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Children, senior citizens, and New Yorkers with medical problems are encouraged to stay indoors, as the heat index will make it feel like it is close to 100 degrees.

More than 228,000 people have visited the city's cooling centers since this summer's first heat wave on June 28.

Seniors at a cooling center in Chelsea, Manhattan told NY1 it is a great way to spend a hot summer day.

"It's very nice and they give you pizza, and sodas, water, and snacks and movies, so it's really great," said a senior.

"We talk, we do so many things here, it's a pleasure. And it's nice and cool, that's for sure," said another.

"We'll welcome them. We'll give them refreshments. We'll give them bottled water and allow them to use our facilities to cool off," said Hudson Guild Director of Adult Services Cheryl Kamen. "They'll stay here as long as they like, and when they're ready to leave, we'll send them out with a bottle of water as well."

To find a cooling center near you, call 311 or go to nyc.gov/oem.