Tag: hurricane sandy

Our parks are coming back, but they need your help. Central Park is expected to reopen tomorrow at 8 a.m., the conservancy says. Over 500 tress have been destroyed, and the cleanup work

Heard about some more volunteering/aid needs to add to the story we posted yesterday. Update: The information below may not be current. We have an ongoing list of needs posted here. From Shelly Fine: Evacuees have been transported to two Centers: Consolidation  Evacuation Center is in George Washington High School. ...

Casa Pomona, the Spanish restaurant that's getting set to open at 507 Columbus Avenue (between 84th and 85th Streets next door to Kefi), will host a special dinner on Monday to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy. Casa Pomona, one of the 10 upcoming restaurants we highlighted in September, plans to ...

Upper West Siders heeded the call to help out the people who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy, bringing clothes and volunteering their time at shelters over the past few days. Evacuees from other parts of the city were sent to the neighborhood, and hundreds

We've received information on the openings of some more local institutions:

Con Edison has a handy map of power outages in the city, and it shows specific blocks where power is out, explaining the cause and, in some cases, the expected restoration date. This morning, the map shows isolated outages around 73rd, 89th, 99th and 109th Streets. Clearly, we're very lucky ...

Central Park has begun releasing photos from the park in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and the damage is clearly substantial. Please remember: the park remains closed, and going inside will just make it more difficult on conservancy staff and police. The conservancy has hired contractors, helped by staff, to ...

Riverside and Central Park both sustained significant damage from Hurricane Sandy, and the parks still aren't safe for people to enter. That hasn't stopped some people from ducking under police tape to go in, however. Police have been stationed at

As we reported last night, the Upper West Side is now housing evacuees from all over the city, because we have power and food. It's time to roll out the welcome mat! Just learned this from Linda

Got cabin fever? Tired of playing the same board games with your kids, whose schools remain closed because of the hurricane? The New-York Historical Society on 79th Street and Central Park West is open and wants to entertain you, while benefiting hurricane victims. Admission is "pay-as-you-wish" with proceeds going to ...

Just got the following notice from Lauren Schuster, the chief of staff for State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal: "We need volunteers at all the local shelters for the overnight in particular.  Folks have been sent to the shelters on the UWS from shelters that have lost their power elsewhere.  Here is the information, please ...

We knew that Hurricane Sandy would rise over the banks of Riverside Park, but we had no idea how high it would go. In

The Upper West Side certainly avoided the worst damage from Hurricane Sandy, but lots of scaffolding and trees are down, and parks and businesses have certainly sustained significant damage. See our photo gallery here (and if you took photos, please send them to us at info@westsiderag.com). Much of the rest ...

Hurricane Sandy has made landfall in New Jersey, the winds have kicked up, and Riverside Park South is submerged under water. Schools and the stock market are closed on Tuesday, and basically all events have been cancelled. Don't go into parks. In fact, don't go outside. Just got this from ...

An apparently unmanned sailboat became unmoored this afternoon on the Hudson River, and began floating up the river, narrowly missing smashing into the pier. George Guerrero had been watching the boat on the river from his Riverside Boulevard apartment when he turned away and all of a sudden the boat ...

The top of a crane that's attached about 80 stories high at 57th Street and 6th Avenue has just collapsed, and a massive portion of it is dangling precipitously. "This is bad...it's going to fall into the street," said George Guerrero, who sent us these photographs that he took from ...

Sandy's here! Now seriously, stop running near the river and go inside. Thanks to Bethany Jenkins for the photo.

What stores and restaurants are open on the Upper West Side today even as Hurricane Sandy pummels the city? We've begun a list below, and we need your help to expand it. If you hear that a place is open, let us know in

Here's the good news: the Upper West Side is the second-most elevated area in New York City after Washington Heights. Here's the bad news: Zabar's is already closed and will be closed on Monday. As for Tuesday, who knows. More disturbing news: The residents who live in boats at the ...

At the first sign of danger, Upper West Siders tend to go food shopping. But what do they buy? We took an informal survey.