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Riverside Park has been taking away garbage cans and asking people to carry their trash out of the park with them, even if that means carrying around their steaming dog poop bags until they leave the park. The movement and removal of the cans has upset people who use the ...

The Hudson River Greenway bike path between 59th and 72nd street now has lights at night, an amenity that bicyclists have been asking for for years. But police are also apparently ticketing people who bike on the Greenway after the park closes at 1 a.m., according to a reader who ...

The Riverside Park Conservancy plans to will do some spring cleaning on Saturday, and it needs your help.

It doesn't seem like a great day for sledding, but it's certainly a great day for photos. The snow is sticking especially well to trees , lamp posts and buildings. If you have photos, send them along: info at westsiderag dot com. The Central Park Drives are closed this morning ...

Riverside Park South, which stretches from 59th to 72nd street, was built in 2000. But Councilwoman Gale Brewer says it's gotten so much use that it now needs another upgrade. She's asking for ideas to make the park better: "March 7, 2013 at 9am Tour of Riverside Park South. Meet ...

Sledders in Riverside Park. Photo by Ernie Fritz. The storm of the century will eventually give way to the sledding opportunity of the century, and you'd better be ready! Luckily, Upper West Siders live near some excellent sledding hills, as well as some good spots for coffee and hot chocolate ...

January 7, 2013 Weather: Sunny, High of 43 Degrees.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready: Central and Riverside Parks need your help. On Saturday, both parks will be holding service days where volunteers can help clean up. More than 550 trees were damaged or destroyed in Central Park in Hurricane Sandy; the photo above shows a line of ...

Even on the mostly unscathed Upper West Side, we're not quite back to "normal." Parks will stay closed until Friday morning because of the Nor'easter that hit the city late on Wednesday. If you see a damaged tree, here's what to do: "During the storm emergency, the Parks Department is ...

Just when you thought it safe to go outside again, a new storm is barreling down on New York. And that means parks and playgrounds are closing again. Yes, this feels like a sick joke, but heed the warnings and stay out of the parks: Due to possibility of strong ...

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

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

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

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

A 19-year-old woman who said she was raped last month in Riverside Park around 95th Street "wasn't credible," said Deputy Inspector Nancy Barry, the commander of the 24th Precinct, at a community meeting on Wednesday night. The NYPD's Special Victims Unit dropped the case, said Barry, after we asked her ...

October 24, 2012 Weather: Showers, High of 60 Degrees.

October 8, 2012 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 55 Degrees.

October 3, 2012 Weather: A Few Showers, High of 74 Degrees

September 10, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 73 Degrees.

A 19-year-old woman reported being raped in Riverside Park around 96th Street Monday morning around 2:30 a.m. She was transported to St. Luke's Hospital and was in