Updated, 9:08 a.m.

Good morning on this cloudy Thursday.

Saturday is the autumnal equinox — day one of our favorite season of the year.

Buildings, handrails and benches are just about cool to the touch, finally giving rest to what was a sweltering summer. A canopy of leaves will soon cover Central Park, and the breeze will get delightfully (and only very slightly) nippy.

We’re ready for you, fall.

To get in the spirit, we asked our readers: What’s your favorite part about fall in the city? Here’s what some of your neighbors had to say.

“The day that the radiator heat comes on for the first time should be a city holiday. I love waking up first to the feeling of cozy, then hearing the clink and tinkering of the pipes and finally smelling the heat, all while still feeling the outdoor breeze and knowing it’s cool enough for a jacket but wanting desperately to be brought apple cider doughnuts in bed instead.”

— Kimmie Lipscomb, 35, Upper West Side, Manhattan