Upper West Side Crime Blotter: Armed Robbery & Fashion Week Theft

Police are on the hunt for an armed gunman who robbed an Upper West Side store and a fashion thief who made off with a $4,000 designer jacket.

Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 9/22/11

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, Septembers 22nd, 2011… Summer On The Hudson Presents Human Chess Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park (Riverside Drive & 89th) 3:00 – 5:00 pm FREE Interior Design Trunk Show Gracious Homes (1992 Broadway, at 67th) 5:00 – 7:00 pm FREE (with refreshments and raffle prizes) Yoga [...]

Upper West Side Week In Review: 9/6 – 9/11/11

Slightly shortened “Week In Review” due to last week’s Labor Day holiday and fewer posts during the week due to some travel… A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: NYPD On The Hunt For Two Gunmen Wanted For Recent UWS Armed Robberies “Boarding School Bandit” Gets 16 Months In [...]

UWS Crime Blotter: Manslaughter Sentencing, Designer Purse Snatcher, Sweet-Toothed Bandit

Saturday morning round-up of recent Upper West Side crime-related news: The Post reports David McKie was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for vehicular manslaughter after killing 39-year-old Karen Schmeer in January 2010. McKie struck Schmeer as she was crossing Broadway at West 90th. At the time of the accident, McKie was “trying to [...]

Woman Loses Thousands after Tavern on the Green Theft

An Upper West Side woman who bought a significant amount of items from the Tavern on the Green auction has had thousands of dollars’ worth of the items stolen, according to West Side Spirit.  The woman noticed that items totaling $45,885 that she bought from Tavern on the Green and The Plaza auctions were placed [...]