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<news:title>Summer Streets Are Coming to Manhattan August 1, 8, 15: DOT</news:title>
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<image:caption>Summer Streets starts on the south end at Centre Street.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Summer Streets, which shuts down roadways for pedestrian and bike use, is returning to Manhattan on three weekend days this month. Above: a closure during the 2024 edition of the DOT program. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>This year’s Summer Streets will include a giveaway raffle for a replica of the sign used in the NY Knicks’s ticker-tape championship parade. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Summer Streets at Park Avenue and East 53rd Street, August 2025.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-29T12:09:18-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Chelsea &amp;amp; Downtown Manhattan Events: Jul.30-Aug.5</news:title>
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<image:caption>eldridge street via www.eldridgestreet.org</image:caption>
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<image:caption>seaport museum via southstreetseaportmuseum.org</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-29T12:52:26-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Dog Stolen on F Train: Cops Hunt Suspect Who Boarded on LES</news:title>
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<image:caption>Dog Stolen at F Train at Bergen Street in Brooklyn, last seen on Second Avenue on the Lower East Side.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-29T14:40:37-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Penn Station Rebuild Funding to be 80% Feds Hopes Byford</news:title>
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<image:caption>Penn Station entrance on 33rd Street, aka Plaza33, adjacent Madison Square Garden.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-30T16:54:44-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Teen Creates App That Could Solve The City’s Street Parking Issue</news:title>
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<image:caption>ParkSignal NYC detects open street parking spots. Eighteen-year-old Theo Darringer holds his phone in front of the free spot the app says is open.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>ParkSignal NYC denotes full and open street parking spots with a red or green dot, respectively. Camera feed is also available for users to double-check. Eighteen-year-old Theo Darringer built the app using Claude.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Eighteen-year-old Theo Darringer created ParkSignal NYC in June. The street parking detection app already has thousands of downloads.</image:caption>
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