Tag: riverside park

Reebok Sports Club, one of the most extravagant gyms in the Western hemisphere let alone the Upper West Side, is offering a free month's worth of once-a-week morning rooftop yoga starting this Tuesday. Every Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. a different instructor will lead you in saluting the sun on ...

The 69th Street Transfer Bridge is a glorious post-industrial wreck. Built in 1911 by the New York Central Railroad, it transported freight cars to and from barges on the Hudson River that traveled to New Jersey. As rail transport disappeared, the bridge was abandoned around the late 1960's. About a ...

April 30, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 61 Degrees.

April 17, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees.

Police are looking for a man they say tried to rape a woman running in Riverside Park at about 6 p.m. Friday night. The 24-year-old woman saw the man approaching from behind with his genitals exposed as she ran on a dirt path between 122nd and 125th Streets. He grabbed ...

February 28, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

Sledders in Riverside Park. Photo by Ernie Fritz. Given how long we've waited for snow, it's definitely time to celebrate, and one of the best ways to do that is to hop on a sled! Luckily, Upper West Siders live near some excellent sledding hills, as well as some good ...

Upper West Siders are surrounded by nature, but really most of the nearby natural world is tightly controlled, sectioned off, paved and fenced in (aside from some nasty exceptions like sewer mosquitoes and rats). Yet sometimes the animal kingdom announces its presence in a big way. And while we tend ...

December 13, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 45 Degrees.

The police officer who was involved in a shootout with a man who took his gun on Riverside Drive and 91st Street a few weeks ago is now being investigated by the NYPD's Internal Affairs department, DNAinfo is reporting. The news comes after it was revealed that the same officer ...

November 2, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 56 Degrees.

The snowstorm that slammed the Northeast on Saturday, only to dribble away on Sunday, caused a major impact in the city's parks. In fact, the Central Park Conservancy is estimating a toll of almost 1,000 trees; organization director Douglas Blonsky called it the worst devastation he's seen in his 27 ...

October 31, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 52 Degrees.

Happy snow day everyone. I just got this from the city: ALERT issued 10/29/11 at 8:00 PM. No one should enter any City Park until further notice. Heavy snow and strong wind gusts, combined with full leaves still on trees, are damaging thousands of trees in parks throughout the City. ...

An urban wildlife habitat is a wonderful thing, don’t you think? Before you answer… rise and walk with me to lovely 112th Street and Riverside Drive.

This week, there are lots of free events on the Upper West Side, including the Metropolitan Opera's outdoor screenings of some of its most popular operas in HD. The operas will show right in the middle of Lincoln Center. Also, this week marks the beginning of Human Chess in Riverside ...

By Melissa Cooper No animals are visible on today’s late afternoon dog walk in Riverside Park on the eve of Hurricane Irene’s arrival. Well, actually many animals are out, but only two species: humans and canines.  No wildlife. Not a single bird or squirrel.  Even the cicadas are silent, and ...

By Maria Gorshin Is Riverside Park Manhattan’s best park, or is it forever second to New York’s fabled Central Park? The answer depends on whom you ask. But what is certain is that there always seems to be something more to discover about Riverside. It seems everyone has a certain ...

July 5, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 91 Degrees. Notices: I took some so-so fireworks photos from Riverside Park last night (below), which couldn't hold a candle to the sunset beforehand (above). Did anyone get any good shots of the exploding half-spheres toward the end? Check out our list of ...

If you're stuck in the city like me for this July 4, don't despair! There are tons of things to do, and the weather is supposed to be gorgeous all weekend (though there's a chance of rain Sunday). Also, the great Laura Koo Nicholas made us a special patriotic banner ...