Is a Koffeecake Corner coming to East 13th Street and Fourth Avenue?

We noted yesterday that Brothers Deli on Fourth Avenue and East 13th Street is closing at the end of the week... now an EVG tipster hears that the corner space is earmarked for another NYC branch of Koffeecake Corner, a bakery-coffee shop with locations in Chelsea and the UES.

Per our tipster: "Seems like lousy timing to me with Think Coffee down the block and The Bean a block away."

Anyone been to a Koffeecake Corner?

Brothers Deli closing this week on Fourth Avenue

In April, a retail listing went live for the storefronts housing the Dryden Gallery and Brothers Deli on Fourth Avenue and East 13th Street ... (The Dryden moved to another block in August.)

Then, in October, a well-placed tipster on the block told us that that the Dryden space would soon house a pizzeria ... and the Brothers Deli was closing at the end of November. "Negotiations are ongoing but it is almost certainly to become a restaurant," the tipster said at the time.

The going-out-of-business signs went up several days ago at Brothers...

... where everything is on sale — except for cigars and cigarettes...

Meanwhile, across the street, the Hyatt Union Square is expected to open on Jan. 2.