It’s sweat-drippingly hot today and the city has designated a bunch of places as “cooling centers” where you can chill out if you get too hot.
Check it out from Council member Helen Rosenthal:
Due to high temperatures and high heat indices, NYC Cooling Centers will be open today and tomorrow.
To find the nearest Cooling Center and hours of operation, call 311 or visit: www.nyc.gov/beattheheat.
PLEASE CHECK IN ON YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED AND MIGHT NEED ASSISTANCE.
These are some of the Cooling Centers in our District with their phone numbers.
Goddard Riverside NSC Senior Center
593 Columbus Ave (88th – 89th Sts)
212-665-3853St. Agnes Library
444 Amsterdam Ave (80th – 81st Sts)
212-621-0619Find AID ISC Senior Center
141 W 73rd St. (Columbus & Amsterdam Aves)
212-787-7710Riverside Library
127 Amsterdam Ave (65th – 66th Sts)
212-870-1810West 65 Street NSC
250 W 65th St. (Amsterdam & West End Aves)
212-874-0860Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza (62nd – 65th Sts)
917-275-6975Cooling Centers are activated if the predicted heat index reaches 95 Fahrenheit at any point for two consecutive days or 100 Fahrenheit for one day or more. New Yorkers who have no ready access to a cool environment, and particularly those at risk for heat-related illness, should use the centers during a heat wave.
You can learn more about how to stay healthy and cool during the summer months, conserve water and energy, and identify and treat someone with a heat-related illness by clicking here.
Are any air conditioners made in U.S.A. ? I’ve NOT tried : ice cubes in a Bowl, in front of a Fan. Many branches of N.Y.P.L. : I’ve some complaints. S’posed to be some help : buy an a/c for some : elderly &/or, disabled Citizens. How many shops in mid-town stopped leaving open their Door[s] , w/the a/c blasting ? A neighbor’s a/c/, in a Slum was dripping.
Thank you so much for posting a list of cooling centers! The search link on the gov site wasn’t working the last couple of weeks.