UWS Council Member Gale Brewer (at podium) announced her intent to revitalize the “Schoolyards to Playgrounds” program outside of P.S. 9 on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin What If Schoolyards Stayed Open? Schoolyards in all five boroughs boast precious outdoor real estate, with a catch: an overwhelming number aren’t open beyond... News 19 Oct 2022 | 01:03
Traffic on the West Side Highway near Hudson Yards. Photo: Abigail Gruskin The Crackdown On Loud Cars Is On A Roll Noise in New York City, like the vibrating drilling of construction or the booming sound of music coming from the apartment... News 30 Sep 2022 | 12:18
A line of parents waiting to drop off their children on the first day of school wrapped around the block at P.S. 87, on West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Is This What Normal Feels Like? On paper, little about the upcoming school year felt settled in the weeks — and even days — leading up to September 8, the... Education Guide 21 Sep 2022 | 12:10
Cutting the ribbon (center, left to right): Council Member Shaun Abreu, Smoke co-owners Paul Stache and Molly Johnson, jazz drummer Al Foster and Council Member Gale Brewer. Photo courtesy of Shaun Abreu A Ribbon-Cutting Reopening at Smoke Jazz Club On September 1, City Council Members Shaun Abreu and Gale Brewer celebrated the reopening of uptown Manhattan’s celebrated... News 09 Sep 2022 | 11:40
Good Neighbor award winners with Goddard Riverside Executive Director Rod Jones (right). Photo: Zoe Kava How to Be a Good Neighbor Community members gathered in the Phelps Garden at Goddard Riverside Community Center on Monday to celebrate the annual “Good... News 27 Jul 2022 | 12:27
A proposed map of newly drawn City Council districts was released on July 15. Map screenshot from the NYC Districting Commission ‘Preliminary’ City Council Redistricting Is Just That, Council Members Say City Council districts are the latest to get a major overhaul as part of a redistricting process on the heels of the latest... News 22 Jul 2022 | 02:20
The Man Behind Ivan Pharmacy Walk into Ivan Pharmacy at 691 Columbus Avenue and you feel like you have entered a bygone era. Ivan Jourdain, who has been... News 08 Jul 2022 | 09:48
The goats made the trip to Riverside Park from Rhinebeck, NY. Photo courtesy of Riverside Park Conservancy The Goats are Back – and Ready to Get to Work While candidates ran to represent the Democratic and Republican parties in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary, on Wednesday... News 30 Jun 2022 | 12:38
Children painting ceramic flower pots with Park to Park 103. Photo: Naomi Yaeger Bloomingdale Inclusive Park and Playground Hosts a Party This past Wednesday, from 1 - 4 p.m., the Bloomingdale Inclusive Park and Playground hosted its second “It’s Our Park Day,”... News 30 Jun 2022 | 10:47
Rendering of what a “School Street” might look like. Photo via Streetopia Upper West Side Pedestrian-Friendly Streets for Kids What do Venice, Italy, Pontevedra, Spain and Stroget, Copenhagen have in common? They have all freed their city centers from... News 28 Jun 2022 | 01:13
Sign at a May protest in Foley Square after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. Photo: Abigail Gruskin New York Politicians on the End of Roe v. Wade Americans across the country now face a very different world, following a Supreme Court decision on Friday morning that ends... News 24 Jun 2022 | 05:15
Packing bags is part of the experience. Photo courtesy of Gale Brewer’s Office Fresh Food for Seniors Fresh Food For Seniors, a program that connects seniors with local farmers and fresh regionally grown produce, will return... News 17 Jun 2022 | 09:33
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
CB7 voted during a full-board meeting on Tuesday night to pass a resolution in opposition of West-Park Presbyterian Church’s hardship application. Photo: Abigail Gruskin CB7 Votes Down West-Park Presbyterian Church Hardship Application Neither side is letting up in a battle over the West-Park Presbyterian Church, an Upper West Side landmark deemed exemplary... News 10 Jun 2022 | 04:08
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. Photo: Zoe Kava A Push to Restore Iconic Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Following the celebration of Memorial Day, many Upper West Siders are seeking to honor our service members in a new way –... News 03 Jun 2022 | 09:21
