Tag: riverside park

Central Park may get the headlines, and the Mandarin Duck, but Riverside Park is the neighborhood's hidden gem. It's the spot to fathom

A local woman's typical evening walk with her pit bull through Riverside Park turned into a frightening struggle against an assailant around 10 p.m. Wednesday night, she tells WSR

After a boisterous welcoming party on Tuesday, the work began for 24 Hudson Valley goats trucked to New York City.

Pamplona has the running of the bulls; the Upper West Side has the running of the goats! Twenty-four goats from the Hudson Valley were

Twenty-four goats are set to arrive in Riverside Park on Tuesday, and already they've caused enough of a stir to make it into

Upper West Siders should never neglect to count their blessings, which include not just one, but both of New York City’s most beautiful parks.

Riverside Park will get extra wild later this month, when a herd of goats arrive for a kind of summer internship.

Like fluttering butterflies descending en masse, the Crab Apple Grove in Riverside Park is boasting floating clouds of pink.

A cyclist slammed into a four-year-old in Riverside Park on Monday, sending the girl to the hospital with a head injury. It’s the latest in what some locals

Riverside Park’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, the ornate circular structure and plaza at 89th Street and Riverside Drive, commemorates

Woodcocks, coyotes, snow scorpionflies, and Adriaen van der Donck were but a few of the bold-faced names mentioned at a recent gathering of the Upper West Side Neighborhood Naturalists

The Parks Department had vowed on Monday to dispose of the rogue toe-like sculpture that someone recently placed in Riverside Park. But as of Tuesday at 6 p.m., it was still there

Stones that appear to have been sculpted in the shape of a toe, or perhaps a finger, were found on "a hidden patch of a stairway" in Riverside Park this weekend.

A section of the Hudson River Bike path was expected to be close on Monday and stay closed for about five weeks as the Department of Transportation fixes

Two men wearing ski masks robbed a young man and woman inside Riverside Park at 108th Street around 8:00 p.m. on Friday evening, police officials said. 

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until noon. The NYC Parks Department is advising people to stay

Neil Harris Jr., the Long Island man who lived the last years of his life in Riverside Park, will have a new memorial service on Nov. 4 after

A very unique show called "Tear of the Cloud" opens tonight. The show by experimental artist Tony Oursler uses projected light cast against the Hudson River

One new art installation is live with two more set to open in October driven by various public art programs in partnership with NYC Parks.

The city is testing a raccoon found last week near Neufeld Playground near 76th Street in Riverside Park to determine if it has canine distemper