It’s been about 1000º every day lately, so any activity with anything to do with water is appealing. Over at Clinton Cove Park/​Pier 96 (@ 55^th St), the Downtown Boathouse have been running free kayaking since May. On a day like today, dozens of people were out on the river:

The kayaking is running from 9am – 6pm weekends (weather permitting) until the end of August, then 9am-​5pm from September to mid-​October. It’s also on weekday afternoons 5pm-​7pm until the end of August.