Tag: 76th street

Upper West Siders have a funny way of reacting to rats. It brings out our theatrical side. The "rat house" on 74th street inspired art. A construction site at 52 West 76th Street, however, is now inspiring anew kind of civic protest.

The Upper West Side has had its taste of mayhem this weekend. On Friday night, a manhole exploded on West 76th Street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue around 9:20 p.m., a local resident told blog My Upper West. The air was "thick with the smell of burning rubber ...

'Twas a very sad day when Niko's Mediterranean Grill & Bistro closed earlier this year. The Greek restaurant, which had held down its corner at Broadway and 76th Street for more than a decade, was forced to relinquish its lease in February. But now we can turn our collective grief ...