Month: January 2013

Il Cibreo, an Italian restaurant on 2888 Broadway between 112th and 113th that lasted about a year and a half closed this week to make way for a new concept: Mexican food! A new restaurant called Amigos is expected to open in the same spot on Friday, offering mid-priced Mexican ...

January 15, 2013 Weather: Cloudy, High of 42 Degrees.

A woman named Tracy Harper went missing on January 7, according to a notice posted in the neighborhood. She was last seen on 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, and was wearing a grey pea coat. If you've seen her, contact the police at 1-800-677-TIPS or call the detective listed above.

In recent days two local businesses have closed suddenly -- one because of a fire and one for unclear reasons.

Late last year, the city proposed moving Innovative Diploma Plus High School, a high school for older transfer students, out of the old Brandeis High School on 84th Street, and into a building in Washington Heights. The plan would make more room for charter elementary school Upper West Success Academy, ...

January 14, 2013 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 55 Degrees.

A fire broke out at 875 Amsterdam Avenue between 102nd and 103rd Street on Sunday night, and multiple people were carted away in stretchers, witnesses told us. The fire started shortly before 7 p.m., according to traffic on the police scanner. It appears from the photos above and below that ...

By Melissa Cooper Red-tailed hawks seem to be everywhere I walk these January days. We tend to think of winter as a quiet, even a quiescent, time for the natural world. And so it is for many plants and animals. But for others, including NYC’s Red-tailed hawks, mid-winter actually signals ...

January 11, 2013 Weather: Showers, High of 45 Degrees.

Ladies, did you see the awning that just went up on 93rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue advertising a business called Fifty Shades of Pain? Did you wonder for a moment if it had anything do with the bestselling erotic bondage novel Fifty Shades of Grey? Well, unless

January 10, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

We've been getting all sorts of tips and press releases about new menus, cheese events, liquor licenses and outdoor cafes on the Upper West Side.

January 9, 2013 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 48 Degrees.

Some new restaurants recently opened on the Upper West Side, or are close to opening.

By Shannon Ayala An Upper West Side community board committee will once again try to decide whether to extend the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane tonight, after a vote last month on the lane ended in deadlock. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at Goddard Riverside Center at ...

January 8, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

Cardomat, a card and gifts store on Broadway between 112th and 113th street, is closing its doors after 20 years. The store is selling everything for 50% off and told our tipster Nancy that they'll stay open until they clear the merchandise. The store got a lucky break shortly after ...

January 7, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 43 Degrees.

Big Nick's is in big trouble. The restaurant on 77th Street and Broadway may have to shut down after serving Upper West Siders sloppy delicious food for more than 50 years, because of a rent hike that will make its annual rent cost more than $700,000. Big Nick himself broke ...

Five people, including three firefighters, were injured in a blaze at 216 West 100th Street on Sunday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m.. Sixty firefighters were sent to battle the fire, and they used