A broken window at Two Boots

Multiple EVG readers shared photos this morning from the NE corner of Avenue A and Third Street, where the NYPD had crime scene tape up around a broken window at Two Boots Pizza. (Thanks to Salim for this photo.)

Two Boots owner Phil Hartman told us that it was a break-in at the Smoke House smoke shop next door.

"Because we share a window—the vestige from Two Boots Video — he smashed our glass, which included irreplaceable hand-painted art by Nicolina, circa 2008," said Hartman. 

He noted that this is the fourth broken window at a Two Boots location in the past four months. 

Updated: According to a Smoke House employee, "no one was here. They just took some stuff—little things — from the display cases. There was no real damage except for the window."

With reporting by Stacie Joy