Report: A double mugging on 11th Street and Avenue B

From the NYPD Daily Blotter in the Post today:

Two armed goons mugged two women walking through the East Village early Wednesday, cops said. The women, both 30, were on East 11th Street near Avenue B at 1:15 a.m. when the men jumped them from behind, pulled out a black handgun and demanded their bags, cops said.

When the women tried to resist, one was punched in the side of the face and the other in the jaw. The muggers managed to get away with only one purse, but the women told cops that it contained a cellphone, a digital camera, $200 and several credit cards.

'Boardwalk Empire' will likely make the East Village look old-timey today

Crews for HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" have been filming around the Lower East Side lately... EV Grieve reader Han Shan notes the signs along 11th Street between Third Avenue and First Avenue... where crews will be filming today...

Keep an eye out for old-timey cars and, maybe!, Steve Buscemi in some rather warm-looking 1920s clothing...

Cleaning sidewalks, with hopes of raising $1,000 by July 1

Spotted on 11th Street near Avenue A by Shawn Chittle ... alongside the Mary Help of Christians flea market lot...

East 11th Street, 9:27 a.m., March 26

Ham radio operator irking neighbors with 30-foot antenna on East 11th Street

We've heard people complain about everything from bar noise to messy willow trees... so here's a first: Some neighbors on East 11th Street are upset over a resident's giant rooftop antenna. As Patrick Hedlund reports at DNAinfo, a group of residents are hoping the city will force the ham radio operator to have the antenna removed.

To an upset neighbor!

"Whenever we have guests over, they take one look at it and say, 'Oh my God, what is that?'" said Greg Ramsey, who's lived at 235 East 11th St. since 1988 and whose outdoor terraces sits about 12 feet away from the antenna. "It's like a military installation or something. It just seems extremely selfish to have this huge tower for one man to be running his ham radio from. It's obtrusive and inappropriate."

The tenant, who grew up in the building between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, told Hedlund that the antenna allows him to communicate with radio operators worldwide. "It was put up professionally and it's been approved," he said. "I didn't do anything in a precarious manner."

Read the whole article here.

[Photo by Patrick Hedlund/DNAinfo]