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- Openings & Closings: Teddy’s Collection; Hamilton Deli; Spear Physical Therapy; Friedmans West; PC Richard & Son; Fresh Bites Marketplace
- Lone UWS Public Pool Closed Due To Lifeguard Shortage
- Well-Paid Maids Cleaners Get Paid $27/Hour — and Access to Great Benefits
- Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks on the Hudson River: Start Time, Performers, Viewing Spots, Street Closures
- UWS Openings From the First Half of 2024: A Very Long List
- New York Times Writer James Barron, a Longtime Upper West Sider, Gets to the Heart of the City That Never Sleeps
- The Summer of Soccer
- Riverside Park Goats Make An Uptown Move
- New Coffee Shop Brings Yemen’s Renowned Coffee and Little-Known Culture to the Upper West Side
- UWS Street Among First Slated For Slower Speed Limit Under New Law: Here’s Where
- JCC Summer of Light: Come Celebrate With Us Throughout the Summer
- Monday Bulletin: Beloved UWS School Principal Dies; Central Park Edges Out Great Wall of China on List of World’s Top Attractions; Final Budget Restores Funds for Libraries and Arts; More Older NYers Ending Up Homeless
- As Pride Month Ends, Pride March Commemorates Stonewall Riot and Birth of Gay Rights Movement
- Dinosaur Loose on the Upper West Side: Photo of the Day
- X93 Fitness is a Place to Speak Your Mind While Building Your Body
- Two Upper West Side Subway Elevator Projects to Proceed Despite Congestion Pricing Pause
- Commenting on the Comments: Chickens; 5G Towers; and Anonymity
- ‘Rescuers’ Save a Quarter of a Million Meals for People in Need on the UWS as Food Insecurity Grows
- WSR Cartoon: Debate Overboard!
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (or Near) the Neighborhood
- Get Ready for West End Church’s Pride-Filled Block Party This Saturday
- NYPD Release Sketch of Man Wanted in Connection With Central Park Sexual Attack
- Closings & Closings: Upper West Side Illegal Smoke Shops
- West Side Canvas: St. Agnes Library, ‘Oasis on Amsterdam’
- Now Leasing! Brand New 2- and 3-Bedroom UWS Apartments with Up to 2 Months Free!*
- MTA Board Votes to Confirm Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause, Scales Back Future Plans
- NYC Public Outdoor Pools Open for the Summer, But Just 1 on the UWS (Not That One)
- Nearly 40 UWS Art and Culture Groups Set to Lose Funding in Proposed City Budget
- Openings & Closings: UpDog Studios; Epilogue Books; Lionheart
- Well-Paid Maids Drops Prices on Larger Home Cleanings
- Micah Lasher Wins UWS/Morningside Heights State Assembly Democratic Primary With 53% of Vote
- Wegmans Signage Officially Appears on Upper West Side Storefront
- 2 Dead Chickens Found in the Middle of UWS Road
- UWS Train Station Reopens With Improvements: New Benches and Paint Job
- Discover Your Dream Home at Prime Central Park West Location
- WSR Photo of the Day: Election Day Is Here on the UWS and Jerry Nadler Lends a Helping Hand
- Man Sexually Attacks Female Sunbather in Central Park: NYPD
- 32-Foot 5G Towers Proposed for 5 UWS Sites: Here’s Where
- Lincoln Center Hosts a Very Special Wedding for 800
- Local Church Kicks Off Summer With Pride-Filled Block Party!
- Monday Bulletin: WSR Cartoonist’s New Book; West End Avenue’s ‘End Hate’ Doors; DA Drops Charges Against Most Columbia Protestors; One Last Chance to See Assembly Candidates Before Election
- Bobby on the Street: How Are Upper West Siders Dealing With the Dome?
- Sweatin’ on the Upper West Side
- Is Change Afoot for Blighted Buildings Behind Fairway?
- ‘Save The Former Calhoun School Building’ Postcards Arrive in UWS Mailboxes
- UWS Weekend: 5 Great Things To Do in (or Near) the Neighborhood
- Chaos and Arrest After Knife-Wielding Man Chases Person Into Busy UWS Japanese Restaurant: NYPD
- WSR Cartoon: On the Case on the UWS
- Protect Your Legacy with Ligh Law: Free Estate Planning Webinar on Tuesday, June 25
- UWS Train Station Vacant Commercial Space Transformed Into ‘Busking Station’ for Musicians
- Summer Solstice; Strawberry Full Moon Peak Illumination Friday, June 21: Look Up
- West Side Scoop: WSR’s 2024 Ice Cream Guide
- Man Found Dead In UWS Courtyard After Long Fall: Police
- Is Now the Right Time to Consider Memory Care for a Loved One?
- Sailboats Return To Central Park Waters
- Openings & Closings: Upside Pizza/Softside Ice Cream; Wegmans; La Pecora Bianca; Indian Fine Dining; Gorjana; 72nd Street Dog Run; Bear’s Boomin’ Bakery
- 79th Street Boat Basin Redesign Clears UWS Community Board Hurdle
- Get Your Home Summer Ready With Well-Paid Maids
- Rent Board Approves 2.75% Hike on One-Year Leases and 5.25% for Two Years in Contentious Vote
- ‘Extreme’ Heat Set to Hit NYC: Where to Cool Off on the Upper West Side
- Manhattan Market Report: My Colleague Said, ‘You Sold Us Out!’
- Sasha Blair-Goldensohn: Lifelong Upper West Sider Making Google and the Subway Accessible to All
- Deceased Person Recovered From Water at the 79th Street Boat Basin
- How a 215-Year-Old UWS Church Continues to Flourish: Accessibility and a ‘Desire to Serve’
- Protect Your Legacy with Ligh Law: Free Estate Planning Webinar on Wednesday, June 19
- Monday Bulletin: First Images of UWS Building Once Stalled by Holdout Tenant; NYT Covers Wise Towers Playground Saga; WSR Reporter Talks Boat Basin; New UWS Bakery to Employ Students With Autism
- Weekend Column: Like Father, Like Son
- Whatever You Do and With Whom…
- Reader Opinion: ‘I’m Walkin’ Here!’
- Commenting on the Comments: Skydiving vs. Dodging E-Bikes, and a Closer Look at Those Public Toilets
- Weekend Q & A: Rock & Roll into the Weekend with Karina Rykman
- UWS Public Restrooms: A Guide to Where to Go
- WSR Cartoon: Need a Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift?
- UWS Weekend: 5 Great Things To Do in (or Near) the Neighborhood
- The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine Celebrates the Graduation of the Class of 2024
- Upper West Sider of the Month: Pamela Bayless for the Role She Has Played in the Lives of Immigrants
- West Side Canvas: Operation on a Bernese
- Overcoming Hearing Loss to Achieve Academic Success: June 18 6:00-7:30
- Join Us for the Grand Opening of Upper West Spa’s New Location!
- New Details Emerge in the Snack-Pile Mystery of West 78th Street
- UWS Smart Curbs Pilot Program Proposal Details Revealed: Loss of 175 Parking Spots; Locations of New Parking Meters and Loading Zones
- Openings & Closings: Gelateria Gentile; Cathedral Dog & Cat Hospital; Moka & Co.; Topman Barbershop; Pop-up Used Bookstore
- Well-Paid Maids Celebrates International Domestic Workers Day
- Lincoln Center’s Third Annual ‘Summer for the City’ Opens Wednesday; 100s of Free UWS Events on Tap
- UWS Bus Stop Will Reopen in 2026 After Construction Project Culminates
- The Almond and Pretzel Mystery of West 78th Street
- Updated: Juneteenth 2024 Celebrations Set For Upper West Side: Here’s Where
- Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 Tony Awards
- Can You Vote in New York City’s June Primary Election?
- Boat Basin Update: Is the Third Time the Charm?
- UWS Downtown Train Station Is Out of Service Through Late June: What to Know
- After 40 Years, Central Park Historian and Photographer Retires
- Monday Bulletin: Most Beautiful Street on the UWS? Cyndi Lauper Talks the Neighborhood; UWS Smoke-Shop Shutdowns Reflect New Larger City Effort
- Walking Around Manhattan: The Times They Aren’t Changin’
- Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause Leaves MTA’s Grand Ambitions in Shambles
- Book Review: Transforming the Hudson Waterfront
- Why the West Side: Bobbie Lloyd, Chief Baking Officer of Magnolia Bakery
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Carmen Quinones in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Election
- Commenting on the Comments: Crossing the Street in the Era of E-bikes, E-Scooters, and Mopeds
- UWS Weekend: 5 Great Things To Do in the Neighborhood
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Jack Kellner in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Election
- WSR Cartoon: You Can Get Anything You Want on the UWS
- Older Adults: Join Summer Workshops with High School Students at DOROT
- Multiple Cameras Nabbed In Central Park: NYPD
- 5-Foot-Long Boa Constrictor Found in UWS Backyard: See It Here
- Is Now the Right Time to Consider Memory Care for a Loved One?
- Here’s What Is Going on With the New UWS Mermaid Inn Location
- NY Governor Kathy Hochul Indefinitely Delays Congestion Pricing
- Openings & Closings: New York Comedy Club; Starbucks; Wells Fargo; MalaTown; Nan Xiang Express; Omne Martial Arts; Vegan Night Market
- Here Are All the Public Bathrooms on the Upper West Side: New Map
- Stay the Night: Join the JCC in Person for Tikkun Leil Shavuot Jun 11-12!
- WSR Poetry Corner: Flaco’s Odyssey
- Well-Paid Maids Celebrates 7 Years of Paying Living Wages
- Singer Paul Simon Donates Signed Guitar to Local School Auction
- WSR Scoop: NYC Parks Electric Vehicles Pilot Program Quietly Extended Through 2025; Includes Central and Riverside Parks
- NYC Reopens Its Section 8 Housing Waitlist For First Time In Almost 15 Years: What to Know
- Discover Modern Luxury in the Heart of it All at 212 West 72nd Street
- Bobby on the Street: UWS Skate Shop Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary With Picnic, Competition at Riverside Skatepark
- Remains of Flaco the Owl Sent to American Museum of Natural History
- Upper West Side’s Got Talent Brings Undiscovered Superstars into the Spotlight
- Monday Bulletin: Streep and Short Spotted On UWS Filming Romantic Moment; ‘Have E-Bikes Made NYC a Nightmare’? Man Indicted for Flashing Loaded Gun on UWS Train
- Weekend Column: Silencing the Noise in my Mind
- West Side Canvas: The Piano Tuner
- Bobby in H Mart on Opening Day: Photos
- Commenting on the Comments: State Assembly Candidates ‘Underwhelm’
- Man Stabbed Randomly On Upper West Side: Police
- WSR Cartoon: These Are the Times of Our Lives
- Today is the Day: 2nd H Mart Opens Friday on the UWS
- Broadway Stars Shoshana Bean and Barbara Barrie Open up About How the Stage Shaped Them
- UWS Weekend: 5 Great Things To Do in the Neighborhood
- Photo of the Day: West Side Chalker Shares the News
- Terrible Collision Between Bike and Taxi on Upper West Side Leaves Man Badly Injured
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Melissa Rosenberg in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Election
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Micah Lasher in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Election
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Eli Northrup in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Election
- 5 Facts About Purlie Victorious
- Outdoor Music Festival Set for Morningside Heights Park: What To Know
- Openings & Closings: Punch Force Fitness; Chaotic Good Cafe, Green Lane Coffee; Amsterdam’s Finest & Freshest Deli; Russian School of Math; Beer Run
- Upper West Side School Suspends Recess At Wise Tower’s Playground Following ‘No Trespassing’ Signs
- Meet Karen, Well-Paid Maids’ Newest Operations Manager
- Race For UWS, Morningside Heights Assembly Seat: Incumbent Danny O’Donnell Endorses Eli Northrup For District 69
- Here’s What’s Going On With the Longtime Sidewalk Shed Over McDonald’s at West 104th Street: ‘Unfair to Our Community’
- If You Love Eyewear, on June 6, Join Our Celebration of Italian Design
- UPDATE: Teenager Arrested; NYPD Officer Struck, Injured While Trying to Remove Motorcyclists From Central Park: Police
- The First Manhattanhenge Sunset Is Tuesday, May 28; What It Is and How to See It (Look West)
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Woman Who Was First to Swim English Channel Gets Disney Movie; Spend the Day With an UWS Librarian; Free Cookies Outside Levain Bakery Following Evacuation; Manhattanhenge
- Weekend Column: How We Came to Run the Rag and What We Plan to Do With It
- Commenting on the Comments: Are They an Accurate Barometer of Public Opinion?
- ‘No Trespassing’ Signs Appear at Wise Towers New UWS Playground: Neighbors Left Questioning
- WSR Cartoon: Sign Here to Make a Difference
- Pickleball Vandal Strikes Riverside Park Courts 3 Times; Nets Destroyed, Equipment Scattered
- A Hidden Gem: My Surprising Discovery Inside Central Park
- NYPD Drops Charges Against Many Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators
- Residents of UWS Amsterdam Houses on Edge After Recent Shooting Incidents
- New Design Revealed for Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Restoration in Riverside Park: See It
- UWSers Get Front-Row Seats for the Return of Fleet Week: The Navy Comes Back to Town
- Shakespeare Shines on THIRTEEN
- Openings & Closings: Dahlia; Harvest; FunFit; Children’s Art Classes; Snack Thyme by Modern; Birria-Landia Tacos Truck
- Moving Soon? Let Well-Paid Maids Handle the Move-Out Clean
- UPDATE: Scam Strikes Again, Suspect Photos Released; Sports-Team Scammers Swindle Thousands of Dollars From People In Central Park This Weekend: Police
- Why the Rag Went Down on Tuesday Afternoon
- New Increases on Rent-Stabilized Apartments Near Final Vote; Public Meeting Set for UWS
- Composting Axed From Popular UWS Farmer’s Markets After City Budget Cuts; Local Politician Fights To Restore Funding
- Manhattan Real Estate Update: ‘Tis the Season… It’s All About the Rentals
- WSR Cartoon: The Loss of Baby Teeth Brings Newfound Responsibilities
- Balloon Snagging on Amsterdam Avenue
- A Bestselling Author’s Final Gift to His UWS Mom
- Diversity in the Hearing Professions and Among Patients/Consumers; May 21
- Monday Bulletin: New Tallest UWS Building Celebrates; Amish Farmer Commutes 6 Hours to UWS; Unusual Squirrel Spotted in Central Park
- ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4 Premiere Date Set: Watch the Trailer
- ‘Forest Bathing’ on the UWS: Wednesday, May 22, Riverside Park
- Small Business Focus: Utsuwa Botanical Design
- Commenting on the Comments, Culminating in the Comment of the Week (It Could Be Yours)
- When Head Lice Hit, UWS Families Fight Back
- Block Association Hosts Family-Friendly ‘Community Volunteer Day,’ Saturday, May 18
- Upper West Side, Morningside Heights Winning Projects Announced For $2M In City Funding
- WSR Cartoon: A Last-Chance Excursion
- A Special 3-Bedroom Residence Near Central Park in a Robert A.M. Stern Designed Condominium
- West Side Canvas: Where and When the Wisteria?
- Support WSR on Our 13th Anniversary Weekend
- H Mart Signage Appears on UWS Storefront
- Is Now the Right Time to Consider Memory Care for a Loved One?
- Bobby on the Street: How Are Upper West Siders Coping With the Crummy Weather?
- Book Parties Are Making a Comeback on the Upper West Side in New Forms
- Openings & Closings: Moshe’s Falafel; Alexis Bittar; Sushi Masu; Central Liquors; New-York Historical Society; Jacob’s Pickles
- 2 Major UWS Subway Stations Are Getting Elevators: Details on Construction Plans And Closures
- Well-Paid Maids Shares Pro Spring Cleaning Tips
- Eater NY Updates Its List of 23 Top Restaurants on the Upper West Side: Do You Agree?
- Central Park SummerStage Concert Series Back This Friday: What To Know
- Shakespeare Might Not Be Returning to Central Park This Summer, But the Bard Will Be in Riverside
- Audra McDonald Brings Broadway to THIRTEEN
- UWS Pols Push To Speed Up City’s Plan To Remove Parking Spaces Directly Next To Intersections
- WSCAH Will be Rocking the Block Once Again this Spring on Sunday, May 19 from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Monday Bulletin: PopUp Bagels Owner Talks 3-Bagel Minimum; Teen Arrested for Vandalizing Central Park Monument; Photos From Japan Day On the UWS; Hat Tip to THE CITY for Weinstein Private-Room Reveal
- WSR Cartoon: An Upper West Side Mother’s Day
- Weekend Column: Chaos on Campus…Then and Now
- Commenting on the Comments, Culminating in the Comment of the Week (It Could Be Yours)
- Jacob’s Pickles Is Moving From Its Original Upper West Side Location
- WSR Cartoon: Bagel Therapy
- Here’s the Dish: Kossar’s Onion Bialy
- Why Religious School Is More Important Than Ever
- WSR Checks Out ‘Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry’ at the American Museum of Natural History
- Central Park Birding Report: The American Robin — Most Overlooked Bird?
- Morningside Heights Hungarian Pastry Shop Line Attempts To Change Direction
- History: A New View of Teddy Roosevelt: ‘Leaders Are Not Made of Marble but of Heart and Flesh’
- Nona Hendryx Celebrates Funk Legend Betty Davis on May 16 at Symphony Space
- Teenager Shot in the Back On Upper West Side: Police
- Openings & Closings: PopUp Bagels; Kossar’s; Healthyholic Kitchen; CVS; Casasalvo; WTHN
- Upper West Side Mailbox Removed; Nearby Residents ‘Upset’
- For Mother’s Day, Give the Gift of a Clean Home from Well-Paid Maids
- John Christopher Jones’ Translation of Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ at Rutgers Church: Previews Begin Tonight
- Multiple Central Park Monuments Vandalized: Police Offer $10K Reward for Information
- Jennifer Lopez Photo Bombs Gale Brewer At Met Gala
- World Renowned Bach Virtuosi Festival Comes to the Upper West Side
- PopUp Bagels Arrives on the UWS, Disrupting the Traditional Bagel Order
- Martha Stewart Buys Apartment in Famous Upper West Side Building for $12M
- Upper West Side Playground Receives $1 Million in Funding for Renovations
- False Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of UWS Synagogue; One of Many Jewish Sites Targeted in City
- Marlene Meyerson JCC Welcomes ‘Modern Agers’ to Second Annual Week of Wechsler
- Monday Bulletin: Tom Cruise’s Old UWS Townhouse Drops Price; New UWS Italian Eatery Gets Glowing Review; Joan of Arc Statue Restoration Celebration; Mother’s Day Guide; Columbia Cancels University-Wide Graduation Ceremonies
- ‘Bob goes to Jail’ – A Memoir of the Upper West Side in the 1970s
- Street Tree Movement Grows on the Upper West Side; You Can Join This Tuesday — and Every Day
- Weekend Column: Damned … I’ve Been Scammed
- WSR Cartoon: M11 Route Change
- Columbia Updates: Security and Silence; ‘Outside Agitators’; NYPD Gunshot Inside Occupied Hall
- Volunteer with Your Dog – Become a Therapy Dog Team!
- An Indian Background Instills ‘Very High Reverence for Your Elders,’ Says Upper West Sider of the Month
- Real Estate Firm Busted by City for Operating Illegal Short-Term Rentals on Upper West Side
- NYPD Dismantles Pro-Palestine Encampment at Fordham University; 15 Arrested
- Central Park Birding Report: Scarlet Tanagers Have Arrived
- Is Now the Right Time to Consider Memory Care for a Loved One?
- Anya Johnston Sentenced for Susan Trott’s Murder
- West Side Canvas: Utopia
- Openings and Closings: Millport Dairy; Beer Run; FDNY Engine 74; Ellington in the Park; Halal Chicks; Aperture; Starbucks
- Columbia Campus Remains Locked Down After Police Raid Ends Protest Occupation
- Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Returning to Hudson River for First Time in a Decade: Better View for UWS
- A Lasting Legacy: Central Park Conservancy’s North-End Transformation
- Firemen’s Memorial Monument in Riverside Park Defaced: ‘The Memorial Has Great Significance to the FDNY’
- Upper West Side Bus Stop Being Relocated For at Least 2 Years Due to Construction
- How to Save Money on Every Home Cleaning With Well-Paid Maids
- Columbia Update: Student Protestors Occupy Campus Building Prompting Lockdown
- Columbia University Updates: Student Protestors Vote Overwhelmingly to Stay; Ignore Deadline as Faculty and Staff Join Them
- Quiet Restaurants on the UWS: A Few Suggestions
- UPDATE: Columbia Students Given 2 P.M. Deadline To Leave Encampment or Face Suspension; School Unable to Reach Agreement With Student Protest Leaders; Says It Will Not Divest From Israel
- World Renowned Bach Virtuosi Festival Comes to the Upper West Side
- Monday Bulletin: WEA Has More Scaffolding Than Blocks; UWS Built Least New Housing in NYC in 2023; More Police in Central Park After Spate of Robberies; Former CNN Anchor Calls Israel Safer Than UWS
- Friends of the Upper West Side: Isabella, Lily, Alyce, and Charlotte
- Weekend Column: A Lost Wallet In Central Park and a Good Samaritan Among Us
- Star-Studded Debut of New UWS Film Center: ‘We Are Creating A New Public Theater on 86th Street’
- A Much-Improved, UWS Starbucks Reopens