Month: February 2013

With the economy improving and financing becoming more available, developers are once again building high-rises on the Upper West Side. The city is clearly excited about this, and has given contractors wide latitude: the Department of Buildings has been allowing many

Upper West Sider Noah Gotbaum is joining the race to replace Gale Brewer on the City Council, he just told supporters. The news could shake up what is already a crowded race in the 6th District, which now stretches from 53rd to 95th streets, but could soon run from 53rd ...

The political season is in full swing, and the candidates for public advocate will come to the Upper West Side Thursday night to introduce themselves to the city's most Democrat-rich district. The forum is at 7:30 at Goddard-Riverside Community Center on 88th.

The Blockbuster store on 93rd street and Broadway is liquidating all of its stock over the next few weeks as it prepares to close its doors for good. It's no secret that Blockbuster's business model has become obsolete, and the company is in the process of closing hundreds of stores ...

Madeleine Polayes, a tireless advocate for the Upper West Side who famously took on Donald Trump over the Riverside South mega-development, died on Monday. Polayes was a founder of the Coalition for a Livable West Side, an activist group that continues to fight to protect community and environmental interests. She ...

We received a slightly ominous email yesterday about our story on A.G. Bistro, the restaurant that replaced Italian spot Nonna on 85th and Columbus: "Your informants are wrong about A.G. Bistro." (If only we had "informants," this site would be much cooler.) Anyway, even though we had heard from a ...

A falcon or hawk apparently fell to the ground near Trader Joe's on Broadway between 71st and 72nd street this afternoon at about 2:30 p.m., according to an email we received from a reader. "I came out of Trader Joe's and headed towards 71st on Broadway and saw a crowd ...

The saga of PD O'Hurley's took another turn on Tuesday, as the bar was officially evicted from its new home at 250 West 72nd Street after getting priced out of its former location a block away. The landlord took possession of the property pursuant to a civil court warrant. PD ...

Multiple Upper West Side subway stations now have free wireless access, meaning you can access the Internet, email and apps whether or not your carrier's cell phone signal reaches you underground. The full list of stations where wi-fi is available is posted below. So far, we have seen signs or ...

Lansky's Deli, the Jewish-style deli on Columbus between 70th and 71st Streets, has closed its doors because it simply couldn't keep up with rising costs, according to a sign posted to the door. The restaurant had become a mainstay for locals, and drew large crowds on the weekends. But it ...

We are receiving preliminary information about a possible dead body found in the Hudson River North of 79th Street on Monday afternoon. The person is believed to be a "jumper" -- people who jump off the George Washington Bridge sometimes end up coming ashore in the Hudson around the Upper ...

The Emerald Inn, a dive bar that has lasted for 70 years at 205 Columbus Avenue (69th street), is expected to close once its lease runs out on May 1. Its rumored replacement says all you need to know about Columbus Avenue circa 2013: leather and women's clothing retailer Kate ...

It was a week full of accidents, controversy and more on the Upper West Side.

Italian restaurant Nonna at 85th street and Columbus Avenue closed last week as the owners transformed it into a new restaurant: A.G. Bistro. The new restaurant will serve "hearty rustic food," a manager told us, with various French and Spanish dishes on the menu. It will have a soft launch ...

Police are looking for six people suspected of beating a gay man on the downtown 2 train last week in what may be a hate crime. Twenty-three-year-old Urena Morel Frankelly and his boyfriend got on the 2 on Monday around 6 p.m. at 125th street when a woman began taking ...

A fire on Columbus Avenue between 71st and 72nd Street on Saturday morning sent flames shooting from the roof of 246 Columbus Avenue and caused firefighters to close down Columbus Avenue south of 72nd.

Terrible news Friday morning around 10:20 a.m.: someone was hit by a 1 train at the 86th street stop. There have been multiple conflicting reports about the incident, but it appears that the victim was an Asian male and he may have been walking between cars when he fell. So ...

Some people just love to run, and a little rain, snow or sleet isn't going to stop them. A field of about 1,500 runners will race around Central Park five times this Sunday starting at 8 a.m. to complete a marathon, in a race put on by the company NYC ...

The owners of the Alamo Drafthouse Theater, the moviehouse coming to the former Metro Theater at 2626 Broadway (100th Street) next year, are applying for a permit to expand their lobby into the adjacent building at 2628 Broadway known as the Ariel East. The Drafthouse, a Texas company, is cramming ...

Upper West Siders will soon get three new places where we can satisfy our various indulgences. 1. Birch Coffee: A sustainability-minded coffee shop is set to open in about a week at 750 Columbus Avenue, at 97th street. Birch, which also has locations in the Flatiron district and the West ...