Posts this past week included (with a Midtown view the other day) ... • Report: Police arrest suspect in the murder of Jaden Stokes at Campos Plaza (Monday) • Basquiat's former loft space on Great Jones is available for lease (Monday) • A GoFundMe campaign launched ahead of … | Continue reading
On Wednesday, we noted that Ray's Candy Store was hosting a GoFundMe for owner Ray Alvarez ... and his shop at 113 Avenue A "to help ensure he can keep his bills paid and his doors open for as long as he wants!" And there was a big outpouring for Ray, who turns 90 in January … | Continue reading
Have you been enjoying the unobstructed sidewalk on the west side of Third Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street? Back on Tuesday, workers started taking down the sidewalk bridge from the building — the St. Mark at 115 E. Ninth St. It had been up for seven years. (And th … | Continue reading
Park Chan-wook's well-regarded South Korean crime drama "Decision To Leave" continues its theatrical release (it opened on Oct. 14 at the Angelika, where it remains). The film arrived yesterday for a run at Metrograph down on Ludlow. (All the screenings look to be sold out.) … | Continue reading
The Haunted Youth are a Belgian-based band putting out some damn good dream pop, at least based on their debut release Dawn of the Freak. The video is for "Teen Rebel" | Continue reading
Photos by Steven If you're passing the SE corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street near Saifee Hardware, you may notice something perched above the walk sign. It's a saw-whet owl... ... and it's not real. (It fooled at least one reader who shared photos asking what … | Continue reading
EVG reader Garrett Rosso shared this photo yesterday from First Avenue near 13th Street, where someone mounted a "No Motor Vehicles" sign facing this northbound bike lane.Per Garrett: "Citizenry resort to posting their own signs since electeds leave transportation alternatives l … | Continue reading
twitter currently feeling like the delancey street mcdonalds— Desus Nice (@desusnice) November 10, 2022 If you haven't been following Elon Musk's chaotic takeover of Twitter, this Associated Press article provides some background. H/T taylorlorenz3.0 | Continue reading
A new sidewalk bridge for 93 First Ave. near Sixth Street... which doesn't diminish the twinkling lights of Panna II. (The Milon sign remains, though they closed at the end of 2020, as we first reported. Panna II is serving in both spaces.) | Continue reading
Photo by Derek Berg Inspirational signage — "The Future of the World Is in This School" — was spotted by the dumpster this morning on Second Avenue ...Headline H/T | Continue reading
This coming Monday (Nov. 14), a group of activists is planning a march on the Midtown offices of Madison Realty Capital to demand the return of the former P.S. 64 to the community.The long-empty building at 605 E. Ninth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C fell into foreclosure earl … | Continue reading
Signage is up for Down & Out NYC outside 503 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B ...If the name sounds familiar to you... the place has been in the works for several years. We first mentioned it in October 2019 when the ownership team, including Joshua Richholt who was beh … | Continue reading
The Grabstein's Bagels outpost opened yesterday at 651 Broadway between Bleecker Bond. This is the third outpost (joining the UES and Prospect Heights) for the brand, whose owners, we're told, are also behind Pick A Bagel on the UES and in Midtown West. | Continue reading
EVG reader Sonya shared this photo from Avenue B and 14th Street... where there's a chair with the message: "I blame MTV." As of our press time, it was not immediately clear for what. (If this was, say, 1986, we could go with explicit imagery of Satanism and the minds of our … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy In January, Ray Alvarez, who's still working the late-night shift at Ray's Candy Store, turns 90. Ahead of that, the shop, which opened in 1974 here at 113 Avenue A just north of Seventh Street, is now hosting a GoFundMe "to help ensure he can keep h … | Continue reading
Photo from Oct. 27 by Lori E. Seid Pinky's Space, the cafe-art gallery at 70 E. First St. has closed two weeks after the city removed its curbside dining structure. And now, the owners are planning to sue the city for property damage and loss of business, Jennifer Gould at th … | Continue reading
Eros has been dark since early August on the NE corner of Second Avenue and Fifth Street.A "temporarily closed" sign has been on the front door. The Greek restaurant's website notes that this location is "closed for renovations. Reopening TBA."We have not spotted anyone insi … | Continue reading
Wild Mirrors has debuted at 95 Second Ave. between Fifth Street and Sixth Street.The quick-serve restaurant offers "healthier options of your favorite food" for dining in or delivery. The menu shows a variety of burgers, wings and fries ... as well as Mexican Coca-Cola. (No alcoh … | Continue reading
The sidewalk-bridge removal at 115 E. Ninth St. (and around Third Avenue up to 10th Street) today revealed some ghost signage... as EVG reader Sarah points out... If this helps... Organic Avenue! Organic Avenue was here from 2013-2015 until the juice-bar chainlet imploded. Top … | Continue reading
EVG reader Jeanne Krier shared this photo from an EV rooftop early this morning. What was happening? Per Space.com: The last total lunar eclipse until 2025 will turn the moon blood-red on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but exactly when you should look up depends on where you are. The eclipse … | Continue reading
Workers from the Department of Miracles were out today... starting to remove the longstanding sidewalk bridge from outside the St. Mark at 115 E. Ninth St. ... which wrapped around the storefronts along Third Avenue up to 10th Street... (thanks to Bruce Tantum for the initial t … | Continue reading
Today (Nov. 8!), NYC will vote in a general election for federal and statewide offices including U.S. Congress, Governor, ballot proposals and more.Polls are open on Election Day from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Find your poll site here. You can find more info about the candidates and issu … | Continue reading
The Olde Good Things outpost at 302 Bowery is closing here between Bleecker and Houston. A for-rent banner arrived above the storefront several weeks ago, providing a hint of closures to come. Most things are between 20-40% off, per the front-window signage... This outpost of … | Continue reading
After less than two months in business, Compilation Coffee has closed for now at 102 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue.Multiple EVG readers passed along updates that the pour-over coffee shop has not been opening in recent days, and there are packing containe … | Continue reading
Photo from Oct. 29 Police have arrested a suspect in the deadly shooting on Oct. 27 inside Campos Plaza, 635 E. 12th St. at Avenue C. According to published reports, Lindell Cox, 31, was charged with murder in the death of 21-year-old Jaden Stokes. Surveillance footage shows a ma … | Continue reading
The building at 57 Great Jones St. between the Bowery and Lafayette is now on the rental market... The two-level building was once owned by Andy Warhol ... and Jean-Michel Basquiat was living and working in the second-floor studio at the time of his death in 1988.Here are some … | Continue reading
As you likely noticed in the past few weeks, the landmarked 770 Broadway at Eighth Street/Lafayette is behind a layer of plywood... ...with a plywood rendering, which looks exactly like the current building... Gut renovations continue inside the retail space on the NW corner of … | Continue reading
Motorino is behind plywood at 349 E. 12th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. The pizzeria will BRB... This Motorino outpost closed on Oct. 18 for "equipment maintenance, a new sign and a fresh coat of paint." Their Instagram account says, "We'll be back on Nov. 18, … | Continue reading
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Posts this past week included (with a random photo from St. Mark's Place and 3rd Avenue)... • At the last night of the Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Monday) • Citing a reorganization, Mikey Likes It Ice Cream closes Avenue A location (Thursday) • A very Avenue B Halloween (Tuesd … | Continue reading
On Friday, the city officially commissioned the newest member of the Staten Island Ferry fleet — the Dorothy Day. The $85 million state-of-the-art ferry is named for Day, the activist and journalist with ties to the Lower East Side, where she worked with the poor and founded The … | Continue reading
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As seen on Seventh Street near Avenue C... and there's a sudden urge to watch "Road House" tonight. | Continue reading
Fall at Albert's Garden on 2nd Street • Your Election Day questions answered (NY1) • Local City Councilmember Carlina Rivera and others speak out about the warehousing of rent-stabilized units (The City) • NYC migrant crisis highlights long standing homeless shelter issues (G … | Continue reading
Clocks go back one hour at 2 a.m. with Daylight Saving Time ... so if you're reading this post tomorrow, it will be 8:17 a.m. and not 9:17 a.m. And the new clocks at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (above!) on 10th Street and Second Avenue arrived in September 2018. On N … | Continue reading
Photo for EVG last year by Stacie Joy Big week for local band Hello Mary... the trio — bassist Mikaela Oppenheimer, guitarist Helena Straight and drummer Stella Wave — announced the release date for their debut LP — March 3, 2023. They were also profiled in Rolling Stone in a pie … | Continue reading
Performance Space New York's series, "First Mondays: Readings of New Works in Progress," continues this fall. Here's more about what to expect from the series, organized by writer-historian Sarah Schulman, on Monday, Nov. 7, and Monday, Dec. 5: On Nov. 7, in an event Sch … | Continue reading
An EVG reader shared this photo... of a new-model Dodge Durango — parked with a boot — on 11th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.The boot arrived toward the end of September. The next day, the reader and a friend saw a young couple very thoroughly washing the vehicle inside an … | Continue reading
The MedRite Urgent Care is now open on the SE corner of Third Avenue and 14th Street. (Signage arrived in February.) The walk-in clinic has more than 20 locations around NYC and the metropolitan area. The hours here: Saturday-Sunday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 8 … | Continue reading
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Photos by Derek Berg Thanks to the magic of TV-making, there's a new medical cannabis dispensary on Avenue A... temporarily taking the place of Avenue A Deli & Grill just south of St. Mark's Place for a scene today... Crews for "Law & Order," an American police procedura … | Continue reading
As part of a brand reorganization, the Mikey Likes It Ice Cream outpost is now permanently closed at 198 Avenue A between 12th Street and 13th Street. Founder Michael "Mikey" Cole and his team made the announcement in an Instagram post ... with word of a new flagship store comin … | Continue reading
We've heard from residents discussing the uptick in drug sales and drug use in Tompkins Square Park in the past, oh, two years or so. (The comments in this post, for instance.) In a tweet on Tuesday, the 9th Precinct announced the following bust in Tompkins Square Park, whic … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie JoyWe hadn't seen Mug & Cup open for several months here at 115 Avenue C between Seventh Street and Eighth Street.There's now legal documentation on the door... the Marshal has taken possession of the storefront on behalf of the landlord...The coffee and … | Continue reading
Photo by Steven As seen on the plywood at the worksite on St. Mark's Place at Third Avenue: Every Ten Minutes Stop Working and Take Smoke Break. Every Employee Must Take Approximately 30 Smoke Breaks Per 8 Hour Work Day. | Continue reading
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Demolition is complete at 231 Bowery, the former 6-floor building that stood next to the New Museum here at Prince Street.This space will eventually yield to the New Museum's 8-story annex... News of the annex, which will nearly double the New Museum's size to 115,277 sq … | Continue reading
This Sunday, you can bring your Halloween pumpkins, gourds and Jack-o-Lanterns over to the annual Pumpkin Smash... taking place from noon to 3 p.m. at La Plaza Cultural on the SW corner of Ninth Street and Avenue C.Reps from the NYC Compost Project will be there to turn those (l … | Continue reading