Coney Island

Summer here and things are returning to some sense of normalcy in NYC, including fireworks at Coney Island.

Doja Cat's new album ’Planet Her’ comes out next week, and she'll celebrate its release with an NYC show on July 4.

One of our favorite annual summer traditions is returning in September this year

The Coney Island Polar Bears are still selling merch and taking donations to support Coney Island non-profits.

The Mermaid Parade -- which couldn't happen in 2020 for obvious reasons -- is a celebration of the season, creativity, nautical mythology, fertility, and letting ones freak flag fly. Around 3000 people took part in 2019, including 12 marching bands & lots of scantily clad sea creatures.

”We fool around a lot, but we recognize and empathize with the desperate situation of so many of our fellow humans. We want to do our part, and will be distributing at least half the proceeds of the Tail-a-Thon to a group of charities,” Mermaid Parade Organizers write.

With a trip to the beach basically out of the question in NYC right now, here's one way to bring a little bit of summer into your quarantine.

”Even if the mayor wants to open the beaches — which I don’t think he’s going to — they don’t even have the manpower,” a source said.

”We will be celebrating when it’s appropriate to be celebrating,” co-ownder Dennis Vourderis said. ”Right now is not a time to be having celebratory events”

2020 got off to a chilly start in Coney Island on a brisk, windy day with temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s, but that didn't deter hundreds from participating in the 116th annual New Years Day Polar Bear Plunge.