Landlord Suing Wealthy Couple For Skipping $19,000 Rent Payments
An Upper East Side landlord is suing his wealthy tenants for failing to pay rent for nearly two years. The tenants continue to reside in the luxury home and aren’t …
Author: E.L. Danvers
A Plan to Beautify Upper East Side Construction Sites
A local non-profit founded on the premise of supporting early career artists is on a mission to beautify the City’s neighborhoods with the help of community-centric art and community-based artists.
Upper East Side Rat Garden Sold to Developer
The long abandoned and overgrown corner of East 78th Street and First Avenue appears poised for much needed change. However, the change that is likely afoot is not the kind …
Upper East Side Locations of Literary Significance
The Upper East Side has served as the backdrop and inspiration for an abundance of famous literary works. Many of literature’s best-known personalities have also set up camp in the …
Transportation Committee Proposals Aim to Ease Congestion, Add New Loading Zones
Community Board 8’s Transportation Committee kicked off 2022 by tackling traffic congestion and similar problematic parking behaviors at its meeting on January 5. Representatives from the New York City Department …
HomBom Toys Closes
It appears that one of the Upper East Side’s beloved toy stores has closed. Moms of the Upper East Side reported on Instagram earlier this week that HomBom Toys would …
Lone Tenant Fights Second Avenue Demolition
It is often said that one person can ruin it for all. On a sliver of an Upper East Side street, one person may be saving it for all.
Rest In Peace: Joan Didion, Upper East Sider
Joan Didion moved to New York’s Upper East Side in 1956 as a wide-eyed twenty-something infatuated with the city; in love with it. “I do not mean ‘love’ in any …
A New Petition to Transform Upper East Side “Rat Park”
Advocacy works. That is the message being championed by the group responsible for organizing the effort to transform the East 78th Street and First Avenue “rat park” into a community …
Squatters Removed From Empty Lenox Hill Townhouse
The owners of an abandoned Upper East Side townhouse have hired private security after squatters were found inside the 5,000 square foot space.
