Yorkville birdhouse behind which is 409 E. 81st St; top-floor right apartment boarded up. The occupant of the apartment was responsible for the colorful birdhouses attached to trees up and down the block. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Yorkville Apartment Fire Leaves One Woman Dead, Others Displaced A fifth-floor apartment fire that broke out on a birdhouse-lined block in Yorkville on Wednesday, Nov. 13, has left one... News 17 Nov 2025 | 02:03
An attempted mugging of a teen took place inside Carl Schurz Park, a place popular with youths and seniors alike because of newly renovated basketball and pickleball courts. The park is adjacent to Gracie Mansion. ( Photo: Steffen Wurzel/Wikimedia Commons) 4 Thugs Attempt to Rob Teen in Carl Schurz Park; Gunfire Near QB Bridge Four Thugs Attempt to Rob Teen At around 8pm. on Saturday, April 13, a gang of four thugs set upon a 14-year-old boy at East... News 21 Apr 2025 | 10:47
There are plans afoot reimagining the Yorkville area once known as Germantown—which boasted a over a dozen movie houses and live theater venues—as a new cultural center. Photo: Greendougherty /Pinterest Reimagining the Former Germantown as New Cultural Haven In 2019, when Jeremy Schaller turned down a real estate developer’s offer of $24 million dollars to buy the two low-rise... News 27 Jan 2023 | 05:58
Sara Cedar Miller’s book, “Before Central Park,” was published on June 28 and was featured in a Zoom talk hosted by Friends of the Upper East Side on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A Historical Walk Through Central Park — Before It Was A Park Beloved as a destination for tourists and a refuge for city dwellers, Central Park has a “millennia” of history inhabited... News 28 Jul 2022 | 01:08
Shop Local This Holiday Season All shopping is local - Thankfully, communities are getting the message and going all out to shop at and support local businesses.... Voices 22 Nov 2019 | 04:56
