Friday, August 23, 2024

EVG Etc.: Broken mailboxes at the Riis Houses; Erewhon-like smoothies at East Village Organic

Reader-submitted photo from along 7th Street 

• NYCHA mailboxes vandalized and broken for months at the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D without fixes (PIX11

• ICYMI: Cancer-causing chemicals still lurk under the Jacob Riis Houses 19 years after detection (The City)

• A last-ditch effort to stop Beth Israel closure (Gothamist)

• Mayor Adams on his low-profile DNC trip (City & State

• State greenlights NYC evicting more migrant families from shelters (The City

• The Sun Shy Spa on Sixth Street near Second Avenue accused of being a brothel (The Post

• East Village Organic on First Avenue is selling a similar "Coconut Cloud Smoothie" as those from Erewhon Market, the L.A.-based grocery chain (Gothamist) 

• How those Olympic muffins made their way to the East Village (Gothamist... previously on EVG

• About Odre, a new Korean restaurant from Hand Hospitality at 199 Second Ave. near 13th Street (Eater

• Props for Bungalow, the newish Indian restaurant at 24 First Ave. (The New York Times ... previously on EVG

• Writers, poets, musicians, et al, wanted for the open mic Saturday from 2-5 p.m. at 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden (Instagram link

• "Good One" is one of the best movies of the year — EVG ... Saturday's 7:30 p.m. screening includes a post Q&A with director India Donaldson (Village East by Angelika, 12th and 2nd)

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