Spring break

A scene along 10th Street near Avenue B before the rain this afternoon...

A #SAVENYC show tonight at Arlene's Grocery

Via the EVG inbox…

The #SaveNYC Concert will be taking place TONIGHT, Saturday May 2, at Arlene's Grocery. This event's primary mission is to create public awareness of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act. We have Penny Arcade and DeeDee Luxe on board along with Joe Hunt. Ann McDermott will be there to speak about our mission.

Find more information about #SaveNYC here.

Arlene's is at 95 Stanton St. between Ludlow and Orchard.

Reminders: Small Biz Crawl is today at noon

... and recent additions include stops at Via Della Pace, San Marzano and ... the Enz's pop-up shop at 103 Allen St. (Enz's is currently displaced from their longtime home at 125 Second Ave.)

Find more details about the Small Biz Crawl at the Facebook event page. Click here to print out signs — and to find out more about #SaveNYC.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that B&H will be open for the event... the diner was locked up yesterday...


[Photo via Derek Berg]

... and here's a peek through the door on Wednesday... looks to be in good shape...


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B&H posted this on Facebook early this morning….



Several sources on the block have said that B&H will likely return by Wednesday...

Also... Standings, Burp Castle and Jimmy's No. 43 reopened last night at 41-43 East Seventh St. just west of Second Avenue.

'Small Biz Crawl' this Saturday on 2nd Avenue

From the EVG inbox...

#SaveNYC is a grassroots, crowd-sourced, D.I.Y. movement to protect and preserve the diversity and uniqueness of the urban fabric in New York City. As our vibrant streetscapes and neighborhoods are turned into bland, suburban-style shopping malls, filled with chain stores and glossy luxury retail, #SaveNYC is fighting for small businesses and cultural institutions to remain in place.

After a disaster like the deadly Second Avenue explosion and fire, impacted small businesses struggle to survive. #SaveNYC is holding a Small Biz Crawl along Second Avenue to bring customers, cash and attention to those mom-and-pops in need. This weekend, we’ll do the western side of Second Avenue; next time, the eastern side.

Meet #SaveNYC on Saturday, April 11, at noon. We’re starting at Gem Spa on the northwest corner of Second Avenue and St. Mark’s Place. Buy your magazines, newspapers and egg creams at this first stop. From there, we’ll head down toward 7th Street. Do some gift shopping at Himalayan Visions. Then it’s lunch at the B&H Dairy or Paul’s Da Burger Joint. Your choice. After lunch, we’ll weave our way across the barricades of 7th Street to stock up on groceries at the New Yorkers Foodmarket. Please bring your #SaveNYC sign to let everyone know who we are and why we’re there. Click here to print out signs — and to find out more about #SaveNYC.

In a tweet to us yesterday, Paul's said that their business was down 75 percent since the explosion.

Other food choices on the west side of Second Avenue are Taqueria Diana and Ramen Misoya.

As for B&H, they are hopeful to be back open tomorrow.

About #SaveNYC

Jeremiah Moss of Vanishing New York has launched the #SaveNYC campaign.

He writes about it today in an op-ed over at the Daily News.

Small businesses in New York City have no rights. You’ve been here 50 years and provide an important service? Tough luck — your space now belongs to Dunkin’ Donuts. You own a beloved, fourth-generation, century-old business? Get out — your landlord’s putting in a combination Chuck E. Cheese and Juicy Couture.

And despite de Blasio’s rhetorical fears about gentrification, his progressive pro-development push may well only hasten the trend.

Read the op-ed, titled The NYC we love is disappearing: It's becoming a hollow city for hollow people, right here. Find out how you can get involved at the #SaveNYC website.