Tuesday, July 8, 2014

The 2nd Avenue BP station has closed



The station here at East First Street closed after business on Sunday. (They managed to stay open a few more days longer than originally announced.)

We went by hoping to snag the iconic bagels sign ... left from the days when Gulf ran things here...


...or at least the ice machine. But alas. All gone. Along with the pumps.



As for what's next on this prime piece of EV real estate, the rumor is a boutique hotel.

And the Mobil station on Avenue C and Houston is the lone gas station now in the East Village — until it closes to make way for a new development next year.

Previously on EV Grieve:
How much longer will the East Village have gas stations?

The East Village will soon be down to 1 gas station

RUMOR: Gas station going, boutique hotel coming on Second Avenue? (31 comments)

BP station on 2nd Avenue closes this month

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Saw them jackhammering away this morning. Demo started quickly.

xootrman said...

I just want to say that their policy of charging 50 cents more per gallon if they filled it for you, YES 50 cents for EACH gallon was kind of outrageous but apparently legal. I must add that I like the fact that we at least had a gas station around.

Anonymous said...

total bummer. aside from how you feel about gas stations ( and I like 'em), at least they are low structures affording a little bit of sky here and there.

Anonymous said...

xootrman, did you express your complaint to management about that policy or did you just save it for a blog comments section after the place shut down?

xootrman said...

Anonymous 4.29. I'm a long time New Yorker and East Villager. Of course I complained. I even went further and discovered in fact that it's not illegal. I obviously only used the self serve.

Anonymous said...

i loved this gas station! wish it was still there with mars across the street and jupithor's child around the corner, shredding on his axe under black light! R.I.P.!

Warren said...

I have lived directly next door for the last 7 years. If you get any new info on the developer, please let us know. I want to make sure my living situation is secure. It's an old building... Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Hey -- anyone know why so many of these new buildings are hotels? Do we really have that much demand from tourists that we need all of these?

Until 5-10 years ago, there really weren't hotels down here. I remember looking up the closest hotel for a relative and seeing that it was either hostels or that Holiday Inn in Chinatown. Now it seems like a good chunk of our new buildings are hotels and I'm just wondering where that comes from and why.

Anonymous said...

1:25 yeah!!!!!