Prominent Restaurateur Shares Disturbing Story of Childhood on Upper East Side and Predators at Neighborhood After-School Programs

Mike Mishkin March 20, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

A well-known New York restaurateur who grew up on the Upper East Side is sharing a deeply personal account of the sexual abuse he says Read More...

Mile High Run Club Is Closing Its Upper East Side Location

Mike Mishkin March 19, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

Mile High Run Club is shutting down its boutique treadmill studio at 1251 Lexington Avenue between 84th and 85th Streets, with final classes set for Sunday, April 12. Read More...

Duo Wanted for Robbing 75-Year-Old Woman: Police

Mike Mishkin March 18, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

NYPD officials have issued an alert about a robbery that took place on the Upper East Side last week Read More...

Popular Japanese Grocery Chain Opening on Upper East Side

Mike Mishkin March 17, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

A popular Japanese market with locations across NYC has signed its latest lease on the Upper East Side, where it's expected to open late this year. Read More...

Black Woman and Young Daughter Denied Service at Upper East Side Salon: Lawsuit

Mike Mishkin March 17, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

A national beauty chain with a location on the Upper East Side is facing a federal discrimination lawsuit after two Black customers — a mother Read More...

Man Charged in Memorial Sloan Kettering Bomb Scare Pleads Not Guilty

Mike Mishkin March 17, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

The former Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center employee who brought bags to the Upper East Side hospital last Saturday and claimed they contained explosives has been identified and charged. Read More...

A Carpet Store Is Closing After 60 Years on the Upper East Side

Mike Mishkin March 17, 2026 Shopping No Comments

A First Avenue fixture and mom-and-pop business is shutting its doors after six decades in the neighborhood. Read More...

Sound On, Drinks Cheap: A March Madness Spot Worth Knowing About

Mike Mishkin March 16, 2026 Sponsored, Food & Drink No Comments

There’s a place on Third Avenue where the TVs are on, the sound is up, and the drinks are priced like it’s still 2019. With Read More...

Business Openings: SotoMethod, SunLife Organics, Nova Pizza & Grill, Coffee Project New York, Sushi Fukuya, Ricee Sushi Express, QQ Nails & Spa

Mike Mishkin March 16, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Make sure to sign up for our free email newsletter for more UES openings. SotoMethod opened over the weekend at 206 East 86th Street (between Second and Read More...

Gertrude Stein, Legendary Upper East Side Art Dealer, Dies at 98

Mike Mishkin March 15, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

A New Yorker who shared her name with one of history's most celebrated cultural figures spent six decades building a legacy entirely her own — as the founder of one … Read More...