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Fall on the Upper West Side, so damn photogenic.

A parrot relaxed on Wednesday night at the Pier I Cafe at West 70th street inside Riverside Park. It sipped liquid (Chardonnay?) from a plastic cup and took in the sights

Petco put on a snowday in Riverside Park on Saturday, making fake snow in a fenced-in area of the park in the mid-80's.

Riverside Park was closed off this morning after police found a 25-year-old woman dead near a tree in the park around West 99th street.

We received the following information from a community group that helps support the 105th Street Dog Run in Riverside Park.

The cafe inside Riverside Park at 105th street should reopen soon, as the owners of The Ellington restaurant on 106th street and Amsterdam have

Summer on the Hudson is picking up at Riverside Park, with free pilates, yoga, tai-chi and kayaking.

Summer on the Hudson, an event series in Riverside Park, is set to kick off at the start of May and the city has released the first month of the schedule. All events are free to the

Looking for a good way to celebrate Spring and help out in the neighborhood? The Riverside Park Conservancy is looking for volunteers to help fill sandboxes at the playgrounds in

Riverside and Central Parks have some fun events on tap the next two weeks.

The first good snowstorm of the year is upon us, and it's time to get out those sleds! Luckily, Upper West Siders live near some excellent sledding

If you've got a strong back, a strong mind or even strong breath you can help your community. We've heard about several

Check out some news relevant to the Upper West Side that we've seen in other news outlets over the past week.

Several victims remained in the hospital after the attacks this morning in Riverside Park, in which police say a deranged homeless man identified as Julius Graham randomly stabbed five people with scissors. Graham first stabbed a female runner around 65th street in the park, then he stabbed a man walking ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested for sexually abusing a 2-year-old girl in a bathroom stall in Riverside Park on Tuesday afternoon around 5:14 p.m., an NYPD spokesman told us.

There have been some disturbing reports in the past few days about crimes in Central and Riverside Parks. Bicyclists have been attacked twice in Riverside Park in the past couple of weeks by thugs wielding ropes, bats and brass knuckles. The attacks happened along the Hudson above 160th street, according ...

A dock in the Hudson River at 72nd street that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy has been repaired, and the city and Downtown Boathouse are reopening free kayaking to the pubic starting this Sunday. The Riverside Park Conservancy hasn't listed kayaking on its website yet, but this is what the ...

The skateboarding park in Riverside Park on 108th street recently got a big makeover and is getting a new name to honor Upper West Side skating legend Andy Kessler. City skateboarding enthusiasts have been

Riverside Park will once again host Movies Under the Stars, its outdoor movie series on Pier 1 at 70th street. The series kicks off on Wednesday night starting around 8:30 p.m. with the showing of Gold Diggers of 1933. Here's a description: "Millionaire turned composer Dick Powell rescues unemployed Broadway ...

Editor's Note: Tech company Pensa recently installed solar-powered cell-phone-charging stations in Riverside Park and at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park (69th street off of 5th Avenue). Jillian Gray checked out the Riverside Park station, which is near Pier 1 cafe around 70th street inside the park, and sent in the ...