No Contact Delivery To The Upper West Side

Sara Lewin Lebwohl March 15, 2020 Food & Drink 1 Comment

As NYC practices social distancing during the coronavirus panic, delivery services are following suit by offering no contact delivery. While this is a difficult time, Read More...

Fairway Receives Huge Offer To Sell Stores

Mike Mishkin March 14, 2020 Food & Drink, Shopping No Comments

Fairway has received at $75 million offer for six of its stores – five in Manhattan and one in Pelham Manor (Westchester), in addition to Read More...

Hawa Smoothies and Bubble Tea to Open at 495 Amsterdam Ave

Mike Mishkin March 14, 2020 Food & Drink No Comments

Hawa Smoothies and Bubble Tea has leased a 350 square foot space at 495 Amsterdam Avenue, located off the corner of 84th Street. Thanks to Read More...

Red-Tailed Hawk Spotted Outside UWS Window

Mike Mishkin March 11, 2020 Community No Comments

A red-tailed hawk sighting recently took place on the Upper West Side. Our reader, Jessica Turco, spotted the bird sitting on an AC unit outside Read More...

Town Hall: “Retail Challenges on the Upper West Side” (TEMPORARILY POSTPONED)

Mike Mishkin March 10, 2020 Events No Comments

This event is temporarily postponed. We’ll provide an update once it is rescheduled. The Business & Consumer Issues Committee (BCI) of Community Board 7 is Read More...

Apple TV Releases Trailer For “Central Park”

Mike Mishkin March 10, 2020 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Apple TV has released the trailer for “Central Park”, an animated musical comedy coming out this May (via tvguide.com). It was originally scheduled to be Read More...

The Strand Approaches April Opening

Sara Lewin Lebwohl March 10, 2020 Shopping No Comments

The Strand Bookstore’s UWS location will be opening in early April. Their website already has three events listed, the earliest being April 15th. The new Read More...

New York Language Center: Breaking Language Barriers with English Courses

Mike Mishkin March 9, 2020 Community, Sponsored No Comments

Do you know someone who needs to learn or improve their English skills? New York Language Center makes learning English affordable, convenient, and fun. With Read More...

Free Event: Lost Movie Houses of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood

Mike Mishkin March 9, 2020 Events No Comments

During the 20th century there were 16 movie theaters in the Bloomingdale area. Now the only one that remains standing is the Metro (formerly the Read More...

The 1950s & ‘60s on West 96th Street

Claudie Benjamin March 7, 2020 Community 31 Comments

Odd, what’s gone. Take newsstands. Sprawling out from a minimal shelter for the vendor, green-painted newsstands were predictably located outside of subway entrances. Newspapers were Read More...