On Tuesday, a reader noted a rather domesticated-looking rabbit living in the vacant lot on the southeast corner of Avenue B and 13th Street. Here's an update from the reader: Our friend continues to hop around the vacant lot every evening — usually can be seen from 8 p.m. onward … | Continue reading
Posts this past week included (with a sign of spring in Tompkins Square Park Wednesday — a set by Federico of Pinc Louds. Photo by Derek Berg.) • After nearly 40 years, Sixth Street Specials prepares for its final ride in the East Village (Thursday) • Lori McLean has decided to c … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy If you were wondering about yesterday's lines on 14th Street and Third Avenue, Joe's Pizza became Jonas Pizza for part of the day. ... as part of a Jonas Brothers 20th-anniversary event (they formed as a band in 2005), which included lighting up … | Continue reading
Morning lawn view in Tompkins... with an un-spring-like 35 degrees this morning going to a high of 49. | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy Today in Tompkins Square Park — Dana Beal, political and marijuana activist (second on the right)... with members of an anti-tech group (no website!) handing out flyers marked S.H.I.T.P.H.O.N.E. (scathing hatred of information technology and the passionate hem … | Continue reading
"The Jonathan Larson Project" is ending its previously scheduled 16-week run two-plus months early at the Orpheum Theatre on Second Avenue. The world-premiere musical, which celebrates the dozens of unheard songs of the "Rent" creator, will play its final performance next Sunday, … | Continue reading
Photo by Robert Miner Spring cleaning on Seventh Street... | Continue reading
Brooklyn-based Two-Man Giant Squid (alums of a Tompkins Square Park Show Brain show) has just released a new self-titled LP. The video here is for "I was a DJ in 2015." You can check out their art-punk stylings on March 29 during a record release show at Market Hotel. | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Pink Olive is set to mark its official return to the East Village with a grand reopening tomorrow. In August 2023, Grace Kang closed her gift and stationery boutique on Ninth Street between Avenue A and First Avenue after 16 years in business. S … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy After nearly 40 years in business, Sixth Street Specials is closing and moving on from the East Village. Owner Hugh Mackie tells me that the specialty motorcycle repair shop, which opened in 1986, will shutter by June 15 here on Sixth Street bet … | Continue reading
Starting tonight at 7, Tom & Jerry's is celebrating the life of Anton "Munch" Albert, a patron fatally shot in the early hours of March 1 at the longtime Elizabeth Street bar. Per Tom & Jerry's: The entire proceeds from that evening's sales will be donated to his family, so we ho … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy Since November, house baker Joel Kodish has been offering a selection of fresh bread several days a week at Foxface Natural, located at 189 Avenue A, just south of 12th Street. Kodish shared a breakdown of what’s available and when: • Thursdays: Sourdough bag … | Continue reading
Photos by Steven The former Yummy Hive space is now for rent on the SW corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street. The market abruptly closed last Wednesday after less than a year in the space. The move-out appeared haphazard to passersby, evoking the chaos of a Spring Break looting … | Continue reading
Thanks to Cecil Scheib for this 3/19 sunset shot... | Continue reading
Day-before-the-first-day-of-spring toss on Second Avenue and Sixth Street... thanks to EVG reader Erin for the photo. | Continue reading
Text by Donald Davis Photos by Kelley Ryan This is an early planting report on the regenerative (no turning of the soil) tree plot in front of 97 St. Mark's Place. This information may help guide others who are trying to deal with rat burrowing. When the rats dig, they toss dirt … | Continue reading
This is a prototype for the new style of outdoor dining structure, which was first seen last summer at Sunday to Sunday on Orchard Street. The city announced that restaurants and bars participating in the Dining Out NYC program can start setting up their roadway dining structures … | Continue reading
Several EVG readers have noted that Milk Bar has been closed of late on 13th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. To the best of our knowledge, there hasn't been any announcement about a closure — temporary or otherwise. Google lists the business as permanently closed.. … | Continue reading
Signage is up now at 105 Avenue A for — hold it now — Deli Delights & Waffle Wonders. Delights and wonders aside, the signage also notes breakfast, lunch and dinner options... as well as juices and smoothies. No. 105 was previously LA Convenience, an unlicensed smoke shop that la … | Continue reading
From the EVG inbox: "Curious if you've ever heard of a wild rabbit/eastern cottontail presence around the EV?" The readers spotted a rabbit in the vacant lot on the SE corner of Avenue B and 13th Street. Perhaps a released (or escaped?) pet? "It seemed very people averse and ... … | Continue reading
Photos by Peter Brownscombe A moment from the annual St Patrick's Day (night) gathering at Casey Rubber Stamps ... a tradition at the shop here on 11th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy After several decades in business, Lori McLean will close her eponymous jewelry shop at 207 Avenue A, between 12th Street and 13th Street, this month. "I'm ready for change," McLean told EVG after all the years running a storefront. McLean moved from the West … | Continue reading
The Bite outpost on 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue is under new ownership, with the business transitioning to a new bite — Frenchie Bites. (Thanks to EVG regular Pinch for the photos and tip!) Here's more about the new biz: Frenchie Bites has arrived, bringing … | Continue reading
A for-lease sign arrived last week at the former 7-Eleven at 351 Bowery. The convenience store closed in November here between Third Street and Fourth Street after 13 years of serving Slurpees® and Buffalo Chicken Rollers. The Bowery store opened in December 2011. It was the firs … | Continue reading
The abrupt closure of Yummy Hive last week drew a surprisingly robust EVG reader reaction. It was surprising for a relatively standard corner market that hadn't been open for a year. Here's a quick recap of what happened on the SW corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street: Yummy Hi … | Continue reading
The Krave It outpost debuts Thursday at 141 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street. (Arrival first mentioned here.) This is the brand's first Manhattan location. It was founded in 2015 in Queens by husband and wife (and high school sweethearts) Vishee and Jenna Man … | Continue reading
Photo by Steven Here's the short line just before McSorley's opened at 8 a.m. on this drizzle-y St. Patrick's Day. And who was first in the door here at 15 E. Seventh St....? View this post on Instagram A post shared by McSorley’s Old Ale House (@mcsorleysoldalehouse) | Continue reading
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Photos by Stacie Joy The New York City half marathon — the United Airlines NYC Half — took place today... and with a new route that took the 28,000-plus participants across the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time. The marathoners then went up the FDR, skirting the EV to finish at … | Continue reading
Posts this past week included (with a moon watch shot from First Avenue)... • Fundraiser underway for patron killed at Tom & Jerry's on March 1 (Tuesday) • Otto's Wednesday open mic: music and community in the tiki bar’s back room (Wednesday) • 9th Street condo project turns form … | Continue reading
"Art Handlers," the current group show at Bullet Space, remains on view through March 31. You can visit it on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m. (or by appointment—or chance). The urban artist collab is at 292 E. Third St. between Avenue C and Avenue D. | Continue reading
2017 photo of Elvis at Great Jones Cafe... see link below for more Local stories of interest from other sources this past week include... • LES man indicted in brutal murder of roommate (Gothamist ... DA's office) • Three men were sentenced to prison in a murder-for-hire conspira … | Continue reading
Some spring color in Tompkins Square Park on an otherwise gloomy-weather Saturday ... | Continue reading
A just-finished mural of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in First Street Green Art Park by Lexi Bella... ... | Continue reading
Everything Is Recorded (aka Richard Russell, owner of XL Recordings in the UK) is back with his third studio release (on XL Recordings!). The above video is for "Swamp Dream #3," featuring Mary and The Junkyard's Clari Freeman-Taylor on vocals. | Continue reading
Yummy Hive, the year-old market on the SW corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street, seemingly vanished late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Someone removed all the deli and refrigeration cases, along with the products, which appears to have happened quickly. Given the s … | Continue reading
Win Some Bakery makes its EV debut on Wednesday, March 19, at 23 Second Ave. between First Street and Second Street. The cafe has been open for a few days, though strictly for DoorDash deliveries picked up through the side door. (Patrons are not permitted inside the space, where … | Continue reading
As seen near M363 The Neighborhood School on Third Street... | Continue reading
A dispatch from Felton Davis of the Second Avenue Star Watchers... There will be a late-night eclipse of the Full Moon on Thursday evening, March 13, starting around midnight and becoming total from 2:30 to 3:30 Friday morning, just above the celestial equator in the constellatio … | Continue reading
Here's a look at the in-progress, all-new 183 Avenue B between 11th Street and 12th Street. As we've noted, this 8-floor, 12-unit residential building is going as the Village Garden Condominium. The Village Garden website states that "all units are flooded by natural light. Lower … | Continue reading
In recent weeks and months, we've received several reader queries about a handful of bars and restaurants that have not been open during advertised business hours. Among them: • Taverna East Village Taverna East Village has been closed since at least early December at 228 First A … | Continue reading
East Village native Rainer Turim is releasing the second edition of his zine on Keith Haring's Public School 97 murals from 1985 to 1988. The new edition is hand-numbered and limited to 100 copies. Turim said it features never-before-seen photographs, video stills, and glossed-ov … | Continue reading
Article and performance photos by Addie Selch On a cold Wednesday night in February, I hustle down the blistering expanse of East 14th Street and into Otto's Shrunken Head. The outdoor display under the bright neon lettering is stuffed with tiki mugs and thrift-store memorabilia. … | Continue reading
We spotted workers yesterday pumping concrete into the basement of 11 Avenue A between Houston and Second Street. This is the first worker we can recall here in nearly a decade. For years, residential conversion plans have been pending here. Public records now show new permits (a … | Continue reading
Photo by Derek Berg As seen on Seventh Street, a springtime procession of several NYU students throwing flower seed "bombs" into places with bare dirt. | Continue reading
"Above Ground — Not Exactly a Comedy" starts a two-week run at LaMama Experimental Theatre Club on Thursday. "This theater project has been a labor of love, and we can't wait to share it with you," said one of the cast members, longtime East Village resident Christine Koenig (pic … | Continue reading
Tom & Jerry's has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the family of Anton "Munch" Albert, a patron fatally shot in the early hours of March 1 at the longtime Elizabeth Street bar. Here's more via the GoFundMe account: On the morning of March 1st, our friend Anton "Munch" … | Continue reading
A business with the Instagram slogan "We Make The Best Damn Breakfast Burrito..." is opening on 12th Street. (Thanks to EVG reader Taylor for the photo and tip.) The Best Damn Breakfast Burrito, an off-shoot of Otro Día Tacos on South Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills and via d … | Continue reading