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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 »