Month: June 2012

An elderly man was hit by an SUV around 5 p.m. on Saturday as he crossed 72nd Street on Columbus Avenue. The man had a walk signal and the SUV crashed into him as it turned from Columbus onto 72nd, two witnesses told me. The man was carried by stretcher ...

One of the arguments used to fight a proposal to change zoning rules on the Upper West Side in an effort to keep storefronts small (and possibly help mom-and-pop shops) was that Upper West Side stores were simply selling items for too much, and Duane Reade was successful because it ...

Wok City on Amsterdam between 66th and 67th Street racked up 89 points worth of health violations and was closed by the Health Department this week.

A quick note about some seafood-centric events over the next couple of days:

June 29, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 94 Degrees.

The City Council approved a plan to rezone a large swath of the Upper West Side late Thursday night by a vote of 49-2. The plan, supported by the mayor, will limit the size of storefronts on Broadway, Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue above 72nd Street, and limit banks in ...

June 28, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 88 Degrees.

To those of you who had longed for another H&H Bagels store in the old H&H Bagels spot on 80th and Broadway, we have some pretty depressing news. It ain't happening.

June 27, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 80 Degrees.

Writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron, who died on Tuesday, was an Upper West Sider to her core. She was born here, and although she grew up mostly in California, she returned to the neighborhood and became one of its keenest observers. Ephron moved into the Apthorp on 79th Street and ...

The brownstone at 120 West 74th Street has inspired anger among neighbors and creativity among artists since it went downhill a few years back. Rats were constantly seen scurrying around the abandoned building, nibbling on trash. The scene even inspired an artist to paint the words "The Rat House" on ...

The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted this morning to approve the first phase of the long-awaited Riverside-West End Avenue historic district. The district, which also includes buildings on Riverside Drive and Broadway, is split into three sections -- the one voted on today spans 79th to 87th Street. It's not clear ...

June 26, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 73 Degrees.

On Sunday night, a group of young artists offered a reminder that the Upper West Side still inspires creative people. Artist Enrico Miguel Thomas drew the pen-and ink picture of the Ansonia above on a subway map (clearly the photo doesn't do it justice). He's become well-known for his drawings ...

June 25, 2012 Weather: Morning Rain, High of 75 Degrees.

New Yorkers tend to head to Flushing, Jackson Heights and the Lower East Side to discover food from the far reaches of the world. But don’t write off our little section of Manhattan, for there are treasures to be found. Welcome to UWS Food Adventures!

Two new shoe stores and a major shoe store expansion will turn the upper-70's/low-80's into the shoe capital of the Upper West Side by the end of the summer. As we reported, Harry's Shoes on 83rd will be nearly tripling in size and DSW will be opening a new store ...

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June 22, 2012 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 93 Degrees.

We've already established that Columbus Avenue below 72nd Street has become a slightly downscale version of Madison Avenue in the past few years, with Helmut Lang, Burberry Brit, Theory, Paige Denim and more opening within a few blocks of each other.