Year: 2011

Rents on the Upper West Side have been going up for the past year, and in September they hit a new milestone: the average price of a

The Church of Grace & St. Paul on 71st Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, is holding a Blessing of Animals, where you can bring your pet to be blessed at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The Black Eyed Peas are expecting up to 60,000 people to show up tonight for their rescheduled concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, and the fans and police were getting ready early on Friday. By noon, dozens of people were already in line at 72nd Street, even though ...

The experiment that began this week allowing people to use their cell phones inside four Chelsea subway stations (but not in the trains themselves, and only on AT&T and T-Mobile) will be spreading to every station on the Upper West Side south of 96th Street within a year, the MTA ...

September 30, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees Notices: The 49th annual New York Film Festival starts today, with a new film from director Roman Polanski called Carnage, starring Jodie Foster. Here's the entire schedule. The big Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park starts tonight at 7. The ...

The Sheriff of the Upper West Side has been awful busy lately taking care of the neighborhood's outlaws -- businesses that don't pay their rent or taxes. In the past few weeks, Sushi A-Go-Go at 1900 Broadway between 63rd and 64th Streets, and Brian Deli & Food Plaza on the ...

Jumbo Pizza Coffee Shop may be a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant, but it certainly is harboring a lot of small critters, according to a health inspector who visiited the place this week. The coffee shop on 964 Amsterdam Avenue between

September 29, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 74 Degrees. Notices: In all of the excitement about Rosh Hashanah yesterday, I kind-of-sort-of got the date wrong for the blowing of the shofar in Central park. Sorry! If you're still interested, Chabad will be hosting a public shofar-blowing this afternoon between 5 ...

Three Upper West Side restaurants are looking for workers, including Momofuku Milk Bar, Dovetail, and an exciting new restaurant that isn't expected to open for more than a month. The New York Historical Society at 77th Street and Central Park West has landed on a name for the cafe it ...

September 28, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 70 Degrees. Notices: For those observing, Happy Rosh Hashanah! The holiday starts tonight, and there are some unique events going on in the neighborhood, including a public blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) hosted by Chabad in Central Park's Naumberg Bandshell from 5 ...

Lots of new stores are cropping up throughout the neighborhood, beyond the big names that get all the attention like Century 21 and Momofuku Milk Bar. I was even offered a slice of pizza from a new place called Primo Pizza 84 on 84th Street between Columbus and Central Park ...

A group of grotesque white mushrooms growing in a planter on 88th Street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue are attracting large crowds, who constantly stop to gawk at the bulbous growths

September 27, 2011 Weather: Afternoon Thunderstorms, High of 76 Degrees. Notices: New exhibits at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (The Value of Water) and Lincoln Center (THINK) attempt to educate and inspire people about the world around them. Both look like they're worth checking out (if you'd like ...

On Friday, the long wait for the Black Eyed Peas to play their big concert in Central Park will be over. The first date was rained out, but the weather looks clear (partly cloudy) for this Friday, so get ready to stomp around the Great Lawn.

Some of the top chefs in the neighborhood served small plates, like the chopped fall salad by 'Cesca above, last night at an event called Landmark Feast. The event, held at the Museum of Natural History, was a fundraiser for Landmark West and Friends of Roosevelt Park, which takes care of ...

September 26, 2011 Weather: Isolated Thunderstorms, High of 79 Degrees. Notices: We posted a brand-new list of events this week, with dozens of great things to do in the neighborhood. News: ABC News has fully unveiled its new ground-floor studio on West 66th Street and Columbus Avenue, complete with the ...

Twilight has just settled in, enveloping the Upper West Side in a cool embrace. Even for a Sunday evening the streets seem emptier than usual, the roar of city traffic faded to a dull white noise. A yellow crescent of a moon hangs above to complete the portrait like the ...

Cafe Tallulah, the cocktail lounge and cafe going into the long-vacant spot on 71st street and Columbus Avenue formerly occupied by the Malaysian restaurant Penang is now slated to open in 2012, a new sign in the window says. Owner Greg Hunt, who also opened Jerry Seinfeld-hangout Amsterdam Billiards a ...

Momofuku Milk Bar, a savory snack and dessert spot, opened this morning on 87th Street and Columbus Avenue. The opening has gotten a ton of press (or free publicity) and we acknowledge our coverage has been a little over the top. But here's why I think people are going a ...

The city is planning some sort of "major capital project" at Tavern on the Green, but so far has been mum about what's going there. Crain's reported yesterday that the city has told the three food carts -- Rickshaw Dumpling, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, and Pera Turkish Taco -- ...