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250 Most Recent Posts
- The UWS Muffins Café: Being There Makes All the Difference
- Changes to Upper West Side Trains this Weekend Due to Structural Maintenance Work
- Columbia Summer Tennis Camp Open to All: Players of All Levels Welcome
- Candidates for UWS Assembly District 69 Make Their Case at Political Forum
- Police Looking for Suspect Who Slapped 71-Year-Old Woman in Face on UWS: NYPD
- Japan Day Parade Set for Upper West Side: What to Know, Street Closures
- Openings & Closings: Collars & Co.; Neuhaus; Luckin Coffee; West Side Wok; Party City; Aritzia; Madewell; powerHouse Books; Royal Cathay Tea
- Silver Stars Fitness: Happy Mother’s Day! Treat Yourself or Your Loved One To Better Health & Improved Fitness. Special Mother’s Day Promotion
- On the Anniversary of An UWS Dog Attack, New Legislation Announced To Help Pet Owners
- Construction Begins for New UWS Home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan: See New Renderings
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 26
- Bach in Your Neighborhood: Bach Festival Returns to the Upper West Side
- Proposal For New 72nd Street Bike Lane Sparks Protest and Some Support During UWS Rally
- UPDATE: Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter After Woman Killed in Wrong-Way Car Crash on West Side Highway Near 79th Street
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Hashi Market’s Japanese 7-Eleven Sandwiches (Sandos & Onigiris)
- Monday Bulletin: Why The Milling Room Closed on the UWS; UWS Mom Strikes Chord with Video on Subway Elevators; Central Park Lawn Bowling Club Celebrates 100th Birthday; UWSer Relives Disco Days via TikTok Series
- Street Parking Re-Imagined: A Parking App Built by Your UWS Neighbors
- 100 Weeks of Martoonerville
- The Price of Looking Like a Million Bucks
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention Men & Women Over 60: Struggling to Improve Balance & Upper/ Lower Body Strength?
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Upper West Side is Home to Some of the Best Pizza on the Planet
- What the History of Colonial Hall Tells Us About 19th Century UWS Social Norms
- UWS Trader Joe’s at West 72nd Street to Close for Several Months Due to ‘Major Renovations’
- West Side Canvas: Behavioral Modification
- Good Neighbor Awards Accepting Nominations Through May 4
- Summer on the Hudson and SummerStage Line Ups Announced: What to Know for UWSers
- Bill and Hillary Clinton Dine at Upper West Side Restaurant
- Openings & Closings: Orwashers; Blank Street Coffee; Fillup Coffee; The Cutting Edge Barber Shop; 111 Hair Studio; Auntie Anne’s and Carvel; Taco Bell
- Jack Schlossberg Shares His Thoughts on the UWS and His Congressional Campaign
- Smorgasburg, Popular Food Market, Headed to the Upper West Side This Summer
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Tulips, Tulips, and More Tulips Are Blooming in the West Side Community Garden
- UPDATE: West Side YMCA Temporarily Closed Due to an ‘Emergency’
- DOE Pulls Plan to Close and Relocate Multiple Upper West Side Schools
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Atlas Kitchen’s Yang Chow Fried Rice
- Monday Bulletin: UWS NYPD Hero Horse was a Slaughterhouse Rescue; The Bass Are Biting in Central Park; UWS Bar Addresses Decline in Drinking; A Surprise Update on the Central Park Cat
- April Showers on the Upper West Side
- Mundane Mourning: Remembering Bobby Tannenhauser (1945-2025)
- What Upper West Side Trees Put Up With
- New 86-Story Building Proposed for the Upper West Side; Would be Tallest in the Neighborhood
- UWS’s Indie Bookstores Celebrate 13th Annual Independent Bookstore Day
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Girl Scout Cookies in the Modern Age
- Construction of New Subway Elevator at ‘Heart of the UWS’ Progresses With Shaft Installation
- You Can Buy Sting’s Former Upper West Side Apartment for $45 Million
- UWS Shed Watch: A New Monthly Column from West Side Rag
- Opposition Group Schedules UWS Rally Against New 72nd Street Bike Lane Proposal
- Openings & Closings: Toro 7 Sushi; Vuori; Grassroots Fitness Project; Wells Fargo; Cantonese Dim Sum
- UWS Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Takes Place in Riverside Park
- Curious About More Space in NYC, or Dreaming About Life Beyond the City?
- Man Shot in Upper West Side Day Time Attack: Police
- UWS Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer for the City’ Progamming To Return in June: What to Know
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 25
- Manhattan Real Estate Report: Buyers Brush Off Obstacles, as the Market Gravitates Toward Sellers
- Terra and Cielo
- Upper West Side Pastrami Queen To Become a Chinese Deli?
- 3 E-Bike Charging Stations Could be Headed to the Upper West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Salumeria Rosi’s Panini (Morty 2.0 and Porchetta)
- Monday Bulletin: Strike by Building Workers Averted; UWS Residents of Care Home Travel Internationally Via Virtual Reality; Canadian Tennis Star Buys UWS Dakota Apartment
- Happy Earth Day from the Upper West Side
- Swing Time on the Upper West Side
- Storied UWS Bar Celebrating 35th-Anniversary With Free Drinks: What to Know
- Silver Stars Fitness: Over 60 & Struggling to Improve Balance & Re-build Muscle/Strength? Try Our Fit For Life Strength & Balance Small Group/Private Training Programs
- WSR Talks With Eli Northrup About His Campaign to Represent the UWS and Morningside Heights in the Assembly
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Sketchbook From the Park
- UWS Middle School With Focus on Students With Disabilities Fights Against Its Possible Eradication
- Woman Suspected of Snatching Purse on UWS is Chased Down By Cop on Horseback: NYPD, Video Shows
- West Side Canvas: In The Company Of Artists
- Making Sense of Healthcare: Practical Health Literacy Skills for People with Hearing Loss
- Columbia Tennis Heats Up, Summer Camp Spots Going Fast
- New UWS Affordable Housing Plan Nixed By Developer Due to Existing Rent-Stabilized Units
- DOT Proposes Major Redesign of 72nd Street, Including New Two-Way Bike Lane
- New Elevator Opens Within Major Upper West Side Train Station
- Openings & Closings: Pier i Cafe; Aristo Paws; Pure Green; Collars & Co.; Molly Tea; Upside Deli; Prestige Cafe & Market; Lasher and Northrup Campaign Offices
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60 +: New Balance & Fall Prevention Masterclass Scheduled For May 2nd
- UWS Stretch of Riverside Drive Repaved in Effort to Alleviate ‘Hazardous Conditions’
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- As School Options Shift, UWS Families Are Looking Ahead
- An Interview With the UWS Elected Official Running to Represent the UWS and UES in Congress
- An UWS Bee Distribution: ‘A Shoe Box of 12,000 Flying, Singing, Venomous Creatures’
- Esteemed Food Critic Lists His 9 Favorite Spots to Eat on the Upper West Side
- UWS’s American Folk Art Museum Marks Two Milestones With New Shows
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Water & Wheat’s Fritto Misto
- Monday Bulletin: Avian Influenza on the Rise in NYC; Chef Who Helped Put UWS on Culinary Map Dies After Short Illness; UWS Activist ‘Still Burns After 50+ Years’; UWS April Real Estate Sales Off to a Good Start
- Bacon Makes Everything Better (on the Upper West Side)
- Looking for Some Peace and Quiet? Try West 96th Street
- Man Who Shot His Former Boss on UWS Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison: DA
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Hots Dogs & Frank Tax Advice
- Man Shot and Killed on the Upper West Side: Police
- Support West Side Rag on Local News Day
- Cherry Blossoms Begin to Bloom Across Central Park: See It
- Columbia Summer Tennis Camp Open to All, No Columbia Affiliation Required
- A WSR Conversation With Stephanie Ruskay in the Run-Up to the UWS-Morningside Heights State Assembly Election
- New Bike Racks Installed in Front of Fairway Market
- Spring Bird Migration on the Upper West Side: An Expert Shares What to Look For
- Openings & Closings: Springbone Kitchen; The Green at the Davis Center; Runaway Poppy; Vuori; Takeda; Casasalvo; Longwood Fish Market; Edgar’s Cafe
- Upper West Side’s Community Board Takes Symbolic Vote to Abolish ICE
- What’s Behind the Magical Looking Doors Within the 72nd Street Train Station?
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 24
- Long-Shuttered Newsstand Reopens Outside of Major Upper West Side Train Station
- Here Are The 101 Outdoor Dining Cafes Set to Open on the Upper West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Koo Thai’s Steak Jim Jaew
- Monday Bulletin: Prices for ‘Family Apartments’ on UWS Up Nearly 40 Percent; Historic UWS Brownstone Hits the Market; Cat Leads Rescuers on a Treetop Chase
- It’s Pothole Season on the Upper West Side
- Spring on the Upper West Side: How Much Beauty Can You Take?
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60 +: Struggling To Improve Your Balance & Feel Like You’re At Risk For A Fall? Balance & Fall Prevention Masterclass Scheduled For April 18th
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge: Bonus-Edition Followup
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Good Friday Cartoon: The Kerfuffle Last Night at Tatiana
- UWS Broadway Farm Grocery Store to Reopen Under New Ownership: Workers Say
- Upper West Side Cafe Set To Close After 38 Years: ‘It Breaks Our Hearts’
- West Side Canvas: Hot Diggity Dog
- Member of Panel That Will Decide Fate of Three UWS Schools: ‘It Clearly Wasn’t Enough Time’
- Flaco Is Honored by the World Owl Hall of Fame and Gets an UWS Memorial
- Openings & Closings: Ballfields Cafe; Alo; Skipper’s NYC; Mount Sinai Ob/Gyn; Choice Brooklyn; Rapawzel Dog Grooming & Daycare; 94 Corner Cafe; Feng Nail
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge: Bonus Edition
- Marisa Tomei, Josh Charles, & Matt Dillon star in CWP Spring Benefit Reading of Broadcast News April 13!
- The Iconic UWS San Remo Building’s Lights Are No Longer the Same Color
- An UWS Verdi Square Salmon Mystery
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Ayat Hind’s Hall on the UWS Sees Large Turnout at Surprise ‘Soft Open’
- UWS Symphony Space To Undergo $45M Renovation Project: What to Know About Its Upcoming Temporary Closure
- A Gale Brewer Imposter Scammed NYC’s Pension Fund Out of $32,980
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Battle of the Lo Meins
- Monday Bulletin: CPW Ranked Most Beautiful Spring Location; Pittsburgh Cantor Reflects on Lessons Learned from UWS Encounter; Mural to be Installed Outside Lincoln Center; Ground Broken on Long-Planned UWS Senior Housing Project; Actor Tony Randall’s Widow Selling Apartment in UWS Millennium Building
- Silver Stars Fitness: Masterclass Series – April 18th Balance & Fall Prevention Only Three Spots Left, See Our Schedule
- 4 Injured in Upper West Side Residential Building Fire: FDNY
- The Upper West Side on the Day After the March
- Being Nosey: Exploring the Smelly Chaos of the Upper West Side
- Some of the Best Dishes and Meals I’ve Had on the Upper West Side in the Past Year
- Should Car Traffic Cutting Through the Upper West Side Be Reduced? A CB7 Committee Thinks So
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: The Race Is Heating Up
- NYPS, Natasha Paremski Artistic Director, Returns to Carnegie Hall April 11 at 2 p.m.
- Why Does the Name Leslie Appear on the UWS Harry Shoe’s Building?
- History on the Run: One UWSer Offers Miles and Monuments
- Rag Radio Talks With UWSer Ellen Jovin, Author of Rebel With a Clause: WSR Edition, on Her Travels With a Pop-up Grammar Stand
- Rebel With a Clause: Family Grammar
- Extraordinary Senior Living in the Heart of Brooklyn Heights
- ✨ The Upper West Side’s Only Professional Makeup Studio| Abby Lauren Makeup ✨
- UPDATE: UWS Murray’s Sturgeon Shop Completes Restoration of Its Iconic Sign: See It
- Openings & Closings: Pastrami Queen; Aves/DongLai Pavillion; Effy’s Cafe; M.M. LaFleur; The UPS Store; Pho Broadway; Texas Rotisserie & Grill; School of Math
- Familiar Elected Officials, Some in New Roles, Address Local Issues at UWS Town Hall
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60+: The Muscle Miracle: Why It’s More Than Just Strength. Limited-Time Rebuild Muscle Offer
- Good Samaritans Help Prevent Attempted Rape in Central Park: Police
- Meet Christy Tanner, Upper West Sider and New Chief of New York Public Radio
- Bare Beams and Steel: A Look Inside the Planned Renovation of the UWS’s Former Metro Theater
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 23
- Manhattan Real Estate Report: Is this the "It's Always SOMETHING" moment for this cycle?…OR not?
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Patrick Timmins in the Race to Represent the UWS in Congress
- UWS Thai Market Will Not Reopen at Amsterdam Location
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Sipsteria’s Beef Stroganoff
- Monday Bulletin: Parks Photographer to Retire After 50 Years; Two Historic UWS Churches Get Repair Grants; UWSer Featured in NYT ‘Affording New York’ Series; TikTokker Feeds Raccoons and Generates Controversy
- WSR Poetry Corner: ‘Last Week’
- First Signs of Spring on the Upper West Side
- Our Slice of Frontier Life — an Upper Wild West Side Story
- Push to Rename UWS Train Station After Saul Zabar: What’s the Feasibility?
- Rare Apartment at The Dakota on the UWS Hits the Market for $10 Million: See It
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: How’s That Book Coming Along, Now?
- Meet Caroline Shinkle, a Republican Candidate Running to Represent the UWS in Congress
- West Side Canvas: A Good Place To Start Or End on the UWS
- Taking a Look at The Other Major Election on the Upper West Side: The Race for Assembly District 69
- Gas Tops $5 on the Upper West Side, Straining Local Station as Well as Drivers
- Openings & Closings: Goop Kitchen; Neuhaus; Gothic Cabinet Craft; Casa Salvo; Salomon; Columbus Park Dental; Lucia; Ayat Hinds Hall
- Fire Breaks Out in Upper West Side Store, 1 Injured: FDNY
- Here Are the Winners of the WSR T-Shirt Contest For Best New Absolute Bagels Name
- ‘Dedicated’ UWS Doorman Attacked and Hospitalized: Building Launches Fundraiser
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Affordable and Unique Classes for Seniors in the Heart of the Upper West Side
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Laura Dunn in the Race to Represent the UWS in Congress
- Popular NYC Pizza Shop Set to Open First Upper West Side Location
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Parla’s Pizzas
- Monday Bulletin: Bloomberg Plans Ad Blitz to Support Lasher in UWS Race; Two Central Park Playgrounds are Finalists for Nation’s Best; Escaped Parakeet Finds Forever Home; UWS Dancer Responds to Actor’s Snipe; Author Selling UWS Brownstone for $16 Million
- Cranky Healthcare on the Upper West Side
- Little Rebels of the Upper West Side
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: My St. Patrick’s Day Plans on the Upper West Side
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60 +: Struggling To Improve Your Balance & Feel Like You’re At Risk For A Fall? New Balance & Fall Prevention Masterclass Scheduled For April 18th
- New UWS Palestinian Restaurant, Ayat Hinds Hall, Nears Opening: Signage Goes Up
- Upper West Side Gets Expansion of Free School Seats For 3-Year-Olds
- Meet Karen Ortiz, an Independent Candidate Running to Represent the UWS in Congress
- Making Musicals in Silence
- He’ll Scan Your Ticket and Offer Commentary on the Movie You’re About to See at AMC Lincoln Square
- Columbia University Tennis Sensation Michael Zheng Wins $100,000 Hurd Award
- Openings & Closings: Teddy’s Collection; Springbone Kitchen; A Cut Above; EuroOptica; Gelato Factory
- West-Park Presbyterian Makes Its Case to Demolish the UWS Church So Its Mission Can Continue
- Woman Slashed Multiple Times Midday in Central Park, Possibly Dispute Between Vendors: NYPD, Report
- What Happened to the West Side Market Salad Bars on the Upper West Side?
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 22
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60+: Struggling To Improve Your Balance & Feel Like You’re At Risk For A Fall? Balance & Fall Prevention Masterclass Scheduled for April 18th
- Jing Fong, Popular UWS Chinese Restaurant, Permanently Closes
- Upper West Side Bagel Spot Named Among Best in New York City
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Epices Bakery’s Croissant, Pastries… and Harissa!
- Monday Bulletin: Remembering UWS Politician and Activist Ronnie Eldridge; Mangled Movie Titles at Lincoln Center; On an UWS Hamantashen Crawl
- DOROT: Give a Little Time, Make a Big Impact!
- Hunkering Down on the Upper West Side
- Meet Her at the Women’s Gate
- The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine Announces Acclaimed Opera Soprano Susanna Phillips as New Artist in Residence
- WSR T-Shirt Contest: Who Can Come Up With the Best New Name for Absolute Bagels
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Everything Bagel is on the Table
- The Secret to Rat Control on the Upper West Side? ‘It’s All About Food Availability’
- Man Randomly Punches 2 Women on the Upper West Side: Police
- West Side Canvas: Preparing for Spring With the Verdi Square Gardeners
- CWP Complimentary Film Screenings March 9 ‘Her Fight, His Name’ & March 16 ‘Manchester by the Sea’
- Construction Begins For Lincoln Center’s Campus Redesign: What to Know
- Entry Door at Upper West Side Post Office Has Been Broken For Months
- Openings & Closings: Johnny Was; Wendy’s; Kolorbar; PWR NYC 72; Mr. Byrdie’s Joint; United Vein and Vascular Centers
- City Halts Plan To Close Upper West Side Middle School: ‘Our Focus Must be on Healing’
- A Conversation with Erik Bottcher, the Upper West Side’s New State Senator
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- DOROT: Volunteer & Connect with an Older Neighbor this Passover
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60+: Struggling To Improve Your Balance & Feel Like You’re At Risk For A Fall? Balance & Fall Prevention Masterclass Scheduled For March 21st
- New Absolute Bagels Changes its Name After Threat of Legal Action, Manager Says
- Here’s the UWS Dish: The Grand Feast’s Cioppino
- Monday Bulletin: Why Gen Z Isn’t Running to Replace Nadler on the UWS; Curating Russia’s Banned Books; Cuban-Chinese is the ‘Mom-and-Pop’ of Fusion Cuisine; Another Multimillion-Dollar UWS Brownstone Up for Sale
- Even the Snowmen Want to Get Out of Dodge
- Mistrial Declared in UWS Maria Hernandez Murder Trial; Lashawn Mackey to be Retried with a New Jury in April
- Meet the UES Candidate Running to Represent Both the UES and UWS in Congress
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Cabin Fever on the Upper West Side
- Columbia University’s Athletes Share Behind-the-Scenes Stories From the Winter Olympics
- Dead Body Found in Central Park: Police
- ICE Agents Detain Columbia University Student: School Says Officers Made ‘Misrepresentations’ To Get Into Building
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Nina Schwalbe in the Race to Represent the UWS in Congress
- New Affordable Housing Development Set For Upper West Side: What to Know
- Openings & Closings: Tamizdat Book Corner; Poppie Toys; Sisu Clinic; Farmer’s Market Cafe; THISBOWL
- UWS River Run Playground Keeps River and Other Historic Elements in Plans Approved by City
- ‘This Is a Traffic Cone’: UWS Couple’s Videos Tell the Stories Behind the Neighborhood’s Mundane Streetscape
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 21
- Upper West Side Snow Photos From The Blizzard: See It
- Man Shot on the Upper West Side: Police
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Florentin’s White Bean Msabbaha
- Monday Bulletin: A Minute of Silence in Central Park for Late Russian Dissident; UWS’s Dubious Dog-Poop Distinction; Cycling Club Sues City; UWS Shoe Store’s Fundraiser a Big Success
- The Pilates Proliferation on the Upper West Side
- Upper West Side Meltdown: All That the Ice Leaves Behind
- Man Stabbed in Back on West 59th Street: NYPD
- UPDATE: Racist Remarks Shock Participants at UWS Schools Meeting: ‘We Take These Matters Very Seriously’
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Some Are Thinking, At Least it’s Not a Cartoon About Curling
- Bark in the Park – 5K Fun Run & Walk: Making Strides to Improve Canine Health
- A Less-Than-Enlightening Update on the Possibility of Wegmans Opening on the Upper West Side
- West Side Canvas: Down by the River
- Manhattan Real Estate Report: ‘Beware The Fed Rate Cut’
- UPDATE: What’s Going on With the 174 Yards of Sidewalk Shed Over The Astor on the Upper West Side
- Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine