They call them cookies, but they’re sure not like anything that came out of my mother’s oven.

After two years on the UWS, The Granola Bar has closed, but an Upper East Side location is planned.

A friend got a pet rat, which she sees as an emotional support animal. I have a rat phobia. Help!

Our food columnist, Abigael Sidi, takes a suggestion from our artist/essayist, Robert Beck, and reviews 5 Napkin Burger's BLT on a (real!) baguette.

Another skirmish in the ongoing battle of cars-vs.-everyone else took place earlier this month in a meeting of Community Board 7.

It’s amazing how long a virus can stay once it realizes you have no plans.

Ice skating was one of the few socially acceptable ways for women and men to mingle in the 19th century.

There’s animation, funk, vampires and more on the schedule this weekend at MOMA's 22nd annual International Festival of Film Preservation.

And our contestants; Councilmember Gale Brewer, Maître d' Pierre nom de Plume, and WSR cartoonist Gary Martin.

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

Professional snowboarders traveled from California and Vermont to show off their skills in Central Park.

Whenever it gets cold -- really cold -- the virtues of onion soup outshine its caloric cost and you can enjoy it shamelessly.

Indeed!

I don’t know about you, but once I take a break, I’m convinced I’ll never find my way back.

AI, man’s best friend.

Joseph is a place that welcomes small dogs, little children, and first names.

Settepani, a Harlem-based Italian restaurant and bakery, has opened an outpost at the Davis Center's Gottesman Ice Rink.

My New Year’s resolution is that I’m no longer turning on my Zoom camera, but I’m already getting pushback. Help!

Litter is a fact of life in New York, but what does it say about us and the way we live?

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

See tomorrow's "wolf moon" - the last supermoon till November - with the Urban Park Rangers, who'll have binoculars and telescopes available.

Reading is a reminder that many of the rules we walk around with in our heads simply do not govern.

Here's an alphabetical list of all the UWS openings we have covered over the past six months. (There are over 100!)

In honor of Marty Reisman, UWS table-tennis legend and inspiration for the movie "Marty Supreme," here's an historical ping-pong challenge.

It was important to include recognizable locations to give the photographs context, and there aren’t many places more iconic than Central Park.

A new year opens like a blank page, and suddenly change feels possible: That was then, this is now.

Christmas may be over, but the city’s holiday markets are here for just a little while longer.

When people heave a large dog onto Santa’s legs, it often lands on his beard, which is attached to his ears.  It becomes a situation. 

Honeybrains, a cafe which serves food “promoting brain health,” opened December 16th at 495 Amsterdam Avenue.

My sister bought me an ugly Christmas sweater. Do I have to wear it?