t=+=-' . I I . JUNE 1987 SUMMER SPECTACULAR PAGED Getting To The Core OfThe Apple: Tonring New York City In The Summer by Brad Mayer what you wish. Absolutely free are entertainment. Important structures TriBeCa, Yorkville, the Lower East Staten Islan d Ferry - This low Summer is finally here! School's the Museum of the City of New include Equitable Center, IBM, . Side, and Brooklyn Heights. cost boat ride $.25 RT) provides out and the days are left open to the York, and on Tuesday evenings, the AT&T, Philip Morris, Olympic and South Street Seaport - Drop by everyone with a breath taking view imagination. Many teenagers have Whitney, Guggenheim, Cooper­ Trump Towers, Citicorp, and the the revitalized Fulton Fish Market of New York Harbor including the jobs or summer programs to attend Hewitt and National Academy of World Trade Center . area. Stroll the cobblestone streets. Statue of Liberty . but even the businest person might Design. The American Museum of United Nations - Admission to of­ This indoor outdoor museum offers Beaches - There are over 20 miles have an extra lazy, hazy boring day Natural History is free Friday and ficial meetings is free. See the an array of free entertainment and of beach waiting for you this summer lying around. "What to do?" one events amid shops, ships, galleries, in New York City. Coney Island and might ask. Well look no further than cafes, eateries, and landmark the Rockaways are the most popular. a few subway stops for tons of ex­ buildings. Delightful is a stroll along the three citing and low cost (even free!) things Times Square and the Great mile boardwalk from Coney Island to to do in the world's greatest city ­ White Way - View the bright lights Brighton Beach. New York. of the theater district. Stop by the new Window Shopping - Browse along Rockefeller Center - Enjoy the Marriott Marquis hotel on Broadway the notable areas along Fifth Avenue, beautiful Channel Gardens - a special and take the glass enclosed elevator Madison Avenue, Herald Square, treat in the summer. Catch the sum­ in the world's tallest atrium for a 34th Street, 57th Street, Columbus mertime performances, window shop bird's eye view of the action. Half Avenue, and down in SoHo and the Center's great stores, or simply price, day of performance theater Greenwich Village. relax with a cool drink and some '\ = ­ tickets are available at TKTS. Stroll Also, remember many attractions, friends in the beautiful parks and ~~-~ ..~-~- ~ - up to Lincoln Center and maybe be museums, restuarants, and clubs of­ plazas amid Rockefeller Center's lucky enough to catch a late summer fer discounts for students, so keep soaring skyscrapers. Saturday evenings. fascinating gift, souvenir book shop free outdoor concert . that Queens College ID card handyl­ The Great Museums - Many Central Park - See the fabulous and the unique post office. Tours are Park and Concerts and Plays in For exact locations of the above museums have a pay-what-you-wish monuments scattered through the ci­ available at a nominal fee. Summer - The New York Philhar­ places as well as admission fees (if or suggesteddonation policy. Among ty's 840 acre park . The Alice in The New York Stock Exchange monic, Metropolitan Opera, any), directions, and further informa­ these are the Metropolitan Museum Wonderland group, the new zoo, - Free tours, including a visitors Shakespeare Festival, Goldman tion look up the telephone numbers of Art, The Cloisters, American Belvedere Castle, Hans Christian gallery overlooking the trading floor Memorial Band, Harlem Culture in the individual borough telephone Museum of Natural History, Anderson Statue (storytelling during and multi-media presentations. Near- Festival and many other happenings directories, For more information on Brooklyn Children's Museum, Staten July/August), and the Delacorte . by are Federal Hall, Franuces are featured at parks throughout the these and many other exciting hap­ Island Children 's Museum, Bronx Musical Clock are favorites among Tavern, and the Federal Reserve five boroughs. penings going on this summer call or Museum, Pierpoint Morgan, and visitors. Bank. The Zoos - Visit the Bronx Zoo visit the New York Convention and Museum of Broadcasting. On The New Buildings - Many of Exotic Neighborhoods - See the (free on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,and Visitors Bureau at 2 Columbus Cir­ Tuesdays , the New York Historical these modern architectural master­ small towns that make up the Big Ap­ Thursdays), Prospect Park Zoo, Cen­ cle, New York, N.Y. 10019, (212) Society, and on Thursday evenings, pieces contain beautiful atriums, art ple. These include Chinatown, Little tral Park Zoo, and the Flushing 397-8200.; the Museum of Modem Art are pay exhibits, shops, restaurants, and free Italy, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Meadow Zoo (always free). Surf, Sun And Sand: SUMMER CALENDAR Catching The JIJilves by Karen Gree nberger (718) 965-8900. bably the best known, features five Surf's up, and where's a better Operated by the National Park Ser­ miles of beach, a long boardwarlk, place to spend your summer than at vice,Jacob Riis Park offers a heated pool, restaurants and activities the beach? No matter what your idea magnificent beach, huge pool , for kids of all ages. Summer concerts of a beach is, there's a beach miniaturegolf course, handballcourts are held at the Jones Beach Marine somewhere in New York City or and a boardwalk. Rockaway Beach is Theater. The Long Island Railroad Long Islandjust for you. The follow­ one of the largest municipal beaches has a "Jones Beach Special," (212) ing are just some of the summery in the country. For more information 739-4200. Long Beach, in the center spots along the endless miles and call (718) 474-4600. of Long Island, offers public facilities miles of shoreline this city has to and can be reached by major roads offer. For Beach Info: and the Long Island Railroad as well. Smooth,white sand fronting on the waters of Long Island Sound, gently (718) 474-4600 Ferry To Fire Island lapping the shoreline make up Or­ '(516) 597-6633 If taking a ferry to a beach is to chard Beach in the Bronx. This is the your liking, then Fire Island 's only major beach in the Bronx to ac- . The National Park Service now beaches are for you. The ferry can commodate sun worshippers and manages 26,000 acres of recreational be taken at Bay Shore, Sayville, or bathers . For more information call space and shoreland on Staten Island Patchogue. Saltaire, Point O'Woods, (212) 885-1828. (Subway no. 6 to as part of the national program to pro­ Ocean Beach, and Sunken Forest are Pelham Bay Park , then bus Bx 12 to vide Gateway to America parks on among the best known Beach om- . Orchard Beach) both East and West Coasts. Present munities on the island. facilities include a beach, tennis, ,'t-~--~--==--: Robert Moses State Park, Smith volleyball and basketball courts, as Point Country Park, Orient Beach well as baseball, soccer, and football Park, and Watch Hill all offer beach fields. The Gateway National Recrea­ and campground facilities. Call (516) tion Area, however, is not continuous 597-6633 for information. and is split between Great Kills Park in Great Kills and Miller Field in Hampton Beaches New Dorp . South Beach and Wolf's Westhampton Beach, Water Mill, Pond Park Beach are among the Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Gateway National Recreational Area Amagansett, and Montauk are all part Three major beaches are offered in located in Staten Island. Call (718) of the cluster of beach communities Brooklyn to cool off the summer's 351-8700 for more information. known as "the Hamptons." All are heat: Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Long Island Surf located by way of the Long Island Ex­ and Manhattan Beach. Coney Island pressway (exit 70), or by means of (W. 8th and Surf Ave.), is most Long Island offers 118 miles of . the Long Island Railroad. For infor­ famous for Nathan's and its board­ sandy white beaches all open to the mation about the Hamptons, call walk. For more information call public. Jones Beach State Park, pro- (516) 324-9449. ~---......-------..-,-..'.' ....,.,... ... ': i:?J' ,' ,-::" ,- ~' ."'~ ~--~-:"--. "\--:::--. ::~- - ~ ~ ::-~- - - ~ ---.... --- "...... ,A I ' '.. ~ , . ~ ;--...., ' . :.; . '. /,- ~ r'" PAGE 12 SUMMER SPECfACULAR JUNE 1987 Exercising Unwanted Pounds Away . ~ ~ by Cheryl Schustack BICYCLING: Provides a great JOGGING: This is a super toner It's a fact. The amount of skin a workout for fronts and backs of for fronts and backs of thighs calves, bathing suit covers is indirectly pro- thighs and calves, If you use racing and arms. You should follow a 20 . portional to how much you want to handlebars, you'll also exercise the minute program of running and walk­ show. Ifyou belive this, then it's time back, neck, arms and buttocks. ing three times per week. A .111 to get yourself into shape. Starting a Another boon is that it lends itself to '. moderately paced job burns about 500 eke. fitness program wil let you take full outings with family and friends and to 700 calories per hour and a fast run advantage of the summer's most dar­ can be made into an all-day trip with burns about 800 to 1200 calories for ing fashions. If you groan at the the help ofa picnic and a tree in the the same duration. Those who are 20 thought of endless perspiration, don't shade. Biking can bum up to 660 or more pounds overweight should Do.It Right-Eat Light sweat it! Exercise doesn't have to be calories per hour. start this program with walking first. By Danielle Frons dreadful-the best type ofworkout is RACQUETBALL and Summer is near and the time is now to start trimming down those bodies.