Manhattan Hits 100 Again As Record-Breaking Heat Wave Continues

The fountain in Washington Square Park was turned on in May.

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Locals stripped down in Washington Square park as the heat peaked on Wednesday afternoon.

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On Saturday, the city could get some relief from a cooling rain shower that could push temperatures down to 85 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

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The near triple-digit heat is expected to last until Thursday, when the high temperature is expected to drop down to 90 degrees.

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Temperatures hit 100 degrees in Central Park on Wednesday, beating the daily record of 98 set in 1993.

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The city is in the middle of a $16 million project to redesign and refurbish Washington Square Park.

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Residents enjoyed Washington Square Park despite renovation work that left many areas out of bounds.

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The end of the week's forecast offers some respite from the heat wave with highs in the low 90s on Thursday through Sunday.

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Tuesday's high of 103 degrees broke the city's July 6 record set in 1999.

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Locals and tourists crowded the fountain at Washington Square Park.

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Residents looked for refuge from the sauna-like heat of the streets.

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A woman sunbathes along the Hudson River in Riverside Park, Harlem.

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“Normally we’d be doing the jungle gym, but it’s a little bit too hot for that,” said Tamara Ewoldt, as she helped 22 month-old Ousmane cool off at a spray fountain at Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground on West 64th Street and Amsterdam Ave.

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Crystal Dunnar, 10, plays in a fountain in St. Nicholas Park in Harlem.

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Rosie O'Donnell and the film crew for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" struggle through 102 degree heat in Central Park, Tuesday.

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A boy uses a hose to keep cool in Harlem.

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Andrea and her dog Willow take a water break every 15 minutes during their morning ride around Central Park.

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Kids stay cool in Central Park sprinklers, Wednesday.

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A baseball game was in full swing, despite the heat in Harlem.

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Jennifer Chu, 18, uses a fan to cool off in Central Park while sitting with sisters Xiaoxian, Caifa and Christine. The foursome hails from the Netherlands.

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Water fountains all over the city offered a little relief from the heat.

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A man catches some sun while keeping cool by the Hudson River in Harlem.

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A mother and her daughter run through the sprinkler in Central Park, Wednesday.

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Augustina Comas, 27, catches some sun in Central Park during her visit from Uruguay.

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Children cool off in Colonel Charles Young Playground in Harlem.

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Kids in the New Settlement Summer Day Camp take a break in some Central Park shade, Wednesday.

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Leyla Marks, 2, cools off with an ice pop in Colonel Charles Young Playground in Harlem.

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Keeping cool in St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, Tuesday.

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Artist Paulo Gomes, 34, visits a steamy Central Park from his home in New Jersey during a summer heat wave.

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Tourists braved the heat in Riverside Park, Tuesday.

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Mariah Low, 27, and Seth, 6, try to stay cool in the shade in Central Park.

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"It's hot, hot, hot, but you've got to suck it up," said Wilson Munoz, 55, of Chelsea, who walked with his water cooler to West 4th Street to get some exercise during his lunch break. "You can't let it hold you back."

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Angel Sanchez, 49, stopped at a West 14th Street electronics store to peruse air conditioners. "I have a small one, but I'm considering another," Sanchez said. "A fan just ain't gonna do it."

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Kids cool off in a fountain in Central Park, Tuesday.

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Fire hydrants sprayed water in Harlem.

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A West Village crossing guard used a rigged up water hose to cool off Tuesday afternoon.

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A flavored ice vendor does a brisk trade on 145th Street in Harlem.

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Kids lined up to dive into the public pool on Seventh Avenue South and Clarkson Street in the West Village, Tuesday.

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Natalie Steiner, 15, and her sister Sarah,12, cool off with fountains and popsicles in Central Park.

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Sprinklers offer some relief for kids playing in the Colonel Charles Young Playground in Harlem.

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A woman creates some shade with her umbrella on 145th Street in Harlem.

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Day campers played on a makeshift slip n' slide in Hudson Park during Tuesday's heat wave.

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Nancy Velasquez, foreground, and Muneca Sanchez, take in the sun on the beach in Coney Island Sunday.

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"My feet are on fire, it's burning hot and I feel like this city is a human sized oven," said Cathy Luc, 13, a tourist from Calgary Canada as she crossed the Brooklyn Bridge with her family.

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Despite temperatures in the mid-90s, Manhattanites took advantage of Central Park's sprawling lawns on the holiday weekend.

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The fountain at Washington Square Park was dry even as temperatures soared, Tuesday.

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The heat made for a scorching walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, Tuesday.

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Children run and play under the water at J. Hood Wright Park in Washington Heights, Tuesday.

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The line outside Tony Dapolito Recreation Center stretched down Seventh Avenue Tuesday, as New Yorkers waited to take a dip in the public swimming pool.

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Lydia Mohammed, 48, a greens-keeper for the Union Square Partnership, said the plants were parched Tuesday following the holiday weekend.

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Saravuth Inn, 50, drenched himself in the Union Square sprinklers, Tuesday.

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Pedicab drivers used towels to shield their heads near Central Park during Tuesday's heat wave.

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Day-campers played baseball in Hudson Park Tuesday, despite the sweltering heat.

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Christina Sovanna, 3, cooled off in the sprinklers and then the shade at Union Square during Tuesday's record-breaking heat.

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"I took my sneakers off because it's just too hot to have them on," Demetrice Gumbs, 20, of Brooklyn said while working on Monday selling maps of Central Park in the scorching heat.

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David and Jennifer Baker, tourists from Pennsylvania, stopped in the Seaport after rollerblading from 110th Street down to Battery Park. Their next stop: Heartland Brewery for a well-deserved beer.

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Jimmy Acevedo, 32, general manager at Blazing Saddles bike rentals in the South Street Seaport, said he would be drinking lots of Gatorade while standing out in the sun all day. So far, he said the heat wasn't keeping customers away.

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Christine Chen, 32, a maintenance worker at the South Street Seaport, predicted that tourists seeking air conditioning would fill the Pier 17 mall.

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Restaurants in the Seaport touted their air conditioning and cold drinks in an effort to lure customers in from Tuesday's scorching heat.

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People sunbathe in Central Park. Temperatures in the city are expected to top 100 degrees Tuesday.

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Kids cooled off in the spray fountain area at Heckscher Playground in Central Park.

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Angela Tuttle, 40, enjoyed a book on a Central Park bench in the summer heat on Monday. Visiting New York from Texas, Tuttle said that the 96-degree weather in Manhattan was "nothing" in comparison to what she's used to.

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A child cools off in the East River during a visit to the Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday as temperatures climbed into the high 90s.

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People went shirtless in Central Park on Monday to cope with temperatures in the mid-90s at the end of the holiday weekend.

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Sanjana Ali, 11, cools off in a water fountain on the Lower East Side on Monday.

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