Celebrating the Giants' Super Bowl victory might have meant cheering and high-five-ing folks in Times Square, but when you're in Bay Ridge, it means toilet paper, firecrackers, and standing in front of cars. (Tomorrow's ticker tape parade should be real!) Check out videos of some celebrations in neighborhoods including Bay Ridge, Howard Beach, the Upper East Side and Astoria. more ›

Upper East Siders who enjoy "sleeping" and "resisting the urge to collapse into a weeping ball" may get some relief: the MTA's Capital Construction president told CB8 on Thursday that the blasting of the Second Avenue subway should cease by the end of the year. While those who live around 72nd Street may be able to retire their earplugs by New Year's Eve, the Post reports that blasting work at the site of the new station will begin on 86th street in April, and could last through 2013. They're gonna need more Sinatra. more ›

One of New Yorker's everyday nightmares is to be hit with falling scaffolding, and, this morning, a four-year-old was the victim of such an incident. The Post reports that she was "on her way to school on the Upper East Side" but luckily "escaped virtually unharmed this morning after she was struck by a wood plank during a scaffolding collapse." more ›

If you've ever taken the train to 68th Street and Lexington, you know that the Hunter College stop is not exactly the prettiest. What it is is very, very busy. And handicap inaccessible. But between the Second Avenue Subway and a planned elevator on 68th Street the MTA is really trying to make things better on both fronts. Cool, right? Ha! Ever meet an Upper East Side NIMBY? more ›

A pedestrian who was sued by a cyclist that struck her in Central Park this summer has countersued. According to the lawsuit obtained by the Post, 28-year-old Meghan Rohan alleges that 46-year-old Sabine Von Sengbusch had "total disregard" when she hit Rohan and shattered her elbow. more ›

A 46-year-old babysitter with a long history of working with an Upper East Side family was arrested today after a mysterious odyssey that lead the baby's panicked parents to call the cops when the child wasn't home on time. more ›

So, there's good news and there is bad news about the ongoing Second Avenue Subway construction. The good news (for neighbors bothered by the blasting required to dig the tunnel) is that the MTA has decided to halt the blasting until December 5 while they try and figure out how to push less debris into the air. The bad news is that in order to stay close to budget while doing so the MTA had to fire some workers the week before Thanksgiving. "I have a very difficult time with that, knowing what time of year it is," MTA capital construction program executive William Goodrich said at a Community Board 8 meeting last night in which the halt was announced. more ›

Though their presence may be somewhat diminished, Occupy Wall Street's drummers continue to exercise their First Amendment rights to annoy the hell out of Upper East Siders as part of a 24-hour jam session. more ›

Since its invention, the conversion van has been a vehicle of the 99%, helping the middle class conceive to the sounds of Whitesnake, providing shelter to smoke that Thanksgiving joint with uncle Lonny, and getting the kids to Water Country USA right when the gates open. Not content to let us have the one vehicle that maintains our dignity, Mercedes-Benz has been marketing their 9-foot tall, 22-foot long Sprinter conversion/cargo van to New York's upper crust. If you think their Chevy Astro-aerodynamics are ugly, it's because you're too poor to understand. more ›

An Upper East Side man was arraigned yesterday for bludgeoning his roommate to death—and police now believe he may have used his pit bull as a weapon in the attack. Shaun Dyer was arrested last month after city marshals discovered roommate David Shahda's dead body when they went to their shared apartment to deliver eviction papers. Police say Dyer "bludgeoned his roommate to death with some sort of cylindrical object," adding that there were "fresh bite wounds" on his body—but people who know Bones the pit bull say he isn't vicious at all: "He had a horrible owner, but he's a wonderful dog," one source told the Post. more ›

[Update below] When it came to his third term election Michael Bloomberg was able to spend $174.53 per vote, but now that he's got the job (again) Hizzoner is getting stingy. At least when it comes to Halloween candy. After years of handing out full-size candy bars, this year the staff at Bloomberg's Upper East Side mansion were only handing out the "fun-size" kind. After all, sugar will kill you. more ›

Yesterday morning, city marshals were at 344 East 62nd Street to deliver eviction papers. Instead, they found a dead body and a bloodstained dog. The Daily News reports, "Cops collared dead man's roommate hours after he told authorities he was 'having a bad day,' a cop source said." Shaun Dyer, 40, was charged with second-degree murder; NY1 says that while the dog was in the apartment and covered in blood, "Police say... the animal didn't appear to have anything to do with the man's death." more ›

The Millionaires' March, organized by the Working Families Party and NY Communities For Change, is in full swing as Occupy Wall Street protesters march to the homes of billionaires and millionaires "specially chosen for their willingness to hoard wealth at the expense of the 99%." Those lucky men include super-rich industrialist (and shadowy Tea Party backer) David Koch, News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, real estate developer Howard Milstein, hedge fund manager John Paulson, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon. The march started about an hour ago, and Gridlock Sam has been Tweeting, "Lots of tourists taking photos and adding to the crowd that's right now several hundred" and "Pds got the barricades ready to roll if necessary. Will try to keep march on sidewalks but could spill onto a lane of 5 av." more ›

In another startling reminder that tending a bar can not only be exhausting but dangerous, an Upper East Side bartender was stabbed twice by a patron that he was forced to eject for being unruly. The Daily News reports that around 5:40 a.m. yesterday morning, the 33-year-old Brady's Bar employee was stabbed with "an unknown object" as he was locking up the bar. more ›

After a taking a summer vacation, the anti-cyclist's favorite threat, cycling licenses and registration, returned to town last night at the Transportation Committee of the UES's Community Board 8, where a resolution "petitioning the city and state to require bicycle registration and some kind of identification for the vehicles, like a license plate" was approved. The nearly unenforceable idea now moves on to the full Community Board which will vote on it October 19th, before sending it on to City Hall and Albany. more ›

Grilling on the Upper East Side usually involves going to Parlor or flying to the Humid Pampa in Argentina to hand-pick a cow for slaughter. However, one couple who dared to dirty their hands on a "grill" are being sued by their co-op for "creating dangerous fire conditions on their balcony each time they cook," according to court filings obtained by the Post. more ›

People in New York City can get really upset if they think you've taken their parking spot. Earlier this year a 25-year-old Bronx woman was put into a coma over a spot and this afternoon a 62-year-old truck driver was slashed across the face while fighting for one. The incident took place on East 86th Street near Second Avenue around 4 p.m. and police tell us the driver was quickly taken to New York Hospital and is listed as being in stable condition. more ›

Not everyone was a fan of Elaine's, the famed Italian restaurant on the Upper East Side that was a regular hangout to many famous New Yorkers (among them Woody Allen). While the place was never really known for its food, the reviews could be vicious: "Restaurant was probably good before Pizza Hut came out, but Pizza Hut has since raised the bar for overpriced Italian food," Grant E. complained. So how will the Yelp users who took to the Internet to semi-anonymously complain about the now-closed restaurant feel hearing that items from the restaurant—as well as souvenirs from the late Elaine Kaufman's apartment—brought in $385,734 at auction this week, an amount that surpassed pre-sale estimates ("Of course the decor is not that exciting"—A.K. on Yelp). more ›

A woman in her 20s jumped off the 18th floor of an Upper East Side luxury building to her death earlier today. Suyeon Kim, 29, landed on a second-floor ledge on East 79th Street and Second Avenue. "I heard a big thump—real loud. I thought it was an air conditioner falling. It was that loud," said doorman Juan Gonzalez, who was working across the street. more ›

An Upper East Side man who suffers from priapism—which gives you painful, uncontrollable erections for hours at a time—was arrested yesterday after allegedly trying to steal cash from his father to buy painkillers for his condition. "My son has a very rare disease, he has a priapism, which means he gets an erection that lasts five or six hours, and it’s very painful. They gave him oxycodone. That’s his problem. He’s addicted to drugs now,” Tommy Miller said of his 30-year-old son David. more ›

Four people were injured after a multi-car crash on the Upper East Side yesterday night, including one man who was pinned between two of the cars. "The man was getting something out of the back of his parked SUV when the cars hit each other. He was stuck between them and just screaming," witness Beata Dheriault told the Post after the incident on Second Avenue near 82nd Street just before 8 p.m. more ›

Our apartment has never had the heat cut off out of spite, and we've never been subjected to threats of eviction if our rent was a few days late. But perhaps that's because we pay market value for our place on Delancey, and aren't Chinese. An article in the Times details how Madison Capital, an Upper East Side real estate firm, is reportedly using strong-armed tactics to "persuade" Chinese rent-stabilized tenants on the border of Chinatown and the Lower East Side to leave to make room for gentrifying rubes like us. more ›

The 2nd Ave Deli opened its second location (third, if you're counting the now closed original) this morning, bringing its Kosher delights to the Upper East Side. To commemorate the opening, three generations of the Lebewohls family, which started the institution, were on hand to cut the "nickel shtickel" (they cost a nickel years ago) salami links. Also on hand was Emmy Award winning actor Fyvush Finkel, also of Yiddish theater fame. more ›

The man arrested for allegedly breaking into an Upper East Side apartment and raping a 27-year-old woman inside early Saturday morning claims it wasn't illegal. Specifically, Assistant District Attorney Samuel David said yesterday, "The defendant made a series of statements that he went through the window of the apartment and took the victim's phone, so she'd be unable to call the police, and had sex with the victim -- although he disturbingly claims it was consensual." more ›

After quelling the kvetching from those shmendriks at the Department of Building, the long-awaited Upper East Side location of the 2nd Ave Deli will open tomorrow at 6 a.m. According to a press release sent out earlier today, Upper East Side residents "will soon have their matzo balls, pastrami and chopped liver closer to home" when the new location opens with "a traditional, ceremonial cutting of 'nickel shtickel' salami links" at 11 a.m. And then everyone will toast the new location with an Apple Latke Martini! What the hell is that!? more ›

A man suspected of raping a woman inside an East 90th Street apartment after breaking through a window was arrested yesterday. Jason Quinones, 21, was charged with rape and burglary. more ›

There is officially zero excuse for eating fast food in New York City: the number of restaurants has increased by 42 percent, from 5,610 to 7,966 between 1999 and 2009. The Lower East Side had the biggest growth of restaurants, at 233 sit-down joints compared to Williamsburg's 130 and Park Slope's 108. Do restaurants and ironic mustaches grow together? more ›