Summer's here and it's time to catch some rays. You need to show off your newest bikini (or scope out hotties in their new bikinis), and that streaky orange self tanner look has not caught on. Get your tan on (safely!) at these following places. More»

So Newtown Creek isn't a neighborhood. It can't even claim to belong to one borough, as it forms a border between Brooklyn and Queens. But if recent history is any indication, the area abutting the creek is the next, or current, coolest 'hood in the city. Why? Because it's New York's latest toxic Superfund site. More»

Between delayed lineup announcements and intermittent homelessness, it's been a bumpy summer for outdoor live music in NYC.  You'd think Jelly's announcement of its Pool Party schedule would perk things up. But even that unveiling was laced with drama and inevitable hipster backlash. More»

After a mercifully brief hiccup, Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter's Sunday Best dance party will be back on the banks of the Hipster Riviera this weekend! And you won't have to wait on hour-long lines for a beer. More»

Most of the many New Yorkers who skip the Hamptons take pride in dismissing the East End as a perverse abstraction. It is, after all, Long Island. But at some point, even the most hardened Hamptons hater questions his superiority. Wouldn't a beach be nice? Good thing there's plenty going down in NYC to snap him out of it. More»