Central Park’s Hooverville: Depression-Era Squatter Colonies on the Great Lawn

Sam Neubauer December 17, 2021 Community No Comments

Since the late 1930s, the Great Lawn has been home to softball games, sunbathing and picnics, making it one of New York City’s most beloved Read More...

2021 Worst Landlord List Includes These on the Upper West Side

Mike Mishkin December 17, 2021 Real Estate 5 Comments

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams has released the 2021 edition of the “Worst Landlord Watchlist,” which identifies “which residential property owners consistently flout City Read More...

A Hole in the Sky

Mike Mishkin December 16, 2021 Community No Comments

An Upper West Sider tweeted this photo on Thursday and it’s gone semi-viral. Unsure of what she was seeing, @Timberdoodle20 asked the crowd for input. Read More...

Landmark West Continues Battle Against 50 West 66th Street

E.L. Danvers December 16, 2021 Real Estate 4 Comments

Landmark West’s battle against Upper West Side supertalls marches on. Its appeal made against 50 West 66th Street will be heard before an appellate court panel Read More...

Two Upper West Side Streets to be Renamed

E.L. Danvers December 16, 2021 Community 3 Comments

The New York City Council’s Committee on Parks and Recreation met on December 14, 2021 and voted unanimously (with one member absent) to rename 199 Read More...

UPDATE: The Bottom Line on the Giant Snowflakes

Bobby Panza December 15, 2021 Community 9 Comments

We saw it coming: outrage on the Upper West Side following our report that the giant snowflakes, which have historically hung over the intersections on Read More...

Best-Selling Author Back at the JCC

Mike Mishkin December 15, 2021 Sponsored, Events No Comments

New York Times best-selling author Eve Rodsky is coming back to the JCC for a conversation with Vanessa Kroll Bennett about her newest book, “Find Read More...

Hettie Anderson (1873-1938): African American Portrait Model, Overlooked Upper West Sider

Hazen Cuyler December 15, 2021 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

In 1974, Bill and Willow Hagans traveled from Detroit to New York City to be married at City Hall. Watching over their ceremony from high Read More...

Man Shot on Broadway, Suspects at Large

Bobby Panza December 14, 2021 Community 17 Comments

On Tuesday morning at about 1:12am, a 30-year-old male was shot three times outside 2644 Broadway between West 100th and 101st streets. The bullets struck Read More...

The Coolest Tree in NYC

Mike Mishkin December 14, 2021 Community No Comments

NYC’s most beautiful tree is on the Upper West Side. I’m not biased … I’m just telling you. Find out what makes this (sometimes) green Read More...