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⋆⭒TOP 5 WEEKEND ACTIVITIES⋆⭒

1. Free Zipline at Summer Streets

2. Frida and Diego Exhibit at the MoMA 🖼️

3. Catch Free Jazz in One of the City's Prettiest Gardens

4. US Open Fan Week Starts With Free Soft-Serve 🍦

5. Small Business Spotlight: Titán

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@newyorkers Column 🤪

Happy Friday, NYC! Summer isn't over yet, and the city is still popping, which is why we’ve got you covered with some updates from this week:

• NYers reveled what their least favorite train line is.

• We went to Bushwick to see why it's so popular in 2026.

• Bushwick residents were asked if they're gentrifying New York.

• The Bronx might be getting gentrified.

• Skaters described the current state of NYC skate culture.

• We interviewed people in Harlem about what the neighborhood is like nowadays.

• People from Harlem also described what they missed about the neighborhood's past.

• Harlem residents shouted out their favorite food spots on 125th Street.

• Days are getting shorter: sunsets in NYC are now before 8:00 PM until next May.

• The Knicks are set to open their new season on October 20th at MSG against LeBron and Philly.

• NYC Sanitation saved the day when they found someone’s old family heirlooms that had been lost.

• Former Mayor Eric Adams posted a shirtless photo holding a cucumber.

• NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now single.

• Brooklyn hosted NYC’s first ever Jamaican Day Parade.

• Crazy storms rolled through New York this past week, bringing about some crazy scenery.

• The MTA will test heat capture technology to reduce Subway platform temperatures and store heat for the winter.

• Cardi B pulled up to Sunset Park to film her new music video.

• Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty.

• City Council passed new legislation allowing outdoor dining sheds to stay year-round.

• Sidewalk hosted a giant water balloon fight in Central Park.

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