July 2020

• Any Thing is a new bar in Prospect Lefferts Gardens bringing the fun
• An Upstate art installation lets visitors commune with hummingbirds
• Top of the Rock Observation Deck has announced a reopening date
• This food app is giving away free food to people named Karen
• This citywide art installation is displaying timely new works all over NYC
• Manhattan’s only Dairy Queen is permanently closed
• Shark sightings force the closure of several New York beaches this week
• See what's coming to Astoria's Socrates Sculpture Park this summer
• You can now get these Filipinx pastry boxes delivered to your door
• This giant new NYC street mural offers an interactive experience
• Lip Lab Brooklyn
• Lip Lab Soho
• Now you can see 70 Basquiat works without going to a gallery
• See photos of the new waterfront memorial honoring Black Lives lost to racial injustice
• Upstate art destination Dia Beacon has officially announced a reopening date
• You’ll get a movie theater to yourself when you book this hotel room
• These New Yorkers are selling homemade kombucha in bear-shaped jars
• The New York Botanical Garden is officially open
• 5 great outdoor dining spots in Astoria
• A duck is nesting on the Metropolitan Museum's roof garden
• The Best Astoria, Queens Bars
• Queens Comfort
• New York Public Library reveals the top checkouts during the shutdown
• The best Astoria restaurants
• Ellen's Stardust Diner may be in danger of closing
• Noise complaints in NYC have increased almost 300 percent since February
• Mr. Taka Ramen
• An essential worker is throwing a Jamaican cookout this weekend
• This winery in the Hamptons has a rosé drive-through
• This private island one hour north of NYC is selling for $2.5 million
• Love, Nelly is a new bakery with Colombian-inspired sweets
• High Low Beverage Company is a new Vietnamese-influenced café and bar
• You can rent this wacky mushroom house in the woods upstate
• NYC's historic Green-Wood Cemetery is looking for an artist-in-residence
• You might start seeing “Safe Eats” stickers at restaurants
• Ssundaze
• See insane footage of the Statue of Liberty getting struck by lighting
• NYC will open outdoor pools by August 1
• Doughnut Plant is re-closing all of its locations
• You can now take a canoe tour of the Gowanus Canal
• The Nuyorican Poets Cafe is using the shutdown to amplify more voices
• One of the city’s best rooftop bars, Broken Shaker, has reopened to the public
• A major sculpture installation is coming to Rockefeller Center
• What's next after Phase 4? What you need to know about NYC's reopening
• The F train is shutting down nights and weekends until March 2021
• 5 great outdoor dining spots in the East Village
• Lincoln Center is filling its plaza with a curated music playlist every day
• The Frick Museum announces plans to move into the old Met Breuer
• A sweltering heat wave is on tap for NYC this week
• Brooklyn Drive-In
• Queens Drive-In
• Black Tap launches pop-up with CrazyShakes to-go for the first time
• Meet the Mask Force, the MTA’s way to get you to wear your damn mask
• The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is officially reopening with limited capacity
• Baseball has returned with cardboard cutouts of fans in the stands
• Heading upstate? Check out this new farm-focused food truck
• LES radical bookstore and café Bluestockings is closing
• You can now get day passes for the gorgeous pool at the William Vale
• Governor Cuomo says he’ll roll back restaurant reopenings if partiers can’t respect the rules
• Meet the Undateables: Alexis and Nicole
• The Metropolitan Opera is streaming a new slate of free performances every night this week
• Nowadays officially reopened their massive backyard
• Decibel
• Creative Little Garden
• St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
• The Museum Of The City Of New York postpones July 23 reopening
• The best East Village bars
• Everything you need to know about Phase 4 reopening plans in NYC
• A giant new rooftop cocktail bar is opening in Brooklyn this weekend
• Odessa in the East Village is closing its doors for good
• This new local wine subscription happens over text message
• Barcade
• Barcade
• Get a first look at New York City’s newest library
• Museum of Interesting Things: World's first virtual Disney Magic Lantern show
• Identity Exploration and Self-Love Session
• The MTA is using a robot superhero to hand out masks to Metro-North riders
• The 275 Challenge endurance fundraiser
• One of NYC’s oldest gay bars is fundraising to stay open
• Williamsburg dance club Kinfolk is permanently closing
• The best East Village hotels
• The best shops in the East Village
• See if you're eligible for funds through New York's new rental assistance program
• The best things to do in the East Village, NYC
• Multiple locations of Xi’an Famous Foods are closing across the city
• NYC is rolling out 15-minute COVID-19 tests in new pilot program
• Loosie's Kitchen & Cafe
• Smorgasburg will open for takeout only this year
• One of the city’s best wine bars is opening a pop-up in the Finger Lakes
• If you fly into a New York airport, you'll have to fill out this form or be fined $2,000
• Jacob Riis Beach Bazaar is now open for the summer
• This design competition reimagines the Brooklyn Bridge as pedestrian-only
• Rooftop Films
• Your best options for eating and drinking in the Rockaways this summer
• Join Time Out for an all-day celebration of French culture in NYC this Bastille Day
• Manhattanhenge returns this weekend for the last time this year
• Michael Che is doing live outdoor comedy shows in LIC
• Street fairs are officially banned in NYC for summer
• Summerly, the Hoxton's panoramic rooftop, reopens this weekend
• The 9 best streets for outdoor dining in NYC this summer
• Brooklyn Bowl's 11th Anniversary Celebration
• Transplants Comedy Show Live Backyard show
• Here We Go: A Weekend Zoom Fest
• A new farmer's market is opening in Domino Park
• See the giant BLM mural being painted in front of Trump Tower
• New Yorkers agree that this is the worst place in the city
• Paulie Gee’s is offering takeout pies for the first time in six years
• Follow this account to support local Chinatown restaurants
• These NYC food organizations are feeding the city's protestors
• This giant ferris wheel could be coming to Staten Island
• Give it up for the winners of New York’s Time In Awards
• Find a great bike shop in NYC
• Everything you need to know to bike New York
• One of New York’s most lauded Michelin-starred restaurants jumps into outdoor dining
• This gorgeous new green space just opened in Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Everything you need to know about taking a cruise around NYC right now
• A Virtual Bastille Day Cooking Class
• Storming the Bastille Celebration
• Governors Island is reopening to the public on July 15
• Bastille Day NYC Boat Party Yacht Cruise
• Brooklynites push to rename Barclays Center after Jackie Robinson
• Bastille Day on 60th Street (Virtual)
• Bangkok Bar's Full Moon Dinner
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an official reopening date
• Barcade
• Time Out is hosting a two-day virtual small business festival with Instagram
• These major NYC art galleries are reopening with new exhibits this week
• The 9/11 Memorial has reopened to the public
• Dante, the world’s top-rated bar, opens its second location in the Village
• Here's how to watch Hamilton on Disney+ this weekend
• This NYC-based group is hosting a global riot for Black gay lives
• You can dine in a private greenhouse at this Manhattan rooftop restaurant
• The High Line is officially reopening on July 16
• NYC's new budget cuts funding to cultural institutions by 11 percent
• You can get married in a New York minute at The “I Do Drive Thru”
• Park barbecues: Where to grill in NYC this summer
• NYC is getting another jet flyover for Fourth of July
• This Queens venue will test you for COVID-19 before letting you dine, drink or swim
• MTA is adding PPE vending machines to subway stations across NYC
• Storm King is reopening this month with brand-new outdoor artworks
• Confronting July 4th: A March to Honor Black & Indigenous Activists
• Fourth of July pig roast
• Not ready to go back to your NYC salon? Try these at-home haircuts and nail services
• When will New York City reopen and what are the latest social distancing rules?
• Everything you need to know about Phase 3 reopening plans in NYC
• Alibi Lounge, the only Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar in New York, isn’t going anywhere
• Indoor dining in NYC is officially delayed for Phase 3
• Broadway will officially stay dark until 2021
• NYC beaches officially open for the summer today