https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/broadway-mall-association-malls-DG5877140 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-26T12:34:37-04:00 How Broadway’s Tiny Green Spaces Became Neighborhood Gathering Spots https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/broadway-mall-association-game_4-10750324_20260526123447.png Neighbors gather beneath trees along the Broadway Malls for a game. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/broadway-mall-association-bee_4-10750379_20260526123452.png Flowers planted along the Broadway malls have helped attract birds, bees and other pollinators. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rochell-shereff-broadway-mall-association_4-10750382_20260526123454.png Rochelle Shereff has supported the Broadway malls for nearly three decades and will receive the Eugene Hide Award at this year’s Broadway Mall Association Spring Gala. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/brian-phillips-broadway-mall-association_4-10750385_20260526123458.png Brian Phillips, who has worked throughout Upper Manhattan for nearly two decades, will receive the Broadway Mall Association’s first Community Leader Award. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/mayor-unveils-plan-to-lower-rent-for-poorest-build-housing-NA5882249 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-26T15:42:08-04:00 Mayor Unveils Plan to Lower Rent for Poorest, Build Housing https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-26-at-1-14-17-pm_4-10755957_20260526131759.png NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled his new housing plan ‘Block by Block’ at a press conference in Brooklyn May 26. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/upper-west-side-neighborhood-event-calendar-may-28-jun-3-ME5886248 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-27T12:05:12-04:00 Upper West Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: May. 28-Jun. 3 https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/natural-history-via-www-amnh-org_4-10759180_20260527120514.jpg natural history via www.amnh.org https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/loeb-boathouse-webp-via-centralparkny_4-10759184_20260527120515.webp loeb-boathouse.webp via centralparknyc.org https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/proposal-that-could-add-gates-for-washington-square-park-advances-FD5885474 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-27T13:46:06-04:00 Proposal That Could Add Gates for Washington Square Park Advances https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/gates-1_4-10760192_20260527132132.jpg After a Community Board 2 Parks and Waterfront Committee meeting in early May, it became clear that there was widespread disdain for Washington Square Park’s current police barricades. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/gates-2_4-10760193_20260527132134.jpg Currently, the Parks Department has to manually move the police barricades twice a day to close and reopen the eleven entrances to the Park. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/students-urge-dept-of-education-to-restore-afterschool-arts-provider-KJ5874518 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-27T13:56:38-04:00 Students Urge Dept. of Education to Restore Afterschool Arts Provider https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/tempimageg7reij_4-10747048_20260522090249.jpg Middle School Students seek signatures to a petition to the Department of Education, urging the city restore the provider of its after school arts program. The DOE is switching from Manhattan Youth to another provider, irking parents. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/tempimagepqdawz_4-10747050_20260522090251.jpg QR code to sign the petition and read more information about what’s going on with the after school program. Some students are protesting the switch by the Department of Ed. to a new after-school provider. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/grieving-family-of-teen-killed-subway-surfing-raises-money-for-funeral-BD5885641 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-27T14:14:36-04:00 Grieving Family of Teen Killed Subway Surfing Raises Money for Funeral https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/subway-surfing-teen-family-money-fune_4-10760751_20260527141426.webp The family of Akhi Butler, a 14 year-old, is currently raising money for a funeral after the teen fell from a J Train during a subway surfing incident May 22. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/akhi-butler_4-10758786_20260527113901.jpg The family of Akhi Butler, a 14 year-old, is currently raising money for a funeral after the teen fell from a J Train during a subway surfing incident May 22. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/first-responders-on-williamsburg-brid_4-10759624_20260527125427.png First responders on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge on May 22, after two teens were injured while subway surfing. Fourteen year old Akhi Butler died as a result of his injuries while an 18 year old is in critical condition. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/housing-lottery-open-for-rialto-west-building-in-hell-s-kitchen-BD5885737 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-05-27T16:01:58-04:00 Housing Lottery Open for Rialto West Building in Hell’s Kitchen https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/img-0118_4-10759627_20260527125713.jpg The housing lottery for affordable apartments in Rialto West has begun.