Category: Community

Retired Judge Sid Gribetz, NY’s Leading Jazz Archivist-DJ, Reflects on 40 Swinging Years at Columbia’s WKCR-FM

Allan Ripp December 8, 2025 Community No Comments

Sid Gribetz is unarguably one of New York’s leading jazz savants. He’s the author of multiple discographies and a sometime professor of jazz history who Read More...

Three New Bike Corrals Coming Soon to the Upper West Side

Bobby Panza December 5, 2025 Community No Comments

Lock it up. New York City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) confirmed to ILTUWS that the Upper West Side will soon get three more bike corrals installed across the neighborhood. Read More...

Upper West Side Tenant Leader Calls for Support Ahead of Three Kings Day Celebration

Mike Mishkin December 5, 2025 Community No Comments

A longtime community leader at NYCHA's Douglass Houses is asking New Yorkers to step up as she prepares for what may be her most difficult Three Kings Day yet. Read More...

Teen Sisters Launch UWS Food Rescue Effort, Delivering Hundreds of Meals Weekly

Mike Mishkin December 4, 2025 Community No Comments

A new grassroots effort to reduce food waste — and get fresh meals to neighbors who need them — is gaining traction on the Upper West Side, thanks to three … Read More...

Why This Popular UWS Volunteer Group Is Suddenly Closing After Five Years

Mike Mishkin December 1, 2025 Community No Comments

OneBlock UWS, a volunteer-driven cleanup initiative that became a fixture of the neighborhood at the height of the pandemic, is shutting down after five years. Read More...

Most Read Stories, November 2025

Mike Mishkin December 1, 2025 Community No Comments

Here were our biggest stories in November, according to you. Housing Lotteries Open for Three- and Four-Bedroom Co-ops: Purchase Prices in the $60 – 77,000 Read More...

NY Loves Yoga Finds New Home — with a Big Assist from Another UWS Business

Mike Mishkin November 28, 2025 Community No Comments

NY Loves Yoga has found a new place to call home following last month’s fire that forced the beloved Upper West Side studio to close its doors. Read More...

Theodore Dixon: Veteran, Advocate of Love, and Mayor of Muffins Café Passes at 100

Bobby Panza November 24, 2025 Community No Comments

Flowers and a memorial note sat on Theo’s bench at Muffins Café on Friday, November 21. Read More...

Construction Begins on 71st Street Bike Corrals by Busy McDonald’s

Bobby Panza November 23, 2025 Community No Comments

Plagued by congestion—largely caused by bikes parked or riding through the Sherman Square Pedestrian Plaza outside the McDonald’s area at 2049 Broadway, between West 70th and 71st Streets—and after back-and-forth … Read More...

Daycare Center Faces Scrutiny After Bleach Solution Mistakenly Served to Children

Mike Mishkin November 21, 2025 Community No Comments

Bright Horizons’ Columbus Circle location — already under intense scrutiny after three employees were indicted this summer for allegedly abusing toddlers — is now the subject of a newly revealed … Read More...