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Upper East Side Subway Commuters Should Take Note: Changes Coming Monday

Mike Mishkin May 15, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

If you take the Lexington Avenue line during rush hour, your morning or evening trip might look a little different starting next week. The MTA Read More...

The Upper East Side Could Soon Be a 20 MPH Zone

Mike Mishkin May 8, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Upper East Side could soon become one of the slowest neighborhoods in Manhattan to drive through. At a Community Board 8 Transportation Committee meeting Read More...

A Viral Plea, 200,000 Cheek Swabs, and a Decision Max’s Family Couldn’t Put Off Any Longer

Mike Mishkin May 5, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

It started with a father's TikTok video back in February. Read More...

Major Change Coming to Upper East Side College After Long-Awaited Federal Approval Nears

Mike Mishkin May 4, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

A two-year wait is finally drawing to a close for a small Upper East Side college, with a long-pending change of hands now expected to wrap up within weeks. 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...

Two E-Bike Battery Charging Stations Proposed for the Upper East Side

Mike Mishkin April 20, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The city is floating a plan that could bring a new piece of street-level infrastructure to the Upper East Side — and it's asking residents what they think before anything … Read More...

Beyond the SHSAT: The invite-only public school admissions test nobody talks about

Chalkbeat Staff April 16, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get Read More...

Upgraded Escalators Now In Service at Lexington Ave-63rd Street Station

Mike Mishkin April 8, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

Riders at a key Upper East Side subway station will now have an easier time getting around underground. Read More...

Ulta Beauty Relaunches Stylist Retraining After Black Mother and Daughter Were Denied Service at UES Location

Mike Mishkin April 6, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

Ulta Beauty says it is relaunching a texture training program for its stylists after a Black woman and her 7-year-old daughter filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the company over … Read More...

Alex Gregg, ‘Mayor of Yorkville,’ Dies at 78

Mike Mishkin April 5, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

Alex Gregg, a fixture of the Upper East Side for decades and the man many neighbors called the "Mayor of Yorkville," died peacefully on March 30, 2026. He was 78. Read More...