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Photo by Stacie Joy On the Friday shift with Ray at Ray's Candy Store, 113 Avenue A...

Photos by Peter Brownscombe Danny Cortes presented Ray with a miniature Ray's Candy Store today outside the shop at 113 Avenue A... ...

Major league: Seeking some comfort food at Ray's Candy Store, 113 Avenue A, late this afternoon...

Photo by Stacie Joy Luis Peroza, arrested and charged for the late-night assault of Ray Alvarez outside Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A ...

2024 photo by Peter Brownscombe  At Ray's Candy Store, 2024 started with an anniversary as the shop officially turned 50.  Ray Alvarez r...

Photos by Peter Brownscombe Ray recently (re)introduced breaded calamari rings — served with fries, as the paper-plate signage notes... Ray...

Photo by Peter Brownscombe  There's a new era here at Ray's Candy Store ... customers can now use Venmo to pay for purchases at the...

  "Little Stoner" is a new track from a recently released record by singer-songwriter Max Stalker-Wilde.   The video, filmed on 16...

The egg cream from Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A is part of the 2023 edition of The Flag Project at Rockefeller Center ... celebratin...

Manhattan D.A. Bragg yesterday announced the indictment of two men for an alleged assault and robbery spree in the East Village on Jan. 31...

This past week, the two suspects who police arrested in connection to the assault outside Ray's Candy Store, 113 Avenue A, on Jan. 31...

Photo by N&Lon7th  The Guardian Angels today presented Ray with an award of friendship outside Ray's Candy Store at 113 Avenue A... ...

Photos by Lola Sáenz  A lot of smiles today at Ray's Candy Store as Stella celebrated a birthday with the help of her sister, Mary.  Ste...

We're recapping what has happened to date since the assault early in the morning on Jan. 31 outside Ray's Candy Store, 113 Avenue ...

In the aftermath of the assault on Ray last week outside Ray's Candy Store (story here and here ), several readers-residents asked us...

Updated 7 p.m.   A second man, ID'd as 55-year-old Gerald Barth, was also arrested. Luis Peroza and Barth are suspected of several assau...

Updated 2/4: The 9th Precinct has arrested the suspect in this attack . P.S. Ray's 90th birthday crowdfunding campaign continues  here. ...

Photo by Peter Brownscombe  Updated 2/4:  The 9th Precinct has arrested the suspect in this attack . A scene from today outside Ray's Ca...

Photos by Lola Sáenz  The post now includes a photo that the NYPD provided of the suspect (see below) ... Updated 2/3: Ray went to the hospi...

Photos by Stacie Joy  In honor of Ray’s 90th birthday this month, the folks behind the East Village-based Lisa Project surprised the propri...