Category: Shopping

New Record Store, Sweet Peanut Records, Coming to Amsterdam Avenue

Mike Mishkin May 21, 2026 Shopping No Comments

A 32-year-old former wealth manager is leaving a decade in finance behind for a passion project on Amsterdam Avenue — and a storefront currently mid-spackle Read More...

Morningside Heights Gift Shop That Started as a Holiday Pop-Up Is Putting Down Permanent Roots — With a Weekend Block Party to Match

Mike Mishkin May 7, 2026 Shopping No Comments

After charming the neighborhood during a holiday-season trial run, a Broadway gift shop is making it official — and throwing open its doors for a Read More...

New and Coming Soon: Mount Sinai OB-GYN, Collars & Co., Wink Pediatric Eye Care, Blank Street Coffee, Neuhaus Chocolates

Mike Mishkin May 5, 2026 Shopping No Comments

Make sure to sign up for our free newsletter for more UWS openings. Mount Sinai OB-GYN is relocating to 348 Amsterdam Avenue (between 76th and 77th streets), Read More...

Trader Joe’s at 72nd and Broadway Closing May 17 for Months-Long Renovation

Mike Mishkin April 30, 2026 Food & Drink, Shopping No Comments

The Trader Joe's at 72nd and Broadway will temporarily close on Saturday, May 17 to undergo a remodel that's expected to take several months, the company has confirmed to ILTUWS. Read More...

Party City’s UWS Return? That Was Easy.

Mike Mishkin April 27, 2026 Shopping No Comments

Party City is on its way back to the Upper West Side — just over a year after the brand's neighborhood storefront went dark. Read More...

New and Coming Soon: PWR NYC, New Deli, The Cutting Edge Barbershop, Grassroots Fitness, Auntie Anne’s & Carvel, Aritzia

Mike Mishkin April 25, 2026 Shopping No Comments

Make sure to sign up for our free newsletter for more UWS openings. PWR NYC, a boutique gym that opened last year at 2284 Broadway (between 82nd Read More...

New and Coming Soon: Rapawzel Dog Grooming & Daycare, Salomon, Alo, Neuhaus Chocolates, School of Math

Mike Mishkin March 25, 2026 Shopping No Comments

Make sure to sign up for our free newsletter for more UWS openings. Rapawzel Dog Grooming & Daycare recently opened at 211 West 80th Street (between Broadway Read More...

Capital One to Close UWS Branch After 27 Years

Mike Mishkin March 20, 2026 Shopping No Comments

A Capital One bank that has been a fixture on the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 72nd Street for nearly three decades is preparing Read More...

Upper West Side UPS Store Closing After 35 Years; Owner Leaves Letter Explaining Why

Mike Mishkin March 18, 2026 Shopping No Comments

A UPS store is closing after operating for decades in the neighborhood, and a letter posted at the front of the store tells the whole story. Read More...

Two Closings on Columbus Avenue

Mike Mishkin March 9, 2026 Shopping No Comments

Columbus Avenue is losing two more storefronts. Read More...