Year: 2013

The low 70's, particularly around Columbus Avenue, has become a haven for wine bars. There are, depending on your definition of "wine bar," as many as 10 in a six block radius between 69th and 74th Streets from Central Park West to Broadway.

There isn't much peace in the city, but here's 10 seconds of snow falling through the subway grate at 72nd Street, set to the song

Saigon Grill can't seem to get rid of its little critters. We first reported nine days ago that the Vietnamese restaurant on 90th Street and Amsterdam Avenue had been closed by the city because of health violations. But the place remains closed more than a week later, as inspectors again ...

January 28, 2013 Weather: Wintry Mix, High of 36 Degrees.

The people responsible for placing a homeless mega-shelter on 95th Street off of Riverside Drive will finally come to the neighborhood to explain the decision and the future of the shelter on Wednesday. The move comes as the shelter, which was allowed to open without review

A man stopped his Mercedes-Benz in front of Fairway on Sunday night and popped the hood. That's when the engine apparently exploded and flames shot up about two feet in the air, said Sachin, who was standing across the street when it happened and took the pictures below. Someone ran ...

It's been so long since it actually snowed, that Upper West Siders rushed out to enjoy it this morning. One person had clearly been waiting months for it to snow so he could express his feelings

No surprise here. Apartments in new developments on the Upper West Side are selling fast, but they don't look like they're selling to teachers and firefighters. The median price for an apartment in a new Upper West Side development was $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to ...

January 25, 2013 Weather: A few snow showers, High of 24 Degrees.

There may not be snow on the ground, in most of the city, but a section of Central Park is covered in the stuff today as the park prepares for Winter Jam. Snow machines have been pumping out fake snow in the Bandshell area around 72nd street. On Saturday from ...

January 24, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 24 Degrees.

After an education campaign on the Upper West Side last year, the Department of Transportation is set to begin enforcing rules for delivery bicyclists this month. The crackdown comes after years of complaints that delivery bicyclists -- many of whom are under pressure to make fast deliveries -- often flout ...

Upper West Siders were particularly generous this year to children impacted by Hurricane Sandy on Staten Island. Stationery & Toy Store at 125 West 72nd Street, whose owners sustained major damage to their Staten Island home and warehouses because of the hurricane, held a toy drive for kids impacted by ...

January 23, 2013 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 22 Degrees.

By Nancy Novick The Art of Spiegelman Early in the documentary about his work, artist Art Spiegelman lets us know that he isn’t very productive when he’s feeling good, for example, when he’s just had sex. Disaster is his self- proclaimed muse and sadly there is much in his personal ...

Few things get Upper West Siders as upset as the dog poo that discourteous canine owners leave on the sidewalk. Stepping in the crap can ruin your entire day and inspire all sorts of revenge fantasies (involving poo). But one Upper West Sider has responded to the proliferation of poo ...

Save Big Nick's! We've heard those words again and again in the past couple of weeks since we reported that the 50-year-old neighborhood staple Big Nick's Burger & Pizza Joint on 77th and Broadway is likely to close. Owner Nick Imirziades, however, doesn't seem interested in a neighborhood campaign to ...

January 22, 2013 Weather: Partly Cloudy/Wind, High of 23 Degrees.

A juicy rumor started this morning after the Post said Shake Shack owner Danny Meyer has been sniffing around the location of the Ollie's Noodles on 67th and Broadway that closed after a fire late least year. Meyer is just one of the executives who's taking a look at the ...

Sachin sent us the following pictures of a sedan "parked" on 73rd Street for at least a full day and night with a lock on the steering wheel and a ticket on the windshield. Was the person intent on making a fast getaway? Did the car just run out of ...