I Scream, You Scream \u2026<\/p>\n
Forget about the frozen yogurt craze, and the endless lines<\/a> that go with its virality. Instead, this is the summer to double down on ice cream at the shops that make the New York City scene so special.<\/p>\n Start with Julia Jeans<\/a> on the Lower East Side, where classic flavors are made in small batches; or with Biddrina Gelato<\/a> in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, which just opened a second location at Shaver Hall<\/a> in Midtown; or with the Ice Cream Window<\/a>, a seasonal, weekend-only spot in Ridgewood, Queens. It collaborates with Lady Moo Moo<\/a>, an ice cream maker with two shops in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, to create distinctive offerings like Styrian (pine nuts and pumpkin seed oil) and waldmeister (sweet woodruff).<\/p>\n Go to Mr. Ps Homemade Ice Cream<\/a> in Flatbush, Brooklyn, for Caribbean flavors like soursop and coconut, or Sundaes Best<\/a> in Koreatown for brown sugar milk tea gelato and kalamansi sorbet (a kumquat-mandarin hybrid), or Albero dei Gelati<\/a> in Park Slope for Italian favorites like stracciatella.<\/p>\n Get Your Kicks<\/p>\n With the FIFA World Cup in full swing, New York City is becoming a soccer paradise: There are fan zones at Brooklyn Bridge Park<\/a>, Battery Park<\/a>, Rockefeller Center<\/a>, the Louis Armstrong Stadium<\/a> in Queens and Staten Island University Hospital Community Park<\/a>. And for those who want to play, Street Lab<\/a>\u2019s Soccer Streets<\/a> program offers free pickup youth games across the boroughs (see Street Lab\u2019s calendar<\/a> for locations and times).<\/p>\n Will this be the year that Americans fall in love with Panini<\/a>? Not the sandwich, but the collectible World Cup stickers that have been a childhood rite of passage across the globe since 1970. This year, Panini has parked a bright yellow truck<\/a> at the Telemundo Fan Village at Rockefeller Center, where you can buy and trade stickers from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. until July 19. Visit the Panini website<\/a> for upcoming swap events.<\/p>\n Lincoln Center is getting in on the action with Penalty Flicks<\/a> (July 9-18), a free outdoor film series at Hearst Plaza. Highlights include the documentary \u201cPel\u00e9\u201d<\/a> (July 9) and the cult favorite \u201cShaolin Soccer\u201d<\/a> (July 16), Stephen Chow\u2019s hilarious kung fu-style film about a hopeless Hong Kong team.<\/p>\n While the eye-watering cost of World Cup tickets puts attending its games out of the reach of most, you\u2019ll find family-friendly prices when the National Women\u2019s Soccer League champions Gotham FC play two matches in July. This is the team\u2019s first regular season in New York City, and it starts with the Queens Classic against the Washington Spirit at Citi Field on July 15<\/a>. Before the game, there is an afternoon watch party for the World Cup semifinal and a festival with food trucks, caricature artists, a mini pitch and a photo booth. On July 18<\/a>, the Bats, as the team is known, face the Seattle Reign at the recently upgraded Icahn Stadium on Randall\u2019s Island.<\/p>\n Star-Spangled Spectacles<\/p>\n The tall ships are returning to New York Harbor for the nation\u2019s 250th birthday. The ceremonies begin on July 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. with a procession of Class B ships on the East River. Then on July 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Parade of Tall Ships<\/a> sails from the Verrazzano Bridge up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge.<\/p>\n The public can board these ships from July 5 to 7, noon to 6 p.m., at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sail City (next to the Intrepid Museum), South Street Seaport and Staten Island Waterfront Park. Admission is free, but reservations<\/a> are recommended.<\/p>\n The 50th edition of the Macy\u2019s 4th of July Fireworks<\/a> is being staged on the East and Hudson Rivers this year. Prime viewing spots include South Street Seaport, Brooklyn Heights and Jersey City. The festivities start at 8 p.m., with the fireworks expected to begin about an hour later.<\/p>\n Other series screening free films include Movies Under the Stars<\/a>, which offers scores of titles like \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d and \u201cThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants\u201d at dozens of city parks through July 31; Movies in the Square<\/a> on Tuesdays at Domino Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (July 7-Sept. 15); SummerStarz<\/a> on Fridays at WNYC Transmitter Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (July 17-Aug. 14); and Oculus Outdoors<\/a> on select Thursdays and Fridays in Lower Manhattan (through Sept. 18).<\/p>\n Tennis, Everyone!<\/p>\n One of the highlights of the U.S. Open is Arthur Ashe Kids\u2019 Day<\/a>, which kicks off the 2026 tournament on Aug. 23. The daylong festival is free \u2014 children 18 and under don\u2019t need a ticket, but adults must register for a U.S. Open Fan Access Pass<\/a> \u2014 and features live music, face painting and kid-friendly tennis lessons and drills.<\/p>\n The real thrill is watching the pros get in some practice before the competition begins. As a bonus, the specially priced family meals are back. Costs have yet to be set, but last year they were a reasonable $10.<\/p>\n Island of Fun<\/p>\n Governors Island<\/a> is one of the city\u2019s great getaways when the weather gets hot and sticky \u2014 and The Yard<\/a> is one of the island\u2019s greatest treasures, an adventure playground that lets young people ages 5 to 19 create their own play space with scraps of wood, pipes, old tires and other castoffs (before entering, you must sign a waiver either on site or online<\/a>). The 20,000-square-foot area is open every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n On Aug. 15 from 2 to 8 p.m., the island hosts the House Crawl & Parade<\/a>. Before participating in this march along the thoroughfares amid former military housing, you can make your own island-inspired costumes, luminaries and puppets with the artist Sally Beauti Twin.<\/p>\n Arts All Around<\/p>\n Lincoln Center\u2019s Summer for the City<\/a> runs through Aug. 8 and offers dozens of events that include story times, musical performances and workshops like the deep-sea-themed costume-making one on July 10 that is followed by a dance party with the D.J. Miho Hatori<\/a> of the band Cibo Matto.<\/p>\n In Riverside Park, the Hippo Playground Summer Concert Series<\/a> returns with performances every Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 from July 22 to Aug. 26.<\/p>\n Take a Dip<\/p>\n New York City\u2019s public swimming pools are open for the season. The newest is the showstopping Gottesman Pool at Harlem Meer<\/a>, on the northern end of Central Park. The most dramatic is the Floating Pool Lady<\/a>, a seven-lane pool in a barge that docks at Barretto Point Park in the Bronx. Toddler-friendly pools can be found all over the city, including the recently reopened wading pool at the Asser Levy Playground<\/a> at East 23rd Street and F.D.R. 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