Some reader reports of some early-morning crane action on Astor Place... on Eighth Street adjacent to 770 Broadway... perhaps something related to the new Wegmans... or, given the proximity to Facebook's office at No. 770, maybe they are installing the metaverse. | Continue reading
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A new (old) video popped up on the Siouxsie and the Banshees YouTube account the other day ... here's "Playground Twist" from 1979. | Continue reading
We're into the final weekend for the 11th annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival... where you can find activities at dozens of East Village/LES community gardens, each featuring various performances, concerts, workshops and other related events. Check the LUNGS website here for … | Continue reading
The Earth School's (P.S. 364) Fall Fair is happening tomorrow (Saturday!) ... in the Big Yard at the school, Fourth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C from noon to 5 p.m. What can you expect? Per the organizers: A bouncy house Music with a DJ Arts & crafts, including slime … | Continue reading
Starting tomorrow, Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B will have a new co-name — Donald Suggs Jr. Way.Suggs, a longtime resident of this block, died in October 2012 of a heart attack. He was 51.Here's more about him via the advisory for the street co-naming ceremony:Do … | Continue reading
Alex Harsley, the proprietor of the 4th Street Photo Gallery and a neighborhood resident since 1965, is the subject of an ongoing exhibition ... you can check out Harsley's photography Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 5 p.m. in Studio One, 59-61 E. Fourth St. between … | Continue reading
Photos by Derek Berg This discarded toilet on Second Avenue certainly could use some #sprkl ... (courtesy of East Village-based musician-artist Paul Kostabi). And then, an uncaring world intervenes ... | Continue reading
Photo via @Jazibaba We received a lot of queries last night about the fireworks display that went off last night after 9 on the East River below the Williamsburg Bridge. There wasn't any notification about them (as everyone pointed out, this account has one job) ... Today is … | Continue reading
Photo by Kevin FrechNomad, the low-key Mediterranean and North African restaurant at 78 Second Ave., has gone dark in recent days. Someone has removed the sign and paper covers the windows here between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. The restaurant's website now notes that it … | Continue reading
Top 2 photos by Stacie JoyRenovations continue inside and out on the NW corner of Fifth Street and Avenue B... where an art gallery called Gratin is in the works for the space... We don't know anything else at the moment about what to expect here from the new gallery... whic … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie JoyLe Burger has debuted at 540 E. Fifth St., just a little west of Avenue B. (First noted here.)As the name implies, the restaurant serves a variety of burgers (see the menu below) ... and they offer wine and draft beers.According to the questionnaire from July& … | Continue reading
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Photos by Stacie JoyThe mobile lights are ON this evening on Seventh Street and Avenue A at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park.The solar-powered lights via the Parks Department arrived last Friday morning ... a day after a delivery man was slashed in the face during an attack a … | Continue reading
This morning, the city removed the remains of the charred and tagged Acura from Houston Street at Allen... EVG regular Salim caught the transport in action as the car (and one in a similar state) headed north on First Avenue just past 14th Street. The driver of the Acura crashed … | Continue reading
Photo from 2020 by Brian Boulos Manny the Peddler, a decades-long presence along Avenue A, recently passed away. Manny, aka Emmanuel Howard and a father of four, sold second-hand items here for more than 40 years. Although the city often came by and dumped all his sale items, Man … | Continue reading
The east storefront at 626 E. 14th St. is available for the first time since 1959.A for-rent sign recently arrived on the front window between Avenue B and Avenue C at the now-closed Sun's Laundry.Robert Lee opened the dry-cleaning business with his father in 1959.Mr. Lee wa … | Continue reading
Íxta debuted last week at 299 Bowery between Houston and First Street. (First mentioned here in August 2021.)This is a second coming for Íxta, which had a two-year run on East 29th Street from 2005 to 2007. Restaurateur Mike Himani, whose credits include a Chickpea in Penn Statio … | Continue reading
Yesterday we reported that workers were finally removing the sidewalk bridge outside 19-23 St. Mark's Place. EVG reader KT Hendrickson shared these night/day photos showing the triumphant return of an unencumbered sidewalk between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... The bridg … | Continue reading
Yesterday, workers placed an updated rendering on the plywood at the NE corner of St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue. (Thanks @unitof for capturing the moment!)After a 10-month hiatus, foundation work restarted in the late summer ... when the developer, Real Estate Equities Co … | Continue reading
After nearly a year in business, Dumpling Lab has closed at 214 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. (Thanks to Steven for the photos.)The space had been dark recently, and Google listed them as "permanently closed."Dumpling Lab management confirmed the departure … | Continue reading
The quick-serve Empanada Mama location opened for business this past Friday on the NW corner of First Avenue and 14th Street. (We've been tracking the progress here since May.) Here's a look inside (before it opened for the day) ... there are two self-ordering kiosks... … | Continue reading
Seventh and A a few winters agoAccuWeather unveiled its Winter 2022-23 snowfall outlook for the country yesterday.So what can we expect in NYC? AW is forecasting seasonal snowfall totals of 18-23 inches here, which would be below average for NYC... with between six and nine "days … | Continue reading
Mani-pedi chain Glosslab is opening an outpost at 129 Fourth Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street.This will be the 10th location in NYC.Mi Garba, the pleasant wine bar/cafe, closed here in December 2020 after five-plus years in business. | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy This past Friday evening at the Strand, East Village-based writer Jeremiah Moss launched his new book, "Feral City," with a reading and an animated conversation led by Lucy Sante. This Thursday night, Moss will be at Book Club Bar for an author event with Ro … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy On Saturday, East Village Meat Market celebrated National Pierogi Day... with all sales from the pierogi going to Ukrainian relief efforts. EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by the longtime shop, 139 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and East Ninth St … | Continue reading
Photo by Steven Workers from the Department of Miracles are out this morning... removing the long-standing sidewalk bridge from 19-23 St. Mark's Place. The structure outside the 8-story retail-residential complex between Second Avenue and Third Avenue has been up for nearly s … | Continue reading
Thanks to EVG reader Jeanne Krier for today's sunrise pic... and today is Indigenous Peoples' Day... NYC public schools are closed, and many offices are closed too for the day. | Continue reading
Photos by Kenny Toglia Public art has returned to the former CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center on Ninth Street/10th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. There's a new installation on the property titled "Pumpkin Dome" via the Buckyteers, a radical art/engineering collective. … | Continue reading
Posts this past week included... (with a photo by Derek Berg from one of the 9 days it rained last week... )• Exclusive: This is the new tenant for the former Gem Spa space (Monday) • Long-vacant P.S. 64 now being pitched for medical use, educational purposes (Wednesday) • Police … | Continue reading
On Tuesday evening, the Tompkins Square Library branch is hosting a plant exchange.Per the invite: Meet your neighbors while exchanging cuttings, seedlings and plant care tips! Bringing plants to the exchange is encouraged, but not required.The exchange starts at 5:30 p.m. at the … | Continue reading
Police are investigating an early morning crash on Houston at Allen after a vehicle reportedly struck a pole and caught fire... There's not much information at the moment. The Citizen app put the crash at 4:55 a.m. No word on injuries. As of 9 a.m., the NYPD had the westbou … | Continue reading
Looks like the city is getting a little winter-weather-advisory practice in this morning. Otherwise, sunny and 63 today with light winds from the west/southwest... | Continue reading
• RIP Colin Alevras, who ran the the Tasting Room with his wife Renee on East First Street from 1999-2006 before moving to Elizabeth Street. He died of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. (The New York Times) • Assessing Mayor Adams' street sweeps six months la … | Continue reading
The first trailer for the "Meet Me in the Bathroom" documentary, which offers an archival journey through the music scene of early 2000s NYC, dropped the other day.Let's get to it... Based on Lizzy Goodman's 2017 book, "Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll i … | Continue reading
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Day 1 of the two-day JAPAN Fes New York takes place today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fourth Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street. (Day 2 tomorrow is on the Upper West Side.) Festivities include a noodle contest, which you can read more about here.Oh, and the usual street f … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie JoyEarlier today, the Parks Department placed solar-powered lights on Seventh Street and Avenue A at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park... this comes a day after a delivery man was slashed in the face during an attack yesterday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. As of … | Continue reading
Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile, the debut album from Pretty Sick, is out now ... the new video here is for the track "Self Fulfilling Prophecy." The band, with local roots, will be at Bowery Ballroom on Nov. 21. Read our Q&A with vocalist-bassist Sabrina Fuentes from last December … | Continue reading
Workers spent a good part of the day yesterday powerwashing the graffiti off of the Con Ed substation on Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street... And by this morning... (pic by Stacie Joy) ... Before yesterday's big scrub... | Continue reading
Photo by Garrett Rosso Following a slashing at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park on Seventh Street and Avenue A yesterday afternoon... someone has created a crime scene with an outline of a victim and fake blood... an artist's rendering of what took place.According to poli … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy Last evening, Village Preservation unveiled a plaque outside the former residence of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs at 206 E. Seventh St. between Avenue B and Avenue C, where the two lived in a third-floor apartment in the early 1950s. According to N … | Continue reading
Looking east on St Mark's Place at Third Avenue circa 1982... with a view of Tompkins Square Park in the distance ... photo by Peter Bennett. Check out more of Peter's work here. We previously posted some of Peter's EV photos from the 1980s at this link. | Continue reading
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Photos by Stacie Joy An Uber Eats bicycle delivery man was slashed in the face this afternoon around 3:30 on Seventh Street and Avenue A, police sources said. The injured man was taken to hospital, but his condition is not life-threatening, sources confirmed. It's not immedi … | Continue reading
The 11th annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival gets underway tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 7). This year's 9-day festival includes activities at dozens of East Village/LES community gardens, each featuring various performances, concerts, workshops and other related events. Check the L … | Continue reading
A group of East Village residents have come together to form Friends of Tompkins Square Park ... "neighbors working to build a new group to advocate for TSP." The group's first event is this Saturday (Oct. 8). Volunteers can meet at the Park office/fieldhouse at 9 a.m. to pi … | Continue reading
Zee Convenience & Smoke is up and running now on the SE corner of Avenue A and 13th Street. (Thanks to Steven for the top photo.)The signage notes that available goods here include CBD/hemp, beverages, e-cigarettes, snacks and hookah.... and, per this interior photo by Lola Sáen … | Continue reading