On this first day of September, the summer of 2026 is winding down. Soon the autumnal equinox will be upon us, vacations will end, the air will turn crisp, kids will return to school, the leaves will turn, and thoughts will drift towards the holidays and year's end.
And yet ... and yet ... the summer of '26 in NYC is one for the history books.
Unlike most summers that vanish from the public memory year-after-year, this soon to-be-gone summer has left some traces that will not soon be forgotten.
Even two months ago, at the beginning of July, some in the media were calling it The Summer of New York. Here's a roll call of what happened:
- The Knicks win their first NBA championship in 53 years!
- The World Cup opens and closes at MetLife Stadium!
- Taylor and Travis get married at Madison Square Garden, the wedding of the year!
- America celebrated its 250th anniversary on July 4th with Sail4th in New York harbor!
- Crazy weather (thanks global warming!) with massive thunderstorms, high heat, and the smoky orange haze that blanketed the city due to the Canadian wildfires.
- A naked man jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge!
- The debut of Sterling Point, a lovely New Yorkers out of (and in the) water series!
- A glorious tribute to Dolly Parton from a gleaming Empire State Building!
- Even a documentary about NYC's favorite adult star Robin Byrd!
- And soon we will have a more serious milestone as we remember the 25th anniversary of 9/11/2001.
What a wild, historic summer!
And here's something that might make 2026 the Summer of NYC into the Year of 2026: this fall are the midterm elections. If, some way, some how, the Democrats take back control of both houses of the US Congress, that means that the President of the United States, the Senate Majority Leader, and the House Speaker will all be from NYC. That'll be even wilder and more historic!
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