The producers of Stomp yesterday announced that the energetic percussion-based show will conclude its 29-year run in the East Village on Jan. 8, 2023. The closing is "due to declining ticket sales," a spokesperson for the production told The Hollywood Reporter. Stomp debuted on … | Continue reading
Signage went up yesterday for a Panera To-Go outpost on University Place between 12th Street and 13th Street. (Thanks to EVG reader Laura for the photo and tip!) The to-go space differs from the other Panera locations, like the one that closed on Union Square East this past Augu … | Continue reading
Our annual photo from the SE corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street ... home of Saifee Hardware, and now with the Christmas light up... | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyThe Manhattan District Attorney's office hosted a gun buyback on Saturday that yielded 16 firearms.The event occurred at Gethsemane Garden Baptist Church on Seventh Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. Participants could receive a $200 bank … | Continue reading
On Friday, the Department of Transportation placed an ABANDONED outdoor seating notice on the gate at the now-closed Compilation Coffee on St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue... The coffee shop, which is now empty, has 14 days to "correct the deficiencies" of … | Continue reading
Sacco's short time at 328 E. 11th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue has apparently ended.The specialty shop has been closed since earlier this fall... Yelp and Google both list this as a closure.Sacco's, which debuted in June, offered house-made sandwiches, a fr … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie JoyThe area behind the office/fieldhouse is locked up once again in Tompkins Square Park ... three days after it was unlocked for the first time since Nov. 8. Depending on who you ask, the area is/was closed because of drug activity or a broken pipe. | Continue reading
The longstanding sidewalk bridge is coming down today on the NW corner of Second Avenue and Ninth Street — aka 145 Second Ave. (thanks to Steven for the photos)... ... which has to make management at Whiskers at 235 E. Ninth St. happy... The sidewalk bridge and scaffolding had … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyDallas BBQ, which has anchored the NE corner of Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place since the early 1980s, is closing after service on Dec. 31, staff confirmed to EVG contributor Stacie Joy.News of a closure had been expected since an applican … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyThe First Avenue Laundry Center is now closed at 33 First Ave. at Second Street.As previously reported, the longtime laundromat was to shut down for renovations this fall. Anne DeVita, the 88-year-old manager who has worked here for 40 years, con … | Continue reading
There's a new era for 93 First Ave. just south of Sixth Street. A smoke shop is taking the storefront on the lower level, space that Royal Bangladesh Indian Restaurant had from 1978 to late this past spring. (We first reported on the closing here.) Smokers Basement (please l … | Continue reading
The annual Tompkins Square Park holiday tree lighting is NEXT Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4-5 p.m. (Details here.) This is a photo of how the tree looks tonight (Dec. 4)... hopefully the Parks Department will have the wiring/lighting figured out by then... | Continue reading
Posts this past week included (with a photo on Second Avenue by Derek Berg)... • Brooke Smith revisits the neighborhood's 1980s hardcore scene with 'Sunday Matinee' (Tuesday) • Employee from Ray's Pizza & Bagel Cafe killed after an early morning hit and run on Thi … | Continue reading
ICYMI. This was well-covered this past week (spotted first on Gothamist) ... sharing nonetheless since it involves a topic near and dear to all: RATS. NYC is hiring a director of rodent mitigation. (Listing here.) Cutting-and-pasting from the job description: Do you have what i … | Continue reading
Ahead of Ray's 90th birthday next month, EV-based artist Lola Sáenz created a card for the longtime proprietor of Ray's Candy Store. She also collected some signatures from his many fans... there's a little room left on the card, which is now up at the shop, 113 Aven … | Continue reading
Sharing some info from the George Jackson Academy, 104 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue. The middle school for boys is hosting an in-person open house on Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m. for the fall 2023 academic year. You can find a video about the George Jacks … | Continue reading
Some recent headlines from other sources include... • Remembering Aline Kominsky-Crumb (The New Yorker ... The Associated Press ... Artforum) • The Times talked with several men who said they were drugged at gay bars in the city, including the Boiler Room on Fourth Street; the NY … | Continue reading
A resident of 319 E. Ninth St. in the East Village shares this photo of a letter... intended for a resident of 319 E. Ninth St. — in Duluth, Minn. ... and mailed from Duluth, Minn. | Continue reading
How the mural wall is looking here this morning on Houston at the Bowery. As previously noted, people had been tagging the motorcycle mural by David Flores, the last commissioned art for the space. This prompted Jessica Goldman Srebnick, co-chair of Goldman Properties and curato … | Continue reading
Don’t Know What You're In Until You're Out is the just-released second record from the Philadelphia-based band Gladie ... the video here is for the anthemic indie-pop track "Nothing." They'll be at the Bowery Ballroom on Dec. 16, though that show is sold out. P.S.To … | Continue reading
A reader shares that note from an undisclosed East Village apartment building... To whoever stole every package delivered yesterday — I hope you enjoy Hell. :) | Continue reading
Photos by Steven After three-plus weeks, the area of Tompkins Square Park behind the fieldhouse/office is back open to the public... The gates had been locked since at least Nov. 8. There wasn't any signage to explain why this part of Tompkins was closed off to the public. A … | Continue reading
Since Nov. 16, some 2,600 part-time faculty members at the New School and the Parsons School of Design have been on strike. According to these instructors, they have not received a raise in four years — representing an effective pay cut of 18% when adjusted for inflation, as Got … | Continue reading
Photos by Steven Another day, another few smoke shops setting up for business in the East Village. Up top, we have Giggles Convenience (so many smoke shops, so few names left!), coming sooner than you think on First Avenue, just below Fourth Street. Signage includes a skeleton in … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, the city officially unveiled the new sports area at Pier 42 — aka Pier 42 Upland Park and Pier — along the East River... DDC joined @NYCParks, @NYCEDC, elected officials, and members of the community to cut the ribbon on the new recreational deck at Pier 42—an #ESCR … | Continue reading
There's a book release and signing this afternoon at Generation Records for "Sunday Matinee," Brooke Smith's photo book of the neighborhood's hardcore scene in the 1980s.The event, from 5-7 p.m. at the shop, 210 Thompson St. (between West Third and Bleecker) in Green … | Continue reading
From the EVG tipline... city crews were out this morning jackhammering portions of the sidewalk on Avenue A just south of Sixth Street (outside Drom)... turns out they are putting in a tree bed. Ditto for the NE corner of Avenue A and Sixth Street... a tree bed is going in there … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy The third annual holiday market is open for the season at 3rd & B'zaar, 191 E. Third St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.Once again, you can find vintage goods, art, holiday wear, jewelry, accessories, housewares, and more created by 30 local designers, arti … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie JoyThe 6-floor residential building rising on the NE corner of Sixth Street and Avenue C is in its unglamorous cinderblock phase as work continues ... As previously reported, the residential building will include 11 units, a storefront and space for an unspecifie … | Continue reading
Once again, the entrance gate is broken to the long-empty lot at 89 First Ave. between Fifth Street and Sixth Street. (Thanks to Steven for the photos.) Despite this, the broken purple office chair that has been here for weeks remains in place... There is some new news here. T … | Continue reading
View this post on Instagram A post shared by WhatIsNewYork (@whatisnewyork) Multiple readers shared this clip via @whatisnewyork... someone decided to scatter the rats gathered in trashbags outside 13 (and 15) St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Thi … | Continue reading
A mini month in review... • Baker Falls will bring together a cafe, bar and the Knitting Factory at the former Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Nov. 28) • The last days of Raul’s Barber Shop (Nov. 26) • Middle Collegiate Church seeks permission to demolish the remaining façade of its f … | Continue reading
At 12:30 on this windswept afternoon, this tree came down on Third Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue outside Maryhouse, where 30 minutes earlier, the organization run by the Catholic Worker was just opening for lunch... Felton Davis of Maryhouse, who shared these ph … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy El Sombrero, aka the Hat, which has anchored the corner of Ludlow and Stanton Street for decades, will not be reopening. Paper has covered the front windows here, leading to speculation about the Mexican restaurant's future. Owners Junior an … | Continue reading
Coming soon signage is up now for the food hall coming to Zero Irving (formerly the Union Square Tech Training Center, 14 @ Irving and tech hub) at 124 E. 14th St. (Thanks to Pinch for the photo!)There are 13 vendors listed, including some familiar EV names — Waffles & Dinges an … | Continue reading
On World AIDS Day this Thursday (Dec. 1), the Tompkins Square Library branch is presenting an online viewing of "Silence = Death," a video performance by Blow Up Percussion (Rome).Per the library's website:The 24-minute-long video, which will be available from noon to midni … | Continue reading
Signage is up now for Aura, which is the new establishment from the owners of Cafe Mocha here at 111 First Ave. just south of Seventh Street. (Thanks to Steven for the photo!) Cafe Mocha was wiped out by a three-alarm fire in February 2020 at 48 E. Seventh St./116 Second Ave. An … | Continue reading
Thanks to @nycsouthpaw for sharing this photo... of members of FDNY's Engine Company 5 (station on 14th Street near First Avenue) buying their tree from the Tree Riders on 10th Street and Second Avenue... | Continue reading
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Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyBaker Falls is an ambitious new project that combines an all-day cafe, bar and live music via the Knitting Factory brand at the former Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A. East Village resident Nick Bodor, who has owned and operated several local busine … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyAs previously reported, the area of Tompkins Square Park behind the fieldhouse/office has been locked to the public since Nov. 8. Since then, park-goers have not had access to the space that includes the Slocum Memorial Fountain as well as picnic … | Continue reading
Top photo by Jefferson Siegel/2nd photo by Steven This past Wednesday, workers continued removing the curbside dining structure from outside the former Kindred space on Sixth Street at First Avenue. Workers took down one section starting in early November...and several weeks pass … | Continue reading
A 53 y/o employee from Ray’s Pizza in the East Village is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle at the corner of Third and St Marks Place. His coworkers say he went outside after his shift and was hit. Police are now investigating this as a hit and run @PIX11News— … | Continue reading
Posts from this past holiday week included (with a photo last night from Seventh Street by Derek Berg) ... • Middle Collegiate Church seeks permission to demolish the remaining façade of its fire-damaged structure on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)• The last days of Raul’s Barber Shop (Sat … | Continue reading
"The Crusaders," a 24-minute crime drama filmed entirely in the East Village, is now available to view on YouTube. This is the first film for Maxx Starr, co-owner of Fun City Tattoo on St. Mark's Place, who wrote and directed the short whose locations include International B … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy A comfy chair without "bugs or badness" up for grabs on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy After 60-plus years on Avenue B, Raul's Barber Shop has closed its doors. First, a quick bit of positive news: Raul's already secured a new location nearby and will be up and running very soon. As for 11 Avenue B between Houston and Second Street ... … | Continue reading
A Thanksgiving palate cleanser with the Osees... from a recent six-song performance on Seattle's KEXP. The Los Angeles-based band will be out at Brooklyn Made on Dec. 16-17. | Continue reading