Croxley Ales-replacing bar on Avenue B is called the Hairy Lemon

[Photo from Sept. 1]

Workers have been putting in the OT (last Sunday and Labor Day, for instance) at 28 Avenue B, gutting the former Croxley Ales to make way for a new bar-restaurant from owners of the two Triona locations in the city.

To date, the name of the new establishment hadn't been revealed. (Triona's on B was mentioned as a possibility.)

Yesterday, the new signage went up here between Second Street and Third Street, as EVG regular Salim noted...



It's The Hairy Lemon...



Perhaps this is a homage to Dublin's The Hairy Lemon Pub, which served as a locale for the 1991 film "The Commitments."

In other façade news, it appears that the Ramones mural has survived so far.

Croxley Ales ended its 14-year run on Avenue B after service on Aug. 30.

In August, CB3's SLA committee approved a new liquor license for the establishment. The Hairy Lemon will have hours of noon to 4 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The menu is "traditional American-Irish comfort food." The bar-restaurant will also have 20 TV sets.

No word on an opening date for The Hairy Lemon.

Croxley Ales closes tomorrow (Wednesday) after 14 years on Avenue B

[EVG file photo]

Croxley Ales is ending its 14-year run on Avenue B after service tomorrow (Aug. 30).

Ownership posted this on the bar's Facebook page:

After almost 15 years on Ave B, Croxley's will open it’s doors for the last time Wednesday, August 30th 2017. We’d like to thank our staff and our guests for all the memories. We invite you to get your craft beer & wing fix one last time with us in Croxley Ave B & we sincerely look forward to seeing you at our other locations ... Don’t forget! Croxley’s In Williamsburg is only one short stop away on the L line. See you there for FOOTBALL KICK off Sept 7th…

The owners behind the Irish bars Triona's on Sullivan (est. 2012) and Triona's on Third (est. 2009) will take over the space at 28-30 Avenue B between Second Street and Third Street for a similar-sounding venture.

Earlier this month, CB3's SLA committee approved a new liquor license for the yet-to-be-be-named establishment (Triona's on B?). This Triona's will have hours of noon to 4 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The menu is "traditional American-Irish comfort food." The bar-restaurant will also have 20 TV sets.

Croxley Ales opened on Avenue B in 2003.

Previously on EV Grieve:
CB3 OKs Triona's takeover of Croxley Ales on Avenue B

Owners of Triona's lined up to take over Croxley Ales on Avenue B

Croxley Ales beer garden sign finally removed

Croxley Ales reopens on Thursday

Avenue B condos near former heroin hot spot named Poppy Lofts

CB3 OKs Triona's takeover of Croxley Ales on Avenue B

CB3's SLA committee last night approved a new liquor license application for the owners of Triona's, an Irish bar with two locations in the city (Sullivan Street and Third Avenue), who are taking over Croxley Ales at 28-30 Avenue B.

The application notes that this is a sale of assets.

There wasn't too much debate over the applicants. There weren't any objections from the East 4th Street Avenues A-B Block Association, who gad met with the applicants earlier this year ... and no one was at the meeting to speak out against the applicants.

The yet-to-be-be-named establishment (Triona's on B is a possibility) will have hours of noon to 4 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The menu is "traditional American-Irish comfort food," with fish and chips, burgers, etc. The full menu will be available at the bar in the No. 28 space as well as the sit-down portion at No. 30. (Croxley expanded into this adjacent space in 2013.) This Triona's will include 20 TVs, about the same number as Croxley Ales.

There wasn't any mention of when the transition from Croxley Ales to Triona's might occur. (This item was originally on the June CB3-SLA docket, but one of the Triona owners had to cancel due to an undisclosed emergency, per the paperwork with the application.)

Croxley Ales has six locations in the metropolitan area, opening the first outpost on Long Island in 1990. The East Village location opened here between Second Street and Third Street in 2003.

Last night's committee meeting was held in a 17th-floor event space at Ian Schrager's new Public Hotel on Chrystie Street. The views are nice.

Owners of Triona's lined up to take over Croxley Ales on Avenue B

[EVG file photo]

It appears that Croxley Ales is ending its run on Avenue B.

The owners behind the Irish bars Triona's on Sullivan (est. 2012) and Triona's on Third (est. 2009) are on this month's CB3-SLA docket for a new liquor license for the space at 28-30 Avenue B between Second Street and Third Street.

According to the questionnaire (PDF here) on file at the CB3 website, this is a sale of assets.

The yet-to-be-be-named establishment (Triona's on B?) shows proposed hours of noon to 4 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The menu is "traditional American-Irish comfort food," with fish and chips, burgers, etc.

Croxley Ales has six locations total in the metropolitan area, opening the first outpost on Long Island in 1990. The East Village location opened in 2003, peddling sports, cheap wings and craft beer. (Their website still says "We do not carry Bud, Miller, or Coors.") They expanded into the adjacent space at No. 30 in early 2013, adding an extra 13 flat-screen TVs to its sports-watching arsenal.

The June SLA committee meeting is Monday, June 12. Location: the Perseverance House Community Room, 535 E. Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Croxley Ales beer garden sign finally removed

Croxley Ales reopens on Thursday

Avenue B condos near former heroin hot spot named Poppy Lofts

The NFL took my baby away

Eh. You can do much better than that headline.

RIP John Blanco

Several readers noted the flowers and candles outside Croxley Ales on Avenue B late last week. This is a memorial for John Blanco, a popular bouncer at the bar, who died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident early last Thursday morning.

"He was very much loved," said one family friend of Blanco, who lived on Avenue D.

We'll share more information when it become available.

Chico finishes his Ramones mural at Croxley Ales

As we first noted last Saturday, Chico was creating a mural of the Ramones on the gate at Croxley Ales...he wrapped his work earlier this week on Avenue B...

Now I wanna sniff some glue

Chico is working on a new mural at the newly reopened Croxley Ales on Avenue B ...

... and a better shot via @salim ...

Croxley Ales reopens on Thursday

[April 22]

The FDNY evacuated residents from 28 Avenue B on April 16 after debris started falling from the building's fifth floor ... The six-story building that houses Croxley Ales on the ground floor was evacuated about 3:15 p.m. after a crack was discovered running all the way up the back of the building.

Joe Ferrante, an FDNY battalion chief, told DNAinfo that excavation for a 6-floor apartment building next door "possibly contributed" to the damage at No. 28.

In any event, according to the Croxley Ales Facebook page, the bar will be back open Thursday for the first time since April 16.

Per their giddy message:

We have the best news of the SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our grand re-opening is this Thursday! Thank you for your patience! See you soon ale fans!

No word when residents are moving back into No. 28. According to DOB records, there is still a partial Stop Work Order on 26 Avenue B.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Report: 28 Avenue B has been evacuated

Full-stop work order served at construction site adjacent to evacuated Avenue B building

[Updated] 6-story apartment building ready to rise from the former Croxley Ales beer garden

Noted

Croxley Ales on Avenue B remains closed ... until the city gives the OK for the bar and the residents upstairs to return to the building apparently damaged by construction next door.

Meanwhile, someone from Mama's Bar set up the chalkboard sign out front noting that they are showing the Knicks-Celtics game down on the corner...

A sign at Croxley's mentions the 'incompetent contractors next door'

[Last Thursday at 26 Avenue B via EVG reader Eric]

As we previously reported, there's a full Stop Work Order on 26 Avenue B, the construction site adjacent to No. 28, the building that had to be evacuated late last Monday afternoon..

Construction recently commenced in the empty lot on a new 6-story apartment building. DNAinfo reported that a resident at 28 Avenue B started to notice cracks in her ceiling after construction began.

The DOB noted the following about No. 28:

FDNY REQUESTS A STRUCTURAL STABILITY INSPECTION DUE TO VERTICAL CTACK AT REAR OF BUILDING FROM THE 1ST TO TOP FLOOR AND

Category Code: 30 BUILDING SHAKING/VIBRATING/STRUCT STABILITY AFFECTED

Aside from displacing residents, the evacuation shut down the tenant on the ground floor — Croxley Ales. And this sign arrived to greet would-be patrons this past weekend...



Also, the DOB is allowing partial work to continue at the construction site...to "perform stabilization" to 28 Avenue B, according to city records.

[H/t EVG reader Chad]

Full-stop work order served at construction site adjacent to evacuated Avenue B building

[From early last evening]

There's now a full Stop Work Order on 26 Avenue B, the construction site adjacent to the building that had to be evacuated on Monday evening. Construction recently commenced in the empty lot next door on a new 6-story apartment building.

DNAinfo reported that a resident at 28 Avenue B started to notice cracks in her ceiling after construction started in the lot. Debris also reportedly fell from the fifth floor yesterday afternoon.

An EVG Facebook friend said that the building shifted. "There's a crack that runs up the back of the building. It's like the building experienced an earthquake."

The DOB notes the following about No. 28:

FDNY REQUESTS A STRUCTURAL STABILITY INSPECTION DUE TO VERTICAL CTACK AT REAR OF BUILDING FROM THE 1ST TO TOP FLOOR AND

Category Code: 30 BUILDING SHAKING/VIBRATING/STRUCT STABILITY AFFECTED

On Monday night, the city issued a Full Vacate Order for No. 28, which also houses Croxley Ales on the ground-floor. The bar remains closed. According to their Facebook page Monday night:

[W]e are sorry to inform you that we will be closed this evening until further notice due to neighboring construction. But have no fear! We will soon be back and better than ever...stay tuned...!!

Here's more from the Vacate Order via the DOB:



Meanwhile, yesterday, we spotted crews busy inside the 26 Avenue B site next to the damaged building. The following report is on the DOB website now for 26 Avenue B:

EXCAVATION OCCURRING AT ACTIVE SITE HAS HIT AND DAMAGED BUILDING WITH LARGE GAPING SPACE ON OUTER FASCADE, BRICK IS FALLING W/ FDNY RESPONSE IN PROGRESS. DOB REQUESTED.

Category Code: 14 EXCAVATION - UNDERMINING ADJACENT BUILDING EXCAVATION : ADJACENT BUILDING UNDERMINED

Joe Ferrante, an FDNY battalion chief, told DNAinfo that excavation "possibly contributed" to the damage at No. 28. No official word when residents might be able to return.

The following photos, via EVG Facebook friend Edward Arrocha, are from last Thursday, and show the extent of the work that was taking place inside the 26 Avenue B lot before Monday's discovery ...







And I was reminded that there were two major fires at 28 Avenue B ... one in 1994 that knocked out Collective: Unconscious and later when the storefront housed an electronic repair shop ...

Updated 8:36 a.m.



Per a reader:

"Imagine my surprise this morning when I walked past the lot at 26 Av B and saw excavation continuing. I called 311 and they said that the DOB would address the issue "within 1 1/2 business days". Here's to bureaucracy."

Perhaps they are there to help shore up the side of No. 28?
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] 6-story apartment building ready to rise from the former Croxley Ales beer garden

[Updated] Report: 28 Avenue B has been evacuated

[Updated] Report: 28 Avenue B has been evacuated

#Manhattan *UNSTABLE BUILDING* 28 Ave B & E 2 St. #FDNY has cracks from 1st to 2nd floor. Building has been evacuated & req buildings dept
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 16, 2013

This is the building with Croxley Ales on the ground floor...


[Google]

This was filed with the DOB at 3:48:

Re: FDNY REQUESTS A STRUCTURAL STABILITY INSPECTION DUE TO VERTICAL CTACK AT REAR OF BUILDING FROM THE 1ST TO TOP FLOOR AND

Category Code: 30 BUILDING SHAKING/VIBRATING/STRUCT STABILITY AFFECTED

Construction recently started in the empty lot next door on a new 6-story apartment building...


[April 2]

Updated 4:28

Via EVG reader David... firefighters waiting across the street...



Updated 4:35

Unconfirmed reports that adjacent buildings have also been evacuated...


[Via @black_von]

Updated 4:54


[EVG reader David]

Avenue B between East Second Street and East Third Street remains closed...

Updated 6 p.m.

Here's more information via DNAinfo, who reported that the evacuation occurred after debris started falling from the building's fifth floor earlier in the afternoon.

A woman who has lived in 28 Avenue B for 20 years said she started to notice cracks in her ceiling after construction started in a vacant lot at 26 Avenue B next-door to her building.

"It was shaking the building," said the woman, who would only give her first name, Charlotte, 40.

Also,the following report is on the DOB website now for 26 Avenue B, where the 6-story building is under way: "EXCAVATION WORK HAS UNDERMINED ADJACENT PROPERTY."

Joe Ferrante, an FDNY battalion chief, told DNAinfo that excavation "possibly contributed" to the damage. The developer did not have a comment yet from the developer.

Updated 6:49 p.m.

The DOB ordered that residents must stay out of 28 Avenue B for the foreseeable future


[Photo via @zigisitch]

Updated 7 p.m.

Avenue B is now back open between Second and Third.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] 6-story apartment building ready to rise from the former Croxley Ales beer garden

Croxley Ales extension now open on Avenue B

As we first reported last July, Croxley Ales, the beer-wings-and-sports bar, was planning to expand into the space next door on Avenue B.

The extension opened last night. And aside from additional seating in the form of booths, the space has 13 flat-screen TVs.



Previously on EV Grieve:
Croxley Ales looking to expand on Avenue B

Croxley Ales looking to expand on Avenue B

Croxley Ales, the beer-wing-and-sports bar on Avenue B, is on the CB3/SLA committee agenda Monday night with a planned expansion.

More details about all this are now on file at the CB3 website (PDF here).

According to the documents, Croxley would add more room for dining by expanding next door into 30 Avenue B... a "separate dining space" that would add 13 tables and 48 seats to the overall Croxley capacity...

Anyway, I couldn't even remember what was next door here between Second Street and Third Street ... a real estate office?

You might recall that Croxley Ales once had the beer garden on the south side of their current location... the garden closed about five years ago... and the space remains empty.

The CB3/SLA meeting is Monday at 6:30 p.m. The usual place: JASA/Green Residence, 200 E. Fifth St. at the Bowery.

Looking at the door policy at Croxley Ales

Don't recall seeing this sign before here on Avenue B near Second Street. Do you need both parents present or just one? I have a few more questions about this policy. Maybe you do as well?

Croxley Ales beer garden sign finally removed

While we're waiting to hear what kind of development deal is in place for the former Croxley Ales beer garden on Avenue B ...

...we noticed that the Beer Garden sign that remained up the past few years even though the bar stopped using the space in 2006-2007 ...

[Yun Cee Ng for New York magazine]

However, workers have now removed the sign.

Deal apparently in place for former Croxley Ales beer garden

Back in November 2009, we noted that the former beer garden at Croxley Ales was on the market...



A quick recap:

East Village Development Site/Retail Space opportunity. The subject property is currently a vacant lot with 24 feet of frontage on Avenue B. My client is looking to sell the property which has approximately 7,680 buildable square feet, or sign a long term triple net lease for a retail tenant. The retail space can be built out to approximately 3,840 square feet of commercial space not including the basement.

And now an EV Grieve tipster notes that someone has removed the sign ... (not to mention the tree) ...

...and it appears some work has started on the space...

We contacted David W. Seid, president of DSR New York, who had the listing for the space — known as 26 Avenue B. Via an e-mail, he said: "I can't officially comment yet on what's going on Avenue B until it's finalized. If you would like to check back in with me at the end of March I should be able to give you more details."

Meanwhile, there aren't any filings just yet with the DOB. (On Tuesday, one resident called the DOB to complain about "illegal demolition." The city didn't spot any at the time of its inspection.)

Until we know more, we might as well wildly speculate! Anyone?

Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Croxley Ales beer garden ready for development

Things that I didn't notice before: The beer garden at Croxley Ales has closed