Our Top 10 Tips for staying cool this summer:

1. Cool off with some yummy ice cream or frozen yogurt. Below are some of our favorites:

• Berry Wild
• Coldstone Creamery
• Dylans Candy Bar
• Emack and Bolios
• Essentials - 2259 Broadway (between 80th St & 81st St)  (212) 721-2818
  Grom
• LastLicks
• Pinkberry
• Red Mango
• Sedutto - 1498 1st Avenue
• Serendipity   You must try the famous Frozen Hot Chocolate!
• Shake Shack

2.  Take a dip in one of the many pools in NYC or run around in one of the spray showers.

• Public Pools
• Spray  Showers

3.  Cool off at an indoor playspace

• Apple Seeds
• Chelsea Piers
• Children’s Museum
• City Treehouse
• Moomba
• Scholastic Store
  
  

4.  Be a tourist -  Check out some of the spots you normally would never visit.  Here are some of our favorites:

• Statue of Liberty
• South Street Seaport
• The Intrepid
• Museum of Natural History
• FAO Schwarz

5. Have a picnic in one of the incredible parks around NYC

• Central Park
• Riverside Park
• Carl Shurz Park
• Madison Square Park
  
  

6. Head to the beach!!  
Make sure to check out the BCM guide to making your trip to the beach seamless.

7. 1. See a movie. No one blasts the AC as well as the cinema. Our picks for kids: Cars 2 , Winnie the Pooh and the Smurfs.

8. Make frozen treats or cold beverages with your kids.  Big City Moms love to make homemade popsicles  or just freez some grapes.   You can also make your own lemonade stand and sell to your neighbors or the people in the park.

9. Take a day trip to one of the many nearby attractions

• Sesame Place
• Splish Slash
• Great Adventure
• Adventureland
• Hurricane Harbor
  
  

10. STAY HYDRATED!!   Check out some tips from Jodi Citrin of Din Dins