New York City Kopp

08/10/2026

Tonight around 10 p.m., I stepped off the subway and walked upstairs onto the street.

The first thing I noticed was the warm summer air. One of those beautiful August nights in New York City.

I could see the George Washington Bridge illuminated through the trees in the park across the street. I could hear Spanish music coming from open apartment windows. Families and kids were sitting outside. Older gentlemen were gathered around card tables on the sidewalk playing dominoes. Kids were riding their bikes up and down the block. Open fire hydrants were spraying water into the street, cooling off the neighborhood on a warm summer night.

And I was just taking it all in.

I love nights like this in New York. Nothing extraordinary was happening, but at the same time, everything was happening. People were outside, music was playing, neighbors were talking, kids were being kids. The city just felt alive.

I remember thinking how much I love this place.

And then I stepped in dog crap. 😂

I immediately yelled out a not-so-nice word.

But at almost the EXACT same moment, a guy walking toward me yelled out too.

I looked at him.

“Did we both just step in the same dog crap at the same time?”

He looked down at his shoe and said, “Yes! I did too!” 😂

We both started laughing.

I said, “It just never fails.”

We laughed again, and as we went our separate ways he said, “Have a good night, bro.”

I said, “You have a good night, my friend.”

And I kept walking with a smile on my face.

Five seconds earlier, this guy and I were complete strangers. Then somehow, stepping in the same pile of dog crap at the exact same time became a New York City bonding experience. 😂

Music coming through the windows. Families on the sidewalk. Dominoes being played. Kids riding bikes. Open fire hydrants. Two strangers laughing together over something neither of us wanted to step in.

Not every beautiful New York moment has to be beautiful.

Sometimes it’s just New York being New York.

There is nothing like a summer night in this city. ❤️

08/10/2026

08/09/2026

Water Balloon Fight Today in Central Park, New York City

08/09/2026

Jen & I just want to say THANK YOU! 🎅🎄

Every single booking for our Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Bus & Walking Tour truly means so much to us. We’ve put a tremendous amount of love, time, and heart into creating an experience that feels warm, fun, personal, and full of that New York Christmas magic we both love so much.

Whether we’re meeting you for the very first time or welcoming you back again, we can’t wait to spend this special time of year with you, show you the incredible lights of Dyker Heights, and make some wonderful Christmas memories together. ☃️✨

Thank you for trusting us, supporting our business, and choosing to experience Christmas in New York City with Sleigh The City. We are genuinely grateful. 🙏🎅🎄

Jen & Kel
www.SleighTheCity.com

08/08/2026

🎄✨ If you’re coming to New York City at Christmas, this is the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights tour you need to take!

Come spend a magical New York Christmas night with Jen & Kel as we take you into Brooklyn for one of NYC’s greatest holiday traditions, the incredible Christmas lights of Dyker Heights.

Between the two of us, we have more than 15 years of experience taking guests to Dyker Heights, and we’ve created this tour around everything we love about New York City, Christmas, and showing people our home.

🎄 Jen is an exceptional storyteller who combines her knowledge of New York City, its neighborhoods, history and people with her love of everything Christmas. She doesn’t just show you the lights, she helps bring the whole experience to life.

📸 Kel brings something very different to the tour. He’s a published professional photographer, with his photography displayed in New York City, and he’ll take beautiful Christmas photos of you with YOUR phone throughout the night so you leave with memories you’ll actually want to frame.

Kel has also built a community of more than 1.5 MILLION followers across social media, sharing New York City with people around the world.

And if you want to know how much he loves talking about New York, he even hosts The New Yorkers Podcast, where he sits down with New Yorkers from every walk of life to talk about the city, its people, its stories, and yes, even Christmas in New York! 🎙️🗽🎄

🚌 And we want you comfortable! You’ll travel aboard a comfortable heated bus, then get out and walk with us through the heart of Dyker Heights to experience those unbelievable displays up close.

This isn’t about putting you on a bus, pointing at a few lights and sending you home.

We want you to feel like you’re spending Christmas in New York with friends….friends who know the city, know Dyker Heights, know where the best displays and photo spots are, and genuinely love sharing this magical time of year with you. ❤️

🎅 Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Bus & Walking Tour
📅 December 1–30

And Christmas is only part of what we do! Jen & Kel also offer private NYC bus tours the other 11 months of the year, 365 days a year, for families, schools, corporate groups, sports teams, reunions, celebrations and groups of all sizes.

🎟️ www.SleighTheCity.com

Come experience the lights, the stories, the photos, the laughs and a little bit of that New York Christmas magic with us.

Your friends in the big city,
Jen & Kel ❤️🎄🗽

08/08/2026

🌉🎭 The Brooklyn Bridge has a story… and now it has a musical!

Brooklyn’s Bridge: A New Musical has officially arrived in Brooklyn, telling the remarkable true story of Emily Roebling, the woman who stepped into a 19th century man’s world and played an extraordinary role in completing one of the greatest engineering achievements in history, the Brooklyn Bridge. (HDB Casting)

The musical features music by Joseph Baker, book & lyrics by Ray Roderick, choreography by Kelli Barclay, and is produced by Michael Simon Hall. Roderick also directs the production. (HDB Casting)

And what better place to experience this story than right here in Brooklyn?

📍 The Space at Irondale
85 South Oxford Street
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (TheaterMania.com)

🎭 August 7–23, 2026
Performances are scheduled Thursday and Friday evenings, Saturday matinee & evening, and Sunday matinee. (HDB Casting)

If you love New York history, the Brooklyn Bridge, great music, or simply discovering a brand new piece of theater, come experience the story of the woman behind one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.

🎟️ Tickets & information: BrooklynBridgeMusical.com

Come see Brooklyn’s Bridge while it’s here in Brooklyn! 🌉❤️

08/08/2026

Today on the subway, I witnessed one of those unexpected New York moments that stays with you.

It was brutally hot and humid today, and Jen and I were just happy to be sitting in a cool, air conditioned subway car while heading back to Manhattan from Brooklyn.

There was a man who appeared to be homeless and struggling with mental illness. He was missing his right hand, talking to himself almost constantly, and it was difficult to understand much of what he was saying. He seemed very much in his own world and honestly pretty out of it. But he wasn’t threatening anyone or acting aggressively.

Jen and I both had the same thought: he may have simply been riding the train to stay cool and get out of the heat for a while.

People around him were doing what New Yorkers do, giving him space, sitting nearby, and carrying on.

A younger father got on with his little daughter, and the only two seats left were right near him. They sat down without making a big deal about it. That’s New York too. We sit next to all kinds of people every day and usually just let people be who they are.

The man started talking to the father and daughter a little. Most of what he was saying was still hard to follow, but the father was kind and respectful back. Nothing dramatic. Nothing scary. Just people sharing a subway car.

Then, right before the father and daughter got off, the man reached into his pocket and gave them a couple of dollars.

I looked at Jen and said, “Did you just see that?” She had.

That’s the part that really got me. Here was a man who clearly seemed to be dealing with a lot, who was in his own world and barely making sense when he spoke, and yet somewhere in that moment, his instinct was still to give something to someone else.

You see a million things living in New York, but every once in a while you witness a tiny, completely unexpected act of humanity that just stops you for a second.

08/07/2026

🚧 Construction has officially restarted on 2 World Trade Center!

After years of delays, the final major office tower planned for the rebuilt World Trade Center complex is finally moving forward.

When completed, 2 World Trade Center is expected to rise about 1,226 feet with 55 stories and roughly 2 million square feet of office space. American Express will make the building its new global headquarters, bringing around 10,000 employees to the site.

The tower is being designed by Foster + Partners and will include more than an acre of outdoor terraces and landscaped spaces throughout the building.

Construction on this site has been discussed, redesigned and delayed for years, largely because the project needed a major anchor tenant before moving ahead.

Now it’s happening.

The current target for completion is 2031.

Once finished, 2 World Trade Center will become the second-tallest building in the World Trade Center complex behind One World Trade Center and will fill one of the last major missing pieces of the 16-acre redevelopment.

Nearly 25 years after September 11, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center continues to reshape the Lower Manhattan skyline.

Pretty incredible to finally see this one getting built. 🏙️

08/06/2026

LIVE in New York City! 🗽

Today we’re walking from the Marriott Marquis on 45th Street through Times Square, over to Sixth Avenue by Radio City Music Hall, past the beautiful La Grande Boucherie on 6½ Avenue, and then finishing at the subway.

Come walk Midtown Manhattan with me!