Sunday, September 6, 2026

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with comings and goings on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg)...Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• A break-in, an arrest and questions about the system: An East Village resident shares her harrowing story (Sept. 3) 

• Mayor Mamdani joins Lower East Side tribute to Chino Garcia at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (Sept. 1) 

• Elected officials push to keep AMC Kips Bay 15 open (Aug. 31) 

• Continuing the effort to preserve Most Holy Redeemer (Sept. 2) 

• Police search Most Holy Redeemer after reported break-in (Sept. 3) … NYPD sources: There was no bomb or active-shooter threat at Most Holy Redeemer (Sept. 5) 

• Public meeting set on possible Village View parking lot sale (Sept. 3) 

• In search of a monk parakeet (Sept. 1) 

• Salumeria Rosi sets reopening dates on Avenue B (Sept. 2) 

• Scenes from "Independent Thinkers" at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery (Sept. 4)

• Cold comfort at Le Petit Versailles (Aug. 30) 

• Double Zero closes after 12 years on 2nd Avenue (Sept. 2) … 886 has closed on St. Mark's Place (Sept. 1) 

• Tow story (Aug. 30) 

• Why we didn't have coverage of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (Aug. 30) 

• 6 posts from August (Aug. 31) 

... and Shaky Eyez, selling smokes and exotic snacks, debuted this past week to help class up the corner of 14th Street and 1st Avenue... photo by William Klayer...

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