Year: 2013

Ladies, did you see the awning that just went up on 93rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue advertising a business called Fifty Shades of Pain? Did you wonder for a moment if it had anything do with the bestselling erotic bondage novel Fifty Shades of Grey? Well, unless

January 10, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

We've been getting all sorts of tips and press releases about new menus, cheese events, liquor licenses and outdoor cafes on the Upper West Side.

January 9, 2013 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 48 Degrees.

Some new restaurants recently opened on the Upper West Side, or are close to opening.

By Shannon Ayala An Upper West Side community board committee will once again try to decide whether to extend the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane tonight, after a vote last month on the lane ended in deadlock. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at Goddard Riverside Center at ...

January 8, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

Cardomat, a card and gifts store on Broadway between 112th and 113th street, is closing its doors after 20 years. The store is selling everything for 50% off and told our tipster Nancy that they'll stay open until they clear the merchandise. The store got a lucky break shortly after ...

January 7, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 43 Degrees.

Big Nick's is in big trouble. The restaurant on 77th Street and Broadway may have to shut down after serving Upper West Siders sloppy delicious food for more than 50 years, because of a rent hike that will make its annual rent cost more than $700,000. Big Nick himself broke ...

Five people, including three firefighters, were injured in a blaze at 216 West 100th Street on Sunday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m.. Sixty firefighters were sent to battle the fire, and they used

Parents and staff members at the Joan of Arc schools complex on 93rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues say that a gang is intimidating and robbing students at the school. Two students were mugged for their cell phones in December, and people at the school suspect that the gang ...

PD O'Hurley's Pub & Restaurant, a favorite hangout for many locals and visitors at 174 West 72nd Street just East of Broadway, was forced to relocate after its lease ran out and the landlord jacked up the rent, a manager there told us. "We're not really happy about the move, ...

It's not news to Upper West Siders that the neighborhood is overrun with rats. We've been writing about the growing problem for months, and it's rare to walk down a block in the neighborhood and not see something scurrying about. But now it's been confirmed that we've get it worse ...

January 4, 2013 Weather: Cloudy, High of 35 Degrees.

It took about a year from when the Gourmet Garage on Broadway between 96th and 97th Street closed, but a new 7-Eleven has finally taken its place. And it looks like the Upper West Side will continue adding the corporate convenience stores for many months, if not years, to come. ...

A fire broke out this morning at Ollie's Noodles on 67th Street and Broadway, filling the air with smoke and causing the neighboring Apple store to shut down. Don't

January 3, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 30 Degrees.

An explosion in the West 70's shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday brought out dozens of police officers and firefighters. Our tipster, who is known as Trenchologist, sent in the photo above from West 76th Street and said that she overheard a firefighter saying that the explosion was caused by ...

The MTA is the agency that New Yorkers love to hate, in part because bus and subway fares keep going up. But the MTA recently introduced a service that could save you quite a bit of time.