Thursday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Finally made it back from New Year's Eve on Times Square! Wooo! Photo today on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue...

Monday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Seventh Street and First Avenue this morning... Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?

About those New Year's Eve fireworks

We received several queries about the fireworks display that commenced last night around 8... taking some people by surprise (and traumatizing their dogs). 

Given the noise, a few residents thought the brief (5-to-7-minute?) Macy's-grade show originated somewhere in this neighborhood. 

It was, though, coming from Williamsburg and not one of the more-publicized fireworks events. This is via the city's 311 site on the list of legal fireworks displays that the FDNY issued permits for: 

• Sunday, December 31 at 8 PM 
• Williamsburg Bridge 
• Sponsor: Kool Hunter LLC, DBA Heads in the Sky 

Here's part of the grand finale ...

 

Monday's opening shot

Ready for New Year's Eve at Lime Tree Market on Ninth Street and First Avenue ... photo by Steven...

New Year's Eve, 2021

With outdoor COVID testing... photos by Stacie Joy...

New Year's Eve eve parting shot

Lime Tree Market on First Avenue at Ninth Street is still fully stocked for your NYE party needs — hand sanitizer for 99-cents too!

Photo by Steven...

2 New Year's Eve options

Via the EVG inbox...

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Future Positive New Year's Eve at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), 155 Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street

This Future Positive New Year’s celebration is brought to you by MoRUS, celebrating its sixth anniversary, and Time’s Up, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The evening includes multimedia presentations by Fly, Seth Tobocman and Eric Drooker .... and live music by Banji and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. Find more details at this link. Admission: Sliding scale between $5 and $25.

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Otto's Shrunken Head, 538 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B

The evening features three bands, Sister Ray Gun, Women of the Night and Mesiri, with a midnight performance by Kembra Pfahler and members of Karen Black. Find more details at this link. Admission: $10.

And how was your New Year's Eve?

Derek Berg spotted the above remnants, including playing cards and a bra, on Seventh Street ... and below, on Second Avenue, a discarded New Year's hat surrounded by what appears to be dried blood...

New Year's Eve on Avenue A featuring Lucy and Ray

First a stop at Lucy's …





… and later to Ray's …





Thank you to Peter Brownscombe for these photos!

Updated: A few bars where you can drink all night on New Year's Eve in the East Village

Several people have asked us if we knew what East Village bars had one of those special all-night permits to serve alcohol past the usual closing time... 142 establishments reportedly have these permits in Manhattan this New Year's Eve.

Unfortunately, the link to this list has been conveniently dead at the State Liquor Authority. Thanks to a reader for an updated link! Find the PDF of the bars here.

Among the East Village places that will be open all night ...

• Vazac's/7B, Avenue B and East Seventh Street

• The International, 120 1/2 First Avenue (given the bar's usual 8 a.m. opening time... it will be a good 44 hours here!)

• The Coal Yard, 102 First Avenue

• Double Down Saloon, 14 Avenue A

• Sutra, 16 First Avenue

• Lit Lounge, 93 Second Avenue

• Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St.

• Nublu, 62 Avenue C

• Ducks Eatery, 351 E. 12th Street

• Royale, 157 Avenue C

• Esperanto, 145 Avenue C

• The Parkside Lounge, 317 E. Houston St.

• KGB Bar/Red Room, 85 E. Fourth St.

• Karma, 51 First Avenue

Any interested bar can apply for one of these licenses back in the fall. According to the SLA website:

"In deciding whether to issue the permit, the Authority will consider the timely filing of the application, licensee’s disciplinary history (including pending charges) and whether, given the nature of the event, the licensee has adequate facilities and security plans in place."

The party's over...

... at least until Friday... Photos today via EVG regular William Klayer...

Lower East Side named 46th best spot in the U.S. to ring in the New Year!

Woo!

Oh, this is according to a news release from Priceline.com and agoda.com that arrived in our, uh, inbox... "Priceline.com's top destinations list is based on thousands of hotel booking requests made by customers of its Name Your Own Price® hotel service for the New Year's weekend. Agoda.com's list is based on hotel reservations made for the upcoming holiday."

Uh-huh.

It's a really poor excuse for a news release. But! It is also a slow news day. (So far!)

Anyway, the Lower East Side is just a few slots behind downtown Atlanta, "Orlando, Universal Orlando Resort Area/Int'l Drive North" and "Miami, International Airport Area." Woo!

See you at the Ludlow Manor!

Imperial Tavern and Superdive pretty much having the same New Year's Eve party

The new Imperial Tavern on Ludlow Street...



Superdive...