Tag: Riverside Park

All Summer Long: Dancing, Music + Movies on the Pier in Riverside Park

Mike Mishkin April 26, 2022 Events 1 Comment

Summer on the Hudson, a May-to-September series of free events in Riverside Park, will kick off this weekend with events including a tour of the Read More...

Spring Concerts at The Overlook in Riverside Park

Reanna Armellino April 16, 2022 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

Spring has officially sprung in NYC; the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the parks are coming alive again. This May, we can look Read More...

Hippo Playground Spring Fair Returns to Riverside Park

Mike Mishkin March 24, 2022 Events No Comments

After a two-year pandemic-related hiatus, the 37th annual Hippo Playground Spring Fair is scheduled for Sunday, May 1 from 10am-4pm (at the Hippo Playground, 91st Read More...

Old Yacht Clubs of the UWS

Sam Neubauer January 19, 2022 Community No Comments

The Hudson River shoreline is perhaps the best example that New York City is a living, evolving entity. Over the last 400 years, the Upper Read More...

Riverside Park South Used in SNL “Man Park” Skit

Mike Mishkin November 16, 2021 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

A recently aired SNL skit uses a section of Riverside Park South as a “Man Park,” a place where wives and girlfriends can bring their Read More...

Fallen Branch in Riverside Park Lands on Woman’s Foot, Causes Amputation

Bobby Panza October 20, 2021 Community 3 Comments

On July 5, Molly Smith was taking a walk in Riverside Park by the Classic Playground near West 74th Street when a branch landed on Read More...

Private Donor Funds Restoration of Firemen’s Memorial

Mike Mishkin October 4, 2021 Community No Comments

A private donor has supplied the Riverside Park Conservancy with funds to make critical repairs to The Firemen’s Memorial, located at 100th Street in Riverside Read More...

Farewell: Tales from the 79th Street Boat Basin

Guest Author October 3, 2021 Community, Opinion 18 Comments

Christopher Williamson is an artist, musician and impresario who has presented concerts around the world; the former night manager of the original Studio 54; a Read More...

A New Composting Site in Riverside Park

Mike Mishkin September 21, 2021 Community 1 Comment

The Riverside Park Conservancy has launched a composting program in partnership with the Lower East Side Ecology Center. The new site can be found in Riverside Read More...

Chalupa is the Best Goat

Mike Mishkin September 16, 2021 Community No Comments

In Riverside Park Conservancy’s first-ever ranked choice goat vote, Chalupa has edged out Ms. Bo Peep to become the 2021 G.O.A.T. Chalupa, known as “the hungriest Read More...