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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 ...

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 ...