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10 Things You Need To Do This Summer In NYC

Bored and in NYC? Then this list is for you!

Nicole DiTolla

Jun 21, 2016

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10 Things You Need To Do This Summer In NYC

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It can get hot and hazy in the city during the summer. So here's the beginning of a series of lists that can either cool your summer days or spice it up!

1. Swim at Dream Beach

Dream Beach is the rooftop pool at the hotel Dream Downtown, located at 355 West 16th St. You can purchase a day pass for $60 on site! Day passes are available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Get your swim on!

2. Pool party, please.

The James Hotel at 27 Grand Street hosts JIMMY Summer Pool Parties on weekends only. Starting at 3 p.m., the pool, rooftop bar and lounge is open to the public.

3. Broadway theater, for free

At the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the cast of Free Shakespeare performs free plays. You can get tickets at the Delacorte in person. My favorite Law and Order actor, Sam Waterston, was in "The Tempest" last year! Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway and Tyler Ferguson have been in a free Shakespearean play at the Delacorte!

4. Put on your own dancing shoes

Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing is back! Dance the night away to live music in Lincoln Center. Passes are super reasonable, so bring your friends and your dancing shoes!

5. Stargazing at the High Line

Every Tuesday from April through October starting at dusk, the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York hosts stargazing nights! At the Diller-von Furstenberg Sundeck, on the High Line at West 14th St., you can see the stars up close!

6. Play pickup soccer at Pier 5

Pier 5 has the most dramatic backdrop of any soccer field I've seen. Go with a group of friends and play soccer, fish, use the bike paths or playgrounds. Or be like me and go there to eat at the Picnic Peninsula!

7. Eat at the Frying Pan

At Pier 66, the historic floating restaurant The Frying Pan is docked. It's right on the water and is always packed. And, the food is really good! Need I say more?

8. Free Summer Movies

NYC Parks and Rec hosts free movie screenings in different parks throughout the summer. Check out the schedule and bring your own lawn chair!

9. Go kayaking for free

The Downtown Boathouse has kayaks you can use to explore! Go to Pier 26 and paddle your little heart away!

10. SMORGASBURG!

Check out Smorgasburg Saturdays at East River State Park — Kent Ave. and N. 7 St. — on the Williamsburg waterfront; and Sundays in Prospect Park at Breeze Hill. Starts at 11 a.m. and goes until 6 p.m. The food creations there will blow your mind.

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10 Things You Need To Do This Summer In NYC

Bored and in NYC? Then this list is for you!

1. Swim at Dream Beach

2. Pool party, please.

3. Broadway theater, for free

4. Put on your own dancing shoes

5. Stargazing at the High Line

6. Play pickup soccer at Pier 5

7. Eat at the Frying Pan

8. Free Summer Movies

9. Go kayaking for free

10. SMORGASBURG!

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Group projects.

Applying for internships.

Being told your major is easy.

You just want to be rich already.

Explaining to people why you're a business major.

Using LinkedIn like it's Facebook.

You grow up too fast.

Trying way too hard to make a good impression on companies at career fairs.

Many of your professors have foreign accents.

You don't want to graduate, but you know that you're more than ready.

10 things that most incoming college freshmen have no idea about.

Your Schedule

The Library

Time Management

Registration

Housing

The Dining Hall

Teachers

Clubs

High School Friends

Finals

It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

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12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

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Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

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