Challah left, Alvin Kass right: His kippah, or yarmulke, is embroidered “Rabbi Dr. A. Kass, Chief Chaplain.” ( Photo: Ellen Dubin / Jewish Theological Seminary) NYPD Chaplain Dr. Rabbi Alvin Kass Remembered There’s this thing about observant Jews and dying. You’re here, like 89-year-old NYPD Chaplain Dr. Rabbi Alvin Kass, one... News 17 Nov 2025 | 01:30
Co-founders and cousins Kim and Tyler Malek. ( Photo: Salt & Straw) Salt & Straw: Innovative Ice Cream Delights Gotham Taste Buds Salt & Straw is almost the perfect embodiment of all the irreverent quirk and unique nostalgia of its founding city, Portland,... News 14 Nov 2025 | 06:08
Tory Burch in 2009. An LLC connected to her is spearheading a lawsuit against the board of the Pierre co-op. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Pierre Residents Facing Eviction Sue Co-op Hotel Over Proposed Sale A group of residents of the Pierre, the upscale Fifth Avenue residential hotel, are suing the hotel’s board for pursuing... Home 07 Nov 2025 | 10:03
Left: Wanted for forcible touching. Right: NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Groped in Central Park; NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass Dies Given NYPD’s extensive network of surveillance camera, one doesn’t often see the work of police sketch artists anymore. While... News 03 Nov 2025 | 12:17
Salute at FDNY Memorial 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) FDNY Memorial Day Service Draws 1000s to Morningside Heights Undeterred by the morning drizzle, thousands of New York’s Bravest made their way to Morningside Heights for the annual FDNY... News 13 Oct 2025 | 02:30
One prominent landmark on the tour is The Dakota, which has historically been home to many artists, actors, and musicians, including John Lennon, who was murdered outside the building on December 8th, 1980. The exterior also served as the headquarters of the original “Ghostbusters” comedy hit. ( Photo by Adrian Sexton) Boroughs of the Dead Walking Tours Discover the Skeletons (and Ghosts) in the Closets A chill up your spine. A prickling feeling on the back of your neck. A murmur of anxiety that something is not quite as it... City Arts 23 Sep 2025 | 07:16
Going, going, gone! After just over two weeks, a controversial parking program that replaced free alternate-side-of-the-street parking with a new paid-parking app program with limited time is being rolled back by the city. The switch by the DOT earlier this month triggered a local uproar from angry drivers. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Rollback of Controversial Paid Parking Program on UWS that Triggered Uproar A controversial parking change that killed long-standing alternate-side-of-the-street parking on 14 blocks on the Upper West... News 28 Aug 2025 | 11:35
Two cars with wheels stolen on West 64th Street: July and January 2025. ( Photos: Accomplished-Pin766; Crypto_NY (upper right)) Car Wheel Thieves Target Upper West Side: Tires & Rims, Gone! If the rivalry between the Upper West and Upper East sides is nearly as old as postglacial Manhattan itself, one contest... News 28 Aug 2025 | 10:56
Free parking under the old alternate-side-of-the-street-parking rules have been replaced on some UWS streets between West 73rd and West 86th streets by a new phone-based app system that charges a fee and limits parking to three hours a day. City Council Member Gale Brewer said she is outraged by the new system as locals flood her office with complaints. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Brewer, CB7 Outraged by DOT’s Stealth Killing of Alternate Side Parking on Some UWS Streets In a scathing letter that City Council Member Gale Brewer sent to the DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, she said she wanted... News 22 Aug 2025 | 04:58
Strand Bookstore has opened a new Upper West Side location at 2020 Broadway, taking over the former Shakespeare & Co. space and expanding its presence in the neighborhood. ( Photo: Benny Harps) A New Chapter for Independent Bookstores on the Upper West Side Bibliophiles on the Upper West Side are rejoicing. The shuttered Shakespeare & Co. store at 2020 Broadway, between West 69th... News 09 Jul 2025 | 03:14
Left and center: Wanted for mulcting and robbery. Right: Wanted for shooting. ( Photos: NYPD) Woman ‘Mulcted’ in Hamilton Heights; Man Shot in West Harlem The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the two individuals in connection... News 02 Jun 2025 | 12:34
At the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument with the United States Marine Corps Band. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Brings Many Hundreds to Soldiers & Sailors Monument Many hundreds of celebrants and patriots, civilians and military personnel alike, came to the Upper West Side on Monday morning,... News 30 May 2025 | 04:15
Taste of the upper west side that took place last year in O’Shea School Complex ( Photo: https://www.tastewestside.com/summer-in-the-city) Taste of the West Side: The Festival You Don’t Want to Miss! Marking its 15th anniversary, the present edition is accompanied by some very welcome improvements. What was previously Taste... News 30 Apr 2025 | 11:07
Henry Hudson Parkway near West 145th Street, August 2023. ( Google Maps) 2 Racing Drivers Sentenced for Hit & Run Death on Henry Hudson Parkway The two men responsible for the death 42-year-old motorcyclist Joel Quintana have been sentenced to prison. Quintana, a resident... News 06 Apr 2025 | 06:11
Security camera footage of one of the suspects, a male with light brown skin, is seen here wearing a maroon-colored, black-top hoodie and riding a bicycle. ( Photo: NYPD CrimeStoppers) Man Struck in Head With Bicycle on UWS; NYPD Seeks Suspects Police are seeking any information on two suspects at the center of a violent assault last autumn on the Upper West Side.... News 31 Mar 2025 | 05:27
