Having spent a number of years living in NY City, I had heard that there were certain places in Central Park that gay men would go to "hook up". Little did I know that Modern Orthodox young adults also have a place of their own.

With Their Eyes Only

On a midsummer Saturday afternoon, the Great Lawn in Central Park is the best place - perhaps the only place - for these modestly dressed eligible bachelors and bachelorettes to meet, so much so that by 5 p.m., the lawn has been transformed into a unmistakable singles scene for the Sabbath-observant Jews of the Upper West Side.

I don't know if this still holds true, but the Lincoln Square synangogue on the Uppper West Side used to be known as "Wink 'n' Stare".