Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency Stay under a fountain today if possible, as this woman did in Battery Park yesterday.If you thought Monday was bad, brace yourself.
Tuesday will be just as hot and gooey - if not worse.
Officials have declared an air quality alert, in effect from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. That means those sensitive to pollutants should limit physical activity.
You know the drill: highs in low 90s, heat index higher, maybe rain but don’t count on it. Maybe we’ll even break a record, as 96 degrees did at La Guardia yesterday (Central Park reached only 92). City cooling centers are open again.
Here’s what else you need to know to start your Tuesday:
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC â€" O.K. so far.
COMING UP TODAY
-The Landmarks Preservation Commission is to vote on designating a slew of buildings. They include the whimsical Forest Park Carousel in Queens, the imposing Church of St. Paul the Apostle on Columbus Avenue and the austere 140 Broadway skyscraper in Lower Manhattan (with Isamu Noguchi’s upended red cube at its base).
- Mayoral campaign highlights: the 50,000-member building-services union endorse someone, Democratic candidates will talk affordable housing in the East Village, and Joseph! J. Lhota, a Republican, will take part in the Manhattan Institute’s “Future of New York City†panel.
- Free money, sausages in Union Square: Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will hand out dollar bills stamped with slogans like “Not To Be Used for Bribing Politicians†and “Stamp Money Out Of Politics.†Nearby, the History Channel’s “Cross-Country Cookout†will fire up an 80-foot smoker and grill, alleged to be the world’s largest.
- Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing opens its 25th season in Central Park with Wynton Marsalis and a Lindy Hop instructor on hand if you’re up for physical activity.
- Opening: a photo exhibit at the Met, “Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969.â€
IN THE NEWS
- A 16-year-old Brooklyn boy drowned in a lake on a field trip to Bear Mountain. [NY1]
- Latest unliked site of a CitiBike rack: blocking a hydrant on the Lower East Side. [New York Post]
- Sanitation workers should under no circumstances accept tips. Two of them learned the hard way. [New York Times]
- So much for Nik Wallenda’s plan to wire-walk from the Empire State Building to the Chrysler Building. [Daily News]
AND LASTLY… The space shuttle Enterprise is getting a friend.
A Russian Soyuz capsule, still bearing scars from re-entry to earth, will make its final voyage this morning - to the deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan. The two spacecraft will be on display in a pavilion opening next month.
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