NEW BUS STOP ON COLUMBUS

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

New York City Transit, in response to a letter by Council Member Gale Brewer, is establishing a new Columbus Avenue bus stop for the M20 cross-town bus route, between West 66th and 65th streets. In September, Brewer sent a letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Elliot Sander after receiving complaints from constituents. She requested that
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THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Environmentally conscious Upper West Siders looking to live “green” are invited to attend a multi-media presentation of An Inconvenient Truth, followed by a panel discussion on how residents can personally address the global warming crisis. The panel includes leading experts on global warming, who will give tips on living a sustainable life on the Upper
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GALE BREWER IN COLOR

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

The day after Council Member Gale Brewer cast her vote against the successful term-limit extension, she spent her afternoon hunkered down in the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, a public access studio. Brewer filmed three episodes of This Side of Central Park, her new public access show. The shows, which will air over the next three months,
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BROADWAY: DANGEROUS STREET

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

The Upper West Side now holds the odious title of being home to one of New York’s most dangerous streets, according to watchdog group Tri-State Transportation Campaign. Broadway and Third Avenue have both supplanted Queens Boulevard—often called the Boulevard of Death—as the city streets with the most traffic fatalities. From 2005-2007, 10 pedestrians were killed
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CREDIT CARD SWINDLE

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

An employee at the Duane Reade at 253 W. 72nd St., between West End Avenue and Broadway, was busted for using customer credit card numbers the store kept on file. Chanoa Paylor, 19, was arrested and charged with grand larceny on Oct. 16 for using the credit card numbers to purchase almost $6,000 worth of
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BUSTED IN REFUND SCAM

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

On Oct. 18, an employee at Circuit City, at 1995 Broadway near West 68th Street, was arrested and charged with grand larceny for moving customer money to a personal bank account. Cops said that when customers would refund merchandise to the store, Luciano Santiago, 29, would refund the money back to his own personal bank
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CLEAN GETAWAY

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Heather Mac Cleaners, at 129 W. 72nd St. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, was burglarized on Oct. 23 at 7:10 p.m. Police said that the perp kicked in the glass door and squeezed through the opening. Once inside, the thief took $100 from the register. The open register was left on the floor, according to
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PULLING THE RED LEVER TO THE RIGHT, ONE LAST TIME

Written by admin on November 4, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

They looked like vertical metallic coffins, more than 2,200 voting machines lined up in rows in a Red Hook warehouse on the last Wednesday before Election Day. After 100 million voters yanked the machine’s distinctive red lever, the relic-in-waiting stood ready for what could be their final tour of duty in service to democracy—a tour
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PUBLIC GETS FIRST LOOK AT RIVERSIDE SOUTH

Written by admin on November 3, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Upper West Siders got their first glimpse of the size and scope of Extell’s Riverside South development at an Oct. 30 meeting of Community Board 7’s Riverside South Working Group. About 100 citizens gathered at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital on Tenth Avenue to see Extell’s 8.2-acre proposal to build four residential glass towers and one commercial
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GETTING READY TO RUN

Written by admin on October 30, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

With the 39th New York City Marathon right around the corner, New York Road Runners launched its week of festivities with a Marathon Kickoff on Sunday morning, a five-miler through Central Park that drew more than 6,400 competitors. Mohammed Awol (25:14) of the powerful Westchester Track Club, and Manhattanite Christine Hoffman (28:59) were the top
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