New Yorkers should get ready for a jam-packed summer.
Although the heat has just begun, residents have a lot to be excited about — and prepare for.
Here’s what days to mark your calendar.
Knicks events
With the Knicks now 3-1, the city may be in for big celebrations soon.
If the large crowds turning out for the team already is any indication of what a championship win would look like, locals should expect fans storming the streets en masse within the next few days.
The last time the team won was in 1973, over 50 years ago. In an article from the New York Times after the Knicks win five decades ago, a reporter wrote that City Hall Plaza was filled with “more than 2,000 cheering fans as the city honored the New York Knicks.”
By contrast, about 7,000 people gathered in Bryant Park on Monday night for a Game 3 watch party.
The Knicks play Game 5 on Saturday, June 13, in San Antonio. Game 6, if needed, would be Tuesday, June 16, back in New York.
World Cup celebrations
Also beginning in the next few days are matches for the World Cup, taking over nearby MetLife Stadium.
Thousands of global soccer fans are already finding their way to the city ahead of the match-ups.
The schedule for those games is as follows:
June 13: Brazil vs. Morocco
June 16: France vs. Senegal
June 22: Norway vs. Senegal
June 25: Ecuador vs. Germany
June 27: Panama vs. England
With these dates, if the NBA Finals advance to the extended days, June 16 directly overlaps with the France vs. Senegal World Cup match (and it falls on a weekday, meaning commuters will see a serious uptick in ridership.)
Besides the matches themselves, over one million people are expected to visit the region for the World Cup celebrations.
America 250 events
At the beginning of July, events are expected across the city to celebrate America’s 250.
From fireworks to a special Fourth of July ball drop in Times Square, the city has plenty in store for America’s 250th birthday.
NYC Pride
On the last weekend of June, NYC Pride events are happening across the city, with the annual march scheduled for Sunday, June 28.
The march goes through a part of Manhattan, passing the historic Stonewall Inn along the way.
Millions of people typically attend the event every year.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NYC has a packed schedule in the coming days. What to expect.