Category: Community

Multiple Members Abruptly Step Down from UWS Coalition

Bobby Panza June 24, 2022 Community 3 Comments

Founded in 2021 by a group of block and neighborhood association leaders, the UWS Coalition formed as an umbrella organization to help community groups “form Read More...

Bloomingdale Playground’s “It’s Our Park Day”

Hazen Cuyler June 24, 2022 Community No Comments

New York City playgrounds have unique identities; some have rivers, some have dinosaurs, and some feature sculptures of people with slides for legs. Despite their diverse designs, Read More...

Florist Couple Robbed at Outdoor Shop

Reanna Armellino June 23, 2022 Community 4 Comments

Mari and Aurelio Espinoza set up a little outdoor flower mart at the bodega on the northwest corner of 104th and Amsterdam in May. Originally Read More...

Park Updates About Rollerskating Dancers and Running Goats

Mike Mishkin June 22, 2022 Community No Comments

The Central Park Conservancy has closed the path east of Sheep Meadow … perhaps best known as the Skate Circle, where the Central Park Dance Read More...

Truck Lands in Sinkhole on 89th and Columbus

Mike Mishkin June 21, 2022 Community No Comments

A large number of FDNY vehicles swarmed to West 89th Street and Columbus Avenue early Tuesday after receiving notice of a ruptured gas main in Read More...

UWS Nuggets: Produce For Seniors, Pot Talks, Ramen Expansion, Lincoln Center Wedding

Mike Mishkin June 18, 2022 Community 1 Comment

Here are some bite-sized bits of news for Upper West Siders. Read More...

News from Riverside Park: Goats, Tennis Courts and Stairs

Mike Mishkin June 15, 2022 Community 1 Comment

Riverside Park Conservancy has announced the forthcoming return of the weed-eating goats for their third official summer internship. Read More...

The Upper West Side’s Newest Bird-Watching Hotspot

Hazen Cuyler June 14, 2022 Community 3 Comments

Nestled atop the southwest tower of St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church (86th and West End Ave) reside New York City’s most fearsome Read More...

StretchLab Coming to Columbus Avenue

Bobby Panza June 14, 2022 Community No Comments

StretchLab — the nation’s largest assisted-stretching franchise, which just opened its 200th location in California last week — is preparing to let it loose at 330 Read More...

Someone Has Been Launching Eggs into Verdi Square

Bobby Panza June 14, 2022 Community 10 Comments

Heads up, Upper West Siders: we recently received a tip that a mischievous egg-thrower has been targeting Verdi Square for the last few weeks. Read More...