Finally! Bomboloni to Open! Free Donuts Coming!

Forgive the exclamation points, but free donuts tend to make us very, very happy! Bomboloni, the Italian donut shop at 187 Columbus Avenue (between 68th and 69th Streets), owned by restaurateur David Ruggerio Read More / Comment »
What to Do About the Central Park Coyotes? (With Poll)

A Central Park coyote, by D. Bruce Yolton.
Do the coyotes live in our world or do we live in the coyotes’ world? While you’re contemplating that, here are some facts: Read More / Comment »
Visit the Amazing Loft Where Jazz Came Alive

Thelonious Monk and his Town Hall band in rehearsal, February 1959. By W. Eugene Smith. Collection Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. © The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith.
By Harriet Flehinger
A new exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gives visitors an intimate look into the lives of some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th Century, and New York in the 1950’s and early 60’s. Read More / Comment »
Trader Joe’s Expected to Open Late September/Early October

Trader Joe’s has been incredibly hush-hush about its plans to open a new store at 200 West 72nd Street on Broadway. At first, it wouldn’t even confirm that it planned to open a store at all, and since then the company has refused Read More / Comment »
Is it Crazy to Raise Kids in the City?

Editor’s Note: This is a monthly column by Rebecca Levey, a freelance writer and the mother of two girls, about raising children on the Upper West Side.
By Rebecca Levey
Are city parents crazy? This is the question that a dad blogger posted on his site last week upon returning home to the Midwest after a four day trip to New York City. Read More / Comment »
News
200 West Ready to Open. An Underground Trader Joe’s?
200 West, the new building at the corner of 72nd Street and Broadway, is preparing to officially open on Monday, and it has fully launched a website to advertise the luxury apartments it’s hoping to rent out. Read More / Comment »
Central Park to Get Fresh Fruit Carts
Put down that hot dog! It’s time to get healthy. Central Park will soon allow fruit vendors to roll their carts into Central Park, offering New Yorkers some healthy fare along with the “meat” and ice cream Read More / Comment »
PS 9 PTA is City’s Most Generous
Parents at PS 9 gave enough money to pay for 33 teacher’s aides this year, more than any other school in the city, the Post reported. With local schools packed tight due to overcrowding, parents are trying to give their kids as much attention Read More / Comment »
Cops: Female Bank Robber Hit Same UWS Bank Twice
Another bank robber hit the Upper West Side last month. And this one was so brazen she came back to the same bank and robbed it again, police say. The Sovereign Bank at 2275 Broadway on the corner of 82nd Street Read More / Comment »
Overruled! Brewer Won’t Block Magnolia’s Sidewalk Cafe
Magnolia Bakery fans can take a deep breath. Although the famous cupcake shop at 69th Street and Columbus Avenue lost a community board vote to keep its sidewalk cafe a few weeks ago Read More / Comment »
“Emergency” Homeless Shelter Here to Stay for 9 Months
Without notice, the city moved dozens of homeless women into a building on 107th Street owned by a notorious landlord, and now it looks like the women will be here for the next nine months. In a letter to Read More / Comment »
Open and Shut: New Sushi, Fancy Clothing, and Drugs
This week’s Open and Shut reminds us of the movie Wall Street: sushi, $4,000 Shearling coats, and drugs. Okay, maybe it isn’t quite that exciting, but there are certainly some new stores and a few that have closed. Read More / Comment »
Man Killed By Falling Tree Limb in Central Park
Elmaz Qyra, a 46-year-old man from Brooklyn, was killed after being hit in the head by an Elm Tree branch on Literary Walk near 69th Street and the East Drive around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Read More / Comment »
Cab-Sharing Program Comes to 72nd Street
Upper West Siders can share a cab to Grand Central Station for $4 a ride under a pilot program that starts on March 3. The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission decided to set up a taxi stand at 72nd Street and Read More / Comment »
Central Park Coyote Caught…On Video
The coyote that has recently made a home in Central Park was filmed on Monday by blogger D. Bruce Yolton of Urban Hawks. The coyote was playing with a bottle on Read More / Comment »
City Wants All Parades to be 25% Shorter
It sounds like the genius MBAs in the Bloomberg administration have been working overtime. That’s the only explanation for this idea: Starting in April Read More / Comment »
Walk? Don’t Walk? It’s Up to You!
The glitches with Walk/Don’t Walk signs flashing simultaneously at intersections on the Upper West Side continue, leaving pedestrians to determine for themselves whether it makes sense to step off the curb. Read More / Comment »





