Top News in NYC & Tri-State Update Dec. 28 The world's largest New Year's Eve party, in Times Square, also will be virtual. Brooklyn's famous Coney Island Polar Bear Club has cancelled its traditional New Year's Day plunge in the Atlantic Ocean. NYC holiday lights, windows and trees is will be lit through Jan. 3, some through Jan. 10. Visiting the Rockefeller … [Read more...] about NYC Update: What’s Open, Cancelled, Postponed
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NYC Update: What’s Open, Closed, Cancelled, Postponed April 20
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). This was published in April 2020 Click here for current weekly update New … [Read more...] about NYC Update: What’s Open, Closed, Cancelled, Postponed April 20
Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms
Spring is blooming in New York City this week, including thousands of pink and white Japanese cherry trees with their fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms. Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx - Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan: The walkway along the Hudson River, from 100th Street to 125th Street, is known … [Read more...] about Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms
Where to See the Best Fall Foliage in NYC
This is peak fall foliage season in New York City, through early November. Parks and gardens in all five boroughs have geared up with ways for visitors to find the best technicolor displays, including FREE guided walks by Urban Park rangers, and special color cams that track the ever-changing oranges and reds. Here's where to find the best fall foliage, alphabetically, by … [Read more...] about Where to See the Best Fall Foliage in NYC
Best Places for Cherry Blossoms and Festivals
It's been a long, cold winter and unseasonably cold spring, but thousands of Japanese cherry trees are burst into bloom all over NYC. Here are the best places in parks and gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens to enjoy the fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms, and Cherry Blossom Festivals, including on Earth Day, Sat., April 21, with Japanese music and … [Read more...] about Best Places for Cherry Blossoms and Festivals
Chihuly Exhibit at the NY Botanical Garden
NYC gets another blockbuster art exhibition with the opening of CHIHULY at The New York Botanical Garden on April 22nd. Nearly two dozen amazing glass installations by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly will be on view at NYBG, through the end of October 2017. Many of the pieces were designed specifically for NYBG. This spectacular outdoor exhibit marks Chihuly's first such … [Read more...] about Chihuly Exhibit at the NY Botanical Garden