Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with neon nights on St. Mark's Place) ...

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• A look inside the sidewalk stations that test the East Village's drinking water (Jan. 14) 

• D.A.'s office announces indictment in fatal hit-and-run last month on Clinton and Stanton (Jan. 14) 

• Community gathers at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery for a "Vigil of Lament and Hope" (Jan. 13) 

• Inside the film 'Irregular,' a love letter to Sophie's (Jan. 13) 

• A ‘cleanup only’ operation on 11th Street and 1st Avenue (Jan. 17) 

• Petition seeks to rename Tompkins Square Park skate area for Harold Hunter (Jan. 14)

• Paulie Gee’s appears headed for former Dunkin’ space on 1st Avenue (Jan. 13) 

• Most Holy Redeemer briefly reopens for Mass honoring longtime parishioner (Jan. 18) 

• From Katinka to a back entrance on 9th Street (Jan. 12) 

• ICYMI: Tom Verlaine's Downtown legacy enters the New York Public Library (Jan 15) 

• Signage alert: Drāvida Indian Diaspora by Chef Aarthi Sampath (Jan. 15) … Mag New York City on Avenue A (Jan. 15) … Visit Sicily NYC on 7th Street (Jan. 12) 

• Emmy Squared is now temporarily closed for a construction "glow-up" (Jan. 13) 

• Taverna East Village has been closed now for 13 months (Jan. 12) 

• Original 16 Handles outpost closes ahead of move to new 2nd Avenue home (Jan. 12) 

• Saba Candy & Groceries comes and goes on Avenue B (Jan. 15) 

• $1 slice Pizza Hub up next at 59 First Ave. (Jan. 12) 

• At Mulchapalooza 2026 (Jan. 10) 

... and a few things... this is not actually a warning about tagging the gate at 2 St. Mark's Place, but rather an ad for the new A$AP Rocky record, Don't Be Dumg, that was released on Friday (H/T Justin) ...

... and workers removed the plywood from the former Rite Aid on First Avenue and Fifth Street — soon to be home to a Metro Acres Market, as we reported here. (Photo by Stacie Joy)...