mondays and Thursdays through October. The dance groups represent the most culturally diverse borough of NYC. Along with dance performances, the festival includes classes, Q&A sessions with choreographers, and background information about a … [Read more...] about Queensboro Dance Festival Showcases Culturally Diverse Local Groups FREE & Virtually
NYC Parks Named for Women
Celebrate important NYC women and important women of history with connections to NYC by visiting the NYC parks, gardens, playgrounds and a reservoir named for women. There's at least one park in each NYC borough named for a woman who changed NYC, even the world. The impressive list includes two First Ladies, a Revolutionary War heroine, an Olympic swimming champion, … [Read more...] about NYC Parks Named for Women
NYC History: Manhattanhenge
Manhattanhenge is a unique urban phenomenon. It occurs four times a year, when the sun sets directly through the center of Manhattan cross streets, lighting both the north and south sides. Manhattanhenge is four times a year, this week, May 29 and 30, and again in mid-July. The term Manhattanhenge was coined nearly 20 years ago by native New Yorker and rock star … [Read more...] about NYC History: Manhattanhenge
40 Miles of NYC Streets Closed to Traffic in all 5 Boros
NYC has closed more than 40 miles of streets to traffic, for strolling, power walking, jogging, bicycling, skateboarding. In my neighborhood, kids also are playing soccer, roller skate hockey and old-fashioned hopscotch in the roadbed, and grownups have brought out beach chairs and drinks for socializing. Open Streets are in all five boroughs, inside parks and close to … [Read more...] about 40 Miles of NYC Streets Closed to Traffic in all 5 Boros
Best NYC Beaches by Subway in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island
New York City has more than 14 miles of Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound beaches, and it's one of the few places in the world where you can take the subway to the sand, sea and surf. NYC beaches are FREE. There's no access fee, and there's nobody checking your ID, as Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties have been doing, to prevent non-residents from visiting. NYC … [Read more...] about Best NYC Beaches by Subway in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island
NYC Update: What’s Open, Closed, Cancelled, Postponed
NYC has a 24-hour COVID-19 hotline for up to date information. Call (888) 364-3065. If you are part of an at-risk population such as a senior or immuno-compromised and want testing, call (844) NYC-4NYC, or call 311 (save 911 for urgent emergencies). New diagnostic testing sites open on Monday, April 20 in some of the hardest-hit areas in NYC including: Harlem - … [Read more...] about NYC Update: What’s Open, Closed, Cancelled, Postponed
