Signage alerts: More convenience for Avenue B

Signage went up this past Friday for Saba Candy & Grocery at 106 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. 

The signage showcases lottery tickets, cold beer, soda, dairy, pet food and detergent (!). 

This is likely an upgrade over Anwar/Akter Grocery, which sold a wide range of random items, such as religious amulets, sombreros, school supplies, and adult DVDs with titles like "Anal Pleasures." Not to mention expired groceries. The grocery suffered an unceremonious ending in July 2022. 

This is one of the two recently renovated storefronts in this building. The northern space will eventually be home to Shinzo Sushi. (Background here.) 

A few blocks to the north, signage (and balloonage!) is up for Boutique Convenience at 166 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street...

The storefront was last Smoke City Exotics, an unlicensed weed/smoke shop that got busted in June 2024.

Sushi and coffee for the vacant storefronts at 106 Avenue B

There are new tenants for the gut-renovated storefronts at 106 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. 

The northern space (see EV Arrow above) will be home to Shinzo Sushi, per the TradedNY account. Meanwhile, Delah Coffee has signed a lease for the southern storefront, also according to the TradedNY transaction wire. 

We hope to have info about both businesses soon. 

And we'll just say this is a coffee-heavy corridor, with three excellent options within a few hundred feet — Thayer across Avenue B, and Café Chrystie and C&B Café around the corner on Seventh Street (not to mention Sunny & Annie's on Sixth and B). 

The northern storefront was previously Anwar/Akter Grocery, which sold a wide range of items, including sodas, snacks, religious amulets, sombreros, school supplies, and adult DVDs with titles such as "Anal Pleasures." The grocery suffered an unceremonious ending in July 2022. 

Fabano Florals used the southern space for pop-ups.

H/T Stacie Joy!

[UPDATED} Taggers target white-box storefronts on Avenue B

Updated: Turned ut this was all for a pop-art art show. Haha.

Earlier this year, workers gutted the storefronts at 106 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street ... now available for rent in white-box condition. 

The other night, multiple people tagged the storefronts...

... including the interior of the space to the north...

There wasn't any sign of forced entry, so some people think the door was left unlocked. 

The northern storefront was previously Anwar/Akter Grocery, which sold a wide range of items, including sodas, snacks, religious amulets, sombreros, school supplies, and hardcore adult DVDs with titles like "Anal Pleasures." 

The grocery suffered an unceremonious ending in July 2022. 

In the photos below from the spring by Stacie Joy, you can see the extent of the interior gutting...

The 2 retail spaces at 106 Avenue B are for lease

The two storefronts at 106 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street recently arrived on the leasing market. 

Per Meridian Capital Group, each 800-square-foot storefront has a $7,500 monthly ask. Both will be delivered in white-box condition, the listing states. 

The northern storefront has been off-market for about 20 years... with Anwar/Akter Grocery in the shop, which sold wide-ranging items including sodas, snacks, religious amulets, sombreros, school supplies and hardcore adult DVDs with titles like "Anal Pleasures." The grocery suffered an unceremonious ending in July 2022. 

Fabano Florals used the southern space for pop-ups.