Sunday, April 19, 2026

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an art-and-perp walk on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg)
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• Residents question city's plan to shift shelter intake to the East Village (April 14) 

• SantaCon president arrested; prosecutors allege misuse of funds (April 15) 

• Phil Hartman on "No Picnic" and capturing a vanishing East Village in the 1980s (April 13) … A "No Picnic" pizza party at Two Boots (April 18) 

• Don't Disturb This Groove: We made a 13-hour Key Food playlist on Spotify (April 15) … Avenue A's Key Food 1980s playlist, explained (sort of) (April 16) 

• For-lease sign arrives at longtime home of Two Boots Pizza on Avenue A — surprising owner, staff (April 17) 

• Ugh, Uggs: Pop-up "newsstand" and a no-photos moment during a photoshoot on Avenue A (April 17) 

• Small-dog run in Tompkins Square Park briefly closed over tree safety concerns (April 15) 

• The end of "Liberty" on 9th and A? (April 17) 

• An a-peel-ing exhibit at Ninth Street Espresso (on 10th Street) (April 18)

• Openings: Whits brings the sliders to St. Mark's Place (April 16) 

• Singapore Social is opening in the former Foul Witch space on Avenue A (April 16) 

• Signed, sealed… not delivered? Warning posted on Avenue B mailbox (April 17) 

• Wall prep on 6th and C (April 12) 

• First sign of Pizza PST on St. Mark's Place (April 16) 

• Closures: Cosmic Cat Cafe on 2nd Street (April 14) 

• Openings: Sweeties Candy NYC on 1st Avenue (April 15) 

• Signage alert: Nuts Factory on 3rd Avenue (April 14) … Fifth Square on 5th Street (April 13) … House of Shawarma on 2nd Avenue (April 13) … Conall’s Public House on 1st Avenue (April 13) 

... ICYMI: The latest mural outside the Second Avenue F stop... art by Sonni... (photo by Stacie Joy)...
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