EVG Etc.: Van Leeuwen's cashless ban fine; Halloween Adventure's last Halloween?

Photo on 3rd Street by Stacie Joy 

• Police looking for a suspect who robbed an 80-year-old man with a box cutter in an elevator on 12th and C (ABC-7) 

• Van Leeuwen fined for violating NYC's cashless ban (Eater) 

• About the five potential amendments to the State Constitution that are on the ballot this election (The New York Times) 

• NY Laundry service workers looking for the industry to clean up its act (The Indypendent) 

• A new report from the Department of Transportation reveals that a new bike lane — whether protected or simply painted — decreases the risk of cyclist injury by 32 to 34 percent (Streetsblog) 

• Bike parking shortage has remained a persistent problem in NYC; city adding 10,000 bike racks to the streets (The City) 

• A last holiday look (possibly!) at Halloween Adventure on Fourth Avenue (Gothamist ... previously on EVG) 

• Halloween at the Merchant’s House Museum on Fourth Street (PIX11) 

• More about Café de L’Enfer on Avenue A (Time Out ... first on EVG here) 

• A look inside Susan Alexandra's new bead emporium on Orchard Street (Vogue) 

• Verizon moving workers to space in Essex Crossing (The Real Deal) 

... and the coming-soon signage is up for the Le Colombe outpost at Whole Foods Market® Bowery ...