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250 Most Recent Posts
- The Incoming NJ Governor Lived on the UWS and Delivered Her Baby in a Wild Cab Ride From the Neighborhood
- The Grammar Table Takes Your Questions
- The Cashmere Sale Returns to the Upper West Side!
- The 27th Annual Crafts at the Cathedral – A Celebration of Craft, Creativity, and Community (December 5-7)
- UWS’ Largest Holiday Market Opens for the Season at Columbus Circle
- Another Bus That Services the UWS to Get Automated Camera Ticketing System
- Openings & Closings: Panineria; Metro Frame Art; Mango; Picnic by the Black Parrot; Sprinkle It; Emerald Inn
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60+ Get Stronger & Save! Claim Your Black Friday Limited-Time Special Offer
- 82-Year-Old Upper West Side Bar Will Permanently Close
- This Giving Tuesday Help Sustain West Side Rag
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 15
- Skaters Take to the Ice in Central Park’s New Gottesman Rink
- Here Are the 2025 Michelin-Starred Restaurants on the Upper West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Cafe Luxembourg’s Bibb Lettuce Salad
- Monday Bulletin: New Documentary Spotlights UWS Actress and Her Mother; Nation’s Oldest Synagogue Launches Kosher Food Pantry on the UWS; Emerald Inn Launches GoFundMe in Hopes of Staying Open
- What I Wish Every First-Time Homebuyer Knew About Westchester
- An Upper West Side Fairy Tale
- Hugged by Greens: Sandwich Time on the Upper West Side
- STAMPED OUT! Have Notaries Vanished from the Upper West Side?
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: In Case You Missed The Parade
- Throwback Thursday: Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons of the 1970s and 80s
- West Side Canvas: La Boite en Bois, When You’re in a Moules and Pommes Frites State of Mind
- Openings & Closings: Chalait; Polanco Social; Skipper’s; Dough Doughnuts; Gelme
- Gather Round the Piano: A Christmas Sing-Along at Rutgers Church
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade UWS Inflation Event 2025: What To Know
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Theo Dixon, Mayor of West 71st Street, Dies at 100
- Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay Announces Candidacy for UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Seat
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Jacob’s Pickles’ Poutine
- Monday Bulletin: Protestors Interrupt Performance at UWS Met Opera; Nutcracker Star Olivia MacKinnon Dishes on Her Favorite UWS Places; UWS Deli Makes The List of Best Pastrami Sandwiches in NYC; AMNH’s First Post-Pandemic Sleepover is a Hit
- 212 West 72nd Street Surpasses 80% Sold as Demand Grows for Larger Upper West Side Homes
- The Mood in Martoonerville
- Grateful for the WHRRRR: Life Lessons From Upper West Side Leaf Blowers
- From 16 Pies to 10,000 Cookies: UWS Tradition Powers a Community Thanksgiving Feast
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Securing a Bird on the UWS
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60 +: Want To Get Stronger, Move Better & Feel Younger? See our Limited- Time Black Friday Special Offer
- Why Residents of an UWS Building Are on a Rent Strike: ‘Only Negotiation Power We Had’
- Upper West Side Middle School Wins 2 Citywide Soccer Championships
- Manhattan Real Estate Report: Let’s Go Shopping
- Experience a New Standard of Memory Care at The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights
- UWS Yoga Studio Lifted by Community Support Following Destructive Fire
- UWS’ Most Expensive Home Sale of the Year Takes Place to the Tune of $47M
- Openings & Closings: Zurutto; Cocina Consuelo; Carina Hildebrandt; The George at Columbia
- UWS Columbus Circle Train Station Escalators Reopen After More Than a Year
- NYPD Looking For 2 People Who Attacked and Robbed Woman in Central Park
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 14
- Participatory Budgeting Is Back on the UWS and Morningside Heights: Submit Local Project Ideas
- New 25-Story Residential Building Set For Former UWS ABC Site
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Charles Pan-Fried Chicken’s Plate of Pan-Fried Chicken
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Bus is Most-Improved Bus Route in NYC; Tariffs Put Pressure on UWS Indian Restaurants; More Developments in Carriage-Horse Battle; Columbia Spectator Visits Mamdani’s UWS
- Sneak Preview of Groundbreaking New Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
- Getting Caffeinated on the Upper West Side
- Upper West Side Nightlife: Is the Party Over?
- Man Shot on Upper West Side: Police
- WSR Photo of the Day: UWS Sign Accuses Person of Smearing Dog Poop on Bicycle
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Looking for Typos on the Upper West Side
- Current Concerns for Democracy Echo in New York Historical’s Exhibit on America’s Revolutionary Roots
- Perk Up! The Buzz on Upper West Side Coffee Spots
- West Side Canvas: When There Were Street-Level Broadcasts on the Upper West Side
- Hearing Loss in the Workplace
- Northern Lights Appear Over Upper West Side: See Photos
- Former UWS School Building Set to Become Homeless Shelter Sells Again for $26M
- Openings & Closings: Olde City Cheesesteaks & Brew; Nuts Factory; Northwell Go Health Urgent Care; Purple Waves; Naisnow Tea and Bakery
- Other People Are Keeping Me Going
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women 60 +: Want To Get Stronger, Move Better & Feel Younger? See our Special Offer
- UWS Fairway Market Has An Error in Its Storefront Signage
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Kossar’s BLT on a Bialy
- Monday Bulletin: Parents Seek to Transfer Children Out of NYC Private Schools After Mamdani Victory; H&H Bagels Opens Florida Location — with NYC Water; Hedge Fund Manager (and Cuomo Supporter) Bill Ackman Offers Support to Mayor Elect; Vigil Held in Columbus Circle
- How Rumors Start on the Upper West Side
- Upper West Side Sweet Spots: Do You Know Where Your Candy Is?
- WSR Sits Down With the New Commander of the UWS’ 24th Police Precinct
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Live From the UWS Comedy Club
- Beyond Welcome: Ten Years of Community Commitment to Refugees
- UWS Community Board Makes Its Official Recommendation on Fate of 135-Year-Old Church
- 2 Housing Lotteries Launch on the Upper West Side: Apartment Offered for $61K
- The Days of Diagramming
- In an Age of A.I., Calhoun Focuses on What Can’t Be Replicated: Intellectual Authenticity
- The Day After: Upper West Siders React to the New Mayor-Elect
- Zohran Mamdani Won the Upper West Side: Neighborhood Voter Breakdown
- Openings & Closings: La Bomboniera; Safta’s Coffee and Fine Foods; Willet’s Corner; NY Loves Yoga; Wells Fargo Bank
- Silver Stars Fitness: We Help Men & Women 60 Plus Get Stronger, Move, Feel & Look Better Without Having To Go To a Typical ‘Gym’ See Our Offer
- Upper West Side Election Results: Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Race; Shaun Abreu Wins Reelection
- Scenes From Election Day on the Upper West Side
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 13
- Upper West Side Election Guide: What to Know
- 2nd Slashing in 48 Hours Takes Place on Upper West Side: NYPD
- NYC’s Marathon Turns the UWS into a Vision in Autumn Orange
- Here’s the UWS Dish: The Smith’s Smith Burger (With Complimentary Extra TSB Sauce)
- Monday Bulletin: Central Park Bridle Path Becomes a Parking Lot; Is Mamdani Playing it Both Ways in Carriage-Horse Debate?; Central Park Birders Save a Parakeet in the Nick of Time
- Upper West Sider Runs Marathon Backwards
- Person Stabbed and Woman Assaulted Halloween Night on the Upper West Side: NYPD
- Going a Little Bear on the Upper West Side
- NYC Marathon UWS Street Closures to Know About This Sunday
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: What’s Really Scary on the UWS
- UPDATE: Four Upper West Siders, Four Reasons to Run the Marathon — See How They Did
- 80 Vacant Storefronts Blight 51 Upper West Side Broadway Blocks
- West Side Canvas: Song of the Upper West Side
- UPDATE: UWS Community Board Committee Votes Not to Support Hardship Application for West-Park Church
- An UWS Guide to Marathon Weekend: How and Where to Watch the Race and More
- Openings & Closings: Pier i Cafe; Prime Thyme Kitchen & Bar; La Perla Nascosta; PIVOT Pilates Studio; Pure Green; Subway; Au Jus
- UWS Metro Theater Gets a New Name: Goal to Reopen in 2028, New Details, Renderings
- Former Upper West Side Illegal Hotel Reopens as Permanent Supportive Housing
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Fire Forces Upper West Side Yoga Studio to Shutter: FDNY
- Meet the Upper West Side’s Bench Bunch
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Nan Xiang Express’s Crab Meat & Pork Soup Dumplings
- Rag Radio: Digging into Burgers with Abigael Sidi of Here’s the UWS Dish
- Feast & Fettle Brings a Stress-Free Thanksgiving to the Upper West Side
- Monday Bulletin: Rolling Stone Publishes Investigation into Youth Basketball Sex-Abuse Allegations at Morningside Heights Church; Small Synagogues Are Feeling the Pinch of Sky-High Rents; How ‘Bad Shabbos’ Became One of the Longest-Running Indie Films in Recent Memory
- The Leaves Are Showing Off Their Colors in Central Park Near West 72nd Street: Photos
- Upper West Side Trick or Trick???
- Hello, Upper West Side. Want to Be Friends?
- Doggy Trick-or-Treating Event this Weekend on the UWS: What to Know
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: What’s the Diet Again?
- The Last Holdout Tenant of an UWS Townhouse Prepares for Another Winter Without Heat or Hot Water
- Honk If You Need to Learn! UWS Native Upgrades the Driving School Game
- Judge Rules in Favor of Owners of Attacked UWS Dogs in Joe Columbus Case
- Pair of UWS Churches Receive Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Funding for Renovations
- Openings & Closings: Ellington in the Park; Linda’s Dry Cleaners (and Kossar’s); Willett’s Corner; Silver Mirror Facial Bar; Be Fit NYC
- WSCAH Launches 2025 Healthy Foods Holiday Challenge to Serve 12,000 Families
- Nearly 20-Year-Old UWS Sidewalk Shed Finally Comes Down
- A WSR Conversation With an UWS Police Officer Trained in Dangerous Dog Enforcement
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 12
- Are You Over 55/60 & Have a History of Low Back Discomfort? The Silver Stars Back Prevention Masterclass Can Help!
- 2 UWS Train Stations to Get New Customer Service Centers
- Eli Northrup Announces Candidacy For UWS, Morningside Heights State Assembly Seat
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Moshe’s Falafel’s Sabich (With a Side of Falafel)
- Monday Bulletin: A Window-Rattling Landlord-Tenant Dispute Unfolds on West 73rd Street; Toby Talbot, UWS Film Pioneer, Dies at 96; A Spooky Walking Tour Comes to the UWS; Meredith Viera’s UWS Penthouse Hits the Market
- Time Takes Its Toll on the Upper West Side
- Ruins in the River: Stories from a Scrappy Little Upper West Side Skyline
- Wall to Wall Stevie Wonder, a Free, Day-Long Tribute to the Iconic Stevie Wonder; Nov 8 at Symphony Space
- UWS Parent to Parent: Loving the Dark
- A Touch of France on the Upper West Side
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: A Mix-Up at the New UWS Gottesman Skating Rink
- Woman Robbed at Gunpoint Inside UWS Train Station: Police
- West Side Canvas: The Fairy of Poet’s Walk
- Manhattan Real Estate Report: It’s a Buffet… Caviar or Corned Beef Hash?
- Connect and Discover – Hearing Access Technologies and Digital Accessibility
- Upper West Side Business Robbed Midday at Gunpoint: Police
- What to Know About the New ‘Danger’ Signs on Grates in Riverside Park
- UWS Marathon Coach and Champion Shares Advice for Running Strong and Happy
- Openings & Closings: Telio Taverna; El Coco; La Perla Nascosta; Durar Cafe; Tim Morehouse Fencing; United Cleaners; Jacob’s Pickles
- Upper West Side to Lose 3 Dedicated Ambulances and Staff
- New UWS Jacob’s Pickles Location to Open on Wednesday
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Facing a Ban, Central Park Horse-Drawn Carriage Drivers Defend Their Industry
- Saul Zabar Poster Unveiled in Upper West Side Train Station: See It
- Man on the Run After Attacking Woman in Upper West Side Home: Police
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Murray’s Sturgeon Shop’s Herring (Schmaltz, Matjes, and Pickled in Cream Sauce)
- Monday Bulletin: UWS School Hit Hard by Increase in Students Needing English Help; Artists Invited to Enter Design Competition for Skating Rink Poster; Saul Zabar Honored Food-centric Shiva
- Upper West Side Retribution
- Spooky Season? All Year Long on the Upper West Side
- Process Begins to Determine Fate of Upper West Side Landmark Church
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: More Wild Animals on the UWS
- 2 More UWS Bus Routes to Get Automated Camera Ticketing System
- Upper West Side Deli Kings Mourn Loss of Saul Zabar
- Grammarmath!
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention NYC Men & Women Over 55–Do You Want To Get Stronger & Feel Younger? See Our Special Offer To Get Started
- A Day of Mourning and Protest at Columbia University On October 7th Anniversary
- Mid-Block Traffic Light Installed on Busy Upper West Side Thoroughfare
- New Name of UWS Metro Theater to Be Revealed on October 28; Preliminary Plans Detailed Here
- Openings & Closings: Rito Gelato; Levitate Studios NYC; The Cashmere Sale; It’Sugar; Yoyo Chicken; The Jewel Boutique; Jack’s Coffee
- KinderFirst at Browning: A Bold New Beginning
- Saul Zabar, Legendary Upper West Side Figure, Dies at 97
- Here Are the UWS Street Closures for Halloween This Year: ‘Trick or Streets’
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 11
- Silver Stars Fitness: Attention Men & Women Over 55/60. AGE is Just a Number. We Help YOU Prove it. See Special Offer!
- Ben Stiller Sells Parents’ UWS Apartment, Preserves Legacy in New Documentary
- Coffee Shop Set to Replace Iconic UWS Cafe Lalo
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Eshel’s Lamb Arayes
- Monday Bulletin: Renderings Revealed for New UWS Building at Former Site of Mermaid Inn; Drama as New Dean Is Installed at UWS Cathedral; Tracking Fall Foliage in Central Park; UWSer Maps 10,000 Pool Tables Around the World
- Philosophical Musings on the Upper West Side
- Dare to Not Have the Perfect Upper West Side Day
- Rag Radio: Walking the Upper West Side’s Streets With Yvonne Vávra
- Men & Women over 55/60 Who Want Personalized Instruction & Accountability; Silver Stars Can Help You Increase Strength & Balance & Move, Feel, & Look Better
- Following Shark Sighting in Hudson River, Bear Attack Spotted on Upper West Side
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Upper West Siders’ Autumnal Pickings
- 15 Centenarians in One Place on the Upper West Side
- Shark Spotted in Hudson River?
- West Side Canvas: Special Edition; Robert Beck’s 100th WSR Painting and Essay
- Why So Many NYC Families Are Making the Leap to the Suburbs
- The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine: A Leader in K-8 Education on the Upper West Side
- Video Appears to Capture Older Woman Placing Dead Chickens on UWS Broadway Median at 2:39 AM
- City Selects New Operator for Central Park’s Wollman Rink: What to Know
- Openings & Closings: Starbucks; Miznon; The Bar; Dim Sum Sam; Spear Sports Club; Club Monaco
- Employee Dies After Confronting Shoplifter At Morton Williams Near Columbus Circle
- A New List of the 23 Best Restaurants on the Upper West Side: Check it Out
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- The New York Piano Society Presents An Afternoon of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and More, October 11th 2 p.m.
- UPDATE: Major UWS Landlord Allegedly Overcharged Senior Tenants on Rent Payments
- Man Hit and Killed by Train on Upper West Side: NYPD
- Late Writer and Actor Malachy McCourt Honored With a Renaming on West 93rd Street
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Bosino’s Pizza (Boscaioloa, Prosciutto and Elisa)
- Secondhand Splendor at the Annual West 104th Street Yard Sale
- Add Meaning to Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah with DOROT
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Choir Performs for Pope Leo XIV; Belvedere Castle a Top Place to Propose; Rats Deserve More Credit than They Get — Study; UWS Artist’s Studio Lives on 60 Years After his Death
- Jumping for Joy on the Upper West Side
- Curbside Connections: New Homes for Old Upper West Side Stories
- UWS Steps Up to Support Advent Food Ministry
- Some Strong Feelings on UWS Coffee Shop Etiquette
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: AI’s Take on an UWS Classic
- ‘Dark Days’ for Immigrants Don’t Deter Upper West Side Asylum Clinic
- Sidewalk Shed Goes Up Outside of New Silver Moon Bakery UWS Storefront
- Language Debates Are Social Glue
- Setting The New Standard of Senior Living: The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights
- What Are the Mysterious Arrows Embedded in Cobblestones Along Riverside Drive Pointing To?
- Take the Tunnel When You’re Crossing the Central Park Drives
- Openings & Closings: La Pecora Bianca; Ooh La La; South of the Clouds; Posh Pop; Patisserie Chanson; QQ Nails & Spa; Wendy’s
- Confessions of an Upper West Side Private Eye (Whom You May or May Not Know)
- UPDATE: Demolition Work Sparks Complaints at Former UWS ABC Site: Possible 1,200-Foot Building on the Way
- 2 Dead Chickens Again Found in the Middle of the Road on Same 3-Block UWS Stretch
- UWS Historical Photo Challenge No. 10
- Popular Upper West Side Yard Sale Back for Another Year
- You Didn’t Ask, But We Listened: A Musical Walking Tour of the Upper West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Plum’s Shrimp Bahn Mi (With a Side of Kimchi Fries)
- Monday Bulletin: TikTok Influencers Join Central Park Carriage-Horse Fight; Tenants Coming Out Ahead (So Far) Despite Rent Increases; UWS Belnord Stars on Two Design Sites This Month; Two Units on Pomander Walk Up for Sale
- New Cell Phone Ban Takes Effect at UWS Schools; Despite Some Adjustment Pains, ‘There’s More Joy’
- Strange Happenings at an UWS Museum Sleepover
- A Mood to Fall For: It’s Glowtime on the Upper West Side
- Upper West Side in the Moment: The Neighborhood in Black and White
- Upper West Sider Wins Emmy for Sound Mixing on Saturday Night Live
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in and Around the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Upper West Side Rats Living in Style
- Paying Homage to the 72nd Street Trader Joe’s Line
- Capturing Life on the Upper West Side, Brushstroke by Brushstroke
- West Side Canvas: Noted UWS Painter Creates a New Cocktail
- The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights: NYC’s Premier Destination for Memory Care
- Ketamine Treatment Center Opens on the Upper West Side
- Locals Push to Reactivate 96th Street Community Art Space Taken Over by Rat and Pigeon Swarms
- Openings & Closings: Water & Wheat; Rosa Mexicano; Xi’an Famous Foods; Aura Yoga + Pilates; Central Park West Dentistry; Mikado; The Upper Room
- Silver Stars Fitness: We Help Men & Women Over 55/60 Get Stronger, Improve Balance, And Move & Feel Better. Learn How We Can Help You!
- Person Shot on Upper West Side, Hooded Suspect Flees on Bike: Police
- How 2 Locals Are Hoping to Improve the Northern Stretch of Broadway on the Upper West Side
- Large Silver Moon Bakery Sign Goes Up at New Upper West Side Home
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Micah Lasher, UWS Assemblymember, Announces Bid to Succeed Jerry Nadler in Congress
- Mid-Block Crosswalk and Traffic Light To Be Installed at 72nd Street
- Here’s the UWS Dish: The Consulate’s Lamb Tartare
- Monday Bulletin: Command Changes Hands at UWS Police Precinct; Meeting on Park Loop Redesign Gets Heated; Trump Organization Outbid for Wollman Rink Contract; Lennon’s Killer Denied Parole