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- A Pound of Nova Thinly Sliced: A Love Letter to Zabar’s
- Free Bus Rides Start on the M116 Route on Sunday
- Weekend Column: The Lampost that Wouldn’t Light
- Here’s the Dish: The Consulate’s Consulate Breakfast
- That’s All Goats!
- Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Ballet Hispánico’s 50 Years of Work on The UWS
- Venezuelan Migrants in NYC Cheer TPS, Though Wait Remains for Work Permits
- Openings and Closings: Le Pain Quotidien; La Caridad; Rampoldi; QQ Nails & Spa; Amorino Gelato; Per Se
- Beloved Procession of Animals and Blessing of Pets Returns to UWS Cathedral On October 1
- Live From New York: Saturday Night Basketball Comes to the Frederick Douglass Houses
- The Story of West Park Church as Never Told Before (With an Ending!)
- MAP of Where to Get New COVID Vax Goes Live as UWS Independent Pharmacies Are Left Out
- Man Climbs Fire Escape to Break Into UWS Woman’s Home: NYPD
- Nonprofit That Helps Keep UWS Streets Clean Needs Community’s Help to Continue
- UPDATED: Metro Theater Liquor License Moves Closer Toward Approval
- Columbia Climate School’s Slate of Free, Public Events for Climate Week
- Man Shot Overnight On 89th Street: NYPD
- CB7 Covers Closing Hours, Sound Control, and Pedestrian Safety in Recommendations for New Outdoor Dining Plan
- Why I Swim in the Hudson River
- Monday Bulletin: Pol Needs Harassment Training; Thieving Kids; $15M Townhouse With Pool; The Migrant Journey Through Darien Gap; Beastie Boys UWS Origins; Breaking Ground Profile
- Volunteer Tutoring Opportunities Available in UWS Elementary Schools
- Nearly 400 Trees To Be Planted on UWS This Spring
- West Side County Fair: Sunday, Sept. 17th, 1-6 PM; Pier i at 70th St.
- Here’s the Dish: Silver Moon Bakery’s Challah
- West Side Canvas: ‘Out of the Blue,’ by Robert Beck
- Nike Brings World Basketball Festival to Lincoln Center this Weekend
- UWS Teacher Celebrates 60 Years At Local School: ‘I Love Going Into Work’
- Higher Rates Are Actually Protecting Real Buyers From What’s Worse…Competition
- Let Them Refill: Abreu Pushes To Allow Reusable Containers Into Sports Venues
- Affordable Housing Lottery Launched For Turin HDFC on Columbus and 90th Street
- Brewer ‘Condemned’ By Open Hearts Initiative For Her Call For Affordable Housing Not Shelter
- Access to New York City Culture
- Small Business Focus: Upper West Skates
- UWS Grandma Scammed Out of $9.5K by Grandson Impersonator: NYPD
- Openings and Closings: Haven; Fairway Market Cafe; The Wolfe; Agave; CCS Fabric Frame; First Republic Bank
- 370 Pieces Of Graffiti Found On UWS: Pol Calls For Help Amid ‘Growing Problem’
- UPDATED: Newly Opened Upper West Side Dunkin’ Misspells Upper West Side
- Global Citizen 2023: Here’s How to Earn Free Tickets to this Live Central Park Concert
- UWS Broadway Business Blues: 85 Shops Stand Empty On 51 Blocks
- Elevating Luxury Senior Living to New Heights
- Smart Composting Bins Catching on With Upper West Siders
- Meet West Side Rag’s New Reporter
- Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Offers a Season of Connections for Older Adults
- Monday Bulletin: Remembering September 11, 2001
- Here’s the Dish: The Tang’s Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Petai
- Happening Now! West Side Community Garden’s FREE Annual Arts & Crafts Festival
- West Side Canvas: Hi-Life’s Nifty 1936 Lincoln Zephyr
- Rule Change Would Let ‘Larger’ Electric Cargo Bikes Make Sidewalk Deliveries; Here’s How to Comment
- Mayor Adams Hits UWS Hot Topics at Town Hall
- Throwback Thursday VIDEO: ‘How The Upper West Side Revolutionized NYC Apartments’
- Openings and Closings: Juicy Jungle; Sandwell; Spirit Halloween; Kukdae Taekwondo; Friend of a Farmer; Yakitori Sun-Chan
- Learn and Explore at Hudson River Park’s SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival September 29 & 30
- 5 Things We’re Watching This School Year in NYC
- E-Bikes, E-Scooters, and Mopeds: What’s Legal; What’s Not; and What Could Change
- Car Crashes on Amsterdam Avenue at West 96th Street
- ‘The Tempest’ Under a Blue Supermoon
- Start Your Musical Journey: Free 30-Minute Lessons Offered at Smith School of Music’s Open House on September 10th
- Single Migrants Being Moved out of Shelters on West 70th and 85th Streets; Migrant Families Moving In
- UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: New York City Ballet Musicians Poised to Strike Over Pay, Benefits
- Part of UWS Will be DOT’s ‘Beachhead’ for ‘Smart Curbs’ Anti-Congestion Pilot
- Innovative Memory Care Programming for the Entire Family
- With COVID Surging, Here’s What You Need to Know About Tests, Treatments and Vaccines
- Free Open-Air Viewing of U.S. Open on the UWS
- Happy Labor Day
- Cooling Off on Columbus Avenue Open Streets
- Kitty Trapped in AT&T Store for a Month Rescued and Adopted
- Woman Robbed at Knifepoint Near Central Park: NYPD
- NYPD Seizes Mopeds, Bikes Illegally Chained Near Stratford Arms Hotel; Woman Arrested
- Something’s Threatening Independent Pharmacies (and it’s Not Shoplifting or the Rent)
- Start Your Musical Journey: Free 30-Minute Lessons Offered at Smith School of Music’s Open House on September 10th
- Here’s the Dish: Pico de Gallo Bar and Kitchen’s Platano al Mole
- September
- Openings and Closings: The Niche Shop; Taïm Mediterranean Kitchen; José-Ismael Barber Shop; Alo Yoga; Duke’s Deli II
- From Hawks to Hummingbirds: Where to See Some Astonishing Birds on the UWS this Fall
- UPDATED: Rare Blue Supermoon Appearing Wednesday Night — Readers’ 2023 Photos!
- Affordable Enrichment Classes for Seniors on the Upper West Side
- Columbus Avenue Open Streets Returns This Sunday, September 3
- Journey to the Front of the Line
- Pupper West Side: Little Luca Makes a Big Impression and Lots of New Friends
- The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s Fall Film Season is Right Around the Corner!
- Times Square Water Main Break to Disrupt 1,2,3 Trains Through Rush Hour: MTA
- UPDATED: Two Adults, Two Young Children Found Dead in West 86th Street Apartment: NYPD
- UPDATED Monday Bulletin: Hey Feds, Can You Spare a Billion? Top Business Leaders Amplify Ask
- Columbia President Announces Post-Affirmative Action Admissions Plans
- Give a Little Time, Make a Big Impact!
- UPDATED Alert: Kitten Needs Help
- A Day in the Life of an Upper West Side Writer on Strike
- West Side Canvas: The Violin Maker and the Artist
- New Law Fines Landlords for Unlicensed Smoke Shops They Know About
- Wilde & Co Celebrating One Year, Sending Gratitude to Upper West Side
- The History of St. Agnes Library, from Parish to New York Public Library
- Openings and Closings: Asset; Chipotle; Madison Reed; Starbucks
- JCC Fall Fitness and Wellness Open House
- My Fruit Guy’s Better Than Yours
- What Ever Happened to…the Mochidoki vs Mochi Dolci Trademark Infringement Lawsuit?
- Elevating Luxury Senior Living to New Heights
- ‘I Remember Goodwill on 72nd Street’
- Correction: Waitlist Open to Fill Four Affordable Vacancies at Enclave at The Cathedral
- Here’s the Dish: WAU’s Pineapple-Flower Fish Curry
- Volunteer & Connect with an Older Neighbor this Rosh Hashanah
- Pupper West Side: Franklin is a Lovable “Meatball” on the Hunt for his Halloween Costume
- Monday Bulletin: Leonard Bernstein’s Proboscis; Sexual Assault Suspects Held; $5.5 Million for Central Park Tree Victim; Curtis Sliwa Arrested
- Updated: NYPD Targets Illegal Motorcycles and Ebikes in All-Day, Citywide Operation
- Man Falls Between Subway Cars at 79th Street Station; Critical Condition, Police Say
- Fiction: Benjamin and Harriet, A Love Story
- The Pickin’ Goes on at the Riverside Park Bluegrass Jam
- Updated: What Happened Here? Don’t Ask the NYPD
- Weekend Column: Geezer Grumblings
- Learn the FUNdamentals with Fall Soccer Programs from Soccer Stars
- Last Chance to Catch ‘Summer Streets’ in Manhattan This Weekend
- WSR Poetry Corner: “The Unbroken Line”
- Understanding New York City’s ‘Right to Shelter’
- Looking to Connect to a Meaningful & Warm High Holiday Experience? Join Kol HaNeshamah for Services
- A New Mural Is Unveiled in the Neighborhood on Wednesday
- Openings and Closings: Joe Coffee; ChaShaMa; Allure; Play Street Museum
- “Don’t Miss Blues BBQ Festival and Other Free Music Events in Hudson River Park”
- UWS’s Famed LaGuardia High School Taps Alum as New Principal
- Alleged Robbers Running Through the Neighborhood
- One Year of ‘Here’s the Dish’: 38 Scrumptious Creations From Upper West Side Restaurants
- Nicholas Roerich: Painter, Seeker, Guru, Possible Spy, ‘The Indiana Jones of his Time’
- New UWS Art Classes: Figure Drawing + Acrylic Painting
- Pupper West Side: After a Rough Start in Texas, Cashew Enjoys the West Side Community Garden
- Daily Classical Guitar Concert in Central Park
- Save Big at The JCC This Week
- Monday Bulletin: Lady Gaga’s Father, the New York Post, and the Migrants on West 70th Street
- Free Mouse Removal in the Name of Science (This is Not an Ad)
- Who Would Steal an 80-Year-Old Woman’s Wallet and Phone?
- West Side Canvas: 79th Street Boat Basin
- Kill Them We Must
- Central Park Conservancy Free Film Festival Features Four Documentaries
- Updated: MTA Bus and Truck Collide, Injuring 14
- Updated: Newspaper Deliverywoman Allegedly ‘Carjacked and Mugged’ Early Wednesday
- Elevating Luxury Senior Living to New Heights
- Congestion Pricing Scanners Debut on Broadway, As Lawsuit Looms
- Openings & Closings: Shawarma Shabazi; Westville; Zizi NYC; Pinkberry; Bareburger
- Here’s the Dish: Levain Bakery’s Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie
- The New-York Historical Society Offers Free Citizenship Classes for Green Card Holders
- Updated: Teenager Punched Outside 72nd Street Subway Station
- Premiering Tuesday: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is Back for Season 3 on Hulu
- Pupper West Side: Marlie’s Impossibly Long Lashes Help Her Procure Treats
- NYPD Releases Citywide and UWS Crime Stats Showing We Are Safer — But Do We Feel It?
- Monday Bulletin: Constrained by Crime
- Photo of the Day: The Earth Getting Some Shade
- Greenmarkets Benefit Local Residents and Farmers
- ‘Friday Was National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!’
- Updated: Controversy Al Fresco — Big Changes Coming to Outdoor Dining
- Asylum-Seekers Fear City’s Changing Attitudes and Policies
- Here’s the Dish: North Miznon’s Lamb Shawarma
- Openings & Closings: Hospital for Veterinary Surgery; Columbus Natural Foods; Ansonia Cleaners; New Amsterdam Burger/Carlos & Gabby’s; Trek; New Balance
- Sturgeon Moon Over Manhattan
- Tribute: Cynthia Doty, 1951-2023; She Made Her Mark
- WSR Poetry Corner: ‘Missed Chance’ (by Mildred Alpern, In Lieu of ‘August’)
- Seniors Reap Rewards of PS 84’s ‘Rooftop Garden Summer Harvest’
- Man found dead in Hudson River off Riverside Park South
- Updated: What Ever Happened to…the Safe Haven?
- Two Families Battle for the Future of a Broadway Building — and the Neighborhood
- Second Woman Sucker Punched; Suspect Arrested
- Monday Bulletin: ‘I Could Not Live This Life Anywhere Else’
- Weekend History: Our Bloomingdale Neighborhood in 1855
- West Side Canvas: ‘A Sanctuary Church in a Sanctuary City’
- Woman Sucker Punched in Face on Columbus Avenue Thursday Evening
- Here’s the Dish: Celeste’s Fegatini Di Pollo Con Pane Abbrustolito
- Con Ed Just Asked New Yorkers to Limit Energy Use — Here’s Why
- How Much Hotter Is NYC’s ‘Heat Island Effect’ Making Your Neighborhood?
- Accident Closes Amsterdam North of 80th Street (Does That Say Reagan Bush?)
- Three Women Robbed; Two Scooter-Riding Suspects Sought: NYPD
- What Ever Happened to…the Safe Haven?
- Openings & Closings: La Caridad; 3 Times; Forever Coffee; Playa Bowls; Douglas Elliman; Westside Deli & Convenience and 9th Barber Shop
- Updated: Shots Fired on 94th & Amsterdam Avenue; ‘Something’s Happening There’: NYPD
- Introducing the Openings & Closings Map
- Scaffolding and Sheds on City Sidewalks Get Marked for Speedier Removal
- NYPD Going Green
- Books: A Mom’s Personal Story of Raising a Transgender Child on the UWS
- Monday Bulletin: Here’s to You, Al Gore
- Light’s Out on Amsterdam and 96th Street
- Essay: High on AI
- Get Your Shop On: Grand Bazaar NYC Promises an Exciting Season Ahead
- MTA Customer Experience Survey Says…
- UWS Mourns the Loss of Tony Bennett, Singer and Painter of Central Park
- Updated: Two Suspects Arrested in Three Riverside Park Sexual Assaults: NYPD
- Updated: Former Illegal Hotel Opens as Supportive, Affordable Housing for Seniors on West 79th Street
- Here’s the Dish: Tasca’s Abadejo al Ajo Arreiro
- Woman Sexually Assaulted, Robbed in Riverside Park Thursday Morning: NYPD
- Roots Run Deep at the UWS Community Reunion
- 20th Precinct Officer Indicted for Assault
- Openings and Closings: Body Mechanics; Storico; Parliament Espresso and Coffee Bar; Canine Styles; Framebridge; Uptown Dermatology
- Encore Creativity for Older Adults Opens Registration to ALL Older New Yorkers for Fall
- Two Sculptures Unveiled in Riverside Park South
- Barbie Steps From Cleaners’ Window to Limelight
- Owner of Illegal Pot Shops on UWS to Pay Restitution, Forfeit Proceeds and Cease Sales
- Volunteer Opportunities Available at West Side Campaign Against Hunger on 86th Street
- Get Ready UWS…Exclusive Deals Are On the Way
- Your Guide to Legal Cannabis in New York City
- Why Hasn’t the NYPD Updated Its Traffic Enforcement Data?
- Tree vs. Prius on West 75th Street
- Monday Bulletin: WSR Without Comments? Unthinkable! (Actually, We’re Thinking About It)
- Landmarks Preservation Commission’s New Rules Speed Process But Reduce Transparency
- West Side Canvas: The Fairway Check-Out Counter
- Parking Dispute May Have Led to Stabbing: NYPD
- A Walk in the Park: Renovation of Theodore Roosevelt Park at the American Museum of Natural History
- New Life Sciences Center on West End Signs First Tenant
- Who Is the Man Sitting in a Car on West End Avenue?
- Flooding Is Getting Worse; What the City and We Can Do to Improve Resilience
- Hidden Gem on the Upper West Side
- Moving a Toddler From Point A to Point B; Why It Feels Like the ‘End of the World’
- Driver Arrested in Pedestrian Death on Amsterdam and 106th
- Openings and Closings: P.C. Richard & Son; West Side Kids; Six 60 One; Blue Marble; Tempur-pedic; Ample Hills Creamery; Baker Health; MotherShuckers; Marinara Pizza; Mimi’s Pizza; Fieldtrip
- Do You Know or Care for an Older Adult with Memory Loss or Dementia?
- Updated: It’s Another Manhattanhenge Sunset
- Uber Eats Delivered Duckling Food on the Double
- An Artist Emerges on the Upper West Side
- UWS P.C. Richard Moving to Former DSW Location
- Man Hit and Killed by Train at 72nd Street Monday Morning
- He Worked with Marvin Gaye and the Four Tops; This Wednesday He’ll Be at Dante Park
- Judge Delays Rollout of Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Law
- Local Church Hosts Summer Evening Block Party
- Monday Bulletin: NYC Is Migrants’ Top Destination; Martha’s Vineyard Works For Some
- Column: How Many UWS Crimes Go Unreported?
- Lobby Burglar Hits Same Building Twice
- Weekend Column: An UWS Couple Celebrates Goats and Sustainability in Riverside Park
- The Goats Return With Added Ceremonial Duties
- Food Delivery Apps Sue NYC Over Minimum Wage Law for Delivery Workers
- Program Offers Bags of Fresh Produce to Seniors at Wholesale Prices
- Pickleball comes to Riverside Park
- Restaurant Week Returns July 24 to August 20; Dozens of UWS Restaurants Participating
- Openings and Closings: Restore Hyper Wellness; Sforno Pizza; Patisserie Chanson; Aquarius Hardware
- Body Found in Hudson at 79th Street Boat Basin
- West Side Comedy Club Offers New Show for Children and Families on Sunday, July 9
- Former Columbia University President Denounces SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision
- Here’s the Dish: Amber’s Zesty Chicken
- The Goats Are Returning to Riverside Park on July 7 With a New Festival and Responsibility
- Give a Little Time, Make a Big Impact!
- Reader’s Opinion: Lockdown Joe — When the President Arrives for a Private Fundraiser, the Barriers Go Up
- Monday Bulletin: Congestion Pricing; The Restaurant at Gilder; Pickleball Blues; Born Laughing
- Fish Tales: A Post-Industrial Structure Provides a Haven for Anglers
- Saturday Was Big Umbrella Day at Lincoln Center
- Q&A: Ann Cooper on a Tale of Two Mutinies in Russia
- West Side Canvas: Verdi’s Meadow
- Cyclist Foiled Attempted Robbery of Citi Bike After Being Sprayed in Eyes With ‘Unknown Substance’
- July
- UWS Openings So Far This Year: A Very Long List
- Council Agrees to $107 Billion Budget Handshake Just Before Deadline
- President Biden Visits the El Dorado
- Peephole Shooter Gets 15-Year Prison Sentence
- Openings and Closings: Shun Lee 98th Street; Ample Hills Creamery; Beambar; Dark Bullet Bar; Frame Coffee; Mejuri; Lenny’s Bagels; Bourke Street Bakery
- Throwback Thursday: Do You Know What ‘Chicken Flicking’ Is?
- Upper West Side Sits Out the Primaries, with Headlines Made Elsewhere
- Little League Season Starts; New West Side Hawks Hoping to Go All the Way
- Luxury Senior Living Offers Long-Term Benefits Without Commitment
- Updated: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Could Reach the City on Thursday