Posts this past week included (with a ballerina on Union Square by Derek Berg)... • Man sentenced for 2 March 2024 shootings in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday) • Housing lottery is underway for 49 apartments at the all-new 280 E. Houston St. (Monday) • Al fresco comeback: City’s … | Continue reading
Photo and reporting by Stacie Joy From left on 2nd Street: Olive Faber and Emily Green This past Thursday night, Star's Revenge — Olive Faber and Emily Green — held a record release party at Berlin on Avenue A for the duo's latest single, "Me and My Friends." Joining them on the … | Continue reading
Unfortunately, we missed the one-night-only art show on Friday, adjacent to the FTC skate shop at 216 Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street. EVG reader Allan Yashin shared these photos... where the photography and artwork of more than 50 FTC family and friends were on disp … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy Inside the All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church on 11th Street east of Third Avenue... | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy Unable to attend today's Hands Off! rally starting in Bryant Park, these residents held their own protest on Fourth Street... | Continue reading
Garden prep photo last week by Stacie Joy The 6th & B Garden on the SW corner of Sixth Street and Avenue B is holding its first open hours of the season — today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday) from 1-6 p.m. The garden, which started in 1983, also hosts various events during th … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy Resources for immigrants at the Tompkins Square Library branch (and at other NYPL branches) Local stories of interest from other sources this past week include... • In the works for Essex and Delancey: mixed-income housing on the former site of the Essex Marke … | Continue reading
Rear building sky view from the Lower East Side... drizzle to rain off and on all weekend long, per the weather people. | Continue reading
The London-based Snapped Ankles recently released its fourth record, the appropriately titled Hard Times Furious Dancing. The video here is for "Pay the Rent." | Continue reading
Photos by Jacob Ford Workers today are planting three new trees on St. Mark's Place at Third Avenue, adjacent to the new 9-story office building... Several trees were cut down here during construction (we covered this here). Workers also removed a tree from outside 5 St. Mark's P … | Continue reading
Shirokuro has debuted at 103 Second Ave. at Sixth Street. The omakase spot also marks the neighborhood's (and Manhattan's!) first two-dimensional restaurant, courtesy of the owners of the now-closed Boka (RIP late 2024) at 9 St. Mark's Place and Noflex at 286 Fifth Ave. The inter … | Continue reading
A springtime look inside the New York City Marble Cemetery on Second Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy We spotted Kash updating the film titles at Village East by Angelika yesterday on Second Avenue at 12th Street ... the theater's south-facing signage features their special and classic screenings... It's one of NYC's last analog marquees. | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Pavlo Mochi debuted at 199 Avenue B between 12th Street and 13th Street this week. I met owner Pavlo Servetnyk ... The colorful cafe specializes in fresh mochi, distinct from the traditional Japanese frozen variety. This version has a soft, mous … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy At 102 E. Seventh St., a coming-soon sign is up for Maza Artisanal Mexican Food on the south side of the block between Avenue A and First Avenue. We don't know anything about who's behind the business. Maza replaces Vintage Cafe, which later morphed into a gho … | Continue reading
• Kawa Omakase, 37 First Ave. between First Avenue and Second Avenue Kawa features a 14-course menu for $88 in the smallish space with 13 counter seats and several tables "for a more private setting." Reservations here. Instagram here. • 12, 54 Bond St. at the Bowery The lines ha … | Continue reading
Thanks to EVG reader Bruce for this photo from Fourth Street and Avenue B... | Continue reading
Photo by Diane Randall On Monday, we mentioned that the Whole Foods Market is shaping up at 409 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. This afternoon, workers are hanging the signage. The Whole thing (sorry) is not up yet. The smaller-format store will offer more grab-pay … | Continue reading
Photos by Steven While the reconstruction of the Tompkins Square Park field house is complete (100% complete, per the Parks website)... there is still work to be done around the structure. This morning, workers arrived to replace the pavement surrounding the field house, a projec … | Continue reading
Photo from March 16, 2024, by Stacie Joy A man who terrorized passersby during two daylight shootings in Tompkins Square Park over five days in March 2024 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence for Waldemar Alverio handed down yesterday in New York Supreme Crimina … | Continue reading
A sliver of a storefront — just a door’s width — at 99 Third Ave. is now for rent. The listing at Meridian Capital Group says this about the 300-square-foot space: ... perfect for any to-go/takeout concepts Great frontage opportunity High ceilings Steps from Union Square with 24/ … | Continue reading
2023 photo at Ink on A by Stacie Joy From the EVG inbox... I went mad today looking for an old-school East Village magazine shop or newsstand. Not even a fancy one. Anything. Where can one buy even a simple magazine in the East Village area? I miss Ink. We miss Ink, too. The shop … | Continue reading
Photo by Jose Garcia Springtime along Ninth Street (and outside vintage shop Spark Pretty). | Continue reading
Our first reader dispatch of the spring about the world-famous wisteria outside 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street: We have our first bloom on the block! Despite the cold! Much relief, as that vine has looked a little rough all winter. It’s the little purple fluff on the black wind … | Continue reading
Photo by Robert Miner As seen on 11th Street this April 1 ... | Continue reading
This is no April Fool's — roadway dining season officially kicks off today, April 1. Restaurants and bars participating in the Dining Out NYC program may now start serving in their roadway dining structures. The city allowed approved establishments to begin setting up last Tuesda … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy An all-new Pasta de Pasta is set to debut today at 165 First Ave. just north of 10th Street. Three of the four business partners were on-site yesterday (from left): Fatih Cimic, Eda Kabil and Tugay Ese. (Not pictured: Serap Oyal, who runs the Pa … | Continue reading
The two storefronts at 106 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street recently arrived on the leasing market. Per Meridian Capital Group, each 800-square-foot storefront has a $7,500 monthly ask. Both will be delivered in white-box condition, the listing states. The norther … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy Capturing a few portraits at Superiority Burger, 119 Avenue A. First (above) with SB regular Cáit O’Riordan. Owner Brooks Headley ... ... and Fowzy, who was recently promoted from bar manager to a GM... | Continue reading
A mini month in review... with a photo on 2nd Avenue by Derek Berg • After nearly 40 years, Sixth Street Specials prepares for its final ride in the East Village (March 20) • Staggering toward the April 1 start of outdoor dining in NYC (March 19) • An early spring report from 97 … | Continue reading
The application process is underway (deadline May 27!) for one of the 49 apartments at the brand-new 280 E. Houston St., the 12-story mixed-use building on the north side between Avenue A and Avenue B. Households that earn $33,909 to $218,010 are eligible to apply for units at Th … | Continue reading
Participatory Budgeting Vote Week is underway in NYC. Per the city: Between Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, April 6, residents across New York City will cast their ballot and vote for locally developed projects to improve schools, parks, libraries, and other public spaces in their … | Continue reading
There's noticeable progress at the incoming Whole Foods Market Daily Shop at 409 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. We have entrances... ... and more shelving... As previously reported, Whole Foods Market is opening a smaller-format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Sho … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy Today at the A99 Anarchist Collective on Ninth Street at First Avenue... here every Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.: "A hub of radical art, mutual aid, community power and anarchist resistance." | Continue reading
Urban etiquette signage as seen in a tree well on Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B: To the low life who took the plants [Karma] a bitch May your life be [taken] in a bad way. We try to make the block nice. | Continue reading
Posts this past week included (with a photo on Ludlow Street)... • "A reminder of the tragedy that left many physically and emotionally wounded..." (Wednesday) ... Wednesday's parting shots (Wednesday) • RIP Janne Schaefers (Wednesday) • Terra Thai reopens with new grab-and-go it … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy Wrapping up Women's History Month at the Tompkins Square Library branch Local stories of interest from other sources this past week include... • Compost avoiders will be fined starting on Tuesday (Gothamist) ... How the city will enforce mandatory composting ( … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy At East Village Tattoo, celebrating its first anniversary today at 207 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B... | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy Last Saturday, Lori McLean held a closing party at her eponymous jewelry shop at 207 Avenue A, between 12th Street and 13th Street. As we reported, McLean decided to retire from running a storefront after two decades. After a summer hiatus, she will continue … | Continue reading
Flyer via @smilersnyc You have a week left to catch the latest exhibit at Smilers, a small basement gallery that debuted in Janaury on Sixth Street. "Before the Clean-Up" features photography by Nick Waplington and Lizzi Bougatsos as they documented the 1990s NYC underground club … | Continue reading
Photos by William Klayer This morning on First Avenue and Ninth Street... OK, who stole the lug nuts? | Continue reading
Morning view from Ninth Street and Stuyvesant... High of 80 (!!) today with a mix of sun and clouds and the possibility of a passing shower, though likely not. There's also an 80% chance of being annoyed by large groups of people having brunch outdoors. | Continue reading
"Liquorice" is the latest single from Freak Slug... on the recently released deluxe LP I Blow Out Big Candles (But with a Cherry on Top). You can catch Manchester's finest at the Bowery Ballroom this coming Wednesday. Find tickets here. | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy We caught up with East Village-based artist-designer Scooter LaForge yesterday. He is enjoying a moment in "The White Lotus" season three spotlight. Fans of the HBO series, which people enjoy discussing and dissecting far too much (all in on the monkey theory, … | Continue reading
Photo and reporting by Stacie Joy The scaffolding/sidewalk bridge is coming down around PS 64/Earth School on Avenue B between Fourth Street and Sixth Street. The construction crew says, "80% of the structure is coming down, and there is still work being done on a small part." It … | Continue reading
An EVG reader shared these photos from today in Stuy Town... where the cherry blossoms are in FULL bloom... | Continue reading
Thanks to EVG reader Guillermo for a photo of this late-March discard on Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... | Continue reading
Photo by Jacob Ford On the NE corner of St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue, workers have pushed the barricades closer to the new 9-story building ... allowing use of the sidewalk again for the first time in five-plus years. Pre-leasing is underway for the boutique office building, … | Continue reading