Extra Extra: Hulk Hogan's last gift to New York City
July 24, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
Because a new bar bearing his name is coming to Midtown, here are your afternoon links: free Wi-Fi pilot program, ice cream sandwiches, summer camp today, and more from around the city and internet.
It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, and you’ve got to get to the Chinatown Night Market before it ends this summer.
Here’s what else is happening:
- A veterinarian had to give multiple doses of Narcan to a golden retriever who was suffering from an opioid overdose after SPCA officials removed the dog, and several other animals, from a Long Island woman’s home over alleged neglect.
- “Liberty Link” is NYC’s new $3.2 million pilot program that will bring free Wi-Fi to 35 affordable housing buildings in upper Manhattan and the Bronx.
- Craving an ice cream sandwich? Check out these 10 places around the city with different takes on the treat.
- A Hulk Hogan-themed bar will open across from Madison Square Garden this fall, a plan sanctioned by the pro-wrestler before his death today at the age of 71.
- This guy who spent 21 years and about $10,000 building a model of New York City out of balsa wood says he wants to build Minneapolis next.
- No more ghosting bad dates, we are in the era of speed dumping.
- Does summer camp kind of suck now?
- And finally, wake-up call:
Losing it over this therapy horse that vigorously plays the piano to wake kids up from anesthesia pic.twitter.com/kpF9KpEmV0
— elina 🔮 🍉 (@bogwitchbooks) July 20, 2025