UPDATE 2:20 pm: Teenage Driver Fleeing Police; 4-Year-Old Confirmed Dead, Grandmother Seriously Injured UPDATE 3:10 pm: 4-Year-Old Victim Identified As Ariel Russo Details are still coming in about the accident at 97th & Amsterdam this morning that has reportedly killed a little girl and critically injured an adult with her. A reader who preferred to [...]

Posted earlier about the Cinco de Mayo parade taking place on the Upper West Side today. The photo above by @lissalauren shows dancers and floats heading west on 106th Street to Central Park West, which is the official starting point of the parade. Still plenty of time to head over there, as the festivities are [...]

Following up on last week’s news about the rodent problem at the UWS Fairway Market (2127 Broadway, 74th). Earlier this week, I spoke to Fairway president Bill Sanford at length about the situation — he reached out to me last week after the story went viral. To start with, here’s the official company response:

There was some overnight renovation at the UWS Fairway Market last night. I presume these were improvements to address customer concerns related to recent video of rats inside the store. I’d have more than the one photo below, but there was a confrontation between a store employee and myself that resulted in him calling security [...]

The latest Fairway rodent sighting continues to make its way around various media outlets. Last night, David Letterman kicked off his monologue with a joke about the Fairway rat.

New York News | NYC Breaking News UPDATE 9/29: Full media coverage round-up: NYT, WSJ, Daily News, NY Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, PIX, Fox, Gothamist, Huffington Post, NY Mag, Late Show With David Letterman UPDATE 9/29: Overnight “Enhancements”  (i.e Renovation) At UWS Fairway UPDATE 10/5: Official Company Response To Rodents In The Store ——————————— Posted video yesterday of a baby rat hanging out ** IN [...]

UPDATE 10/5: Official Company Response To Rodents In The Store ——————————— UPDATE 9/29: Overnight “Enhancements”  (i.e Renovation) At UWS Fairway ——————————— UPDATE 9/29: Media coverage from NYT, WSJ, Daily News, NY Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, PIX, Fox, Gothamist, Huffington Post, NY Mag ——————————— UPDATE 9/28:  Letterman Opens Thursday Night Monologue With Fairway Rat Joke ——————————— UPDATE 9/27: Video Coverage From Good Day NY & Eyewitness News ——————————— [...]

(Keep an eye on the right side of the video, around the 8-second mark) UPDATE 9/29: Overnight “Enhancements”  (i.e Renovation) At UWS Fairway ————————————- UPDATE 9/29: Media coverage from NYT, WSJ, Daily News, NY Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, PIX, Fox, Gothamist, Huffington Post, NY Mag ————————————- UPDATE 9/28: Letterman Opens Thursday Night Monologue With Fairway Rat Joke ————————————- UPDATE 9/27: Video Coverage From Good Day NY [...]

A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: NY Philharmonic Offers Cheap Tickets To “Open Rehearsals” At Avery Fisher Hall Some Upper West Siders Have A Huge Stick Up Their Ass UWS Woman Turns Her Apartment Into Full-Fledged Art Gallery & Studio “Cheap-Ass Foodie Date” On The Upper West Side [...]

Hurricane Irene may not have been as catastrophic for New York City as it could have been, but it certainly did its share of damage. The photo above was taken by reader John G.’s wife on Amsterdam between 85th and 86th. Given the great reader response in the previous “What’s Open On The Upper West [...]

Another great photo from @isardasorensen. This one is from the storm on Friday, and presumably precipitated her amazing double-rainbow shot that I posted yesterday. The image captures the view southeast from Central Park West in the 90s or 100s.

Another day, another UWS accident… Thanks to @Cesarhasit for sending this in. It may be a bit hard to tell from this angle, but that Mercedes on the left side of the picture managed to get crushed in between the blue truck and the school bus, which is no mean feat. It doesn’t appear to [...]