Month: August 2011

Zabar's finally landed on a new name for the Lobster Salad that wasn't. As we reported a few weeks ago, Zabar's was selling a seafood salad made with crayfish as "lobster salad", charging more than $15 a pound. A columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune on a visit to New ...

A new Italian restaurant known for excellent pizza is slated to open in the spot vacated last year by The West Branch, the restaurant run by noted chef Tom Valenti.

August 31, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 85 Degrees. News: Jillian Recchi, one of the women who was hit by a speeding black Lexus on Thursday night at 70th Street and Broadway, is still in a coma. The other woman, Dana Laven, was also seriously injured and just started ...

After 27 years on 81st Street and Columbus Avenue, Maxilla & Mandible closed its doors for good on Sunday night, stuffing brown paper into the display window where skulls and fossils used to sit and slapping a tiny sign on the front saying simply "Gone Digging."

"The Central Park Lake flooded Bethesda Terrace during hurricane Irene. Although the park was still officially closed, we took a 4 hour hike through it and were happy to see there was no major damage. Here and there some tree limbs down, and we saw a few trees down, but ...

August 30, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 83 Degrees. Notices: Hurricane Irene did $200,000 worth of damage to Central Park and the conservancy that manages the park now wants your help covering the bill. Consider donating here. News: Upper West Sider Brian Rossetti created an app called Parking Auction ...

This week, there are lots of free events on the Upper West Side, including the Metropolitan Opera's outdoor screenings of some of its most popular operas in HD. The operas will show right in the middle of Lincoln Center. Also, this week marks the beginning of Human Chess in Riverside ...

Even if you don't need to go anywhere today, it might be worth hopping on the B or C train from 86th Street just for this unique experience: you can actually ride the New York City subway for FREE!

August 29, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 78 Degrees. Notices: There are 37 free events in this week's events calendar, including tons of free music, movies and outdoor events. Check them out! Central Park is closed to vehicular traffic today, but is open for pedestrians and cyclists. News: In ...

The sad/happy thing about Hurricane Irene is that the worst of it hit while almost everyone was sleeping. So we all woke up and thought "Did we miss it?" But luckily, one Upper West Sider with a great view of the city pointed a camera out the window to record ...

The mayor was still warning people to stay away from the Hudson River this morning because it had crested its banks. But one dog walker couldn't resist letting her two golden retrievers frolic in the floodwaters right next to the overflowing river. Is this all in good fun, or kind ...

During the hurricane, the wind reached as high as 60 miles per hour in Central Park and a few trees were down there. The park is still closed. The Hudson River also crested the bank in a few spots in Riverside Park. Check out some pictures by Upper West Siders ...

The front edge of Hurricane Irene is here, the rain is starting to come down in sheets, there's a tornado warning, and the wind has really been picking up. But some people were still out drinking after 10 p.m. Saturday at bars on Amsterdam in the low 80's like George ...

By Melissa Cooper No animals are visible on today’s late afternoon dog walk in Riverside Park on the eve of Hurricane Irene’s arrival. Well, actually many animals are out, but only two species: humans and canines.  No wildlife. Not a single bird or squirrel.  Even the cicadas are silent, and ...

The luxury apartment buildings along the Hudson River from 63rd to 72nd Streets offer wonderful views, concierge-like service, and even a special lane for limousines. But the Riverside South buildings, originally developed by Donald Trump, also offer one disadvantage right about now: they sit on the only residential block on ...

Hurricane Irene is whirling its way up the East Coast, destined for an intimate date with New York City late Saturday and into Sunday (the worst of the storm is expected to hit between about 7 a.m. and noon on Sunday), and frankly most of us aren't very prepared. So ...

A black Lexus slammed into two women walking across Broadway at West 70th Street at around 11:24 p.m. Thursday night, sending both to the hospital, the FDNY tells us. Then the driver sped away. The Post has more on the story, reporting that one of the women was knocked into ...

William Gibbs, a suspect in a string of Chelsea muggings targeting elderly men, is thought to have struck on the Upper West Side on Wednesday, assaulting and robbing an 85-year-old man at the B/C station on 72nd Street. The mugger grabbed the victim by his neck and threw him to ...

August 26, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 85 Degrees. News: So apparently people are taking this hurricane thing pretty seriously. The following New York City neighborhoods could be evacuated: Battery Park City; Coney Island and Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn; Far Rockaway and Broad Channel in Queens; and some low-lying ...

Bettola, an Italian restaurant at 412 Amsterdam Avenue near 80th Street, was closed down by the Health Department a couple of days ago because inspectors found live roaches and flies in the restaurant, a week after finding evidence of mice and all sorts of other sanitary violations. The restaurant is ...