The popular McCarren Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York reopens after a being closed since 1984, seen on the opening day of the city pools in New York on Thursday, June 28, 2012. The pool, built in 1936, opened the outdoor pool season in New York after its multi-million dollar renovation. The enormous swimming pool can hold 1500 bathers and will likely become the go to place for the hipsters of Williamsburg. RICHARD B. LEVINE/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos070215
Summer is here and not only is it time to dance in the streets but it’s time to cool off by jumping into water.
The popular McCarren Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York reopens after a being closed since 1984, seen on the opening day of the city pools in New York on Thursday, June 28, 2012. RICHARD B. LEVINE/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos070216
So there’s a new pool in town. After being closed since 1984 the McCarren Pool has reopened. One of the many pools (and structures and highways) built by New York’s master builder, Robert Moses, it has been restored to its former glory holding 1500 bathers at a time.
New Yorkers and tourists cool off in the fountain in the Battery Bosque in Battery Park in New York on Sunday, July 1, 2012 as temperatures once again break the 90 degree mark. FRANCES M. ROBERTS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos070320
Another popular spot is the fountain in Battery Park. The water is shot up in random patterns guaranteeing that at any given time a child is going to get a faceful of spray. Much to their delight.
New Yorkers and visitors gravitate towards parks with fountains on Friday, June 29, 2012, the start of a very long Independence Day weekend, like the fountain in Washington Square Park, in an effort to cool off. Today was the first day of a forecast heat wave with the temperatures in the Northeast topping 90 degrees. RICHARD B. LEVINE/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos070242
A perennial favorite is the Washington Square Park fountain. Not only is it a favorite amongst the locals but it is a favorite with news photographers looking to illustrate a heat wave.
Beachgoers escape the heat wave at Rockaway Beach in the Queens borough of New York on Saturday, June 30, 2012 during the long Fourth of July weekend. FRANCES M. ROBERTS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos070323
And you can always go to the beach. Rockaway Beach in this particular case. The temperature was at least 15 degrees less than in the city with a cooling breeze coming off of the not quite warmed up for summer ocean.
Talia Castro-Pozo, right, instructs beginners in a free salsa lesson during Sunset Salsa in the Chelsea Triangle in New York on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Sponsored by the Chelsea Improvement Company, the business Improvement district (BID) for the area, free salsa lessons and open dancing are offered on Thursday evenings throughout the summer. The BID also offers a number of summer free classes and activities in Chelsea including yoga and belly dancing. RICHARD B. LEVINE/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos063041
And in case the water isn’t your cup of tea, there really is dancing in the streets. Salsa dancing for the hot weather. Free lessons on Thursdays in the Meatpacking District.
The Manhattan skyline is backlit from the Brooklyn/Queens border on Sunday, July 4, 2010 from the 34th annual Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display in the Hudson River behind it. RICHARD B. LEVINE/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lrphotos060718
Happy 4th of July!
Richard Levine and Frances Roberts, of Levine Roberts Photography, are a husband and wife team of photographers covering politics, environmental issues, the economy, business, and social and cultural issues in the Big Apple. See more photos from their collection on Newscom.
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