West Side Rag
  • TOP NEWS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART & CULTURE
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • ABOUT US
    • OUR STORY
    • CONTRIBUTORS
    • CONTACT
West Side Rag
No Result
View All Result
SUPPORT THE RAG

Search the site

No Result
View All Result
Get WSR FREE in your inbox
SUPPORT THE RAG

SUNDAY: STREET FAIR SEASON IS BACK IN A BIG WAY

April 29, 2017 | 9:45 AM - Updated on January 1, 2022 | 9:38 AM
in NEWS
8


A street fair on Columbus Avenue. Photo by Bill Calamita.

Technically, street fair season started last week with a 6-block fair on Columbus Avenue, but this Sunday is a big one.

There’s a 10-block fair from 96th to 106th Street on Broadway that they’re calling the 26th Annual West Side Spring Festival, but we call it mozzarepa-and-tube-sock-fest.

See the full schedule of street fairs here.

Share this article:
SUPPORT THE RAG
guest

guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

8 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
james
james
8 years ago

FWIW, the street fair on Columbus and 72nd last week was much better than any other i’ve seen. better food vendors, more interesting crafts, and less socks, sheets, iPhone accessories. almost even bought something, though, still wouldn’t consider eating a thing!

0
Reply
Cyrus
Cyrus
8 years ago

Can’t wait!

0
Reply
Glen
Glen
8 years ago

I do wish these things would stay over on the East Side where they bring up the value of the area.

0
Reply
Cathy
Cathy
8 years ago

Can anyone tell me the name of a Scandinavian restaurant that was managed by Ethan Robbins, who was married to married to Mary Travis of Peter, Paul and Mary that was on 72nd Street between Amsterdam and Columbus on the south side of the street and existed in the late 1970ies-early1980ies

0
Reply
Jerry
Jerry
8 years ago

Looking at the schedule again, Broadway between 72nd and 86th has a street fair the last weekend in May and the second weekend in June.

Can anyone explain why the residents who live in this neighborhood should be inconvenienced with two sets of 15 blocks of street closures in such a short period of time?

The organizers of the street fair claim that “this is what the neighborhood wants”. I have been a resident of this neighborhood for 3 decades, and I speak for many when I say this is NOT what this neighborhood wants.

I am not against street fairs, but this schedule is overkill. As a comparison. Amsterdam Ave has a fair in May and a fair in August. Columbus Ave has a fair in April, June, and September.

Why should the organizers have a years-long monopoly on these fairs?

0
Reply
GG
GG
8 years ago
Reply to  Jerry

so you want MORE street fairs?!? I’m confused.

Why not just relax, grab snowcone or something and enjoy a little time out of the house? You might even have a good time.

0
Reply
Jerry
Jerry
8 years ago
Reply to  GG

GG – If you re-read my post, you will see that Broadway between 72nd and 86th has 2 street fairs within 3 weeks. What I want is what the other avenues have: street fairs months apart. Is that too much to ask, especially from someone as confused as you seem to be?

And for your information, I go out of the house every day. Perhaps it’s you that I pass at the 73rd Street entrance of the 1.2.3 train begging for spare change

0
Reply
Mark Moore
Mark Moore
8 years ago

Complain all you want you grumps about the socks and sunglasses. It’s nice that they close the street and you can walk right down the middle of it.

0
Reply

YOU MIGHT LIKE...

Man Has Women Moviegoers at Popular UWS Theater on Edge With Strange Pattern of Behavior
ART

UWS AMC Lincoln Center Theater Floods: Reopens After Short Closure

July 15, 2025 | 4:17 PM
Free Shakespeare in the Park Returning to Redone Delacorte Theater This Summer: Details
ART

Free Shakespeare in the Park Returning to Redone Delacorte Theater This Summer: Details

July 15, 2025 | 3:15 PM
Previous Post

JACOB’S PICKLES HOLDS FUNDRAISER FOR FIRE VICTIMS, HOPES TO REOPEN BY SUMMER

Next Post

4 SCHOOLS GET FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS THROUGH CITIZEN-LED BUDGET PROCESS

this week's events image
Next Post
4 SCHOOLS GET FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS THROUGH CITIZEN-LED BUDGET PROCESS

4 SCHOOLS GET FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS THROUGH CITIZEN-LED BUDGET PROCESS

POLICE RELEASE 2 VIDEOS IN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

POLICE RELEASE 2 VIDEOS IN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

BOOK REVIEW: THE UPPER WEST SIDE IS THE ‘CITY OF NOSTALGIA’ IN FASCINATING NEW BOOK

BOOK REVIEW: THE UPPER WEST SIDE IS THE 'CITY OF NOSTALGIA' IN FASCINATING NEW BOOK

  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • NEWSLETTER
  • WSR MERCH!
  • ADVERTISE
  • EVENTS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • SITE MAP
Site design by RLDGROUP

© 2025 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • TOP NEWS
  • THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART & CULTURE
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • ABOUT
    • OUR STORY
    • CONTRIBUTORS
    • CONTACT US
  • WSR SHOP

© 2025 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.