N.Y.C. Reopening Phase 3: What You Need to Know

Daniela Castillo and her mother, Gloria, were among several people waiting outside of Electric Anvil Tattoo in Crown Heights, where the two women were scheduled to get matching tattoos.

The pair had been planning to get the complementary body art — each woman was getting the other’s first initial on her arm — in the winter, to observe Gloria’s birthday.

Those plans changed when the virus arrived, and even as they managed to secure an appointment on Monday, their experience did not go as they had originally planned.

As Gloria stepped inside to meet her tattoo artist, Daniela stood outside, disappointed that she could not stand by as her mother got her very first tattoo.

“I wish I could’ve been there with her,” Daniela, 30, said.

New York City also reopened its outdoor basketball, tennis, volleyball and handball courts, providing new recreation opportunities during the summer. Public beaches are also now open for swimming, and dogs will get their opportunity for more exercise as dog runs reopen.

“It will be more of summer again,” Mr. de Blasio said.

On Monday afternoon, a steady stream of dogs arrived at the dog run at Hunter’s Point South Park in Queens. As the animals shed their leashes and got up close and personal with one another, their owners stood six feet apart, watching carefully from behind their masks.

Jonathan Lam, who brought his German shepherd to the park, said he worried that the city might be reopening too quickly. But even as he feared the dog runs might soon be too crowded, he was still glad to give his dog, Lexi, another place to keep active.