https://www.ourtownny.com/news/upper-east-side-neighborhood-event-calendar-sept-24-30-FY6221744 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-23T12:05:28-04:00 Upper East Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Sept. 24 - 30 https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/riverside-park-via-riversideparknyc_4-11126965_20260923120530.jpg Riverside Park via riversideparknyc.org https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/met-cloisters-via-www-metmuseum-org_4-11126970_20260923120531.jpg met cloisters via www.metmuseum.org https://www.ourtownny.com/news/council-member-marte-takes-on-battery-park-ticket-scammers-again-MA6211385 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-23T16:05:24-04:00 Council Member Marte Takes on Battery Park Ticket Scammers—Again! https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/council-member-marte-takes-battery-pa_4-11118982_20260921085907.jpg Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Christopher Marte at Sept. 15 ticket scammer event at Battery Park. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/council-member-marte-takes-battery-pa_4-11118985_20260921085908.jpg Ticket seller counterprotesterors at Sept. 14 ticket scammer event at Battery Park. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/council-member-marte-ticket-battery-p_4-11119043_20260921091508.webp A Battery Park ticket seller offers assistance to female passersby, March 2025. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/marte-battery-park-ticket-scammers_4-11119155_20260921092929.jpg Warning: Scam Alert signs are all over Battery Park, trying to save tourists from deception. https://www.ourtownny.com/home/penn-station-bar-is-back-on-tracks-BI6208377 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-23T17:00:15-04:00 Penn Station Bar Is Back on Tracks https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-5516_4-11116902_20260918140645.jpg Pre-grand opening, Tracks Raw Bar and Grill, seen here from the main entrance, has totally different decor than when it left Penn Station seven years ago. There is a long bar for thirsty patrons, and cozy booths in the back for hungry and thirsty ones, not in a rush for the 6:27 p.m. train to suburbia. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-5824_4-11117613_20260918140648.jpg Lobster Roll? Topneck Clams? A pint of Guinness? It’s all at Tracks in Penn Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/image001-3_4-11117616_20260918140649.jpg Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal lightens the moment during the commemoration of the Tracks re-opening on September 17. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-9759_4-11117619_20260918140652.jpg MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber who had forced out the original Tracks seven years ago as the MTA undertook a $700 million LIRR station renovation, welcomed the raw bar back in the rebuilt concourse at Penn Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-9776_4-11117622_20260918140654.jpg At the re-opening of Tracks Raw Bar and Grill, owner Bruce Caulfield took the time to thank those who were responsible for the rebuilt space that was vacated 7 years ago. Looking on are MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and LIRR President Rob Free, Assembly Member Keith Powers, and Manhattan BP Brad Hoylman-Sigal. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/a-look-inside-the-artsy-and-freaky-freeman-alley-with-karen-s-quirky-new-york-YI6219809 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T12:12:17-04:00 A Look Inside the Artsy and Freaky Freeman Alley with Karen’s Quirky New York https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/1-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125222_20260922154702.jpg Karen Rempel welcomes you to the famously graffiti-covered Freeman Alley, a popular downtown haunt for the avant-garde and rebellious artists. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/2-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125238_20260922154702.jpg Freeman Alley buzzes with podcasters, Instagrammers, TikTokers, graffiti artists, and snoops. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/4-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125244_20260922154927.jpg Graffiti art: paint and collage, adorned with unexpected greenery in Freeman Alley https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/5-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125247_20260922154927.jpg Karen Rempel surrenders to being immersed in graffiti in Freeman Alley. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/6-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125250_20260922154928.jpg 3 Freeman Alley is the entrance to Untitled, a boutique minimalist hotel with a rooftop bar. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/7-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125253_20260922154928.jpg Karen Rempel transforms into a trickster ready to take New York. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/8-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125256_20260922155052.jpg Freeman Alley is a living art space, continuously regenerating. Here a graffiti artist prepares the canvas for a new iteration. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/9-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125259_20260922155052.jpg The ominous Freeman Alley at night seems to harken back to its coffin-maker roots. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/10-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-202_4-11125262_20260922155053.jpg A Tesla Cybertruck, spotted on Chrystie Street, around the corner from Freeman Alley has been hit with “LOOT’s throw” (graffiti tag). https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/teaching-advice-from-the-late-great-frank-mccourt-KJ6182509 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T13:57:36-04:00 Teaching Advice from the Late, Great, Frank McCourt https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/frank-mccourt-by-old-stuy-high_4-11084202_20260909163154.jpg Frank McCourt, before a photo of the original Stuyvesant High School on East 15th Street, where he was a creative writing teacher for 20 years before becoming the Pulitzer Prize winning author of “Angela’s Ashes.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/angleas-ashes_4-11084375_20260909163154.jpg Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, NY, but wrote about the hard scrabble life growing up in Limerick in his Pulitzer Prize winning memoir. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2164a-0_4-11084379_20260909163154.jpg The writer Tom Allon campaigned to have the public high school at 145 W. 84th Street named for the former teacher and Pulitzer Prize winning author. The school was named for him on Oct. 6, 2009, less than three months after McCourt’s death on July 19 at the age of 78. https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/kids-cooking-program-deserves-a-chef-s-kiss-ED6151503 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T13:59:13-04:00 Kids’ Cooking Program Deserves A Chef’s Kiss https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-28-at-12-17-07-pm_4-11048697_20260828123152.png Cultured Kids Cuisine offers free online classes that educate children about culture and history through cooking to help our next generation develop a broader palate and celebrate diversity. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-28-at-12-07-20-pm_4-11048699_20260828123156.png Cultured Kids Cuisine is run by a global team of several hundred student volunteers, and every virtual workshop is inspired by a traditional recipe connected to a region or culture from around the world. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/aboutpage-founderimage-dd36fbb05b40ac_4-11048701_20260828123202.jpg Mia Kotikovski is the founder and CEO of Cultured Kids Cuisine and a medical student at The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, focusing on pediatric surgery. https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/seven-changes-shaping-city-public-schools-in-the-new-academic-year-IG6181129 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T14:05:02-04:00 Seven Changes Shaping City Public Schools in the New Academic Year https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-09-at-3-30-48-pm_4-11084209_20260909155433.png Students line up for their first day of school at P.S. 257 in 2024. https://www.ourtownny.com/evergreen/ny-takes-next-step-in-graduation-overhaul-leaving-unanswered-questions-NY6199492 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T14:06:15-04:00 NY Takes Next Step in Graduation Overhaul, Leaving Unanswered Questions https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-15-at-1-13-15-pm_4-11102809_20260915131419.png New York is moving ahead with new high school graduation requirements, but key questions remain about how current students will be assessed without Regents exams. https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/as-school-begins-nyc-families-keep-watch-for-ice-CY6199848 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T14:07:51-04:00 As School Begins, NYC Families Keep Watch for ICE https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-15-at-1-58-29-pm_4-11103056_20260915135850.png Juan, Margarita’s 18-year-old son, leaves to take his siblings to their first day of school. https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/stuyvesant-high-school-student-receives-billie-jean-king-award-YC6206203 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T14:10:38-04:00 Stuyvesant High School Student Receives Billie Jean King Award https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-17-at-4-01-22-pm_4-11114372_20260917160633.png Jayden Howard (center), a Stuyvesant High School student, received the Billie Jean King Tennis Junior Achievement Award at an annual City Parks Foundation fundraiser. Pictured alongside him (left to right): Kim Clijster, Peter Hurley and Billie Jean King. https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/mayor-zohran-mamdani-artificial-intelligence-moratorium-DL6184151 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T14:15:37-04:00 School Is Back in Session With New AI Limitations https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55504671868-2f16dc60fe-3k_4-11087820_20260910122127.jpg Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels announced a moratorium on student-facing generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in schools on Sept. 2, 2026. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55504730134-61e336870f-o_4-11087823_20260910122128.jpg The announcement took place at the Brooklyn STEAM Center. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55504571576-a6735579e5-o_4-11087826_20260910122129.jpg The moratorium was designed to “put students first” with a generative AI ban and age-appropriate screen time restrictions. https://www.ourtownny.com/features/fall-education-guide-2026-DD6225335 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-24T14:21:42-04:00 Fall Education Guide 2026 https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/pexels-charlotte-may-5965787_4-11131888_20260924141458.jpg