Dana Binfet

An iconic sandcastle competition returns to the Rockaways for the first time in over a decade, here are your early links: Jake’s Dilemma in the Upper West Side is closing, Midtown’s Carnegie Deli is reopening, Duolingo joins NYFW and more.

For the week's Looped In newsletter, we talked to New Yorkers and the sanitation department to see how things were going with the new "badge of shame" parking stickers.

Moving in New York City is no easy feat, and some tips and tricks can’t hurt. Here are your early links: Heatwaves have strained New York’s power grid, the mystery behind Wall Street’s Charging Bull, pricey parking in Park Slope and more.

It’s NYC’s wettest August in half a decade according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service. Here are your early links: Beloved Manhattan AMC is closing at the end of the year, Mamdani took a vacation upstate, concern for the Anne Frank tree and more.

A new survey ranked Island Beach as one of the top 20 worst beaches for parking and traffic. Here are your early links: Chinatown leaders pushback against high-rise jail plan, New York bookstores in the fight against AI, Off-Broadway musicals are on top and more.

Ahead of the 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade, Macy’s hosted a holiday feast for influencers. Here are your early links: Outshine fruit bars recalled due to glass contamination, low turnout at “School Streets,” twin lemurs are the newest addition to Central Park Zoo and more.

Mayor Mamdani’s free babysitting program went off without a hitch, here are your early links: A Manhattan private school faces pushback over expansion plans, Julia Fox is filming in the city and casting New Yorkers, a Long Island burger joint is burglarized and more.

Because sometimes you just have to check your notifications, here are your early links: Storefront in the Bronx caught fire last night, a hairy marketing campaign rolls through lower Manhattan, construction halts on UWS tallest building and more.