Tag: upper west side

The phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, where the sun lines up perfectly with the Manhattan street grid, is starting tonight. It will happen four times

From the sudden closure of Tim Gunn's bagel shop, to a new bar and an exciting new bakery, we've got lots of Upper West Side openings and closings to report.

Hans Honschar, aka "Ace," is crouched over the pavement in front of Zen Medica on West 72nd street putting

New Italian food is coming to the Upper West Side, as some "essential" and less essential businesses close.

It's Open Thread Wednesday, where you can speak your mind about topics of interest on the UWS, and tap the collective hive mind of our readers. It's quite a hive.

The Department of Transportation presented a plan Wednesday night to put 39 CitiBike stations on the Upper West Side, scattering them from 60th to 107th street. They could

Not only do we have young authors on the Upper West Side, but there are young philanthropists and scientists here too.

A state judge ruled that an apartment building on 79th street that had been reserved for low-income locals can rent rooms for as short a period as seven days, opening it up to tourists.

It's Open Thread Wednesday, your chance to discuss an issue or ask a question in the comments. Here's a random thought that perhaps someone would like to address: Why don't more

We've been getting tons of great Spring photos from readers and we're happy to share them below.

The West Side Campaign Against Hunger will get $250,000 to pay for a mobile food pantry after receiving the most votes in Council member Helen Rosenthal's participatory budgeting contest. In all, four projects out

Stephen Harmon, who has been taking photos of the neighborhood for decades, sent us some shots of the Upper West Side as seen through the window of his Nissan Maxima.

Starbucks is often blamed for pushing out mom and pop stores, but some pundits now think that the coffee behemoth could get priced out of some of its stores -- including one on Columbus Avenue and

Upper West Side synagogues will come together on Wednesday and Thursday to read the names of many of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust for Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

By Allan Ripp As someone who walks around New York A LOT - some days more than 20 miles between pre-dawn loops of Central Park, exercising my dog or commuting by foot

Longtime Upper West Sider Stephen Harmon has been carrying his camera around the neighborhood for decades, capturing the unique spirit and style of the people here.

Nicholas Figueroa, who died in the East Village explosion last week, grew up and went to school on the Upper West Side, and his father still works

If you're like me, you're running out of tube stocks and are thus excited for the new street fair season, which debuts next month on the Upper West Side.

Caroline Gates reported an attempted dog-napping outside a popular Morningside Heights cafe last week. The cafe asked her not to mention its name. Her story is below.

Are you curious about the history of your building, your church, your synagogue, your kids’ school? Or maybe that interesting­looking building down the block?