Upper West Side Private School Faces Closure After Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Emergency Loan

Mike Mishkin May 20, 2025 Community 2 Comments

An Upper West Side private school may be on the brink of closure after a federal bankruptcy judge declined to approve a last-ditch financing proposal intended to keep it afloat. Read More...

Upper West Side Child Reported Missing for At Least Third Time

Mike Mishkin May 20, 2025 Community 2 Comments

The NYPD has issued an alert about an Upper West Side teenager who has been missing for over two weeks. Read More...

Farewell, Shakespeare & Co.: The Strand to Take Over UWS Location

Bobby Panza May 19, 2025 Shopping 1 Comment

The Strand will be taking over Shakespeare & Co.’s 2020 Broadway location. Read More...

Lincoln Center Unveils Renderings for Western Side of Campus

Mike Mishkin May 19, 2025 Arts & Entertainment 2 Comments

Lincoln Center has released initial renderings of the campus in its future form, with construction set to begin next year. Read More...

Infamous 74th Street Townhouses Fully Boarded Up

Bobby Panza May 19, 2025 Real Estate 2 Comments

In a 2006 New York Times story, “Even a Major Architect Has Minor Commissions,” writer Christopher Gray discussed two rowhouses at 231–233 West 74th Street. Read More...

Community Rallies Around Central Park Gardener as His Family Faces Cancer Diagnosis

Mike Mishkin May 19, 2025 Community No Comments

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support Brian Huber, a longtime Central Park Conservancy employee, as his wife Giselle undergoes treatment for lymphoma Read More...

Upper West Side Rents Fall as Leasing Activity Rises: Report

Mike Mishkin May 19, 2025 Real Estate 1 Comment

In a city where rent increases have become as predictably boring as subway delays, the UWS broke with convention in April. Read More...

Super Fly Grand Opening Next Week: A Look Inside the Upper West Side’s Newest Licensed Dispensary

Bobby Panza May 16, 2025 Shopping No Comments

Currently in the midst of a soft-opening that began on May 10, Super Fly Dispensary welcomed ILTUWS to check out its first retail location in the neighborhood. Read More...

NASA Climate Scientists Face Eviction from Longtime Upper West Side Home

Mike Mishkin May 16, 2025 Community 15 Comments

After nearly 60 years on the Upper West Side, a quiet yet globally impactful hub of climate science is being uprooted—suddenly and with little clarity about what comes next.  Read More...

Two Surprising Upper West Side Restaurants Make Eater’s Best Dessert List

Mike Mishkin May 16, 2025 Food & Drink 3 Comments

Two Upper West Side restaurants have earned spots on Eater’s freshly published roundup of NYC’s best desserts. Read More...