Basement Fire in 75th Street High-Rise

Mike Mishkin February 3, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

At the stroke of midnight on Thursday, FDNY officers arrived to the scene of a fire at 196 East 75th Street at Third Avenue. After Read More...

Menin Calls For Safer Upper East Side Intersections

E.L. Danvers February 3, 2022 Politics 3 Comments

Thanks to a local lawmaker and the mayor’s commitment to make 1,000 intersections safer, much-needed safety enhancements may be coming to numerous Upper East Side Read More...

Rose Box, a Fancy Flower Shop, Opens on Madison Avenue

Mike Mishkin January 31, 2022 Shopping No Comments

Rose Box NYC – which offers “High-end preserved roses arranged on beautiful Parisian hat boxes” – has opened a shop at 1069 Madison Avenue at Read More...

Private Upper East Side Schools Accept State Funds to Pay Teachers

E.L. Danvers January 31, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Some of New York City’s most expensive private schools aroused the ire of their public counterparts after the New York Daily News revealed that they Read More...

Michael Rapaport Returns to Rite Aid

Mike Mishkin January 30, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Just a few days after filming an alleged shoplifting incident at the Rite Aid on 80th and Second Avenue, actor Michael Rapaport has returned to Read More...

Skeletal Remains Found in Central Park Behind Met

E.L. Danvers January 30, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

A grisly discovery was made in Central Park hours before snow blanketed the city, according to police sources. Read More...

Real Estate News: Two Future Towers + Opulent Mansion Sells

Mike Mishkin January 29, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

New York YIMBY reports that permits have been filed for a 21-story building at 242 East 71st Street, between Second and Third Avenue. The owner Read More...

What Happened to Garnet Wines & Liquors?

Hazen Cuyler January 28, 2022 Shopping 10 Comments

What has become of the once great Garnet Wines & Liquors? Instead of garnering praise, the UES shop – located at 929 Lexington Ave (between 68th Read More...

Extell Presents Plans, Renderings For First Avenue Medical Complex

E.L. Danvers January 27, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

One of New York City’s most important medical districts will be bolstered by new construction on First Avenue between East 79th and 80th Streets. Read More...

The Extraordinary Story of the Upper East Side’s Hot Dog King

Hazen Cuyler January 27, 2022 Food & Drink 2 Comments

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has long been my favorite spot in the city. Right in the middle of the entry way stairs, there are Read More...