Category: Community

This Traveling Piano Man Wants to Stay at Your Apartment

Bobby Panza August 24, 2021 Community 3 Comments

It’s an Upper West Side call to hearts. I was recently approached with a request from West 69th Street Block Association President Eileen Vazquez. She Read More...

Adult Swim Classes at The JCC Are Back!

Mike Mishkin August 23, 2021 Sponsored, Community 2 Comments

This fall marks the return of adult swim classes at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan on 76th street and Amsterdam! Whether you are new to the Read More...

There’s a Chicken on the Loose

Mike Mishkin August 20, 2021 Community 4 Comments

A volunteer from the CSS (Columbia Secondary School) Garden, located on 119th and Amsterdam Avenue, reached out to us to bring awareness to their missing Read More...

Zabar’s Lox Slicer Reflects on Fame

Mike Mishkin August 18, 2021 Community 1 Comment

Several months after returning to Zabar’s – following a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic – 91 year old lox slicer Len Berk has written Read More...

Spotted Lanternflies are EVERYWHERE

Mike Mishkin August 17, 2021 Community 13 Comments

Soon after we reported that a spotted lanternfly had made an appearance on an Upper West Side terrace – hoping and believing it would be Read More...

QUIZ: The 1980s Vs. Today

Patricia Youngquist August 16, 2021 Community No Comments

“Those Were The Days” on the UWS… Read More...

Riverside Park South Enters Final Phase of Construction

Mike Mishkin August 15, 2021 Community 3 Comments

The Riverside Park Conservancy announced that work has begun on the sixth and final phase of construction within Riverside Park South (between 59th and 65th Read More...

Community Board 7 Members Petition to Continue Meeting Virtually

Mike Mishkin August 15, 2021 Community 1 Comment

Thirty-one members of Community Board 7 (who aren’t quite ready to attend in-person meetings) are petitioning to amend a law so that they can continue Read More...

A Colorful Invasion: The Spotted Lanternfly Says Hi to Manhattan

Mike Mishkin August 14, 2021 Community 10 Comments

An Upper West Sider spotted and photographed this weird looking (but kind of beautiful) insect on their 18th floor terrace in the West 90s: Read More...

The Upper West Side “Trashwalker”

Mike Mishkin August 10, 2021 Community 1 Comment

A 30 year old Upper West Sider named Anna Sacks has been making headlines for walking around the neighborhood, and all over NYC, digging through Read More...