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New Year Swimmers at Coney Island
Brace yourself for the start of the New Year by joining New York's eccentrics as they plunge into the freezing cold sea at Stillwell Ave and the Boardwalk on Coney Island. Or better still…
Classic Christmas ballet, Nutcracker, returns for the second season of its Rated R adaptation to uncover sex, drugs and family secrets. Join the cast of The Love Show for a naughty Christmas…
If the thought of a broken escalator fills you with dread, then stay away from this race! Fit and fearless competitors race up the 1575 stairs of the Empire State Building, from the lobby to…
New York has a flourishing bicycling community. Hundreds of cyclists aim to ensure safe pedalling by attending the somewhat eccentric Blessing of the Bicycles ceremony, held at the Cathedral…
Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
Each summer, as New York gets hot and sticky, the spectacular annual Manhattan Island Marathon Swim offers contestants a way to cool down. The swim is a 28.5-mile marathon through the waters…
Hundreds of mermaids, King Neptunes, mer-babies and mer-animals descend upon the Coney Island boardwalk to celebrate the beginning of summer. View the parade on Surf Avenue between W 10th…
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition
As Hot Dog Capital of the World, New York holds its breath and its stomach for a brief moment each Fourth of July to watch this historic hot dog eating competition. Since 1916, New Yorkers…
A time-honoured tradition in Italy's Neapolitan region, the Festa del Giglio honours San Paolino di Nola. In Brooklyn, celebrations last 12 days and include carnival rides, live music, Italian…
The Italian community's oldest, largest and liveliest fiesta, San Gennaro is an 11-day playground in Manhattan for tourists and a nostalgia trip down fairy-lit, Italian-flagged memory lane for…
The late Malcom Forbes, successful magazine publisher and a passionate collector, filled this small museum in Greenwich Village with an astonishing array of toys, games and knick-knacks that…
