TONIGHT: Public Meeting To Discuss Proposed DOT Traffic Safety Recommendations On The UWS

The Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting on the UWS tonight for people from the neighborhood to share their thoughts and opinions about a broad set of proposed traffic and safety improvements on the Upper West Side. Items to be discussed include adding bike parking near Lincoln Center, removing on-street parking spots throughout [...]

Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 4/19/12

And we’re back… Twenty-four (24!) free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, April 19th, 2012… I’m trying something new by breaking things down into categories rather than just one long list by time of day. It’s a work in progress and I’m not sure I’m going to stick with it — the formatting [...]

Tonight On The UWS: NYC Bike Share Community Planning Workshop

The NYC Bike Share program has all the makings of a fantastic addition to the city’s transportation options. When it goes live this summer, people will have the ability to easily rent bikes from “stations” around the city, peddle to their destination, and then return the bike to the nearest convenient station. Tonight, Upper West [...]

Upper West Side Openings: Fratelli la Bufala, Maria Bonita Mexican Restaurant & Steak House

If you live anywhere even remotely near Broadway & West 76th you’ve likely walked past this plywood signage on the corner. The space has been vacant since Niko’s closed in February of last year, and its replacement, Fratelli la Bufala has been slated to take over the prime corner spot since last June. Nine months [...]

Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 2/23/12

14 free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012…