Ess-a-Bagel Celebrates 50th Anniversary with huge bagels that in were cut in lieu of a ribbon, with a pizza dish-sized platter of cream cheese adjacent. Only in New York! ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Ess-a-Bagel Celebrates 50th Anniversary With New East Side Store You want a schmear? Attention all bagel lovers who pass through the vicinity of Midtown or Murray Hill: a new bagel palace... News 07 Aug 2026 | 05:17
Local City Council members are slamming the Park Avenue Armory Conservancy for their ongoing attempt to evict the Knickerbocker Greys from the building’s basement, calling it “callous” and “ill-advised.” ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Park Avenue Armory Tries To Evict Knickerbocker Greys Cadets—Again! City Council Members Julie Menin and Virginia Maloney are blasting the nonprofit that runs the Park Avenue Armory for its... News 04 Aug 2026 | 03:50
Albania Is Not For Sale: Hands Off Sazan and Narta reads a protest sign adorned with flamingos. ( Photo: Genevieve Hartnett) Albania is Not for Sale! Trump Family Resort Plans Face UES Protests The Flamingo Revolution has reached the Upper East Side of Manhattan. For the last two months, Albanian Americans living... News 03 Aug 2026 | 07:18
ParkSignal NYC detects open street parking spots. Eighteen-year-old Theo Darringer holds his phone in front of the free spot the app says is open. ( Photo: Sarah Gassel) Teen Creates App That Could Solve The City’s Street Parking Issue When teenager Theo Darringer’s family got a car two years ago, it quickly became his prized possession. He loved driving... News 30 Jul 2026 | 05:48
The intersection where police say a 25-yearold driver delivering goods in an Amazon electric cargo bike, or “e-bike,” mowed down a 79-year-old pedestrian after exchanging words. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Amazon Crime: E-bike Driver Hits Pedestrian, Charged with Assault A 25-year-old driver of an Amazon electric cargo bike was charged with two counts of felony assault after cops said he deliberately... News 26 Jul 2026 | 07:25
Frank E. Campbell, The Funeral Chapel at 1076 Madison Avenue at East 81st Street. ( Photo: Frank E. Campbell) Frank E. Campbell, The Funeral Chapel: Easing People Home So many people have written so many things about the Frank E. Campbell funeral home of 1076 Madison Avenue at East 81st Street,... Senior Living Guide 24 Jul 2026 | 01:21
A total of 31 buildings on the Upper East Side have tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease, including the Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue (above). Nearly 60 people have been infected. ( Photo: @Epicsunwarrior/ Wikimedia Commons) Growing Outbreak on UES: 59 Now Infected by Legionnaires’ Disease A Legionnaires’ outbreak tearing through the Upper East Side has now reached 59 total cases as of July 12, with 15 people... News 17 Jul 2026 | 01:52
The Book Cellar, located within the NYPL’s Webster branch, is dedicated to selling pre-owned books at incredible prices to the casual book reader and collectors alike. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) The Book Cellar at Webster Library Is an Underground Hit! The Book Cellar in the basement of New York Public Library Webster Branch in Yorkville is it: a truly underground, as in... News 16 Jul 2026 | 02:27
A warning on the NYC Health Dept. instructs UES residents to monitor for symptoms, as officials investigate the origins of the latest outbreak of Lenionnaires’ Disease. ( Photo: NYC Dept of Health) Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Hits UES, With 23 New Cases Legionnaires’ disease has broken out on the Upper East Side yet again, with 23 cases reported from one cluster as of Tuesday,... News 16 Jul 2026 | 02:18
Himan Brown Director David Knapp dances with member at the 75th anniversary of Himan Brown program at 92Y for New Yorkers in the 60+ age set. ( Photo: Lucy Rice) Still Swinging: 92NY Celebrates 75 Years of Himan Brown Program A rockin’ party was underway at the 92nd Street Y on Wednesday, June 17. “Rock Around the Clock” marked the 75th anniversary... News 23 Jun 2026 | 04:14
The approximate corner where Rozencwaig said his wife was assaulted on the Upper East Side. ( Photo: Google Maps) Petition Urges Faster Mental Health Intervention under Kendra’s Law After Steven Rozencwaig’s wife was assaulted on Third Avenue in September 2022, he subsequently discovered that the attacker... News 18 Jun 2026 | 06:36
Israel Day Parade, Governor Kathy Hochul speaking. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Israel Day Parade Brings Huge Crowd, High Spirits to Fifth Avenue Tens of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers, Israelis, their friends, allies and dozens of elected politicians came to Fifth... News 09 Jun 2026 | 09:46
Maureen Donohue-Peters (right) owns Donohue’s Steak House, which is managed by her niece, Mary Barrie (left). The two began Donohue’s East in Westhampton Beach together in July 2025. ( Photo: Sarah Gassel) Last Call for Donohue’s Steak House; UES Institution to Close After 76 Years Longtime patrons are lamenting the loss of Donohue’s Steak House, which has been family run since its founding 76 years ago... News 05 Jun 2026 | 10:25
Middle School Students seek signatures to a petition to the Department of Education, urging the city restore the provider of its after school arts program. The DOE’s Department of Youth & Community Development is switching from Manhattan Youth to another provider at some but not all middle schools. ( Captured By: Aiana Jones ) Menin Joins Student Fight to Restore Afterschool Provider Students, parents and community members rallied outside Robert F. Wagner Middle School at 220 E. 76th St. on May 21, protesting... News 28 May 2026 | 02:07
A talented artist before the attack by a deranged man on an UES subway in 2023, Emine Ozsoy was cut to the bone and initially left paralyzed from the shoulders down. Through intense therapy, she has learned to feed herself, brush her teeth and use a computer. ( Photo: GoFundMe) Subway Shover Gets 20 Year Prison Sentence for UES Attack Nearly three years after he randomly pushed a woman into a moving train at the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street F/Q station,... Crime Watch 15 May 2026 | 03:21
