Only One Upper East Side Spot Made the Cut on a New ‘Best Fries In NYC’ Roundup

Mike Mishkin April 29, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

A widely-read national food publication released its updated guide to the best french fries in New York City this week, narrowing the field to 18 restaurants across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and … Read More...

Lexington Avenue Pizzeria Has Closed Its Doors After Two Years

Mike Mishkin April 29, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

A husband-and-wife restaurant that opened on the Upper East Side in 2024 has shut down for good, with one of its owners describing a hard fight to keep the doors … Read More...

Three Firefighters Injured Battling Park Avenue Apartment Fire

Mike Mishkin April 28, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Three FDNY firefighters suffered minor injuries Monday evening while responding to a fire inside a vacant apartment on the Upper East Side. Read More...

Late-Night Cravings on the Upper East Side? There’s a Kitchen Still Going

Mike Mishkin April 28, 2026 Sponsored, Food & Drink No Comments

Finding a real meal late at night on the Upper East Side isn’t always easy. By the time most people start thinking about a second Read More...

Six New Upper East Side Restaurants

Mike Mishkin April 28, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

All up and running. Read More...

A ‘Disturbed’ Cane-Wielding Man Just Targeted One of Park Avenue’s Most Beloved Springtime Traditions

Mike Mishkin April 27, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Free Upper East Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox One of the Upper East Side’s most photographed annual displays was damaged in a daylight act Read More...

A New Netflix Series Is Headed to the Upper East Side

Mike Mishkin April 24, 2026 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

A book set among the Upper East Side's most exclusive families is headed back to screens — and this time, it's getting the prestige streaming treatment, with a familiar name … Read More...

Judge’s Son Learns Fate After Secretly Filming Women on Upper East Side

Mike Mishkin April 24, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

A Manhattan man has been sentenced for secretly filming his sexual encounters with women inside Upper East Side apartments he rented, nearly four years after he was first charged. Read More...

A Sinkhole Has Forced The Sudden Closure Of Part Of The East River Esplanade

Mike Mishkin April 23, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

A sinkhole has prompted the city to abruptly shut down a heavily trafficked section of the East River Esplanade on the Upper East Side Read More...

A 75-Year-Old Upper East Side Institution Will Close In June

Mike Mishkin April 23, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

After weeks of speculation sparked by a cryptic social media post, one of the Upper East Side's longest-running restaurants now has an end date on the calendar — and it's … Read More...