Month: September 2012

The Upper West Side seemingly can't have enough yoga and workout clothes. After months of plywood, lululemon has finally opened its store on the corner of 75th Street and Broadway.  Lululemon already has an outpost on 64th and Broadway. And lululemon is also working to get the next generation hooked ...

Put that cupcake down! Fashion Week starts on Thursday, and it's important we look our best. And yet, there's lots of food to eat, including special price fixe deals offered by restaurants around Lincoln Center. The meals mostly cost about $25 for lunch and $35 for dinner, though the prices ...

September 5, 2012 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 82 Degrees.

Tired of impassioned letters and speeches that fall on deaf ears, a crowd of 100 or so people at a Community Board 7 meeting on Tuesday night called for more aggressive action to remove two homeless shelters from buildings on West 95th Street. The shelters were opened in the middle ...

The hot issue of the summer -- two big new homeless shelters installed without community review on 95th Street -- will come to a head Tuesday night when Community Board 7 meets.

We just got ahold of a letter from the Central Park Conservancy to Councilwoman Gale Brewer addressing concerns from Upper West Side residents that raccoons have begun to get a little saucy at local playgrounds, jumping up on picnic tables and snatching kids' food. As one mother noted: "The raccoons ...

September 4, 2012 Weather: Scattered Storms, High of 77 Degrees.

A 19-year-old woman reported being raped in Riverside Park around 96th Street Monday morning around 2:30 a.m. She was transported to St. Luke's Hospital and was in

Fatty Crab, the Malaysian-inspired restaurant on 77th Street and Broadway, is closing for good after Labor Day. And from now until closing time, the restaurant is offering Happy Hour drink deals: $3 PBR tallboys, $5 Tsing Taos, $6 Malaysian margaritas, and $6 mixed drink specials. A couple of months ago, ...