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Sunrise 6.53 am. Sunset 6.36 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 42 minutes of daylight or three hours and 24 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken on Sunday at the Tour de Bronx Bike Ride on the Grand Concourse at 161st Street just outside of the Bronx Borough Hall. About 4,000 cyclists signed up for the event, and based on what I saw on a beautiful, warm, sunny, dry morning, most of them showed up for the ride.

Concourse Village _ Sunday, October 5, 2025 - from 8 am to 4 pm - 31st Annual Tour de Bronx Bike Ride - begins at 161st Street and Grand Concourse and bicycles up to the New York Botanical Garden. The program includes 40 mile, 25 mile and 10 mile long rides which kick off at 10 am, 10.15 am & 10.30 am respectively. Free, but you check in before departing to obtain a numbered bib. For details see - https://www.ilovethebronx.com/tour-de-bronx

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Grand Concourse Friday Street Fair, Central American Independence Parade and Festival, African Heritage Festival & the City Island Art Fair

Friday, September 12, 2025 - 10 am to 6 pm - 161st Street Friday Fair - along 161st Street from Grand Concourse to Walton Avenue. This is a street fair.

In the photo above or at right, you can see performers at the Central American festival in Crotona Park in a prior year. The festival returns this weekend on Sunday. See details below.

Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - African Heritage Festival - at 1700 Crotona Park [at Claremont Parkway & Crotona Avenue]. Music, dance, food and possibly shopping. Organized by the African Advisory Council and BP Gibson. For details contact - David Coulibaly at dcoulibaly@bronxbp.nyc.gov or 917-769-2866 or Catherine Cudjoe Keymama at 718-708-1086 or see FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Africansinnewyorkinc/posts/24496451129990017/ OR FB https://www.facebook.com/p/African-Advisory-Council-of-the-Bronx-100064603337113/

Saturday & Sunday, September 13 & 14, 2025 from 11 am - 7 pm - City Island Arts & Crafts Fair - Along City Island Avenue aka Main Street between Schofield and Bay Streets. The epic center is at Hawkins Park and there will be some 60 plus artisans, craftspeople and food vendors there. I believe many / most of the vendors are local. Street fairs festivals in the City Island neighborhood of the East Bronx. For details see - https://cityislandchamber.org/

Sunday, September 14, 2025 from 11 am to 5 pm - 29th Annual Central American Independence Parade Followed by a Festival in Crotona Park. The parade begins at 12 noon at East Tremont Avenue & Southern Blvd, which is the site of the Happy Land Fire Memorial where in 1990 about 100 people - mostly Honduran Garifuna - lost their lives celebrating carnival. The parade marches down either Southern Blvd and / or Boston Road, turns west onto Charlotte Street to Crotona Park East - ending between Crotona Avenue and Claremont Parkway in Crotona Park. This parade and festival celebrate Central American cultures including the Honduran Garifuna via stage performances, culture, food, drink, arts and crafts for the whole family. They describe the events as follows, " ... The Annual Central American Parade and Cultural Festival celebrate the 204th anniversary of the independence of the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, from Spain on September 15th, 1821. September 15th marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, in honor of such historic event ...". Street fairs in the Bronx neighborhood of West Farms. For details see - https://www.garifunaexperience.com or FB - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/central-american-independence-day-celebration-tickets-677174686717 | https://www.facebook.com/events/1226380425900591/

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Sunrise 6.27 am. Sunset 7.21 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 12 hours & 54 minutes of daylight or two hours and 12 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken at the Ferragosto Festival in Bronx Little Italy last year. The Italian celebration returns to Bronx Little Italy on Sunday. See below for details.

Sunday, September 7, 2025 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Ferragosto Festival - in Little Italy along Arthur Avenue between East 187th Street and Crescent Avenue in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx NYC. It's an Italian harvest celebration & celebrating 101 years of Arthur Avenue in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Bronx St Fairs in the Belmont neighborhood. For details see - https://bronxlittleitaly.com

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Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 12 noon to 7 pm - Bronx Night Market - see street fairs page for details.

Hunts Point _ Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, August 1 - 31, 2025 from 2 to 6 pm Thurs & 12 noon to 5 pm Fri & Sat - Latin Foto Festival - at the Bronx Art Space at 700 Manida Street off Spofford Avenue in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. There's an outdoor art space that is part of the exhibit which is open 24/7. Free. For details see - http://www.bronxartspace.com

Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Sunday, September 7, 2025 - NYC Beaches Opening & Closing for the Summer - Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park. Also outdoor public swim pools also close on Sunday, September 7th.

The photo above or at right shows folks relaxing at Orchard Beach in the Bronx. There's only one more week of beach side swimming left in the year.