Today is Monday, June 15th, 2026
The forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, and we’ll finally get a break from the heat, with a high today of 79 and temperatures for the rest of the week hovering around 80. Possibility of showers Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
On this day in 2021, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted all COVID restrictions and announced we could “return to life as we know it.” (Have we?)
Notices
Our calendar has lots of local events. Click on the link or the lady in the upper righthand corner to check.
Early voting has started in the primaries, including the hotly contested race for retiring U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s seat in Congress. More information, including how to find your polling place, and polling-place hours — HERE.
The UWS Dish column remains on hiatus this week; look for the announcement of our new columnist soon. If you’re hungry in the meantime, check out all of our past Dish columns — HERE.
News Roundup
Compiled by Laura Muha
The New Yorker’s Talk of the Town this week includes a profile of Moe Greengrass — “an entrepreneurial young man of nineteen and the heir to what is arguably the finest appetizing establishment in the city,” as author David Remnick put it. The establishment? In case the name wasn’t a giveaway, it’s the UWS’s own Barney Greengrass, of course.
The shop was founded by Moe’s late great-grandfather, Barney. It was passed down to his grandfather, Moe (after whom he is named), and currently is run by his father, Gary. But Moe, an NYU student enrolled in the hospitality program, helps out on weekends and says that he “want[s] to grow the brand”; his “exertions on Instagram” have contributed to the long lines that form outside the shop on weekends, Remnick wrote.
An avid Knicks fan, he was also responsible for the store’s team spirit during the finals. “With Gary’s say-so, he went into action, ordering up batches of black-and-white cookies that would now be colored in [Knicks] blue and orange. … More imaginatively, Moe designed a T-shirt that combines the imagery of Neptune, the god of the sea, with [Knicks’ point guard and series MVP Jalen] Brunson, the lord of the Garden,” Remnick wrote. “They have been selling like, well, hot latkes.”
Read the profile — HERE.
An UWS condo board has filed suit against Saturday Night Live band member Lawrence Feldman in an attempt to force him out of the building, where he has owned an apartment for 40 years, the New York Post reported.
In documents filed earlier this month in State Supreme Court, the management company of the Admaston, located on West 89th Street, claims the musician — an alto saxophonist who has toured with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, and others, in addition to his work on SNL — “went on a violent, drug fueled rampage, threatening to kill two people.” The suit also says he attempted to enter another resident’s apartment, followed the resident manager home, struck a building employee, and ultimately was removed from the premises in handcuffs by police.
The suit seeks a permanent injunction against Feldman and asks the court to require him to sell his apartment, No. 3C, which he purchased in 1986 for $146,500.
Feldman’s wife, Sandra Lee Church, told the Post she was asleep when the incident unfolded, but that such behavior was not typical of him and was triggered by a reaction to an epidural.
Read the full story — HERE.
A duplex apartment in the Chatsworth, located on West 72nd Street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, recently hit the market for a whopping $21.95 million, according to the luxury real estate website Mansion Global.
For the money, you’ll get 6,000 square feet of living space — including five bedrooms — on the top two floors of the historic Beaux Arts building.
That includes a library, a wet bar, a chef’s kitchen, a breakfast room, and two marble bathrooms in the master suite. There are also more than 3,700 square feet of outdoor space, including a rooftop terrace and an outdoor kitchen.
Listing agent Kathy Murray of the Corcoran Group told Mansion Global that in recent years, she’s seen renewed interest in prewar buildings like the Chatsworth.
“For years, many buyers gravitated toward the shiny glass towers because they offered turnkey, amenitized living. But what’s interesting is that buyers are increasingly realizing that many of the things they love about prewar buildings, the scale, craftsmanship, ceiling heights, larger rooms and architectural detail simply aren’t being built anymore,” Murray said.
Read the full story and see photos of the duplex — HERE.
In Other UWS News
- Joanna Samuels, CEO of the Marlene Meyerson JCC — which is the largest Jewish community center in the world — recently wrote an oped for The Free Press, refuting the idea that the Jewish population has become increasingly divided since October 7th. Read it — HERE.
- TimeOut New York did a feature on what Broadway stars order from their favorite restaurants in between shows, and Marla Mindelle — star of the musical Titanique — says she swears by the hot hunny pizza (minus the pepperoni) at Parla Pizza at West 75th Street and Columbus. Read the story and see the full list — HERE.
- The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is reviewing a proposal for alterations and a rooftop addition to a four-story townhouse at 144 West 80th Street, reports the pro-development website YIMBY (“Yes in My Back Yard”). Details — HERE.
ICYMI
Here are a few stories we think are worth a look if you missed them last week — or a second look if you saw them. (Note that our comments stay open for six days after publication, so you may not be able to comment on all of them.)
Olivia Rodrigo Films Music Video Inside of Century-Old Upper West Side Grocer
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37,000 ft.² of outdoor space is almost an acre. That would have to be like the entire roof.
It’s a typo, the article states 3,700 ft of outdoor space. Must be nice!
3,700 could be a roof. 37,000 square feet is more like an entire acre.
Fixed! Thanks to all who caught it.
37,000 square feet of outdoor space???
Typo.
There are more than 3,700 square feet of outdoor space.
“Simply aren’t being built anymore” by choice! I wonder how many giant glass monstrosities it takes for people with a ton of money to realize they don’t like them…but they are all just tax shelters and cash parks that reduce the number of these pre-war buildings – making the remaining pre-wars tax shelters and cash parks themselves. So what’s not to like! Soon every building will be a pre-war! Win-win!
I believe Moe Greengrass was named after his grandfather, but the establishment was started by his great grandfather, Barney himself.
Thank you. Fixed.