Year: 2013

Some very sad news to report: after 70 years serving beer to generations of Upper West Siders in a comfortable dark space, Emerald Inn on Columbus Avenue between 69th and 70th streets is likely to close in the next few months. The unpretentious bar now has some very tony neighbors, ...

Below, check out some notices we've recently received from Upper West Siders, including public school students whose tennis court and equipment were severely damaged in Hurricane Sandy.

Get your morning Cup of Joe on the house on Wednesday, courtesy of spinning company Soulcycle (which was started by an Upper West Sider). From 7 to 9 a.m., coffee is free of charge at Irving Farm on 79th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam, Irving Farm said on Tuesday. Not ...

In lieu of morning bulletins, we're going to try to run a roundup of news items we see in other outlets once a week. Check out the wide array of local news below

We reported about a year ago that a company called BT Restaurant Enterprises had applied for a liquor license at 349 Amsterdam Avenue between 76th and 77th Streets. That space, which once housed Time Out sports bar, has been empty for years. News of a new restaurant was an exciting ...

Alan Lapes, who is the landlord for numerous Upper West Side homeless shelters, is making a lot of money by turning SRO buildings into for-profit homeless shelters like one that opened this summer on 95th Street, the New York Times explained in a front-page article this weekend. As the homeless ...

Central Park got 11.4 inches of snow on Friday and Saturday, and snow-starved New Yorkers rushed out to get a taste of it.

By Kara Rota Brunch on the Upper West Side is a beloved event, with touchstones like the ubiquitous strawberry butter found everywhere from Good Enough to Eat to Lansky's, or the smoked fish spread at Barney Greengrass. It's not hard to name a generous handful of

There will be an extra special snow day on Saturday in Riverside Park.

3 Star Coffee Shop on Columbus Avenue and 86th street recorded a shocking number of health violations in its most recent inspection. The neighborhood diner racked up a whopping 106 points! Actually, knowing 3 Star maybe it's not so shocking. It was just November when 3 Star last had to ...

Sledders in Riverside Park. Photo by Ernie Fritz. The storm of the century will eventually give way to the sledding opportunity of the century, and you'd better be ready! Luckily, Upper West Siders live near some excellent sledding hills, as well as some good spots for coffee and hot chocolate ...

A big snowstorm is coming tomorrow, in case you haven't heard, and the mayor wants people to get ready. There are no evacuations at the moment, but there are various things the city wants people to know. And if you're

Fashion Week began in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park today, and Upper West Siders were divided as usual on whether it is a boon for the area, or a boondoggle that sells off public space to the highest bidder. Friends of Damrosch Park held a protest to the start the day, ...

Jurors were unable to come to a verdict in the trial of a teacher's aide at PS 87 accused of molesting a 9-year-old special education student last year. That could mean prosecutors will be forced to retry the teacher. The aide, Gregory Atkins, made the boy undress multiple times to ...

We have heard from many of you that you'd like to see events posted earlier, so we're going to try to alert people to special community events, as well as update our events calendar earlier in the week. Here are some of the events that we've heard about recently. Target ...

The Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center at 60th and Amsterdam is on schedule to reopen late this month after years of renovations. Upper West Siders

Just hours after we published a story about how Thelonious Monk's name was misspelled on a street sign honoring his legacy, the city stepped up and replaced the sign. Frankly, we're amazed. On the original sign at West 63rd street, where Monk lived for much of his life, his first ...

By Shannon Ayala After debating for more than three hours on Tuesday night, Community Board 7 passed a resolution to extend the Columbus Avenue bike lane from 59th to 110th streets. For now, the lane runs from 96th to 77th streets, leaving bicyclists right back in traffic once they get ...

The great jazz musician and composer Thelonious Monk lived much of his life at 243 West 63rd Street, just off of West End Avenue. His ground-floor apartment was bursting with creative energy, and was just as messy apparently as most other Upper West Side apartments occupied by non-geniuses: "Monk's piano ...

Two people fell through the ice in Central Park around 59th Street and 6th Avenue Tuesday afternoon, and two rescue workers may have been injured getting them out.