Month: May 2018

Two lush green lawns around the Museum of Natural History that were closed to the public for years are now open for part of the day

Recent news about racial profiling at various businesses including Starbucks inspired one lifelong Upper West Sider to contact West Side Rag

At risk of sounding like the Ancient Mariner, I remember how Book Culture’s block looked when I moved to New York City in 1970 to take

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The city Department of Health forced Kosher restaurant Fine & Schapiro at 138 West 72nd Street to close on Wednesday. The restaurant

A group of sun-gawkers were blocking traffic on West 79th Street when the authorities decided to end the madness, forcing them to disperse just

The Joan of Arc Statue Committee and the Riverside Park Conservancy are holding a summer kickoff event at the statue on 93rd Street and Riverside Drive on Wednesday.

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All New Yorkers know that the earth (and probably even the sun) revolves around us, and this week the sun and the Manhattan street grid

May 29, 2018 Weather: Partly cloudy, with a high of 85 degrees.

Around 12:05 a.m. Monday at least eight shots rang out near Lincoln Center, several hitting a 25 year-old Hispanic man as he walked along

An overflowing crowd of all ages assembled on the plaza of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument at Riverside Park and 89th Street for a service

Bicyclists celebrated when the long-closed Riverside Park path under the West Side Highway between 55th and 72nd Streets reopened

The timing couldn't be better. Brooklyn-based ice cream chain Van Leeuwen is expanding to at 448 Amsterdam Avenue (81st-82nd) just as

Upper West Sider Robert Smallwell came upon some disturbing graffiti at the entrance to a playground located off 89th Street. The playground

Philip Roth, who died this week, lived on the Upper West Side towards the end of his life and mostly kept to himself, introducing himself

A bicyclist hit a toddler in Riverside Park on Thursday around 6:45 p.m. on the shared path next to the Hudson River near 73rd Street, according

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The NYC Health Department has been busy in the neighborhood, recently closing two restaurants because of violations.

The Upper West Side just got a new Kosher restaurant but lost a Spanish-American one.