EVG Etc.: A 4th Street building aims for landmark status; Max Fish returns for NYFW

Above: A reader-submitted photo from 11th and 3rd from the other day

• The Feds raid the homes of the Mayor's inner circle (Gothamist ... Politico ... The Associated Press)

The mayor insists that he regularly reminds his appointees to “follow the law.” It never seems to occur to Hizzoner that it might be better to hire aides who don’t need a daily reminder not to commit crimes. My take in ⁦@NYMag⁩ https://t.co/YFJSstqxNm

— Errol Louis (@errol.louis on Threads) (@errollouis) September 6, 2024

• Ten years after the city passed a Paid Sick Leave Act, some of the worst recent violators in NYC are major corporations and franchises like Starbucks, Shake Shack, Chipotle and Amazon (The City) 

• 82 E. Fourth St. just west of Second Avenue up for landmark designation (Village Preservation) 

• Carnitas Ramirez on Third Street in the battle for NYC's best tacos (Eater... previously on EVG) 

• Today and tomorrow (9/7-8), screenings of a largely obscure body of 16mm films from Andy Warhol (Anthology Film Archives) 

• "Goodfellas" in 35mm Monday at the Village East by Angelika on 12th Street and Second Avenue (Tickets) 

• The 1990s LES photos of Angela Cappetta (Dazed) 

• Vans recreates Max Fish for NYFW (Hypebeast)

• Emma Stern's "The Rabbit Hole" exhibit now at the Half Gallery on 4th and B (Official site... Interview)

EVG Etc.: Broken mailboxes at the Riis Houses; Erewhon-like smoothies at East Village Organic

Reader-submitted photo from along 7th Street 

• NYCHA mailboxes vandalized and broken for months at the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D without fixes (PIX11) 

• ICYMI: Cancer-causing chemicals still lurk under the Jacob Riis Houses 19 years after detection (The City)

• A last-ditch effort to stop Beth Israel closure (Gothamist)

• Mayor Adams on his low-profile DNC trip (City & State) 

• State greenlights NYC evicting more migrant families from shelters (The City) 

• The Sun Shy Spa on Sixth Street near Second Avenue accused of being a brothel (The Post) 

• East Village Organic on First Avenue is selling a similar "Coconut Cloud Smoothie" as those from Erewhon Market, the L.A.-based grocery chain (Gothamist) 

• How those Olympic muffins made their way to the East Village (Gothamist... previously on EVG) 

• About Odre, a new Korean restaurant from Hand Hospitality at 199 Second Ave. near 13th Street (Eater) 

• Props for Bungalow, the newish Indian restaurant at 24 First Ave. (The New York Times ... previously on EVG) 

• Writers, poets, musicians, et al, wanted for the open mic Saturday from 2-5 p.m. at 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden (Instagram link) 

• "Good One" is one of the best movies of the year — EVG ... Saturday's 7:30 p.m. screening includes a post Q&A with director India Donaldson (Village East by Angelika, 12th and 2nd)

 

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EVG Etc.: Blink Fitness files for bankruptcy; cops find cocaine at smoke shop

The return of "Law & Order SVU" to the EV tomorrow, Aug. 14 

• Blink Fitness, Equinox-owned gym chain with an outpost on Avenue A, files for bankruptcy (CBS News ... CNN) 

• The East Village is now the nexus of a $10 takeout pasta trend (Eater) 

• Tompkins Square Park red-tailed hawk class of 2024 ready to venture out (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Ticket to ride, white line highway: Law enforcement discovers 13 pounds of cocaine at Clinton Street smoke shop (PIX11)

• The sometimes watchable "Blank Generation" with Richard Hell gets a rare screening (Metrograph) 

• Locking up items to deter shoplifting is pushing shoppers online (Axios) 

• ICYMI: Pier 35 to be home to the East River floating pool (6sqft) 

• Did you lose something in a public place in NYC? How to maybe get it back. (The City) 

• After 57 years, AM fave WCBS-880 will shift from an all-news format to sports (amNY) 

•  The New York Times will no longer offer endorsements of local NYC candidates, including governor (Media Nation)

• NYC travel and tourism are back, report shows (McKinsey & Company) 

EVG Etc.: A garbage dilemma on 10th Street; a chance to catch night fever

Above: 4th Street cooling center 

• Why 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue poses a challenge to Mayor Adams' "trash revolution" (Gothamist) 

• Two NYPD sergeants shot and wounded responding to a robbery on Delancey and Eldridge (1010 WINS ... the Post ... CBS News) 

• DA announces indictment in horrific collision that killed four and injured seven others at Corlears Hook Park on July 4 (DA's office... previously on EVG) 

• Why Chika and Don Tillman decided to close their 10th Street dessert bar, ChikaLicious, after 21 years in business. (Grub Street) 

• An East Village best restaurants listicle (Time Out) 

• The red-tailed hawk fledglings are getting around Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• 50 years of the Ramones at CBGB (The Bowery Boys) 

• The mystery balcony on the Bowery (Ephemeral New York) 

• Catch a screening of "Saturday Night Fever" Monday at the Village East by Angelika (Official site) 

• An ongoing series with films that incorporate preexisting documentary transcripts into fictionalized or re-staged contexts (Anthology Film Archives) 

• This September, Belarus Free Theatre returns to La MaMa with "KS6: Small Forward," a new stage production based on the life story of Belarusian international-basketball-player-turned-activist Katsiaryna (Katya) Snytsina (La MaMa) 

... and free today on 10th Street at First Avenue (H/T Steven)...

 

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EVG Etc.: Those Link5G towers don't actually have 5G; the Swayze days of summer are here

• Fourth person dies from suspected drunken-driving collision on July 4 in Corlears Hook Park (ABC 7) 

• The Brooklyn builder linked to the Mayor Adams FBI probe is under scrutiny over the new development at 280 E. Houston St., seen above on the right (Gothamist... previously on EVG) 

• City records show that just 23 restaurants have hearings scheduled so far for the new outdoor dining program, with just three weeks left to sign up (Streetsblog) 

• The man preserving NYC's old signs and marquees, like the old Essex Card Shop signage (The New Yorker) 

• Baruch Bathhouse to remain empty as developer moves on from ice rink plan for the Lower East Side (The City) 

• Only two of the nearly 200 Link5G towers installed since 2022 have been fitted with 5G equipment (Gothamist ... Curbed ... previously on EVG) 

• The three juvenile red-tailed hawks are having a fun summer in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• More details about the two new EV spots from the Unapologetic Foods team (Eater... previously on EVG) 

• The Lower East Side's last Jewish pickle maker (The Jewish Chronicle) 

• Gov. Hochul signs a package of moped and e-bike safety bills into law (Streetsblog) 

• A look back at the work of "actor, agitator, musician, and writer" Zoë Lund, who wrote the screenplay for "The Bad Lieutenant" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• The Lazy, Hazy Swayze Days of Summer at Metrograph (Official site) 

... and memories...

Super important discovery in @SInow research (for a super niche audience). This ad is from Swimsuit issue 1997 and … isn’t that the matriarch of 2000s Lower East Side dive bar Lucy’s? @kicklikeagirl1 @evgrieve. 99% sure that’s Ludwika “Lucy” Mickevicius pic.twitter.com/Y4F8HI9DqX

— Adam Duerson (@adamduerson) July 15, 2024

EVG Etc.: NYPL funding restored; gunshots or fireworks?

Photo Monday from Avenue A and St. Mark's Place 

• Advocates and lawmakers frustrated by late City Hall report on homeless encampment sweeps (City Limits... previously on EVG) 

• A woman was killed in a hit-and-run on the FDR Drive near East Houston (CBS 2) ... Family blames construction signage from the East Side Resiliency Project for the fatal hit-and-run (Daily News) 

• NYCHA steps up evictions on tenants (The City) 

• Where top New York politicians stand on Gov. Hochul's congestion pricing pause (New York Focus)  ... 7 Years, $700M wasted: The 'stunning collapse' of congestion pricing (The Wall Street Journal, sub required) 

• Nearly united City Council votes 46 to 3 to approve fiscal year 2025 budget (City and State) ... NYPL funding restored amid threats from the Mayor's budget cuts (NY1 ... CNN) 

• A housing lottery launched this week for 196 affordable apartments in a new rental building on the Lower East Side — 165 Broome St. (6sqft) 

• And the EV/LES lags in affordable housing options (City Limits) 

• The city accuses the owner of Gelatoville on First Avenue and 10th Street of allegedly running illegal short-term rentals (Crain's ... W42st. ... City of New York) 

• Lucy Sante remembers James Chance (The Baffler... previously on EVG)

• Lyft has jacked up the price for bike-share members to ride pedal-assist electric bikes for a second time this year (Streetsblog) 

• A review of Spice Brothers on St. Mark's Place. Pete Wells says it's "a showcase for the power of cinnamon, turmeric and other flavors of the Middle East." (The New York Times) 

• Tompkins Square Bagels opening an Upper East Side outpost (Patch) 

• An expanded Pier 42 reopens along the East River (PIX 11 ... official press release)

• In case you want to watch the Macy's 4th of July fireworks on the WEST side (West Side Rag ... NBC 4) 

• Helpful: Were those fireworks or gunshots?????? (Gothamist) 

• How to keep your dog calm during fireworks shows (Axios) 

• A Denys Arcand crime trilogy (Anthology Film Archives)

• On July 5, catch an interactive screening of kitschy classic "Piranha" in the company of Hedda Lettuce (Village East by Angelika)

EVG Etc.: Report: NYCHA mishandled Riis Houses arsenic crisis; Beth Israel patient care lagging

Morning view of Astor Place

• Watchdog report: The NYCHA bungled its response to concerns about the water at the Jacob Riis Houses two years ago (Gothamist) ... NYCHA failures led to panic over nonexistent arsenic (The City) 

• 19-year-old Riis House resident on Avenue D arrested for alleged role in killing 16-year-old Mahki Brown in Soho (The Post)

• With Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital winding down to close, patient care suffers (The New York Times)

• Human service professionals discuss what's needed to reduce homelessness in NYC (NY1) 

• Harvey Epstein to run for City Council District 2, currently represented by the term-limited Carlina Rivera (City & State)

• E-bike shops are blowing off the city ban on unsafe batteries (The City) 

• Police arrest man who has allegedly been menacing neighbors for years along Avenue C (The Post) 

• The red-tailed chicks are GROWING in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

 • Lower East Side History Month continues (Official site)

• Pastrogi: When you merge Katz's Deli pastrami and Veselka pierogi (1010 WINS)

• New single by Scottish alt-rock band Travis pays tribute to the now-closed Black & White on 10th Street (Billboard ... previously on EVG)

• A feature on East Village Pizza at 145 First Ave. (NBC 4) 

• Sietsema checks out the boba pancakes and Japanese souffles at Little Uluh on 14th Street (Eater) 

• Revisiting the sincere glamour of Candy Darling (Document Journal) 

• Out of the shadows! See "The Third Man" on the big screen on Monday (Village East by Angelika) 

• And a month-long trip back to the 1980s started yesterday at the Film Forum on West Houston (details)

 

EVG Etc.: NYPD arrests 56 in clearing NYU and New School protest encampments; Knickerbocker Village sells for $85 million

Sky view from St. Mark's Place 

• The NYPD clears protestors at NYU and The New School; 56 arrested (NBC News ... ABC News ... ABC 7 ... The Guardian) 

• Mayor Adams and top NYPD officials continued to blame "outside agitators" for the campus protests (The City) 

• The number of homeless New Yorkers moving into city public housing under the Adams administration has dropped to the lowest number in a decade (Gothamist) 

• Multiple NYCHA buildings going under renovation, part of the agency's PACT/RAD program, which converts Section 9 public housing into Section 8 housing operated by private landlords (Arch Paper)

• L+M buys Knickerbocker Village for $85 million (The Real Deal) 

• Assemblymember Harvey Epstein unveils pilot program legalizing basement apartments (NY1) 

• Cafe Mogador on St. Mark's Place — same as it ever was (Grub Street) 

• A new book celebrates Lee Quiñones, subway graffiti pioneer (Vanity Fair) 

• "NYC 2000-2005" at WHAMM! on Elizabeth Street features the photos of Alain Levitt (PAPER) 

• What your NYC tourist recommendations really say about you (McSweeney's) 

• Eva's Kitchen, an all-day cafe, debuts on Grand Street (The Lo-Down) 

• A collection of rarely seen work by Marguerite Duras (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Classics coming to Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street include "The Third Man" and "Metropolis" (Official site) 

• The new shop on Canal called Fugazi has nothing to do with the band (Brooklyn Vegan) 

• Diversions: About the new reality fashion series featuring (former EV resident) Julia Fox (Variety)

EVG Etc.: 2nd Avenue subway sidetracked again; 'Flaco's Law' introduced

From this past week, a new Mr. Monopoly mural by Alec Monopoly Art on the Bowery and Rivington.

• Man who forced his way into woman’s East Village apartment indicted for attempted sexual abuse (1010 WINS ... DA's office) 

• Model recounts beating he suffered outside the Little Sister Lounge at the Moxy East Village on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue (PIX 11) 

• Keep dreaming about the Second Avenue subway to Houston Street (Gothamist) 

• Catholic Workers on Third Street bring new growth with rooftop garden (Religion News Service) 

• The Albanian cuisine of Dua Kafe on 14th Street between A and B (Washington Square News) 

• Robert Sietsema praises the fries now served at lunch at Superiority Burger on Avenue A (Eater... previously on EVG) 

• City Council introduces "Flaco's Law" that would change how the NYC mitigates its rat population (The City) 

• Spaghetti Ramadan at La Plaza Cultural tomorrow (April 14) (Instagram ... Time Out) 

• The films of Amsterdam-based Bosnian filmmaker Ena Sendijarević (Metrograph) 

• Different eras of comedy classics coming to City Cinemas at Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street — "His Girl Friday" (Monday) and "Animal House" (Wednesday) 

And...

 

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EVG Etc.: Congestion pricing plan approved for below 60th Street; million-dollar condos unveiled at the former Streit's Matzo Factory

Spring rain last evening on Third Avenue at St. Mark's Place 

• Congestion pricing gets final approval: The MTA board gave the green light to how much drivers will have to pay as soon as June as part of the first-in-the-nation congestion pricing program that will toll vehicles going south of 60th Street (The City ... Streetsblog ... West Side Rag) 

• Several women, including on downtown streets, say they have been sucker-punched on sidewalks ... in attacks that have gone viral on social media (Gothamist ... The Cut... NBC News ... The Post) 

• Nuyorican Poets Cafe on Third Street breaks ground on $24.1 million renovation project (CBS 2 ... previously on EVG) 

• The million-dollar penthouses at the former Streit's Matzo Factory on Rivington (6sqft ... previously on EVG) 

• History of the Henry Street Settlement (Daily News via aol)

• A look at the Rent Guidelines Board (The City) 

• On April 12, The Cooper Union School of Art presents a free screening of the documentary "Looking at Pictures on a Screen: Thomas Nozkowski," which enters the homes of Nozkowski’s friends, family members, collectors, and critical champions to explore his life and work. Nozkowski, the abstract painter who died in 2019), graduated from The Cooper Union (Official site) 

• Starting on April 13, the film craft of cinematographer Frederick Elmes, including "Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart," "River's Edge" and "Night on Earth" (Metrograph) 

• I want to party with you, cowboy: "Stripes" plays Monday evening at City Cinemas by Angelika (Official site) 

• And from noon to 3 p.m. today at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery on 10th Street and Second Avenue, "Good Friday Blues," a St. Mark's musical tradition directed by Jeannine Otis and featuring guest preachers the Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond, Nell Gibson, and the Rev. Matthew Hey (Official site)

EVG Etc.: Another week for the Veselka documentary; a national championship for NYU women's hoops

St. Patrick's Day weekend outside McSorley's on 7th Street by Steven

• Police arrest a second suspect in the gang-war-related 2022 murders of LES salon owner Nikki Huang and East Village resident Jesse Parrilla (The Daily News ... previously on EVG) 

• Report shows that more New Yorkers are struggling to afford public transit (City Limits) 

• NYC can restrict shelter stays for adult migrants to a single 30-day placement, with extensions granted only under "extenuating circumstances," according to the terms of a new settlement (The City) 

• Wegmans denies the "frivolous" lawsuit by the owner of Osakana on St. Mark's Place (PIX 11) 

• No end in sight on the MTA construction project that has turned a two-block stretch of Forsyth Street between Delancey and Stanton into a — paraphrasing — shithole (Gothamist) 

• The Veselka documentary got another week at the Village East (theater site ... previously on EVG) 

• Check out all the programs and shows at La MaMa on 4th Street (official site)

• Congrats to NYU's undefeated women's basketball team, who won the Division III national championship! (Washington Square News)

• More praise for Foul Witch on Avenue A (stupidDOPE) 

• A map of the 22 restaurants that "define" the East Village (Eater) 

• Jamian Juliano-Villani, who owns O'Flaherty's on Avenue A, makes her debut solo exhibition with Gagosian this month (Ocula) ICYMI: The current exhibit at O'Flaherty's (EVG)

• The Forever Young film series features "insubordinate teenagers from around the globe" (Metrograph)

EVG Etc.: Fighting to preserve and protect the Merchant's House Museum; mapping out the Lunar New Year Parade

• A look at the fight to preserve and protect the Merchant's House Museum on Fourth Street from new development next door (The New York Times ...official website... previously on EVG)

• Osakana on St. Mark's Place sues Wegmans over a "confusingly similar" fish market on Astor Place (Supermarket News) 

• The state has levied more than $25 million in fines against unlicensed smoke shops — but barely collected any of it (The City) 

• Tom and Jason Birchard talk about Veselka ... and the new documentary about the East Village staple (WNYC) 

• Man caught sleeping inside Immaculate Conception Church on 14th Street vandalizes statue of Jesus (The Post) 

• Police arrest the public urinator who allegedly slashed the throat of caretaker at Immaculate Conception Church last month (1010 WINS ... previously on EV Grieve)

• The authentic Pakistani rolls at Kolachi on First Avenue (ABC 7 ... previously on EVG)

• The 2024 Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade is Sunday (tomorrow!) (Gothamist) 

• A new documentary, "Ken Jacobs - From Orchard Street to The Museum of Modern Art," puts the spotlight on "one of the titans of American experimental cinema" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• What's up with Swedish candy? (Eater)

And tomorrow (Sunday) at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery...

Info via the EVG inbox... 

Tribecart's Black Voices Concert, Sunday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery (131 E. 10th St. at Second Ave.) 

Join us for a live production of Black Voices, featuring singer/pianist and St. Mark’s Music Director Jeannine Otis, Larry Luger on guitar, Bim Strasberg on bass, Yuki Koike on sax and flute, plus baritone Dorian Lake and soprano Chelsi Clarke. The music performed will include traditional spirituals, classic rhythm and blues songs and jazz focused on the works of Duke Ellington. A suggested donation of $20 at the door is welcome, students and children are admitted for FREE.

EVG Etc.: Halting the closure of Beth Israel; watching '2001: A Space Odyssey' in 70mm

Photo from 9th Street at 1st Avenue this morning by Steven 

• Judge tells Mount Sinai to halt closure of Beth Israel (DotMed ... Our Town) ... Mayor Adams warns NYC-run hospitals would be strained by Beth Israel closure (Daily News)

• Landlords kept an estimated 26,000 regulated units offline last year (The City) 

• New York could become the 21st state to permanently allow bars and restaurants to sell to-go cocktails (Gothamist) 

• The Earth Chxrch on Avenue C is serving as a warming center for asylum seekers (The Indypendent) 

• ICYMI: The Market Line, the food hall located inside Essex Crossing, is closing on April 1 (Eater) 

• East Village well repped in this best-coffee-in-NYC listicle (Eater) 

• A trip to Mr. Throwback on Ninth Street (Fox 5) 

• "Job" at the Connelly Theater on Fourth Street "is one of the best shows playing in NYC right now" (Time Out ... previously on EVG) 

• "2001: A Space Odyssey" is showing in 70mm at the Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street (Official site) 

• Support the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and check out some Essential Cinema (Official site) 

• See the final cut of "Blade Runner" (Metrograph) 

• Elsewhere: The end of Village Cigars on Seventh Avenue South at Christopher (Village Preservation) ... landlord won't rent to a weed shop or bank (The Village Sun) 

 ... and work from East Village-based photographer Daniel Root will be on display at Cozmos, 280 E. 10th St. just west of Avenue A, starting on Feb. 22...

 

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EVG Etc.: Remembering Wayne Kramer; celebrating Black History Month

Early evening view from 2nd Avenue

• RIP Wayne Kramer of the MC5 (Pitchfork ... The Associated Press... Detroit Free Press) 

• New York eyes rule changes to hire thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers who have legal work status in the U.S. (Bloomberg ... Gothamist) 

• Police seek four men who robbed the market on Eighth Street at Avenue D (CBS 2 ... The Post)

WANTED ROBBERY: 1/31/24 @NYPD9pct @ 8:00 AM inside 403 E 8 St four unidentified individuals approached a store employee. One of the individuals displayed a firearm & the others proceeded to remove currency & tobacco products from the deli. Any info call us at 800-577-TIPS pic.twitter.com/cj8PBdb5u7

— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) February 1, 2024

• Gov. Hochul called the rollout of New York's cannabis program a "disaster" (The City) 

• Celebrating Black History Month at the Abrons Art Center on the Lower East Side (Official site) ... take a guided tour of African American history in the East Village (Village Preservation)

• Inside the new exhibit, called "A Union of Hope," at the Tenement Museum (PIX11 ... official site) 

• Veselka has closed its outpost in the Market Line food hall on the LES after five years (Eater) 

• Inside the home of a yoga instructor on St. Mark's Place (Curbed)

• East Village students call for a ban on horse carriages in the city (The Village Sun)

• Sietsema praises the Thai dishes at the newish Rynn, 105 E. Fifth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue  (Eater) 

• A quickie review of Potenza Centrale on Avenue B (The Infatuation ... previously on EVG) 

• A tiny Orthodox synagogue, a relic of the old Jewish Lower East Side, struggles to survive (NY Jewish Week) 

• Yu and Me Books reopens on Mulberry Street after fire (NY1 ... NBC 4) 

• Check out NYC's new garbage truck (Gothamist)

• Next up in the 35mm series at the Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street — "Casablanca" on Feb. 12 (Official site) 

• Vaya con Dios! It's the North American premiere of a new 4K restoration of... of "Point Break"! (Metrograph) Too cerebral? You could also see "Alphaville."

 

EVG Etc. Speaking out against closing Mount Sinai Beth Israel; remembering the Speedball Baby era

• Judge denies request to dismiss subway chokehold case against Daniel Penny (Gothamist) ICYMI: The New York cover story on Jordan Neely (Link)

• The push to save Mount Sinai Beth Israel on First Avenue (CBS 2 ... previously on EVG) 

• Another anti-congestion pricing lawsuit is on the books, this one via a group of East Villager and LES business owners and residents led by former Councilmember Kathryn Freed (The Post ... CBS 2... amNY)

• On Suffolk Street, Bluestockings is under attack for offering basic outreach services, such as Narcan training and a bathroom (The Guardian ... A community divided Gothamist) 

• How Mayor Adams played the city budget numbers (The City)

 • An interview with playwright Max Wolf Friedlich, whose play "Job" started at the Connelly Theater last night (Vulture ... tickets) 

• A birthday for the East 10th Street Historic District (see pic above ... and at Village Preservation)

• A feature on Francis Kite Club, the "bar and cultural forum" at 40 Avenue C (The New York Times)

• Longtime EV resident Ali Smith on her new book, which we can't wait to read — "The Ballad of Speedball Baby" (Shondaland)

   

• A where-to-drink-tea listicle with many East Village choices (Eater) 

• Time FLIES: Christo and Amelia gear up for their 7th nesting season (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Surf's up for this beach-related film series (Point Break! Thunderball!) (Metrograph) 

... and tomorrow... a book fair fundraiser at My Little Village preschool, 383 Grand St. at Seward Park...