Tag: upper west side

This weekend has been a relatively violent one on the Upper West Side, with at least two serious incidents. On Friday just before midnight, three young men were shot in front of the building at 175 West 90th Street off of Amsterdam Avenue (pictured above). Details of the shooting, reported ...

By Joan Wile I've lived mostly on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for 58 years. I wouldn't live anywhere else, although I tried to twice. But, I came running back as soon as I could. It's been great for all my phases of life, starting with when I came ...

First of all, Kid Rock is playing the Beacon this Saturday, so put that on the calendar. Okay, now that that's out of the way... Halloween may have come and gone, but there's always time for costumes. This weekend, the New-York

For those of you with a sweet tooth, a wave of new cake and cupcake shops on the Upper West Side -- including a new spot that specializes in flourless chocolate cakes -- will make you giggle in that sugar-crazed kind of way. The Upper West Side was already brimming ...

November 18, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

Dear Upper West Side Realtors & Brokers, Enough with the shenanigans! I’m so on to you. You’ve breached listings with lies and your act is rusty. The business of deceit and the bait-n-switch is a tired racket. But fear not! I’ve come to help you with your honesty-woes. See, I’m ...

November 17, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 48 Degrees.

November 16, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 57 Degrees.

By Laura Weiss You decide one night to make the trek to a local movie theater. You want to ditch Netflix for a change. You want to take in a film on the big screen with a humongous tub of buttery, salty popcorn at your side. But watch out junk ...

November 15, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 64 Degrees.

Buy Sanford Weill's old penthouse at 15 Central Park West on 63rd Street for his asking price of $88 million and you will get: Penthouse: Yes Rooms: 10.0 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 6.5 Library: Yes Outdoor space: Terrace Woodburning fireplaces: 2 City views: Yes Park views: Yes Air conditioning: Central Air ...

Wouldn't be great to meet your neighbors? At least the ones who aren't crazy/mean? Well, this is your week, with lots of events to draw out Upper West Siders, from an appearance by an author who took pictures of the Upper West Side from the air, to afternoon happy hours ...

After the freak October snowstorm a few weeks ago, it seemed like we might not get fall at all this year. But fall happened this weekend in a big way. Check out some pictures of Central Park:

The 32-year-old woman who was hit by a Mercury Mountaineer and killed on Thursday night was an Italian singer who had recently moved to New York to try to make a career here. The singer, Daniela D'Ercole, was crossing Broadway at 106th Street after getting out of a cab when ...

By Katie Barry While cabbing it from Chelsea to the Upper West Side last week, I found a 24 year-old New Jersey lady's drivers license in the cab. My friend Ken's first response was, "What? You can't return it. My Nigerian prince needs it." We had a good laugh or ...

West Side Rag columnist Harriet Flehinger saw these mannequins on 73rd Street and Broadway, outside American Apparel, and knew they would not be there for long. In fact, a man grabbed one and scurried across the street just before she snapped this picture. They are quite something, aren't they? So ...

Do you like the feeling of walls closing in on you? Have you ever wanted to literally roll out of bed into the shower? Then maybe this 100-square-foot rental at 114 West 71st Street is exactly what you need! It's going for $1,000, and the broker points out: "This is ...

By Marjorie Cohen Get ready for some wonderful surprises when you enter the new and vastly improved New York Historical Society on 77th Street and Central Park West. After three years and $70 million dollars worth of renovations both inside and out, this venerable institution has let in the light ...

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 10, 2011 Weather: Afternoon Showers, High of 63 Degrees.