Cool (and Cheap) Places to Beat the Heat in NYC!

Don't sweat the latest heat wave with some of these brief suggestions of places to cool off (esp if you don't have A/C (like the Cheap Chick!)


1. Movie theaters
2. Museums (Met is always pay-what-you-wish, Museum of the Moving Image is free today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., MOMA is free today from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and the Morgan is free from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and that's just to name a few!)
3. Dip a toe into one of the city's free swimming pools (http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/pools) or beaches (http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/beaches)
4. Starbucks
5. Libraries (http://nypl.org, http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org, and http://www.queenslibrary.org)
6. Fast food restaurants
7. Bookstores

And just in case, here's a site where you can find official cooling centers in the city (http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/hazards/heat_cooling.shtml)


From my friends at Time Out New York Kids, check out sprinklers and fountains (http://timeoutnewyorkkids.com/things-to-do/58175/best-fountains-and-sprinklers), boat rides (http://timeoutnewyorkkids.com/things-to-do/60673/best-boat-rides) frozen treats (http://timeoutnewyorkkids.com/things-to-do/62138/best-ice-cream-for-nyc-kids), and cool drinks (http://timeoutnewyorkkids.com/things-to-do/60927/cool-drinks)!


For a splurge I would head out to College Point's Spa Castle, with an ice sauna and plenty of pools, as well as cool drinks, you're bound to cool off here! (http://nyspacastle.com/eng/main/main.php)

Got any other places or ways to cool off that are cheap and free? Let us know!