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
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy After 15 years at 160 First Ave., Sabor A Mexico has shut its doors. The nook of a restaurant closed on Monday. On Tuesday evening, I found (from left) owner Maria Escamilla, her brother, chef Enebidio Escamilla, and staffer Antonia Escamilla in … | Continue reading
Tomorrow (Friday) is the last day for Current Coffee after two-plus years of operating from the front corner space at the Bowery Market. Ownership will look for a new, larger space after its run here. Here was the closing announcement on Instagram... View this post on Instagram A … | Continue reading
Photos by Steven Today, on the 10th anniversary of the deadly Second Avenue explosion, Nixon Figueroa visited the corner where his son Nicholas died on March 26, 2015. Nicholas, who was 23, was having a late lunch with a friend at Sushi Park, 121 Second Ave., when an explosion ro … | Continue reading
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the deadly Second Avenue gas explosion. First, the victims. Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Locón died on March 26, 2015. Figueroa, 23, who had recently graduated from SUNY Buffalo State, was at Sushi Park, 121 Second Ave. between Seventh Street a … | Continue reading
Information via the EVG inbox... It is with profound sadness that the East Fifth Street Block Association announces the death of Janne Schaefers. Janne was the central force of the East Fifth Street Block Association for many years. Her association with the BA began with the tree … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Titi's, a family-owned restaurant in Williamsburg specializing in empanadas, is opening an outpost at 130 E. Seventh St. just west of Avenue A this spring. I talked with co-owners (from left) Nate Ramm and Jesus Villalobos inside the space the o … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting yesterday by Stacie Joy Late Monday night (10:30, a source said!), workers removed the construction trailer from Tompkins Square Park, marking another step toward a construction-free area around the field house. The trailer arrived on May 5, 2023, as renovati … | Continue reading
Photo on 1st Avenue today by Steven Today marks the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. As in the past 20-plus years, volunteers have participated in the chalking project (organized by Street Pictures), writing the names and ages of the victims, mostly youn … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy The Sixth Street Community Center held its Annual Fundraiser Dinner on Sunday night. Proceeds go to support the Food Distribution Program, which has provided free access to farm-fresh produce to thousands of food-insecure families on the Lower E … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy After a month-long revamp, Terra Thai reopened earlier this month at 518 E. Sixth St., between Avenues A and B. I stopped by last week and met with co-owner Karuna Wiwattanakantang, who runs the small restaurant with her husband, Norawat Margsir … | Continue reading
Urbanspace Union Square, the food hall on the ground floor of Zero Irving (formerly the Union Square Tech Training Center, 14 @ Irving, and tech hub), has closed at 124 E. 14th St. While the closure was anticipated this year, its suddenness caught many off guard. Last evening, we … | Continue reading
Bánh Anh Em has hosted pop-up events over the past two weekends at 99 Third Ave., showing the unique Vietnamese dishes that the restaurant will offer here between 12th Street and 13th Street before its grand opening next month. As previously noted, Nhu Ton and John Nguyen, the ow … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy As we first reported on Feb. 10, workers are gutting the former Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel at 256 E. Fourth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C. As of this past Thursday, a partial demolition permit has been filed with the city. Some parts of the existing buildi … | Continue reading
Workers have now installed the scaffolding and sidewalk bridge for the residential conversion of the former Little Man Parking garage (aka LaSalle Parking) on Ninth Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. And the plywood now includes a rendering of the new residential stru … | Continue reading
Jane Cookshop, closed since a fire in the building on Dec. 14, will not be reopening at 328 E. Ninth St. A fire broke out on the fourth floor, causing extensive damage to the housewares shop between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Owner Jen Ro made the announcement on Instagram: … | Continue reading
Leasing signs for a vented restaurant have arrived on the storefront on the NW corner of Third Avenue at 12th Street, aka 88 Third Ave. (The listing via CBRE isn't online yet.) ' There's also a for-lease banner on the 12th Street storefront that last housed Tacombi... These two s … | Continue reading
How things started today on 13th Street at Third Avenue... and how they ended... Top photo by Bayou; 2nd pic via Pinch | Continue reading
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