EVG Etc.: East Village shroom bust; rent history insights

Photo by Derek Berg 

• The DA's office has charged 33-year-old Kenwood Allen with two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of second-degree robbery, and two counts of second-degree assault for causing fatal overdoses of two people Allen robbed in venues on Seventh Street and Ludlow Street (The Post ... Gay City News ... press release from DA's office) 

• Police arrest four people during an investigation into the sale of magic mushrooms at East Village stores Come Back Daily on 11th Street and City Clouds on Seventh Street (PIX11 ... 

• The holiday season with a broken boiler at the Baruch Houses (CBS 2 ... The City) 

• More about Kōbo by Nai, now open on Avenue A (The New York Times... previously on EVG) 

• How to get your rent history in NYC (The City) 

• Revisiting the great Veniero's on 11th Street (Eater) 

• Adam Zhu on the enduring creative stamina of New York (Document Journal ... previously on EVG) 

• Latke time at Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery (NY1) 

• Remembering filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.'s influence on the LES (The Daily Heller) 

• Winter memories in the East Village (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Riding with the Citi Bike Boyz in Tompkins Square Park (Curbed)

• An oral history of the Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Document Journal) What's next for the space? (EVG) 

• The most borrowed books from NYC’s public libraries this year (Gothamist) 

• Yo La Tengo pays tribute to the Ramones with Marky Ramone at the Bowery Ballroom (Brooklyn Vegan) 

• Recent EV arrival Anna Delvey, still under house arrest, has made $300,000 this year selling her art online (Artnet) 

• How the Lower East Side has changed since 1988's "Crossing Delancey" (New York Jewish Week)