Sponsored Post - Celebrate Manhattanhenge At Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park Thursday July 12 - Live Music From Atomic Funk Project, Special Prizes, East Midtown Happy Hour & More, Bring Your Camera Too

You're invited to celebrate Manhattanhenge at the Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park Thursday July 12.

For the second year, we're teaming up with @Archtober for a special #Manhattanhenge event from the park. A guest photographer will judge the second annual #ArchtoberSelects photo competition on site at the event. Join us info on our website and share your photos. pic.twitter.com/Rg1a3m3L0Y

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) July 7, 2018

According to FDR Four Freedoms Park:

Twice a year, the sun sets perfectly in line with the NYC street grid creating a unique event nicknamed “Manhattanhenge.” In celebration, FDR Four Freedoms Park will stay open late, offering a perfect location with which to observe this fun and beautiful phenomenon. The incredible Atomic Funk Project will flex their freedom of speech and expression muscles to perform a fantastic set of funk and soul classics, Wonder Photo Shop NYC will be onsite with an interactive photo installation, and many more surprises!

As part of the event, Archtober, NYC’s Architecture and Design Month, has invited @field_condition to judge the second annual #ArchtoberSelects photo competition. Share your Manhattanhenge photos with #ArchtoberSelects to win Archtober and NYC Ferry prizes and swag! Archtober will be accepting submissions until 3pm on Friday, July 13 and announcing the winners on Monday, July 16.

So, bring your camera, grab a friend, and capture the NYC skyline as you’ve never seen it before! When you're finished, join East Midtown Partnership for a belated happy hour in East Midtown just a subway or tram stop away! Participating restaurants/bars include:

• Amali, 115 East 60th Street
• American Cut, 109 East 56th Street
• Bloom's Tavern, 208 East 58th Street
• Copinette, 891 First Avenue
• Crimson & Rye, 198 East 54th Street
• The Fitz, at the Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel, 687 Lexington Avenue
• The Jeffery Craft Beer & Bites, 311 East 60th Street
• Kurant Wine Bar, 1091 Second Avenue
• La Cava, 939 Second Avenue
• Paname, 1068 Second Avenue
• Perrine, at the Pierre Hotel, 2 East 61st Street
• Pescatore, 955 Second Avenue

Special deals available from 8:00-10:00 pm.

Free; registration required. This event is RAIN or SHINE. The capacity for Manhattanhenge at Four Freedoms Park is 1,750.

There is limited walk-in space available. Walk-ins are not guaranteed; capacity is limited.

As a reminder:

• To protect the memorial, there is no eating or drinking allowed in the Park with the exception of water. You may bring your own food to enjoy in our designated eating areas.
• Unfortunately, no pets are allowed in the memorial. The full list of Park rules is available here.
• No drones are permitted in the Park.
• There is limited seating at the Park. Please feel free to bring your own lawn chair or blanket.

WHAT IS MANHATTANHENGE?

Register Here.

UPDATE 7/13:

#manhattanhenge from #fourfreedomspark pic.twitter.com/C5cZ16GL3v

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) July 12, 2018

You're Invited To It's My Park Day Tramway Plaza Planting And Cleanup With East Midtown Partnership Sunday October 26 - Afterwards, Drink Specials And Snacks At Bloom's Tavern

Image From East Midtown Partnership

According to the East Midtown Partnership:

On Sunday, October 26, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, join us as we prepare Tramway Plaza, on Second Avenue between East 59th Street and East 60th Street. for the winter and next spring's growing season. We'll clean up the flower beds, plant bulbs, and make sure the only publicly-accessible open space in East Midtown Manhattan is ready to look better than ever in 2015!

Donuts and coffee will be provided for all volunteers, and after we're done with our chores we'll head to Bloom's Tavern (208 East 58th Street, between Second Avenue and Third Avenue), where proprietor Noel Donovan promises us drink specials and snacks.

The East Midtown Partnership adds:

For more information contact info@eastmidtown.org or 212-813-0030. We also are hoping that this event will help us to get a Friends of Tramway Plaza group together.