February 2025 Newsletter and Upcoming Events

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Newsletter and Upcoming Events Check out the February Issue of the Newsletter in color! Local e-waste recycling event in the neighborhood March 23, 2025. Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive. On line Video Presentations at the New York Historical Society Redefining Justice: Tackling Wrongful Convictions and Reforming the Criminal … Read more

Panel Discussion About Our Streets

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Our Streets- A Panel Discussion About the Way Forward with this Valuable Asset The panel featured below has been organized by the 102-103 Block Association.We are presenting it here as a matter of interest to residents of 104th Street, as the built environment concerns us all, and these panelists … Read more

Dues and Mugs

Tree guard in snow with a small sign reading, “Plantings provided by the West 104th Street Block Association.”

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES It’s Dues Time! See the link to pay at the bottom of the page. Ours is a special block: lovely, historic, welcoming and safe.  Your contribution to the Block Association helps to keep it that way.  Thanks to your support, we have a guard on duty six evenings … Read more

Free Composting Pails

Tan colored Composting pail with a white handle and lid shown on a kitchen counter next to a roll of paper towels.

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES The Block Association is giving out FREE composting cans for every apartment that wants one! Just Email Us, and we’ll have a can ready for you with your name on it, waiting at 315 Riverside Drive. I used to be totally resistant to composting. Not that I disliked the idea, … Read more

Metro Theater Update

Marquee and art deco facade of the Metro Theater on Broadway! Featuring figures and masks representing comedia and tragedia.

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Upper West Side Cinema Center Seeks Funding to Purchase Metro Theater The long shuttered Metro Theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th Streets maybe coming back to life. There is an effort by the Upper West Side Cinema Center to turn the Metro Theater on W. 99th St. and Broadway … Read more

Block Association Swag

Navy Blue collapsible shopping bag with white West 104th Street lamppost logo

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Start your Holiday Shopping on the Block Key Chain w/ LED Light $5 West 104th Street Block Association logo keychain printed in navy blue on, long, rectangular, clear plastic with silver tone ring Jean Fabric Cap $20 Khaki Color Cap $20 White Cap $25 Large Tote Red Inside … Read more

2024 Holiday and Food Drive

City Harvest truck at food pickup site

Holiday Food & Toy Drive December 11th through 17th 5th Annual West 104th Street Block AssociationFood and Toy Drive Saturday December 7th through December 15th Donation Boxes are set up at 315 and 320 Riverside Drive, 895 and 905 West End Avenue and 309 West 104 Street. If you live in a brownstone or off block you can make donations … Read more

Nov 23: Spring Tulip Planting

Pink tulips in full bloom

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Spring Tulip Planting Is it April? Not yet…. But we are doing the spring tulip planting! Saturday, November 23 at 9:30 AM  Please volunteer! Tools will be provided.  Please email Larry Stern for details. Rain date, Sunday November 24 at 9:30 AM Get a workout and be part of the community … Read more