EVG Etc.: LGBTQ landmarks in the East Village; affordable housing lottery at Essex Crossing

[TBT to Sunday in Tompkins via Derek Berg]

• Exploring 23 LGBTQ landmarks in the East Village and Noho (6sqft)

• Pride and Stonewall through the lens of Fred W. McDarrah (The New Yorker)

• Affordable housing lottery for seniors underway in Essex Crossing (The Lo-Down)

• E-bikes and e-scooters are now legal in New York (CBS 2)

• Prosecutor: Dealer sold deadly fentanyl out of Union Square restaurants (Daily News)

• Opinion piece on how the NYPD ignores reckless drivers who injure cyclists (Streetsblog) Hunter College survey finds that nearly one-third of Manhattan cyclists are distracted by electronics while riding. Also in the survey: Only 2 percent of pedestrian injuries are caused by people on bikes, according to NYPD data. (The Post)

• Pete Wells finds menu items with "nuance" in one-star review of Vietnamese newcomer Van Da on Fourth Street near Avenue B (The New York Times)

• Best bagels in NYC — mapped (Eater)

• This series, starting tonight, showcases works representing "different aesthetic and critical relationships to the prison institution: from provocative, activist documentaries to inmate-made films, from commercial exploitation cinema to classic escape dramas, and more" (Anthology Film Archives)

• An illustrative look at the harsh summer life in LES tenements during the 1890s (Ephemeral New York)

• In the West Village, Three Lives & Company bookstore is back in action after a DOB-mandated building closure (JVNY)

• Ugh from 58th Street: "The Paris Theater, the last great single-screen prestige picture palace in New York, is expected to shutter in late August" (Deadline)

• "Jaws" and "Eraserhead" play (in separate theaters!) this weekend at midnight (IFC Center)

EVG Etc.: Fishing in the East River; Celebrating the Acker Awards

[Moishe's Bake Shop this a.m. — coming back this spring?]

The Bowery Film Festival kicks off its second year (Official site)

How to get involved with Ecological City, a cultural and climate action project on the LES (Official site)

Justin Davison on Essex Crossing: "In a development largely without Instagrammable architecture, it’s the unlikely Rubik’s cube of uses that gives cause for thanks. Instead of treating the area as a blank slate for a developer’s dream, planners stitched together institutions, homes, entertainment, offices, non-deluxe shopping, cheap food, sidewalks, wide avenues, and narrow streets." (New York)

Mixed emotions in leaving the Essex Market (The Lo-Down)

The fish you'll find in the East River (Gothamist)

Bathing with Amelia! (Laura Goggin Photography)

Exploring the Tibetan speciality shop DöKham on First Avenue (Off the Grid ... previously)

Celebrating the Acker Awards (The Villager)

Remembering former Parks commish Henry Stern (City & State)

City Acupuncture East Village is opening a new outpost at 52 E. Seventh St. There's an open house/grand opening party today (April 4) from 5 - 9 p.m. (Facebook)

MORE BUBBLE TEA: Modern Taiwanese chain the Alley coming to Astor Place (Eater)

The city missed a federal deadline to appoint a permanent chair to oversee the NYCHA, but was given 45 days to fill the position (CBS New York)

One view on what New Yorkers think of congestion pricing (Daily News ... more on congestion pricing at Streetsblog ... )

More on the the MetroCard replacement plan (amNY ... previously)

Keep on truckin' — a series featuring 18-wheelers on film, including "Duel," "White Line Fever" and "Convoy" (Anthology Film Archives)

A look at the city's new “progressive mansion tax” (Bloomberg)

A mystery mosaic on University Place (Ephemeral New York)

ICYMI: You have until April 14 to watch images of Earth from Ludlow Street (Untapped Cities)

This figurine of Iggy Pop (Dangerous Minds)

... speaking of rock star poses... a squirrel in Tompkins Square Park strikes one...


[Photo by Steven]

EVG Etc.: Bid to protect the White Horse Tavern; ghost bike to remember East Village cyclist

[Early morning from Houston and Essex/Avenue A]

Village Preservation is urging the Landmark Preservation Commission to grant landmark designation to the interior of the White Horse Tavern, housed in a West Village building now owned by Steve Croman (Gothamist ... Curbed ... Eater ... JVNY)

Speaking of Village Preservation ... they are seeking nominations for a person, business, organization or place that makes in difference in Greenwich Village, the East Village or NoHo. The Village Awards is now accepting nominations here.

14th Street busway plan not getting much support, per leaked documents (Streetsblog)

Exploring the growth of the East Village Chinese food scene (WNYC)

East River Alliance forms out of city's stormproofing switcheroo (Patch ... previously on EVG)

The new era of vegan diners — includes an EVG quote (Grub Street)

We've only just begun: "Riders arriving at the Bedford Avenue station for their commute on Monday morning found the platform covered in thick dust, while MTA workers and cops all wore masks" (The Post)

Longtime graffiti artist Al Diaz receives unlikely recognition: "Mayor Bill de Blasio recently awarded him a signed and embossed proclamation thanking him for his street graffiti, in particular for his collaboration with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat." (The Wall Street Journal, subscription required ... listen to the EVG podcast with Diaz from late last summer here)

The Infrastructure on Film series (March 14-28) "gathers together a diverse array of films that explore the infrastructure of the built environment, the various systems and networks that are conceived, designed, and engineered to encourage the functioning of our societies..." Titles include Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi thriller "Snowpiercer" (Anthology Film Archives)

That Agnostic Front documentary, "The Godfathers Of Hardcore," is now available via Showtime On Demand (Blabbermouth)

About a favorite dish at Madame Vo BBQ on Second Avenue and Sixth Street (Eater)

... and cycling advocates installed a ghost bike for Chaim Joseph, the 72-year-old East Village resident who was killed by a hit-and-run oil-truck driver early last month on Eighth Avenue and 45th Street. Via the Families for Safe Streets Facebook page: "We learned of his beautiful acts of kindness, his commitment to social justice, his generous spirit and his deep respect for all living beings."

EVG Etc.: CBD-infused food sales go up in smoke; L-train mystery smell revealed!

[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg]

Headlines and items of possible interest from the past few days...

Police kill knife-wielding man in Cherry Street apartment this morning (The Post)

Sabet Group buys 236 E. Fifth St. from Renaissance Properties (The Real Deal)

City is now cracking down on CBD-laced food and drink at cafes and restaurants (Eater) ... Fat Cat Kitchen on 14th Street is an early victim (Eater)

The LES is among the neighborhoods with small-street danger zones (Streetsblog)

The story behind the return of "Spaceman" at the Wild Project on Third Street (The New Yorker)

Fumes cause passengers to faint on the L (Gothamist) ... and here's the cause (Daily News)

Meanwhile! We're all still waiting on details regarding Gov. Cuomo's L fix (The Post)

The hawks wintering in the neighborhood (Laura Goggin Photography)

A film series that explores themes in Ivone Margulies's new book, "In Person: Reenactment in Postwar and Contemporary Cinema" (Anthology Film Archives)

Here are the Winter/Spring 2019 exhibitions opening today at the ICP Museum on the Bowery (Official site)

The new Essex Market names final four vendors (amNY)

Le Turtle, the self-proclaimed “French new wave” spot on Chrystie Street, has closed (The Lo-Down)

A feature on 787 Coffee's "farm to cup" approach in supporting their farm and roasters in Puerto Rico (Telemundo) The coffee shop opened on Seventh Street in October.

Gov. Cuomo announces the creation of a new portal, called NYS Rent Connect, that’s a one-stop shop for tenants of rent-regulated apartments (and their landlords) to deal with any potential issues that may arise with those apartments (Curbed)

And ahead of Valentine's Day, the Popup Florist is hosting a "Free Flower Friday event" this evening from 5-7 ... and in celebration of their one-year anniversary here at 63 Seventh St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.



Left Bank Books is reopening in a new Village location at 41 Perry St. (Instagram)

Diversions: Previously unpublished interview with Lux Interior of the Cramps (Dangerous Minds)

... and on Jan. 29, Steven spotted these two men holding American flags on Second Avenue at Ninth Street.



The men, both retired firefighters and 9/11 first responders, said that someone had vandalized the American flag on an ambulance that was parked near this spot.

The men said they were here to show respect for the flag and talk about what happened.

Now ABC 7 reports that the NYPD has made an arrest in the case.

The incident happened Jan. 25 around 2:30 p.m. in the East Village and was caught on video.

When paramedics returned to the vehicle, they found the flag had been cut in two pieces and was thrown on the street.

FDNY officials announced Wednesday that 50-year-old Nicholas Leobold has been charged with criminal mischief in connection to the crime.

EVG Etc.: Lower East Side Film Festival underway; new Essex Street Market concerns

[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg]

City Council Member Carlina Rivera reportedly doesn't want 24/7 bus lanes on 14th Street during the L train shutdown (Streetsblog)

The Lower East Side Film Festival continues through Wednesday (Official site)

Details on Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade (Curbed)

Report outlines concerns that longtime residents have about the new Essex Street Market (The Lo-Down)

The first comprehensive NYC retrospective of the work of filmmaker Betzy Bromberg (Anthology Film Archives)

Patti Astor revives Fun Gallery in Hermosa Beach, Calif. (The Beach Reporter)

Service on the new Lower East Side ferry route, including at Stuyvesant Cove, is on schedule to begin at the end of the summer (Town & Village)

When kids listen to Swans (uh, the band) (Dangerous Minds)

More IHOP-IHOb theories (The Post ... previously)

A quest to correct a mistake about the London Calling album cover, shot at the Palladium on East 14th Street (Flaming Pablum)

Caffe Vivaldi is closing after 32 years in the West Village (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

EVG Etc.: SoHo House expansion on the LES; New Essex Street Market update

[NYU graduation day, as seen on St. Mark's Derek Berg]

Details on the East Village Independent Merchants Association's Spring Mixer tomorrow night in celebration of Lower East Side History Month (Official site) Find more LES History Month events here.

Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, on protecting the neighborhood from Tech Hub overdevelopment (GlobeSt)

Errol Louis on "Shelly Silver’s other offenses" (Daily News)

SoHo House looks to be expanding on Ludlow Street (BoweryBoogie)

Update on the New Essex Street Market (The Lo-Down)

David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" in 35mm (Metrograph)

How Basquiat "became the vandal who defied the odds" (New York Post)

NYC's best doughnuts (Grub Street)

... and EVG reader Andy on 7th shared this photo... the aftermath of a tree that was recently removed on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...


[Tree Stump Comment Section]

EVG Etc.: Praise for Soogil on 4th Street; tattoos on B for the OG Avengers

[Outside Village Farm on 2nd Avenue and 9th Street via Steven]

Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit by Ludlow Street bar No Fun against LES Dwellers (The Lo-Down)

Tonight: CB2 hearing proposal for zoning changes for new hotel adjacent to the Merchant’s House (BB ... previously)

A Lower East Side History Month look at Fourth Street and Fifth Street (Off the Grid)

Pete Wells impressed by the cooking at Soogil on Fourth Street (The New York Times ... previously)

"Boom for Real" series continue tonight with "Permanent Vacation" and "She's Gotta Have It" (Film Anthology Archives)

Joshua Lord of East Side Ink Tattoo on Avenue B created matching tattoos for the cast of "Avengers: Infinity War" (EW)

Prune's Gabrielle Hamilton named outstanding chef in the 2018 James Beard Award (Eater)

... and EVG reader Shiv shares this photo... signage for Galaxy Beauty arrived over the weekend at 244 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... the beauty business is taking part of the Synergy space (and will you have to enter through the gym?)

EVG Etc.: Sizing up the red-tailed hawks; mapping NYC thrift-vintage clothing shops

[Photo on 2nd Avenue by Derek Berg]

NYCHA chair resigns amid scandals (Curbed)

More drama for tenants at 85 Bowery (The Lo-Down)

A visual comparison of the Tompkins Square Park red-tailed hawks (Laura Goggin Photography)

Girl Scout Troop 6000 — whose members live in city homeless shelters — are selling cookies today and tomorrow from 4-6 p.m. at the Kellogg's Cafe on Union Square (amNewYork)

New website displays neighborhood data that listings leave out (Curbed)

Initial schedule for Coney Island Baby, opening later this month on Avenue A (Brooklyn Vegan ... previously)

MTA testing ‘MYmta’ real-time commuting app (amNewYork)

This podcast tells the story of the Lenin statue's journey from post-Soviet Russia to the Lower East Side (She’s In Russia ... previously)

Balaboosta closing on Mulberry (Eater)

Mapping every NYC thrift-vintage clothing shop (NYC Vintage Map)

The return of "Liquid Sky" — "the Heroin-Fueled New Wave Alien Invasion Time Forgot" (Vulture ... and playing at the Quad)

Italian film series featuring great composers who aren't Ennio Morricone (Anthology Film Archives)

Organic Grill on First Avenue debuting the OGomelette this weekend (Instagram)

Screenings this weekend of "Distant Sky — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live in Copenhagen" (Metrograph)

Through the years on Fourth Avenue and 12th Street (Off the Grid)

History of the circa-1830 house at 143 Allen St. (Ephemeral New York)

When Rob Halford of Judas Priest met Andy Warhol in 1979 (Dangerous Minds)

... and on the community garden front... LUNGS is hosting a costume- and poster-making workshop tomorrow (Saturday) at the Green Oasis Garden on Eighth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D...



This activity leads up to the annual Spring Awakening event on Earth Day. (Details TK.)



Meanwhile, the 6BC Botanical Garden [pictured above!] on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C is hosting orientation dates for residents interested in joining ... Upcoming dates: April 15, April 29, May 6 and May 19. For details go to www.6bcgarden.org.

EV Grieve Etc.: Manhattan retail rents hit 17-year low; CB3 chair will step down

[Photo on Avenue A and 7th Street yesterday by Derek Berg]

Manhattan retail rents have slid into their deepest and longest slump in 17 years (The Post)

City's lead poisoning numbers in public housing may be misleading (WNYC)

As expected, Jamie Rogers to step down as Community Board 3 chair (The Lo-Down)

Mixed reaction over the pro-President Trump art at Cloister Cafe on Ninth Street (Patch)

High marks from Sietsema for Szechuan Mountain House on St. Mark's Place (Eater ... previously)

Dora goes on a hunt (Laura Goggin Photography)

A Revolutionary War hanging near the Bowery (Ephemeral New York)

An interactive map of every record store in the world (Dangerous Minds)

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre leaving longtime Chelsea home; the UCB's East Village location staying put (Chelsea Now)

Hal Hartley's first feature, "The Unbelievable Truth," screens Saturday night (Metrograph)

A look at the new Ziegzeld theater in Midtown (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

The long history of 140-142 Second Ave. and the Ukrainian National Home (Off the Grid) And here's New Order playing here in 1981 ... (the show starts at the 3-minute mark)...



... and EdenB notes that the formerly roving horse head is now sleeping with a Buddha on Seventh Street...