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Suspects Pull Knife on 14-Year-Old Near Gracie Mansion

Mike Mishkin April 14, 2025 NYPD + FDNY 1 Comment

A group of four suspects approached a 14-year-old boy near the mayor’s residence this weekend, pulling a “sharp object” on him in an attempted robbery. Read More...

Upper East Sider Films Himself Breaking Into Gracie Mansion

Ethan Harfenist January 2, 2025 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

An Upper East Side resident was arrested during the early hours of Wednesday, January 1, after filming himself breaking into the mayoral residence of Gracie Read More...

57 Species of Birds Were Spotted in Carl Schurz Park Last Year

Pavita Singh January 2, 2024 Odds and Ends No Comments

Anyone who thinks that New York City is nothing but a nature-free concrete jungle needs look no further than Carl Schurz Park, where at least Read More...

A Creative Weekend at Carl Schurz Park

Susanne Beck September 6, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

The 1970s was a decade that many New Yorkers would probably prefer to forget. The city was on the verge of fiscal collapse, public transit Read More...

The Upper East Side Frenchie Feud

E.L. Danvers July 24, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

The primates of Park Avenue may have met their match. A group of French Bulldog owners has recently drawn the ire of at least one Read More...

A Tree-Chipping Event in Carl Schurz Park

Hazen Cuyler January 4, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

If you’re reading this while Christmas tree needles sprinkle your living room floor, the New York City Department of Sanitation is giving you one final Read More...

Adams, Menin to Rally Sunday in Carl Schurz Park

Mike Mishkin October 30, 2021 Politics No Comments

Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams will be appearing in Carl Schurz Park on Sunday at 2pm, alongside Julie Menin, the Democratic nominee for City Council Read More...

NYPD Kids First – A “Day of Play” at Carl Schurz Park

Mike Mishkin July 15, 2021 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor de Blasio joined community leaders and young people to announce NYPD Kids First in late June. The initiative includes Read More...

Free Shakespeare in Carl Schurz Park

Mike Mishkin June 30, 2021 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

NY Classical Theatre will be bringing six performances of King Lear to Carl Schurz Park at 87th and East End from Tuesday, July 20 to Read More...

City Plans $80M Renovation of John Finley Walk

E.L. Danvers June 13, 2021 Odds and Ends No Comments

Upper East Siders received welcome news this week when they learned that a stretch of the East River Esplanade would finally be receiving a much-needed Read More...