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We reported last week that free kayaking on the Hudson was back. Lo and behold: we were wrong! Although kayaking was still listed on the Riverside Park Conservancy's calendar as of this morning, it's not actually happening, because the dock where it happens has destroyed in Hurricane Sandy. Sorry for ...

Riverside Park is looking for high schoolers for its Teen Corps this summer:

Riverside Park is hopping this summer, with various ways to laugh and get wet.

Free yoga and pilates classes in Riverside Park are back starting this week. Pilates is on Tuesdays at 6:30 and yoga is on Wednesdays at 6:30. Both occur at The Plaza at 66th Street (in Riverside Park South). PILATES 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. This total body workout is a great way ...

Dozens of police officers came out to Riverside Park this morning around 119th street after finding a bloody knife and several pools of blood by the tennis courts. Helicopters were flying over the neighborhood around 8 a.m., and police streamed into the park. NYC Parks Advocates, a blog run by ...

See, New Jersey can look beautiful in the right light. Photo from Riverside Park around 70th street on Wednesday night courtesy of

A driver on his way to New Jersey on Wednesday at about 10 a.m. turned West around 88th Street. Unfortunately for him, there is no road there, a fact that neither the GPS nor his own eyes apparently recognized. The front-wheel drive car got stuck on the stairs, spinning its ...

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