Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a sign of spring in Tompkins Square Park Wednesday — a set by Federico of Pinc Louds. Photo by Derek Berg.) 

• After nearly 40 years, Sixth Street Specials prepares for its final ride in the East Village (Thursday) 

• Lori McLean has decided to close her East Village jewelry shop (Tuesday) 

• An evening to celebrate the life of Anton 'Munch' Albert at Tom & Jerry's (Thursday) 

• An early spring report from 97 St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

• Staggering toward the April 1 start of outdoor dining in NYC (Wednesday) 

• Pink Olive set for East Village return (Friday) 

 

• 'The Jonathan Larson Project' is ending its run early at the Orpheum Theatre (Saturday) 

• You can get this fresh-baked bread at Foxface Natural on Avenue A (Thursday) 

• Milk Bar's East Village outpost closed (Wednesday) 

• Former corner market has been a Hive of activity this week (Thursday) ... Yummy Hive post mortem (Monday) 

• Signage alert: Deli Delights & Waffle Wonders on Avenue A (Wednesday) • St. Patrick's Day (night) at Casey Rubber Stamps (Tuesday)

• Another 1 Bites the crust: A French twist for the Bite space on 14th Street (Tuesday) 

• Openings: Krave It on 2nd Avenue (Monday) 

• Rent a former 7-Eleven on the Bowery (Tuesday) 

 ... and on the first day of spring on Thursday, a double discard on Second Avenue — one from 2023 and the other from 2024?

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a moon watch shot from First Avenue)... 

• Fundraiser underway for patron killed at Tom & Jerry's on March 1 (Tuesday) 

• Otto's Wednesday open mic: music and community in the tiki bar’s back room (Wednesday) 

• 9th Street condo project turns former parking garage into construction zone (Monday)

• Final orbit for the 2nd Avenue Star Watchers (Thursday) 

• Yummy Hive vanishes in the night on 2nd Avenue and 10th Street (Friday) 

• At LaMama, 'Above Ground' brings aging, improv and the art of being seen to the stage (Tuesday) 

• Work commences at the long-vacant 11 Avenue A, due for a residential conversion and 3 new floors (Wednesday) 

• Win Son Bakery set to debut East Village outpost on March 19 (Friday) 

• About Robert Sietsema's New York (Sunday) 

• Full reveal at 340 Bowery, the new home of micro hotel Now Now NoHo (Monday) 

• Construction watch: 183 Avenue B (Thursday) 

• These bars and restaurants are temporarily closed, and at least one is permanently shuttered (Thursday) 

• Zine takes a fresh look at Keith Haring's public school murals on the Lower East Side (Wednesday) 

• Partial window signage reveal for the new home of Soda Club on Avenue A (Monday) 

• CB3 to hear more about plans for the new restaurant coming to the New Museum (Monday) ... A quick look at the March CB3 SLA agenda (Monday)

• Closings: Tallgrass Burger on 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

• Revisiting the art of the Avenue A/14th Street Trader Joe's (Monday)

• Signage alert: El Camino on 1st Avenue (Tuesday) 

... and NOTED on Avenue B and Second Street (photo by Stacie Joy)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a crescent moon watch from 2nd Avenue)... 

• Q&A with Steven Matrick, co-founder of the New Colossus Festival, taking place this week at East Village and Lower East Side music venues (Tuesday) 

• The return of Lucy's (Monday)

• Tompkins Square Park field house refurbished, reopening nears after final inspections (Tuesday) 

• RIP Hal Hirshorn (Wednesday) 

• A group of runners is hoping the city will add lighting to the new East River Park track (Thursday) 

• At Night Club 101 with Hello Mary (Monday) 

• Meet the new owner of Boris & Horton (Monday) 

• Ashes to ashes: A to-go twist on Ash Wednesday (Wednesday) 

• One-time studio home of Joey Ramone is for sale at the St. Mark (Monday) 

• Coming this spring to 9th Street: Irving Green (Thursday) 

• Openings: Bateman's on 6th Street (Thursday) 

• On 7th Street, the Instant Noodle Factory is closing; noodle liquidation sale commences (Monday) 

• Interesting new business opens on the Bowery and Houston (Wednesday)

• From pizza to politics: Eleven B serves up a new campaign HQ on Avenue B (Wednesday)

• Signage alert: Butter Smashburgers on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday) 

... and EVG reader Bryan K. shared this Christmas tree discard with us from Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C... Per Bryan, "Trying to camouflage the shame by dropping it among some old tree branches!"

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo Thursday on Astor Place by Francine Lange) 

• Report of a fatal shooting at Tom & Jerry's on Elizabeth Street (Saturday) 

• More discussion on the future of the city-owned parking lot at 324 E. 5th St. (Tuesday) 

• Concern grows for Christo, Tompkins Square Park’s iconic red-tailed hawk, missing for 2 weeks (Friday) 

• Report: Judge orders temporary stay on Beth Israel's March 26 closure (Saturday) 

• RIP David Johansen (Saturday) 

• The New Museum, with a 60,000-square-foot expansion, will reopen this fall on the Bowery (Thursday) 

• A dog in distress (Sunday) 

• Flamingos Vintage Pound returns to the East Village with new St. Mark’s Place outpost (Monday) 

• A Taste of change for Joe's Wine Co. (Monday) 

• The Cinnabon/Carvel combo shop is now OPEN on 14th Street (Wednesday)

• This longtime convenience store has closed at 124 2nd Ave. (Thursday) ... Holy farewell: Saint Pizza is leaving Avenue B (Monday) 

• Another local Duane Reade by Walgreens closes (Wednesday) 

• Signage alert: Mr. Fish on 3rd Avenue (Monday) 

And this past week, workers removed the covered sidewalk extension outside Ray's Pizza & Bagel Cafe on Cooper Square and St. Mark's Place (thanks to Jacob Ford for the photos) ...

This sidewalk extension drew the ire of some EVG readers, who questioned its legality.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from St. Mark's Place on Tuesday) ...

• A longtime East Village bar and restaurant owner turns 100: 'Life is beautiful' (Thursday) 

• The new old Lucy's sign returns on Avenue A (Tuesday) 

• Deadline is approaching to apply for a position on Community Board 3 (Thursday) 

• Foundation in place for the new ABC No Rio building on the Lower East Side (Wednesday) 

• Pre-leasing for office space at 1 St. Mark's Place is underway (Tuesday) 

• A bar dedicated to women's sports is opening on the Bowery (Wednesday)

• Spend an evening with Patti Smith at Cooper Union this March 5 (Tuesday) 

• Report: Residents of the Jacob Riis Houses will vote on their funding future (Friday) 

• HBD McSorley's (Sunday) 

• Signage alert: Shirokuro on 2nd Avenue (Thursday) ... HighLife Burgers on 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

• Where the water will be shut off on Avenue A this coming Monday (Thursday) 

If you're around the Educational Alliance at 197 East Broadway, the Art School's "Roots and Visions: A Collective Journey" exhibit is on display. It highlights "the personal stories and artistic expressions of our talented students and faculty."

We were at the opening Friday and really liked some of the work...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a snow-day photo from Tompkins by Derek Berg) 

• Bella's passing marks another sad chapter in East Village fire tragedy (Sunday) 

• Church to condo conversion underway on 4th Street (Monday) 

• RIP Walter Robinson (Monday) 

• New York Dolls co-founder David Johansen seeks support for cancer treatment (Tuesday) 

• School shuffle: La Salle Returning to 2nd Street as St. George seeks new tenants (Wednesday) 

• Do you have what it takes to be the coolest block in the neighborhood? (Thursday) 

• Checking in on the Hamilton Fish Park Library renovations (Thursday) 

• Willem Dafoe at the Anthology Film Archives (Tuesday)

• Openings: Alison on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday) ... Hatsu Omakase on 4th Street (Monday) 

• Bronx Brewery has closed on 2nd Avenue (Friday) ... Bluestone Lane on Astor Place (Wednesday) ... Hollywood Nail & Spa on 1st Street (Tuesday) 

• Signage alert: Dumpling Xi on 4th Avenue (Thursday) ... Meama on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday) ... Chocolate DIP for St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• Game, set, match: Thirty Love arrives on 3rd and 13th (Monday) 

• Hey, the Heytea signage has arrived (Thursday)

Week in Grieview

Posts from the past week included (with a pre-snow photo from St. Mark's Place last evening)...

• Neighbor steps up to care for dog injured in 2nd Avenue fire that claimed owner’s life (Monday ... Bella’s passing marks another sad chapter in East Village fire tragedy (Sunday) 

• Now Now NoHo set to debut its micro hotel rooms in April on the Bowery (Monday) 

• Terra Thai is closing this month for a revamp with a March return (Monday) 

• The return of The Chillmaster! (Friday)

• Checking in on 644 E. 14th St. (Wednesday) 

• "Caught Stealing" slides into theaters this August (Tuesday)

• Long empty 6th Street storefront finally hits the market (Wednesday)

• Did the Tompkins Square Park opossum see his or her shadow? (Tuesday) 

• Requiem for a Blue Man Group (Monday) 

• The former Brick Lane Curry House space is for rent on 2nd Avenue (Monday) 

• Signage alert: 'The Jonathan Larson Project' at the Orpheum Theatre (Tuesday) 

• Double Zero and Bar Verde combine space on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Signage alert: Kobano on the Bowery (Monday)

• A full reveal at the Five Guys, opening this week on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

Week in Grieview

Photos this past week include (with a photo from Sixth Street) ... 

• D.A. Bragg announces sentencing of shooter in gang-related murder on 3rd Street and Avenue D (Monday) 

• The former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center has a new project name (Tuesday)

• The building that houses East Village institution John's of 12th Street is for sale (Wednesday) 

• Where does the East Village rate in the list of NYC's noisiest neighborhoods? (Friday) 

• The incoming Whole Foods Market Daily Shop shapes up in StuyTown (Thursday) 

• Pink Olive is returning to the East Village (Wednesday) 

• A moment with Marianne Faithfull on St. Mark's Place in 1992 (Friday) 

• Anthology Film Archives hosting an epic Willem Dafoe movie series (Saturday) ... Films we want to see: 'Peter Hujar's Day' (Tuesday) 

• Soda Club is moving from Avenue B to Avenue A (Thursday)

• Signage alert: Win Son Bakery on 2nd Avenue (Friday) 

• Some Downtown Funk and Junk coming to 9th Street (Thursday) 

• The T Mobile shop that always looked closed on 14th Street and 1st Avenue has closed (Thursday) 

• Madonna endorses Baz Luhrmann's new East Village bar Monsieur on 4th Street (Monday)

• After 10 years on 1st Avenue, SenYa has closed (Friday) 

• Schmackary’s coming back (Monday) 

• Together again at Katz's, now with mayo (Wednesday) 

... and we had queries about velvet rope and disco balls at La La Laundry on Avenue B and 11th Street on Thursday evening (thanks to the reader for the photo!)...

It was a launch party for Hampton Water Bubbly, from Hampton Water Wine Co., in partnership with Gérard Bertrand, Jon Bon Jovi, and his son Jesse Bongiovi. And Jon and Jesse were at the party.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo to the Flux Studios entrance on 2nd Street by Stacie Joy)...

• A visit with Anne DeVita (Wednesday) 

• Reports: 20-year-old East Village man dies in stabbing on the Lower East Side (Sunday) 

• Cat power: Crowdfunding to keep Ollie's Place open on 9th Street (Monday) 

• Taking a look at the all-new Baker Falls, now in soft-open mode on the Lower East Side (Wednesday) 

• An afternoon with Ray (Thursday)

• The now-former Korean Street Foods space is for rent on Avenue A (Wednesday) 

• Openings: Salad Don at Essex Market (Tuesday) • Sunday snow scenes (Monday)

• A look at East Village boutique Pink Lion, a recent arrival on 9th Street (Thursday) 

• From repairing to storing cars: A new era for the former Ludlow Garage (Friday) 

• Tacombi is not reopening on 12th Street (Tuesday) 

• Signage alert: Smashed on 3rd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Openings: Tiki Tiki on First Avenue (Tuesday)

... and if you've joined or migrated to BlueSky in the new year, you can find EVG there...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a David Lynch tribute on Canal Street via Matt Geo LES) 

 

• Man pleads guilty to Tompkins Square Park shootings, D.A. Bragg announces (Wednesday) 

• This is the date for the next informational session about the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center (Thursday) 

• Report: The late Gary Indiana’s personal library and collection destroyed in L.A. wildfires (Monday) 

• Side-by-side business closures on Avenue A (Tuesday) 

• First Look: Rendering reveal for new residential building at 1st Avenue and 2nd Street (Monday) 

• At the 1st annual Fuck Fest (Wednesday) 

• 2025 Construction watch: Barrier Free Living on 2nd Street (Tuesday) 

• Paws-itive news: Boris & Horton is returning under new ownership (Friday) 

• Revamps: Íxta turning Japanese-Brazilian at 299 Bowery (Monday) 

• Full reveal at 280 E. Houston St. (Friday) 

• Samascott Orchards expected back at the Tompkins Square Park Greenmarket (Saturday) 

• A look at The March Hare, closing on Jan. 31 (Tuesday) 

• Bad news travels fast! Catch the U.S. premiere of the Fuzztones doc at the Bowery Electric (Thursday)

• A look at 'The Entertainer' (Friday) 

• Signage alert: A diner for 2nd Avenue? (Wednesday) 

• About 'Luna 10 Years' and a unique lineup of planets (Tuesday) 

• Playing Santa, Arnold Schwarzenegger looks for his magic bag outside Veselka (Monday) 

• Activity at the former Raul Candy Store on Avenue B (Thursday) 

• Return of the permanent signage for Ben's Deli (& Grill) on Avenue B (Friday) 

• Signage alert: Sunday Morning on Avenue B (Wednesday) • Yankee doodle Deli demoliton (Thursday) 

• ICYMI: Brick Lane Curry House has closed on 2nd Avenue, though a Brick Lane 2.0 is in the works (Tuesday)

• Amor y Amaro returns to its original 6th Street home (Monday) 

• That time when David Lynch filmed a rather terrifying trash PSA for New York City (Thursday)

Week in Grieview

Posts this last week include (with a photo by Derek Berg on 2nd Avenue) 

• Why School for the Dogs abruptly closed in the East Village (Tuesday) 

• Tompkins Square Park upgrades: When will the field house and restrooms reopen? (Monday) 

• Reader report: Car crashes into Blink Fitness on Avenue A; driver flees (Monday) 

• Reflections on owning and closing The March Hare on 9th Street (Friday) 

• These 3 East Village venues are hosting concerts to benefit L.A. wildfire relief efforts (Saturday) ... Both Emma locations accepting clothing donations (Sunday) 

• Barn fire temporarily KOs a Tompkins Square Park Greenmarket favorite (Sunday) 

• Signs of construction life at former East Village parking garage that will yield to condos (Wednesday) 

• What are they now? The fate of several unlicensed cannabis shops in the East Village (Monday) 

• About the free activities for people 60+ at the John Paul II Friendship Center on 7th Street (Wednesday)

• Sunday Morning will sell cinnamon rolls every day of the week on Avenue B (Tuesday)

• 2025 development watch: 360 Bowery, future home of Chobani House (Friday) 

• Openings Fomo Momo on First Avenue (Friday) ... Sinsa on 2nd Avenue (Friday)

• Signage alert: Alison on St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• Core workout: New building prep on 1st Avenue and 2nd Street (Wednesday)

•  Some history of a now-vanished 3rd Avenue block (Sunday)

• Coffee at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge (Wednesday) 

• Where to still find a curbside dining structure on the Lower East Side (Friday)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger filming Amazon MGM's holiday movie 'The Man With the Bag' in the East Village (Sunday) 

Week in Grieview

Posts from this holiday-shortened week include (with a Jimmy Carter tribute in Tompkins Square Park — photo by Derek Berg)... 

• When former President Jimmy Carter helped rebuild an East Village tenement building (Sunday) ... Remembering Jimmy Carter on 6th Street (Wednesday) 

• A look at the work-in-progress Night Club 101 at the former home of the Pyramid on Avenue A (Tuesday) ... A residency for Voyeur at Night Club 101 (Friday) 

• Your congestion pricing reader (Saturday) 

• Regenerative agriculture in the East Village (Wednesday) 

• Openings: Love Zakka Mini Mart on Avenue C (Thursday) 

• B Cup Café debuts today in new Avenue B home (Monday) 

• When we found out about a mysterious early-morning transport on 2nd Avenue (Friday)

• With a new 10-year lease, Nowon temporarily closes for a kitchen upgrade (Monday)

• Let's take a look at the Cinnabon/Carvel combo storefront opening soon on 14th Street (Thursday)

• Offside Tavern has closed on Avenue A (Monday) 

• Soft openings: Boongs Café on 12th Street (Thursday) 

• Lidl watch for 2025 (Monday) • Three Kings Tattoo has left 10th Street (Monday)

• The 10 most-viewed EVG posts from 2024 (Tuesday) 

... and the corner of Avenue A and Houston has become a wheatpaste ad hotspot... possibly supplanting Second Avenue and Seventh Street...

Boulton & Watt closed here last July, and the owners plan to open something new in the year ahead.

Week in Grieview

Posts from this holiday-shortened week include (with a photo yesterday from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg) ...

• A fundraiser for ABC No Rio's late director, Steven Englander (Monday) 

• Rai Rai Ken, a longtime East Village ramen shop, has closed (Friday) 

• Ferns announces February closing date (Monday) 

• Coming attractions: Buddies Coffee on 3rd Street (Monday)

• Ops watch at 176 2nd Ave. (Monday) 

• A visit to Cafewal (Thursday) 

• Getting chippy: Merry Christmas, now let's mulch your tree (Tuesday)

• Fluffy Fluffy bringing the souffle pancakes to 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

• Openings: Tipsy Shanghai on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Taverna East Village remains closed while waiting for a Con Ed inspection (Monday) 

• No Joe for now at Joe's Wine Co. (Monday) 

• A warmup (with lines) for Danny & Coop’s Cheesesteaks on Avenue A (Monday) 

• Merry Clintmas! (Tuesday) 

If you want to start getting into the Valentine's spirit, you'll be in luck at the Target on 14th Street and Avenue A (thanks to Edmund John Dunn for the photo).

Week in Grieview

Posts that past week included (with an EVG photo outside McSorley's the other evening)...

• RIP Steven Englander (Monday) 

• The wild project is fundraising to purchase its home on 3rd Street (Wednesday)

• Housing lottery is underway for 21 apartments in the East Village (Tuesday) 

• A few thoughts on SantaCon 2024 (Monday) 

• A sidewalk bridge for the fire-damaged 328 E. 9th St. (Wednesday) 

• About Night Club 101, taking over the former Baker Falls and Pyramid space on Avenue A (Monday) 

• Book-Off will bring its discounted goods to Astor Place (Wednesday) 

• Openings: Sushi Counter on 12th Street (Wednesday) ... Pasta Rullo on 9th Street (Monday) 

• 50-64 3rd Ave. is going, going... (Monday) 

• Cookie Puss alert! The Cinnabon/Carvel carb-heaven combo coming to 14th Street

• 'The Jonathan Larson Project' is up next at the Orpheum Theatre (Friday) ... 'The Big Gay Jamboree' packs it in early (Tuesday)

• Signage alert: Compton's Sandwich Shop on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• The retail space — the former Sidewalk Cafe — at 94-96 Avenue A is for lease (Tuesday) 

• Danny & Coop's slinging Philly cheesesteaks from 151 Avenue A this weekend (Saturday)

• EVG turns 17 (Friday)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Derek Berg of the mural for "A Complete Unknown" on Ludlow and Delancey)... 

• Report of a fire at 328 E. 9th St. (Saturday) 

• City launches community engagement campaign for '100% affordable housing' on 9th Precinct parking lot (Thursday) 

• St. Marks Veterinary Hospital is closing this month (Wednesday) 

• Scrooged: 14th Street Trader Joe's employees say their hours are being cut this holiday season (Thursday) 

• Strand employees reach tentative agreement, return to work pending ratification vote (Wednesday) ... Strand Books employees go on strike in bid to increase minimum-wage salaries (Monday)

• At Day 1 of the Cookie Walk (Sunday) 

• At the 33rd annual Tompkins Square Park Holiday tree lighting (Monday) 

• The curbside dining structure is coming down at Il Posto Accanto (Tuesday) 

• Openings: Noona's Ice Cream & Bakeshop (Wednesday) 

• Lower East Side cafe puts a Pause on laptops and iPads (Tuesday) • 9 Bleecker St. is for sale — and rent (Wednesday) 

• The former Rockwood Music Hall is for rent on the Lower East Side (Monday)

• Checking in on the former 7-Eleven on Avenue A (Monday) 

• This place on 1st Avenue is going to be Bananas (Tuesday)

• Signage alert: Tipsy Shanghai on 2nd Avenue (Thursday) ... Tiki Tiki on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

 ... and a few days later — Blowin' in the Wind...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg)... 

• Why this East Village restaurant is refusing to remove its curbside dining structure (Thursday) 

• When is the annual tree lighting in Tompkins Square Park? (Monday)

• Ben's Deli has GRANDLY reopened (Wednesday) 

• Comings and goings on 9th Street: Love Only and Salvage Cloth (Wednesday) 

• An illegal smoke shop bust on 10th Street (Monday)

• Check out 'ABC No Rio in Photos' at Umbrella House on Avenue C (Saturday)

• Read an oral history of the great East Village zine shop See Hear (Sunday) 

• Openings: Dark Matter Coffee's ¡Adios Amigos! on the Bowery (Friday) 

• At Night 1 of TV on the Radio's residency at Webster Hall (Sunday) 

• That's a wrap for now at Boris & Horton (Wednesday) 

• Hester Street Fair pops up this holiday season at the Essex Market (Friday) 

• Checking out the newish new home of Upright Citizens Brigade on 14th Street (Friday) 

• December trees (Tuesday) 

• Tompkins Square Park loses an elm tree (Thursday) 

• ICYMI: Trader Joe's sues the recently opened Joe's Wine Co. for infringing on its intellectual property rights (Thursday) 

• Signage alert: Krave It on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) ... Burgerhead on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

• The Tide theft is still high (Wednesday) 

... and down in Essex Crossing... EVG reader Roger Bultot shared this photo of the recently opened VITAL Climbing Gym. If you want to climb something legally...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (and the Christmas trees arrived yesterday at Key Food on Avenue A)... 

• A new community fridge for the East Village (Thursday) 

• Workers reach the top of 644 E. 14th St.; future of building next door still in limbo 1 year later (Tuesday) 

• Witnesses: Argument erupts in gunfire on Avenue B and 4th Street (Sunday)

• 1 more week for the pandemic-era curbside dining structures (Friday) 

• $400,000 revamp planned for the Tompkins Square Park Dog Run (Wednesday) 

• This holiday season, C&B Café serves up its first-ever pies (Monday)

• Construction watch: 204 Avenue A (Thursday) 

• Mini Gourmet Deli is a new walk-up coffee and juice stand on 14th Street (Wednesday) 

• The retail space housing NYC's first dog cafe, Boris & Horton, is for rent on Avenue A (Monday) 

• A look at the recently revamped Brindle Room on 11th Street (Friday) 

• Bruce Springsteen covers East Village-based singer-songwriter Jesse Malin's song "She Don't Love Me Now" (Friday) 

• Rachel Sennott is the latest star to receive the look-alike contest treatment — and today at 3 in Tompkins Square Park (Sunday) 

• Openings: Vintage Store on Houston (Tuesday) Hearty & Healthy on 1st Avenue (Thursday) 

• CC Cyclery closes 13th Street shop to go mobile (Tuesday) 

• Movie picks: The story of Ernest Cole, a photographer almost lost to history (Friday) 

• The day before it was to rain all day (Wednesday) 

• Tompkins Square Park today between the rain showers (Thursday)

• Coming attractions: House of Pasta on 12th Street (Monday) 

• A clean start for this 5th Street storefront with the arrival of Wash & Fold (Wednesday) 

• Signage alert: Bar Snack on 2nd Avenue (Monday) ... Rice Thief on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Openings: Kernel on 4th Street (and long live Other Music!) (Tuesday) 

• A look at the Schmuck sign on 1st Avenue (Thursday)

On the NW corner of 9th and A, Ralph's is closed for the season (photo by Steven)...

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And EVG is now on Bluesky if you want to join us there...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a message on Second Avenue) ... 

• After over 50 years, Ludlow Garage on the Lower East Side to close its doors (Thursday) 

• Lower East Side indie mainstay Rockwood Music Hall abruptly closes, musicians say (Monday) 

• When is the 2024 Cookie Walk? (Wednesday) 

• On Monday, the Ukrainian Museum will open with free entry to mark 1,000 days of resilience (Saturday)

 

• The Avenue A 7-Eleven is now closed. The reason why may not surprise you. (Tuesday) ... And then there 0 — the last of the 4 East Village 7-Elevens is closing this week (Wednesday) ... The 7-Eleven on the Bowery has closed (Saturday) 

• Boris & Horton seeks new owner to save East Village cafe despite crowdfunding success (Monday) ... Boris & Horton preparing to close East Village cafe at the end of the month (Tuesday) 

• Knock Out Café bringing coffee, art and yoga to 13th Street (Wednesday) 

• Budget Mart is OPEN on Avenue A (Friday)

• Ben's Deli is really truly ready to reopen SOON (Thursday) 

• Awning alert on the Bowery as Dark Matter Coffee's new cafe comes into view (Monday) 

• Openings: Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop (Saturday) 

• A Veteran's Day tribute in StuyTown (Monday) 

• Tipsy Shanghai eyes former Monsieur Vo space on 2nd Avenue (Thursday) 

• Coming attractions: Fomo Momo on 1st Ave. (Monday) 

• Licensed cannabis shop The Flowery blooms on 3rd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• On 13th and A, corner markets come and go (Monday) 

• The Union Square Holiday Market returns (gulp) tomorrow (Wednesday) 

 • Opening alert: Joe's Wine Co. on 3rd Avenue (Tuesday) 

... and if you're a Bluesky person, we set up on that platform this past week...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Louise & Danny)...

• Election Night 2024 (Wednesday) 

• Mixed messages about the future of 7-Eleven on Avenue A (Monday) 

• The return of O'Flaherty's, now on Allen Street for the next month with Matthew Barney & Alex Katz (Thursday) ... At the opening of 'The Bitch' at O'Flaherty's (Saturday) 

• On Sunday, a sneak preview of Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop ahead of its Nov. 16 grand opening (Friday) 

• A new East Village vintage clothing store opens, and a cat is the curator (Tuesday) 

• Halloween night with Pretty Sick at Bowery Ballroom (Monday) 

• B Cup Café is on the move on Avenue B (Tuesday) 

• About the Community Boutique & Café, an inclusive gathering place on 12th Street (Thursday) 

• It's not just you — the whole area smells like smoke. Here's why. (Saturday) 

• More stabilization work at the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center (Thursday) 

• 325 E. 14th St., sells and farewell to the Crocodile Lounge sidewalk awning (Monday) 

• Owner of 2 Brooklyn restaurants taking over the Lollo space on Avenue B (Thursday)

• Coming attractions: Mrs. Green on 14th Street (Tuesday) 

• Renovations underway at the former Boulton & Watt (Thursday)

• The former Houston Village Farm is for rent (Tuesday) 

• A bad sign at the Sunflower East Village on 2nd Street (Monday) 

• Stuffed closes and the owners promise 'a brand new, never seen before' ice cream concept (Monday)

Also, this past week, workers removed the sidewalk bridge from Third Street and Avenue A (part of the ongoing work at the First Houses).

Also! The Budget Mart on A between Second and Third is expected to open SOON (photo below by Stacie Joy).

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg)... 

• Where is the $1 million NYPD mobile command unit that Mayor Adams promised for the troubled 14th Street and 1st Avenue corridor? (Monday) 

• Rehabilitation of the former P.S. 64 could take 4 to 6 years, cost over $100 million (Wednesday) 

• Soups on: The East Village Community Cookbook is ready for release next month (Thursday) 

• About 'Empty Beds,' a photo memorial that honors Ukrainian children abducted during the war (Wednesday)

• Bands we like: Genre is Death (Thursday) 

• Hello Mary headlines Bowery Ballroom (Tuesday) 

• Overthrow is closing next week on Bleecker Street; the one-time countercounter HQ is for sale (Wednesday) 

• This November at 3rd & B'zaar (Saturday) 

• D.A. Bragg announces indictment in L train stabbing (Thursday) 

• An East Village Halloween (Friday)

• Signage alert: Vintage Store on Houston (Thursday) 

• NYC's most Halloween-like sunset (Wednesday) 

• Trump sculpture draws attention on 2nd Street (and elsewhere) (Friday) 

• A look at 'That Paradise Place,' an erotic puppet musical about the lives of artists with disabilities (Thursday) 

• Kenny Scharf up next at the Brant Foundation (Tuesday ) 

• 2 recently opened restaurants close for renovations on 2nd Avenue (Monday)

• Coming attractions: Upperz Cafe and Bar on 14th Street (Tuesday) ... BKLYN MACS on 9th Street (Tuesday) 

• Signage alert: Hubani Restaurant on 1st Avenue (Tuesday) ... Fattoush by Salma on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• The former Sushi Dojo space is for lease on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

This past week, DOT crews painted the new bikes on the recently repaved Second Avenue (to go with the new offset bus lane).

The bike lane appears to be the same size as the previous one... with a few exceptions where it widens in a few spots... to give passing riders more space...