Scooter Driver Who Killed Lisa Banes Sentenced in UWS Hit-and-Run

Spencer Cain December 1, 2022 Community 5 Comments

Brian Boyd was handed a one-to-three-year prison sentence this week for fatally striking actress Lisa Banes on 64th and Amsterdam Avenue last June. Read More...

Warby Parker Opening Second Columbus Avenue Location

Bobby Panza November 30, 2022 Shopping 1 Comment

Named after two characters (Warby Pepper and Zagg Parker) found in an early unpublished journal by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, Warby Parker—the online Read More...

Most Read Stories, November 2022

Mike Mishkin November 29, 2022 Community No Comments

Here were our biggest stories in November, according to you. Read More...

Holiday Nostalgia Rides are Back – and on the 1 Line

Mike Mishkin November 27, 2022 Arts & Entertainment 2 Comments

After a 2-year hiatus, the MTA has brought back its annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides on the New York Transit Museum’s vintage fleet. Read More...

Emmy Squared Pizza Announces Grand Opening

Mike Mishkin November 26, 2022 Food & Drink 3 Comments

Emmy Squared Pizza will be having its official grand opening at 200 West 60th Street (on Amsterdam Ave) on Thursday, December 1. Read More...

Amazon Delivery Worker Punches Resident in Face After Heated Exchange with Doorman

Mike Mishkin November 25, 2022 Community 20 Comments

After yelling at a doorman, an Amazon delivery person assaulted an Upper West Side resident this past weekend. Read More...

Make My Cake Closes Columbus Square Shop

Mike Mishkin November 25, 2022 Food & Drink 6 Comments

Make My Cake, a Harlem-based bakery which expanded to the Upper West Side in 2018, has shut its doors. (Thanks to Amelia Gewirtz for the Read More...

Winter’s Eve is No More: Here’s What’s Happening Instead This Year

Bobby Panza November 24, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

It’s official: Winter’s Eve is officially Upper West Side history. Read More...

Smoke Shop on 83rd and Columbus Robbed at Gunpoint

Mike Mishkin November 24, 2022 Community 9 Comments

The NYPD is seeking assistance from the public in identifying two suspects wanted for robbing an Upper West Side smoke shop earlier this week. Read More...

An Incredibly Confusing Community Board Meeting. About Bike Lanes.

Philip Santos Schaffer November 23, 2022 Community 4 Comments

Community Board 7 met over Zoom on Monday, November 21 to discuss a recent resolution regarding crosstown bike lanes. But unclear writing and an unshared Read More...