Month: April 2013

City Councilwoman Gale Brewer is calling on the owner of the land under Food City, the supermarket on 94th street and Columbus Avenue, to offer the market a new lease and save it from closing at the end of the month. Real estate company The LeFrak Organization apparently owns the ...

Don’t miss Symphony Space's Spring Festival celebrating the Harlem Renaissance and its continuing influence. Rooted in history, grounded in culture, and built in partnership with innovative artists and peer institutions, the third annual multi-disciplinary festival presents a panoply of diverse performances, screenings and more. The festival lasts until May 11, ...

The big new development on the Northeast corner of West 77th street and Broadway is close to completion, and it is expected to sport many of the high-end amenities that high-flying Upper West Siders have come to expect: a roof deck with outdoor movie theater, quartz counters in the kitchens, ...

With the city considering demolishing PS 199 on 70th street and West End Avenue to redevelop the site with a luxury high-rise and a new school, opponents are looking for any way to stop or slow the process. This week, Councilwoman Gale Brewer sent a letter (below) to the Landmarks ...

Ten Upper West Siders have been robbed since January, possibly by a single suspect, according to police. The suspect, depicted at right, tends to target young men and women and follow them into their buildings before confronting them with a knife or gun, DNAinfo reported. The robberies have occurred in ...

Spring has certainly sprung in New York and Central park Conservancy is celebrating on Wednesday night:

Landmark West has a unique event this Wednesday: author Thomas Rinaldi will take people around the Upper West Side to see some of the best neon signs in the neighrbohood. Check out the

The Alamo Drafthouse movie theater is finally beginning to take shape on Broadway between 99th and 100th streets in the former Metro Theater, and founder Tim League recently stopped by the site and took some photos of the early work. It's quite an undertaking: They're taking a cavernous 80-year-old theater ...

The Juilliard School has numerous free concerts this week. Click on the links below the listings for more information about each event. For

Check out some of the stories about the Upper West Side that came out in the past week in other outlets.

By Marisa Olsen I used to think of tacos as those dry and tasteless corn shells that broke into a million pieces during your first bite and were filled with generically flavored low fat ground beef that was almost unidentifiable because it was soaking in sour cream, canned salsa, and ...

Jalapeño, the Mexican restaurant on Columbus between 68th and 69th streets, is set to replace Jewish-style deli Lansky's, which closed unexpectedly in February after a six-year run. Jalapeño has applied for a liquor license for the Lansky's spot at 235 Columbus Avenue. We had heard from various tipsters that Jalapeño might move ...

Bobby Legrand Guin, a 23-year-old man from Florida, died today after jumping onto the A train tracks at 110th street to pick up cash and then getting hit by a train, police have told several media outlets. The Wall Street Journal said Guin saw $20 bills on the tracks. Guinn ...

Food City, the supermarket on 94th street and Columbus Avenue, will close at the end of the month, a manager told us. It's at least the fourth Upper West Side supermarket to close in a little over a year. In particular, supermarkets that serve middle class shoppers seem to be ...

New efforts are underway to stop or slow the process of demolishing two local public schools so that developers can build high-rises with new schools in their place. Parents and local residents near PS 199, on West 70th street, have been especially active trying to stop the plans. And State ...

British actor Alan Cumming, a star of The Good Wife and a one-man show of Macbeth coming to Broadway in a few days, said on twitter that he had $300 and his phone swiped from his locker at the YMCA on 63rd street a few days ago.  He did not ...

Bye, bye Buster! Blockbuster has finally ended its liquidation sale, and there are numerous other Upper West Side retail stores that are closing, relocating or opening. Check out what we've been hearing.

Spring did not feel very welcoming today, with temperatures in the 40's. But that didn't stop talk show co-host and former New York Giants star Michael Strahan from mowing Sheep Meadow this morning to help the Central Park Conservancy to get ready to reopen the park's lawns on Saturday. West ...

M60 and M116 buses use the block between West End Avenue and Broadway on 106th street as a "staging area" between their routes, but the buses have been parking in the crosswalk and blocking the bike lane there. West 106th street resident Jared Skolnick said that "The current situation is ...

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is coming to the Upper West Side on April 10, and the local community education council wants to hear your questions. They'd like to get the questions by April 1, so think fast! The District 3 Community Education Council is asking District 3 Parents and Guardians ...