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Photos by Stacie Joy   After 60-plus years on Avenue B, Raul's Barber Shop has closed its doors .  First, a quick bit of positive news...

[ Photo by EV Heave ] The for-rent sign has arrived at 38 Avenue B at Third Street, site of the recently Cromanated China Wok . The ask...

China Wok, the reliable quick-serve Chinese restaurant on the corner of Third Street and Avenue B, has not been open in recent days, fueli...

Several readers shared the news that the Avenue B Cleaners between Fourth Street and Fifth Street abruptly closed last week... one reader ...

The Black Rose, which billed itself as a neighborhood rock-and-roll bar , has closed at 117 Avenue A between Seventh Street and St. Mark&#...

As we first reported , East Village Tavern closed after service on Sunday evening. Management of the corner bar on 10th Street and Avenu...

Barbone, the low-key Italian restaurant on Avenue B, closed after 10 years in June — a victim of Cromanization. Landlord Steve Croman r...

[ Photo via a Croman tenant ] Landlord Steve Croman appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday . Croman, who owns more buildings in th...

Vanity Fair files a piece on Steve Croman , whose real-estate empire includes 47 buildings with 617 units in the East Village. (As previous...

On Monday , news broke that landlord Steve Croman of 9300 Realty was hit with a 20-count indictment on charges including grand larceny and...

Here are more details about the arrest this morning of landlord Steve Croman via the Attorney General's office ... Attorney General...

Last week, an EVG reader noted a lone flyer on East 11th Street at Avenue B warning potential residents of living in a property owned by ...

An EVG reader noted a lone flyer warning potential residents of living in a property owned by Steve Croman, aka 9300 Realty, named one of ...

Snack Dragon, the tiny taco shack on East Third Street near Avenue B, ended its East Village tenure on Halloween night. Cause of death: Cr...

Last July , the East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack announced that it would be closing after a huge rent hike courtesy of landlord Steve ...

From the Daily News today : State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a probe into the potentially illegal tactics used by l...

[Image via ] Late last week Snack Dragon proprietor Josephine Jansen told us that her tiny taco stand at 199 E. Third St. will have to c...

[Image via ] Snack Dragon proprietor Josephine Jansen broke the news to us yesterday. Her eclectic sliver of a taco stand and hangout at ...

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Via the EVG inbox… You are invited to attend a press conference at Tompkins Square Park and join an East Village Parade to resist gentri...