{"id":333,"date":"2007-08-01T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T19:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/01\/labor-day-holiday-end-of-summer-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2016-02-17T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T17:32:58","slug":"labor-day-holiday-end-of-summer-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/01\/labor-day-holiday-end-of-summer-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day Holiday: End of summer in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many local New Yorkers, summer weekends are a time to escape the city to a nearby beach or to head upstate to the mountains. <strong>Labor Day weekend is the last long weekend of the summer<\/strong> and unofficially marks the end of the summer season in the United States.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img id=\"image335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/central-park-new-york-forest.jpg\" alt=\"Central Park New York Forest\" height=\"95\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Throughout the summer New York sees a continuous influx of tourists, but as schools around the country begin either just before or just after Labor Day, <strong>tourism in <a title=\"New York Travel tips\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> slows for a period before the holiday rush begins<\/strong> again around Thanksgiving. Therefore, planning a trip around Labor Day weekend can typically offer a wider range of <a title=\"Apartments in New York\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\">apartments in New York<\/a> as well as a slightly less crowded city with many locals out of town and few families in the city.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apartments available Labor Day weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year Labor Day falls on Monday, September 3rd, and there are several apartments available, including some of our favorites seen below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An <a title=\" New York Accommodation 2 Bedroom Rental in Upper West Side (NY-15650)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/15650\">Upper West Side two-bedroom apartment (NY-15650)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a title=\"New York Accommodation: Studio in Clinton, Midtown West - Chelsea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/6240\">Midtown West studio near Times Square and the Theater District (NY-6240)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a title=\"New York Accommodation: 1 Bedroom Rental in Midtown West - Chelsea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/15085\">Greenwich Village one-bedroom accommodation with a roof deck (NY-15085)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happenings in New York over Labor Day weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Festivals:<img id=\"image336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/central-park-new-york-fontain.jpg\" alt=\"Central Park New York Fountain\" height=\"225\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>River to River Festival: an ongoing event this summer in Downtown Manhattan encompassing a collection of events south of Canal Street, in the <a title=\"Travel Guide to the Financial District, NY\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/new-york-neighborhoods\/financial-district\/\">Financial District<\/a> and <a title=\"Travel Guide to TriBeCa and Battery Park, NY\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/new-york-neighborhoods\/tribeca\/\">TriBeCa<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Brazilian Day Festival: celebrating Brazilian heritage and culture on September 3rd in <a title=\"Travel Guide to Midtown West, NY\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/new-york-neighborhoods\/midtown-west\/\">Midtown West<\/a>, on Sixth Avenue from 42nd to 56th streets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outdoor activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central Park: A great time to enjoy the park and visit the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir fountain, which has been reactivated to celebrate 100 years of New York City\u2019s water supply and will operate until the fall.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"New York Events: The Floating Pool at Brooklyn Bridge\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/13\/new-york-events-the-floating-pool-at-brooklyn-bridge\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"color: #ae0000;\">The Floating Pool at Brooklyn Bridge<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Nostalgia Train: From Manhattan to Brooklyn to the 1930s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/27\/the-nostalgia-train-from-manhattan-to-brooklyn-to-the-1930s\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"color: #ae0000;\">The Nostalgia Train<\/span><\/a> rides,\u00a0including one on September 8th called \u201cA day on the \u2018A\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img id=\"image334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/central-park-new-york.jpg\" alt=\"Central park new York\" height=\"199\" align=\"right\" \/>For whatever reason you decide to come to New York on Labor Day, it is one of the best times to enjoy what the city has to offer. The weather is usually perfect, the crowds are a bit lighter than the rest of the summer, and there are plenty of activities for the adventurous traveler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Habitat\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"Vacation Rentals in New York\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\">accommodations in New York<\/a> make for the perfect place to end a day of fun in the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span>Photographs provided by <a title=\"Francois Roux Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/francois-roux-photography.com\">francois-roux-photography.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many local New Yorkers, summer weekends are a time to escape the city to a nearby beach or to head upstate to the mountains&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}