Signage is up for La Pizza Italiya at 201 Avenue A between 12th Street and 13th Street.The awning notes Pasta, Gluten Free and "Krunchy Chicken." (Quotes ours!)La Pizza takes over for Baker's Pizza. Some recent history there: A "Permanently Closed RIP" message was posted atop … | Continue reading
Now that the J. Crew Men's store is all settled in at 316 Bowery... Kenneth Cole is making a comeback a block to the north where signage shows a new concept on the way called Temporary... Cole signed a 10-year lease here at Bond Street in 2015 ... the shop had been closed s … | Continue reading
Photos by StevenThe Brooklyn-based Buka is bringing its homestyle Nigerian cuisine to 137 First Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street ... This will be a second outpost for Buka, which has a new location on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy after launching in 2010. (This pie … | Continue reading
There's a concept change at 225 E. 14th St. A new venture called Yaki Sushi, featuring a lengthy menu for the venue's lengthy bar-like set-up, has taken over the storefront here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... marking the end of Hawkers, which offered Southeast … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie JoyToday, St. Stanislaus — New York's oldest (and only) Polish Roman-Catholic church — hosted a Parish Picnic on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.EVG contributor Stacie Joy and shared these photos from the family-friendly event outside the chu … | Continue reading
Posts this past week included (with a photo on Avenue A by Derek Berg) ... • Big changes are coming to the iconic skate spot in Tompkins Square Park (Monday) • Community groups advocating for low-income housing on these 2 East Village sites (Tuesday) • Ella Funt & Club 82 looks … | Continue reading
Photos by Steven The 2022 edition of Village Voices, an installation of 24 public art exhibits that honor downtown trailblazers and their legacies, is up now around the East Village, Greenwich Village and Noho. You can find several boxes on the fence along St Mark's Church in … | Continue reading
NYCHA officials appeared before City Council yesterday in an emergency hearing to answer questions about the agency's "lethargic response" to complaints about cloudy water and positive arsenic test results at the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D (Previously on EVG)... • NYCHA ad … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie JoyTomorrow (Sunday, Sept.25), St. Stanislaus — New York's oldest (and only) Polish Roman-Catholic church — is hosting a Parish Picnic on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.Signage promises Polish cuisine and products, books, flowers, art and m … | Continue reading
After 15 days in the bus lane on Avenue A below Third Street, the booted Subaru without plates has been removed. (And please let us know if you spot it elsewhere, like another bus lane or the center of Tompkins Square Park.) | Continue reading
From last evening... a look at Stuyvesanthenge, an event during in which the setting sun is aligned with Stuyvesant Street at Ninth Street and Third Avenue to 10th Street in front of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery... Per Wikipedia: "Although the street runs diagonally in r … | Continue reading
This is "A Foul Form," from the most recent release by Osees (aka OCS, Oh Sees and Thee Oh Sees) ... one of the best live bands around (IMO)... and they are playing tonight and tomorrow night out at Warsaw in Greenpoint. | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyAfter nearly 18 months at 117 E. Seventh St., [plant-baked] is closing its brick-and-mortar operation between Avenue A and First Avenue.Sunday is the last day here for Parker and Yunsu, East Village residents who are partners in business and life … | Continue reading
Crossroads Trading is opening one of its resale stores at 122 Second Ave. between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place. (Thanks to Steven for the photo.) The buy-sell-trade-consign retailer for men's and women's clothing and accessories has more than 30 locations acro … | Continue reading
Signage for Chomp Chomp Thai Kitchen went up yesterday at 78 E. First St. just east of First Avenue. (Thanks to the reader for the photo!) We're told that this is from the same owner as the previous occupant, Prim Thai Restaurant, which went dark early last year after an Aug … | Continue reading
The lights were shining brightly tonight up at Panna II (and the PII extension next door at the former Milon) on First Avenue near Sixth Street. An EVG reader told us the restaurants were dark last night, with a large family (about six people) standing outside saying they had a … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy In the days/weeks ahead, the First Avenue Laundry Center will be closing for renovations at 33 First Ave. at Second Street. Fear not! The laundromat will reopen. EVG correspondent Stacie Joy recently talked with Anne DeVita, the 88-year-old man … | Continue reading
Next Wednesday, the State of New York is auctioning off the contents of Sestina, vegan chef Matthew Kenney's pasta restaurant at 67 Second Ave. at Fourth Street. Reps for the Department of Taxation and Finance posted the notices yesterday on the restaurant, which the state h … | Continue reading
Late last month, a psychic set up shop in the lower level at 310 E. Sixth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. In recent days, workers covered the storefront — the long-shuttered Taj Mahal — with plywood. A reader described the city's arrival here as a "commotion," wi … | Continue reading
For rent signs are up now at 163 First Ave. ... the former Tarallucci e Vino on the NW corner of 10th Street. The KSR listing doesn't have a ton of info, like asking rent, though "all uses considered." (Soon listings may read: "all smoke shop uses considered.")Tarallucci e V … | Continue reading
Please hold your booing until the end of the post (for that headline). Photo in Tompkins Square Park today by Derek Berg... | Continue reading
Since opening on Sept. 13, several EVG readers have shared positive comments about Monsieur Vo at 104 Second Ave. at Sixth Street.As previously reported, this is the new restaurant from the husband-wife duo Chef Jimmy Ly and Yen Vo, owners of Madame Vo on 10th Street. As a resta … | Continue reading
Demolition permits are now on file with the city to take down the former Uncle Johnny, the longtime grocery that closed on Avenue D and Fifth Street in February.As previously reported, a 13-story mixed-use building is in the works for this SW corner including the parcel adjacent … | Continue reading
Workers removed the plywood from the storefront on the NW corner of First Avenue and 14th Street yesterday ... showing off the new outpost of Empanada Mama. We first reported in May that the quick-serve restaurant with an outpost on Allen Street was opening here. Papaya Dog shu … | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy If you glance inside 117 E. Seventh St., you might get the idea that a new coffee shop is opening here between Avenue A and First Avenue. And it's understandable why you might think that with the setup... Turns out that this is a barista training site fo … | Continue reading
Some e-bike drama today on Eighth Street just west of Broadway... as the FDNY was called in to douse the flames on a bike that caught fire... thanks to EVG reader MP for the shots... | Continue reading
Another 32-foot-tall Link5G tower has gone up in the East Village, this one on the SW corner of Avenue A and 12th Street. (Thanks @mtm717 for the tip!) The first one (around the EV) arrived in late August on Second Avenue near First Street. There might be more now! They're m … | Continue reading
Several community groups are hosting a public forum Thursday evening "to demand low-income housing" for the neighborhood. According to the meeting flyers, NYC owns "underutilized parking lots in our community, and we want to see affordable housing built on these sites."The two e … | Continue reading
Here's a look at 11-13 Avenue D one week after a two-alarm fire caused smoke and water damage in the 6-floor residential building between Second Street and Third Street. Windows on several of the 16 residential units are boarded up. The city also issued a full vacate order o … | Continue reading
A for-lease sign now hangs on the front window at 68 Second Ave. at Fourth Street, bringing an official end, for now, to a bar in the corner space. (Thanks to Steven for the photo!)Last year, the queer-friendly English-style pub Queen Vic from the owners of Boiler Room next door … | Continue reading
We have some late-afternoon rainbow action to share... starting with (above!) Sixth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D courtesy of DeColores Community Yard. (To be clear, the PHOTO is courtesy of DeColores Community Yard, not the actual rainbow.) AvenueAnd from Avenue B and 12 … | Continue reading
One of the city's most iconic skate spots will have a new look and feel by the fall of 2023. Next year, the Parks Department will reconstruct the multipurpose courts in Tompkins Square Park on the NE corner along Avenue A and 10th Street, adding various amenities, including … | Continue reading
An ambitious project is in the works for 78-82 E. Fourth St. that would bring together a restaurant, movie theater and cabaret under one roof while reviving some East Village nightlife history. The operators behind Ella Funt & Club 82 are on tonight's CB3 SLA & DCA Licensing … | Continue reading
Here are several more applicants seeking new liquor licenses during tonight's CB3-SLA docket... the virtual meeting starts at 6:30. This is the Zoom link.• Sugar Mouse LLC, 101 E 10th St (op) Sugar Mouse is the name of the concept proposed for the NE corner of Third Avenue a … | Continue reading
Activity, including the installation of glass cigar cases, continues inside the storefront on the SE corner of Avenue A and 13th Street... a worker on the scene said it will be a — SMOKE SHOP. The business is expected to be open in the next few weeks. Until then, you can try one … | Continue reading
As a follow-up to last Monday's post... Good Beer has closed at 422 E. Ninth St., wrapping up nearly 12 years between Avenue A and First Avenue. As Chris O'Leary wrote in his Brew New York newsletter: The shop-and-bar was a craft beer pioneer when it opened, and was the … | Continue reading
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Posts this past week included (with a photo of Ruckus Interruptus playing the excellent Ninth Street block party yesterday... photo by Derek Berg)...• Report of a 2-alarm fire at 11-13 Avenue D (Tuesday) • Remembering East Village artist M. Henry Jones (Wednesday)• Astor Wines & … | Continue reading
Via the EVG inbox... Calling all children and youth ages 7-16 to join the Youth Choir at Most Holy Redeemer Church! Tuition-free and open to all backgrounds, creeds and experience levels. Come and make new friends, find your unique voice, and learn to make music together as a te … | Continue reading
Last weekend of the summer! Photo from Tompkins Square Park by Steven... P.S.Yes, Tompkins Square Park has a pool. | Continue reading
Photos by Derek Berg The Loisaida Open Streets this afternoon welcomed the Bindlestiff Flatbed Follies to Avenue B between Eighth Street and Ninth Street... | Continue reading
Adela Fargas Way is now official on the corner of Fifth Street and Avenue C. During a noontime ceremony today, friends, family and local elected officials gathered on this NE corner to pay tribute to the restaurateur who ran Casa Adela at 66 Avenue C for decades. Today we witnes … | Continue reading
Photo via @THECITYNY • NYCHA CEO steps down in wake of the arsenic crisis at the Riis Houses on Avenue D (1010 WINS) ... hefty pay left intact (The City) • Arsenic alarm still a drain on Riis residents' routines and resources (City Limits)• Residents file lawsuit against NYC … | Continue reading
A recent arrival outside the Second Avenue F stop — "There's no crying in street art" ... a take on the Tom Hanks' quote from "A League of Their Own" — "There’s no crying in baseball." Mural by @sacsix | Continue reading
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The Subaru with the missing plates enjoyed its eighth day booted in the bus lane here on Avenue A between Third Street and Second Street... (thanks to EVG reader Carl Bentsen for the pics!)... And there is an addition of a windshield note today... with a phone number (not to t … | Continue reading
Australian punks Amyl and the Sniffers released this live video clip this week from a recent show... a good preview of what to expect when they play Terminal 5 on West 56th Street next Friday night... in support of their most recent release, Comfort to Me. | Continue reading
This morning, workers from the Department of Sanitation and Department of Transportation swooped in on Pardon My French, and removed the restaurant's curbside dining structure on Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. (The block was shut down to through traffic du … | Continue reading