There have been quite a few retail openings and closing in recent weeks. Thanks to everyone who sent in tips.
Read moreThere have been quite a few retail openings and closing in recent weeks. Thanks to everyone who sent in tips.
Read moreNice day for frozen yogurt, isn't it?
Read moreWe've waited years, and now it's here: a brand-spanking new rec center for the Upper West Side. Today, the city opened the Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center on West 60th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. For the first week (through Saturday), access to the center is free. It's got ...
Read moreWe reported last week that free kayaking on the Hudson was back. Lo and behold: we were wrong! Although kayaking was still listed on the Riverside Park Conservancy's calendar as of this morning, it's not actually happening, because the dock where it happens has destroyed in Hurricane Sandy. Sorry for ...
Read moreCheck out the stories published about the neighborhood in other media outlets over the past week.
Read moreOn Sunday, the main Lincoln Center plaza twinkled with music as the Sing for Hope foundation left 88 pianos there for people to play. It was a great day for the event, and the plaza was packed with pianists, both professional and amateur. For the last couple of weeks, the ...
Read moreA man and a woman were found dead in a room at the St. Louis Hall SRO and supportive housing development on West 94th street this morning, in what police believe was a murder-suicide. A 44-year-old woman was found dead with bruises to her head and a 58-year-old man hung ...
Read moreOn this Father's Day, let your inner child out. Just find another way to do it, because climbing trees in city parks is totally illegal.
Read moreThe Upper West Side food scene continues to expand with a new Kosher sports bar and a reopened summer hotspot in Central Park.
Read moreThe wrecking ball aimed at two Upper West Side schools isn't going to swing. The potential demolition of PS 199 on 70th street and PS 191 on 61st has been averted. Months after the West Side Rag broke the story that the Department of Education was quietly floating a proposal ...
Read moreHummus Kitchen on 80th street and Amsterdam Avenue felt the wrath of the Health Department this week, getting slapped with the dreaded yellow sticker that forces it to close and makes everyone say "Ew!" The hummus emporium appears to have a critter problem. Check out the violations below, with the ...
Read moreGood Enough to Eat's transition to its new home on 85th street and Columbus Avenue was so smooth that the restaurant will only close for all of three meals, serving breakfast and lunch at the old location on 83rd and Amsterdam on Wednesday and preparing a major opening feast
Read moreThe Emerald Inn has been reborn in a space on 72nd street that's more than twice as big as its historic home, with more televisions and more beers on tap. It's a nice upgrade, though it's not clear yet whether the old-timers will like it as much as its former ...
Read moreA tourist from Indiana was hit by a falling tree branch in Central Park around 86th street on Tuesday around 3:40 p.m. and sustained serious injuries. The woman, who is said to be in her 50's, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital and listed in serious condition with head injuries, ...
Read moreThe Gertrude Ederle Rec Center, also known as the 59th Street Rec center, also known as the 60th street rec center, will be open on June 17 after year and years and then months and months of delays. That means the Upper West Side will soon have a new relatively ...
Read moreRiverside Park is looking for high schoolers for its Teen Corps this summer:
Read moreA fire in an apartment on the 29th floor of the building at 180 West End Avenue (69th street) drew 20 units and 78 firefighters Monday night. The fire was called in at 6:13 p.m., and was under control by 7:07, an FDNY spokesman told us. The apartment was apparently ...
Read moreTwo ugly buildings have caught the attention of City Council member Gale Brewer and she's pushing the city employee who owns them to get rid of them. Diane Haslett-Rudiano, chief clerk of the Brooklyn Borough Office of Elections, owns brownstones at 118 West 76th Street and 44 West 73rd Street, but ...
Read moreHere are some local stories reported in other outlets in the past week.
Read moreA car drove off the road and onto the sidewalk, smashed through a tree planter, and sailed toward Brooks Brothers on Broadway between 87th and 88th streets this weekend. But it's not clear what happened beyond that. NYPD and FDNY had no details, so we figured we'd post the basic ...
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