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New York Today: Subway Sizzle

Fanning the flames.Credit...Santiago Mejia/The New York Times

Updated, 10:12 a.m.

Good morning on this patchy Thursday.

It’s still hot.

Or “unseasonably warm,” as our friends at the National Weather Service like to say.

As the streets begin sizzling during the morning commute — it could feel like 84 degrees by 9 a.m. — New York is firing up its underground ovens.

We’re talking about subway platforms.

This week, we decided to conduct an unscientific experiment: We grabbed a digital thermometer, threw on some shorts and descended to some of the city’s busiest subway stations.

It wasn’t long before we were dripping in sweat.

With a temperature of 88 degrees above ground, Union Square station was a balmy 96.5.

That was warmer than the relatively pleasant 93 recorded on the 7 train platform at Grand Central-42nd Street.

And it was mild compared with the scorching N, Q, R, platform at the 34th Street-Herald Square station, which we recorded at a suffocating 108.8.

The deepest station in the system, 191st Street on the 1 line, was a sultry but not unbearable 93.3.

During our experiment, we also stumbled on a few train cars without air-conditioning, including a southbound 1 train (a feverish 99.1).

Esther Phillips, 65, was flustered when she boarded the car at the 110th Street station (94.1 degrees).

“Even the seats are hot,” she said to no one in particular. “I think I’m going to get heat stroke.”

We feel you.

So does the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. If you walk into one of these roving saunas, send the car number to the authority via Twitter so it can be fixed.

While you’re there, take our poll:

Is your subway station uncommonly hot? Let us know in the comments — or better yet, take the temperature and send it to us.

Here’s what else is happening:

Like father, like son: comparing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with his father, Mario, at the Democratic National Convention. [New York Times]

... And Mario M. Cuomo, who gave the keynote address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, was a tough act to follow. [New York Times]

... And Mayor Bill de Blasio’s convention cameo was somewhat underwhelming. [New York Times]

Campers at an Orthodox Jewish summer camp got a hands-on lesson in the tradition of kosher slaughter. [New York Times]

A look at the transgender community of Christopher Street. [The New Yorker]

Almost 90 percent of New Yorkers have air-conditioning. But tens of thousands in the city’s public housing do not. [WNYC]

“Brooklynizing the Bronx” explores the boom in the Bronx that could threaten thousands of jobs. [Village Voice]

The city is apparently becoming a hot spot for artificial intelligence initiatives. [Crain’s]

A historian used a city guidebook from 1866 to take a walking tour of present-day New York. [Curbed]

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Keeping her cool, sort of.Credit...George Etheredge/The New York Times

The police are investigating the repeated vandalism of a Jewish “eruv,” a religious enclosure, in Crown Heights as a possible hate crime. [DNAInfo]

A dead 30-foot whale was discovered in the Hudson River. [NBC]

Surprise! The Guns N’ Roses star, Slash, showed up to a rehearsal for the Broadway hit, “School of Rock.” [NBC]

A man in Downtown Brooklyn was beaten with a selfie stick. [DNAInfo]

The Bronx Zoo hatched a fairy penguin, the tiniest penguin species in the world. [Gothamist]

Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “When a Boy Caught Sight of Ali

Scoreboard: Cardinals lay eggs on Mets, 5-4. Astros hurl asteroids at Yankees, 4-1.

For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Thursday Briefing.

Female jazz performers take the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s R&B festival at the MetroTech Commons in Downtown Brooklyn. Noon. [Free]

Watch the Democratic National Convention during a silk-screen workshop at Smack Mellon in Dumbo, Brooklyn. 5:30 p.m. [Free]

The artist Li Maizi talks about feminism and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activism in China at the Asia Society on the Upper East Side. 6:30 p.m. [$12]

Kick off your shoes during barefoot dance lessons at the lawn at the Van Cortlandt House Museum in the Bronx. 6:30 p.m. [Free]

Nine short films from Spain and the Americas, part of the Queens World Film Festival, are screened outdoors at Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing. 8:15 p.m. [Free]

Mets host Rockies, 1:10 p.m. (SNY).

For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.

N, Q and R trains are running with delays.

Subway and PATH

Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak

Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.

Alternate-side parking: in effect until Aug. 15.

Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry

Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark

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A local landmark.Credit...Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

Join the gang — Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer — for a “Seinfeld”-themed party tonight.

Episodes of the show, along with the documentary “They’re Real & They’re Spectacular: ‘Seinfeld’ Super Fans and the Summer of George,” will be screened at Hunters Point South Park in Long Island City, Queens.

You can join a cast look-alike contest, complete with an Elaine dance-off, or pick up a game of “frolf.”

Also on tap: big salads, pretzels and black-and-white cookies.

The event is part of Hulu Summer Road Trip, which — yadda, yadda, yadda — is free and starts at 7 p.m.

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