St. Catherine’s Park will receive $3.6 million to improve infrastructure, particularly the construction of a multi-use pickleball court. ( Photo: NYC Parks Department) City Council Allots Over $25M to Improve 29 UES Projects from Parks to Museums Over $25 million worth of city funding will go to improvements and programming on the Upper East Side, announced Council... News 03 Jul 2024 | 04:01
A Link5G tower installed in Brooklyn. Preservationists on the Upper East Side have argued that the 5G towers are needlessly large and visually incompatible with their historic neighborhoods. ( Photo by Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) 5G Wars: Preservationists KO Link5G Plans on UES for Now The New York State Historic Preservation Office has recommended against plans for a Link5G tower at 1190 Madison Ave., near... News 16 Feb 2024 | 09:27
Outside Caffe Aronne, a long line of supporters that stretches across the block. (Priyanka Rajput) ( Priyanka Rajput) People rally to support a Jewish-owned UES Café After Pro-Palestine Baristas Quit A line of customers stretches down the block from the northeast corner of 71st St. and Lexington Ave. outside the UES coffee... Home 09 Nov 2023 | 07:03
Outside the 2nd Ave Deli. Photo: Instagram/2ndavedeli Jewish Deli on 1st Avenue Vandalized with Hate Symbols When Jeremy Lebewohl walked into his Deli on October 17, he was shocked to see three hate symbols–a swastika, a text scribbled... News 20 Oct 2023 | 03:35
A UPS cargo bike in Rome, Italy. How would their bigger cousins change New York? ( Photo via NYC DOT) CB8 Considers DOT’s Cargo Bike Rules, With Public Comment Period Coming to a Close As the one-month public comment period on DOT’s full authorization of cargo pedal-assist bikes comes to a close on September... News 08 Sep 2023 | 10:22
Giuliani’s Co-Op in a landmarked building at 45 E.66th St. went on the block in late July from Sotheby’s seeking $6.5 million. Photo: Beau Matic Giuliani’s UES Co-Op Listed For $6.5 Million Could Take Up to a Year to Sell Rudy Giuliani, who put his Upper East Side co-op on the market laate last month for $6.5 million amid mounting legal woes,... News 18 Aug 2023 | 04:30
The congestion zone that will be impacted by the Central Business Tolling Program (known as “congestion pricing”). May 30th updates on discounts, an environmental review, and a Small Business Task Force have done little to soothe Upper East Side residents infuriated by the plan. ( Photo via Community Board 8) UES Residents Opposing Congestion Pricing Seethe At Plan Updates During CB8 Task Force Meeting Congestion pricing debate is still roiling UES residents, proving the road to final implementation will be a very bumpy ride.... News 01 Jun 2023 | 10:58
The man dubbed “Dr. Pickleball” is said to show up at Carl Schurz Park every day around 11 a.m., bearing nets, wiffle balls and chalk. He’s pushing to popularize one of the fastest-growing sports in America on the UES. Yet he has run into opposition from locals who decry the loss of open park space for kids. Photo: Annonymous Pickleball Wars: Picklers Cheer 4th Court For The Popular Sport, Others Decry Loss Of Open Space There appears to be no sign of a truce in the pickleball wars that are roiling Carl Schurz Park on the UES. Our Town finally... News 26 May 2023 | 03:09
Woman “instantly paralyzed” from attack by subway fiend is a graphic artist fighting for her life A 35-year-old woman who was attacked by a crazed subway shover is fighting for her life. Suspect Kamal Semrade was arrested... News 25 May 2023 | 02:41
The intersection of E. 82nd St. and Second Ave. was the scene of an accident where a Hino tractor trailer truck struck a 47 year old pedestrian on April 29 who succumbed to his injuries ten days later. Photo: Google Mapgs Man Hit by Box Truck in Late April on UES Dies on May 9 A 47 year old male who was struck by a tractor trailer while crossing the intersection of Second Ave. and E. 82nd Street... News 15 May 2023 | 04:35
Councilmember Julie Menin has announced the results for District 5’s participatory budgeting process and roller hockey fans in particular are cheering. Photo: District 5 Roller Hockey Rink, Holmes Towers and Schools Win Big in Menin’s UES District The big money winners in the participatory budget vote in Council member Julie Menin’s UES district 5 included the $500,000... News 27 Apr 2023 | 12:36
PS 267 on E. 63rd St. where former PTA co-treasurer Marc Haynes was sentenced to 2 1/2 to 5 years in prison for stealing nearly $186,000 from the school’s PTA fund between Oct. 2020 to July 2021. Photo: NY Post/Google Maps. Former PTA Co-President Heading to Prison for Stealing $$$ from UES Elementary School Fund A former co-president of the PTA at an Upper East Side elementary school was sentenced to 2 1/2 to five years in prison after... News 19 Apr 2023 | 04:44
Powerhouse gallerist Isabelle Bscher now co-runs a gallery on the upper East Side that is carrying on the art world tradition started by her grandmother who founded the first Galerie Gmurzynska in Cologne, Germany. It is now has three galleries based in Switzerland and one in NYC. Photo: Gilles Bensimon Art in her DNA: UES dealer traces roots to grandma’s gallery in Germany Gallerist Isabelle Bscher jokes that she learned to walk at Art Basel, the international art show in Miami where her family... News 10 Apr 2023 | 03:47
Duane Reade, which has closed 90 stories in New York City since 2019, recently closed another one of its largest Manhattan stores on Second Ave. between 45th and 46th Street. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Duane Reade Closes UES Store on 2nd Ave, says prescription info sent to 3rd Ave. store Another big Duane Reader store on the east side of Manhattan has shut down. The latest is a fairly large Duane Reade on Second... News 21 Mar 2023 | 11:47
After nearly a 40 year career in the Episcopal ministry, the Rev. Brenda Husson, the rector of 200-year-old St. James Church on the UES will soon be retiring once a replacement is found. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Sharing Her Love for the Bible and Parishioners at St. James’ Episcopal Church For 27 years, Rev. Brenda Husson, the rector of St. James’ Church on Madison Avenue at East 71st Street on the Upper East... People 03 Mar 2023 | 12:59
