UES Building Fire Leads to One Death, Multiple Injuries

Ethan Harfenist December 3, 2024 NYPD + FDNY 1 Comment

A three-alarm fire blazed through a residential building on the Upper East Side Monday evening, leading to multiple injuries and one death. Read More...

Mix New York Announces Closure Due to Nearby Construction

Danielle Storm December 3, 2024 Shopping No Comments

After ten years of affordably accessorizing the Upper East Side, fashion jewelry shop Mix New York will be shutting its doors. Read More...

Lady Sues Balloon Exhibit for Negligence After Sustaining Leg Injuries

Ethan Harfenist December 3, 2024 Odds and Ends 2 Comments

The company behind a colorful, buoyant balloon art exhibit that was held at the Park Avenue Armory over the summer is being sued over an Read More...

Suspect Arrested for Elder Abuse AND Animal Abuse

Mike Mishkin December 1, 2024 NYPD + FDNY 1 Comment

We recently wrote about two assaults against elderly Upper East Siders. Read More...

Business Openings: SAUER, Memor Museum, GelMe, Baudoin and Lange

Mike Mishkin December 1, 2024 Shopping No Comments

SAUER, a Brazilian jewelry brand, recently opened at 800 Madison Avenue (between 67th and 68th streets), the company’s first U.S. location. Read More...

New Birch Coffee to Replace Smoke Shop

Ethan Harfenist December 1, 2024 Food & Drink 2 Comments

A shuttered First Avenue smoke shop will be turned into the newest Birch Coffee, marking the brand’s third Upper East Side location and what seems Read More...

The Upper East Side Fruit Vendor at the Center of an Art Auction Gone Bananas

Ethan Harfenist December 1, 2024 Odds and Ends No Comments

An Upper East Side fruit vendor has unexpectedly found himself in the middle of one of the most bizarre art auction stories in years—and he’s Read More...

Avenue Bakery Closes After Less Than a Year

Ethan Harfenist November 29, 2024 Food & Drink 4 Comments

Avenue Bakery, a kosher bakery that opened less than a year ago on the Upper East Side, appears to have permanently closed for business earlier Read More...

Development Plans Filed for Northwest Corner of 86th and First Avenue

Danielle Storm November 27, 2024 Real Estate 1 Comment

After sitting empty for eighteen months, there may soon be some movement on the demolition of the buildings on the northwest corner of East 86th Read More...

Developer Files Plans for New 28-Story Tower on Upper East Side

Ethan Harfenist November 27, 2024 Real Estate 3 Comments

Following earlier plans by Menahem Chukroon, a developer and founder of Brooklyn North Capital, to have a two-story medical building on the Upper East Side Read More...