This may be my favorite ice cream in all of New York, but I'm lucky it's far from my apartment; I'd probably have six chins!

All the ice cream here is kosher, and they offer a great variety of delicious flavors–everything from [more...]

This Brooklyn-based ice cream shop courts long lines during the summer, when the biggest borough's residents crave cool, Italian treats. Though we're big fans of the fruit flavored ice, especially the delicious strawberry, we've seen [more...]

Though this Chelsea Market dairy spot won't be a post-work pit stop (it closes at 7), we love their fresh, creamy ice cream. Hailing from an upstate dairy farm, the ice cream is rich and delicious. Our top flavors include chocolate, [more...]

Lab-coat glad staff serve up twelve ever-changing flavors of delectable gelato at this Lower East Side spot. The small batches are prepared using top ingredients, so you *almost* feel like you're in Italy.

95 Orchard St between [more...]

Housed in the old Fulton Ferry Fireboat House, this DUMBO ice cream spot with a fabulous view churns out delicious cups and cones in flavors like butter pecan, peaches and cream, and of course, chocolate and vanilla. In nice weather, [more...]

If plastic cups, white picket fences, palm fronds, and the college beer trio (Heineken-Coron-Amstel) are rooftop bar requisites, then Bookmarks isn't your conventional rooftop bar. Located on top of the Library Hotel, they offer real [more...]

Brazilian-Peruvian-Japanese West Village restaurant Sushi Samba 7 serves up killer cuisine and a roof deck packed with a good-looking crowd. The views are average, but the drinks menu isn't–a regular caipirinha goes for $9, or add a [more...]

Most people wouldn't call the Upper East Side trendy, but thanks to the Roof Garden Cafe at The Met, it might just be becoming that. Here, high atop the trees of Central Park, with a sweeping view of the rolling green grass, locals and [more...]

This massive rooftop near Madison Square is surrounded by every well-known New York City skyscraper, so you can take in killer views while enjoying Malaysian dim-sum style snacks (courtesy of the on-premesis restaurant), and cool, [more...]

Seaport Music Festival
presents
EVERY FRIDAY a free LIVE MUSIC show at the Seaport!
7PM START

From Camera Obscura to Fujiya & Miyagi, bands that I barely know will perform live on Pier 17 by Fulton Street. [more...]

For a little nature without leaving the city, head to the Loeb Boathouse on the east side of Central Park. A rowboat rental will cost you $12/hour, and $3 every fifteen minutes thereafter. There's a $20 refundable deposit, so don't [more...]

Midsummer Night Swing is almost every day in June and July. Great fun. Outdoors. They do different genre's of dance (swing, salsa, etc) so check the calendar before you go.

http://www.lincolncenter.org/programs/swing_home.asp?session=ECD1&versio...