Month: September 2012

The New York Post has added some details to the story we broke on Wednesday about a disturbing attack against Lansky's Old World Deli on Columbus Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets. The Jewish-style restaurant was severely defaced after closing time on Tuesday, with computers, toilets, plates and refrigerators smashed, ...

The Upper West Side will be brimming with events this weekend.

September 20, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 71 Degrees.

Lansky's, the popular Jewish-style deli on Columbus Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets, was the victim of a strange and disturbing overnight attack that will keep the restaurant closed for at least two days. Owner David Ruggerio told us that someone wrenched open the restaurant's sliding doors and broke in ...

Colorful cars driving around the Upper West Side handing out special fortune cookies with gift cards inside. A carnival with giant teddy bears, a live DJ, popcorn and

The Public Art Fund will open its newest exhibit "Discovering Columbus" on Thursday, and you can start reserving tickets now. The exhibit consists of a staircase that climbs up to the top of the 75-foot-tall granite column holding the statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle, leading to a "living ...

September 19, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 71 Degrees.

Numerous restaurants are getting set to open on the Upper West Side in the next few months. From Mexican to Indian to Italian to Spanish tapas, there are quite a few exciting spots ready to take your order. Check them out in the map above and read about them below: ...

September 18, 2012 Weather: Strong Storms and Wind, High of 74 Degrees.

Just three years ago, the Upper West Side had zero 7-Elevens. Pretty soon, it will have four. The Slurpee-slinger

Editor's Note: Nancy Novick reviewed "The Outdoor Museum", by Margery and Sheldon Harnick, and also got a chance to meet and interview them. Both the review and the Q&A are below.

September 17, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 78 Degrees.

Ritz Camera moved a few months ago from one side of Broadway between 88th and 89th Streets to the other to accommodate a soon-to-open TD Bank. TD was even nice enough to pay for their move. But even that act of kindness couldn't forestall obsolescence. The new store has been ...

By Karen Farber Since the landlord has failed to clean up the disgusting building at 120 West 74th Street (other than to paint over the neighborhood protest graffiti labeling it “the Rat House”), local entrepreneurs have started using the infamous location for a more benign reason; every weekend it is ...

Three tipsters have sent in word that there was a shooting on 93rd Street off of Riverside Drive on Friday night around 8 p.m. One said that a delivery man had been held up at 316 West 93rd Street. Emily Baer, one of our reporters, said that multiple witnesses confirmed ...

Jesus Nunez, a hotshot chef who came to New York from Spain to helm Gastroarte (or Graffit as it was known when it opened) on 69th Street, has left to run the kitchen in a new restaurant. Barraca, a new Spanish restaurant, is expected to open at 81 Greenwich Street ...

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September 14, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 79 Degrees.

Just received this emergency alert: "Silver Alert issued 9/13/12 at 5:40 PM. NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for Oscar Jose Contreras, age 73. Mr. Contreras is described as a Hispanic male, 6'0", 180lbs. with brown eyes and gray hair.  He was last seen wearing a multi-colored striped shirt, blue ...

David Albert Mitchell was arrested on Thursday after being picked out of a lineup by a 73-year-old woman who said he raped her in Central Park on Wednesday morning. He was charged with rape, assault, predatory sex act, criminal sex act, robbery and criminal possession of stolen property. The New ...