Catching up on some news that came out over the holidays…
While felony crime throughout NYC as a whole was up a tiny fraction in 2011 (0.2%), the Upper West Side showed a marked decrease.
The NYPD’s 20th Precinct, which covers 59th to 86th Streets from Central Park to the Hudson, posted the largest drop in the [...]
Lincoln Center’s campus is bustling with crews to prepare for one of the Upper West Side’s biggest events of the year, the first-ever Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the complex. At left, Curbed snapped a photo last week of the tents going up at Damrosch Park (62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam), and progress has been continuing [...]
At least 28 people were arrested on Tuesday in a massive drug bust at the Amsterdam Houses (Amsterdam between 61st and 65th). New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly gave a statement about the sweep, stating that the housing project contained a massive ring of crack, cocaine, [...]
