- The new East River ferry service from 34th Street and Pier 11 starts June 13; free rides for the first 12 days (NY Post, Gothamist)
- Day No. 9 of no air-conditioning at the former Gouverneur Hospital on East Broadway, which is now a medical center and nursing home with 1,200 occupants (Fox)
- A Lower East Side teenager became police chief for a day (NY Daily News)
- A new bicycle coalition is forming for Chinatown and the Lower East Side (Open City)
- It’s summer: Time for outdoor theater (NYT)
