Week in Grieview

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

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• NY Copy Print & Ship Center preparing to close after 34 years on 7th Street (June 8)

• Report: Judge clears way for men's intake shelter to open on 3rd Street (June 11) 

• Village View board exploring development options for one of its parking lots (June 9)

• Rabbit Books and Bar owners share an update ahead of a mid-July opening on Avenue A (June 10) 

• The incoming Barnes & Noble gets the plywood treatment on Avenue A (June 8) 

• Early voting underway (June 13) 

• Work starts on new 10th Street pedestrian bridge to East River Park (June 10) 

• Knicks fever in the East Village: A photo essay (June 10) ... Saturday night on Avenue C, Knicks NBA championship edition (June 14)

• Scenes from the 3rd annual Lower East Side Puerto Rican Parade & Festival (June 7) 

• These are the free movies screening in Tompkins Square Park this summer (June 9) 

• Former Karma gallery for lease on 2nd Street — for use as a gallery (June 10) 

• The wurst is over: Crif Dogs signage returns to St. Mark's Place (June 12) 

• A visit to Singapore Social (June 11) 

• Openings: Alma Mexicana Restaurante on 3rd Street (June 9) … Tacos Domingo on 1st Avenue (June 8) 

• Closures: Gooey On the Inside Cookies (June 8) 

• Signage alert: Kuroneko on 10th Street (June 10) 

Thanks to Allan Yashin for this spectacular sunrise pic from the past week...

And discarded couch questions on Avenue B: Why are the privileged faces so sullen... photo by Stacie Joy

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We spy Clyde! The neighborhood pup was keeping a low profile while hanging out with his owner, Santo Mollica of The Source Unltd copy shop. Photo by Steven.

Meanwhile, posts from this past week included...

• Community input wanted for the $30.2 million renovation of the Tompkins Square Library (June 3) 

• For HAGS, bigger things are on the menu with new space on the Bowery (June 1) 

• Pride outside the 2nd Avenue F stop (June 5) 

• A look at 'Loisaida Thrives' on Avenue C and 6th Street (May 31) 

• Hoy! Filipino Street Food is heading to Clinton and Houston (June 2) 

• East Village musician Franzi Szymkowiak on her band Lukka’s latest release (June 3)

• Book Club Bar reopens after a spring spruce-up (June 6) 

• After a lengthy pause, construction restarts at 1st Avenue and 2nd Street (June 1) 

• No more Karma for the East Village (June 2) 

• ‘No Picnic’ starting its 8th week at the Film Forum (June 5) 

• Viral vexors prompt no-filming policy at 1st Avenue smoke shop (June 2) 

• The 5th annual LUNGS Theater Festival takes place this weekend (June 4) 

• Retro signage alert: Good Time Country Buffet on 1st Avenue (June 3) 

• Hoffmaier & Hoffmaier leaves Avenue B after 25-plus years (June 4) 

• Tribeca Festival time at the Village East by Angelika (June 2)

• Openings and reopenings on 3rd Avenue: Han Dynasty and Olio e Più (June 1) 

• Closings: Marylou on St. Mark's Place (June 3) 

• The 'best burritos' in Los Angeles are coming to Lafayette Street this fall (June 3) 

• Cotti Coffee coming to 14th Street (June 4) 

• Openings: Cups of Pasta on 4th Street (June 1) 

• EVG highlights from May (May 31) 

• EVG road trip: Total Bummer at the Knockdown Center (June 1) 

... and Udder madness on Avenue B! New this past week outside the newish Andrew Steak Society at 51 Avenue B between Third and Fourth streets... something for influencers and vandals... (photos by Stacie Joy)

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Posts this past week included (with a rando shot on 7th Street)

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• Inside the new ABC No Rio (May 28) 

• 18-to-life sentence in fatal 2024 East Village stabbing (May 27) 

• Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks new chapter for affordable housing at 204 Avenue A (May 26)

• Community spirit shines through the rain at the 39th annual Loisaida Festival (May 24) 

• So long for now to Two Boots Pizza (May 30)

• The wisteria house of Stuyvesant Street is under contract (May 28) 

• A mother-daughter-owned bookstore bar is coming to Avenue A (May 26) 

• A Barnes & Noble is opening in the East Village (May 25) 

• The Paulie Gee's East Village Slice Shop debuts on 1st Avenue (May 27) 

• Pardon My French closes after 11 years on Avenue B (May 27) 

• Chippy's Fish & Chips is opening in the former Proletariat space on 7th Street (May 26) 

• As 2026 nears the halfway point, New York State eliminates restrictions on dancing in bars

 (May 29) 

• Openings: Drāvida on 1st Avenue (May 27) 

• Hello, Yam! says goodbye (May 28) 

And today's Week in Grieview is not sponsored by the USPS — "We Deliver [Smoke] for You"™ (photo by Stacie Joy)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with some cloud scenes from 2nd and C)...

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• The growth of the sunflowers (May 19) 

• 3 tiny hawklets, 1 busy nest in Tompkins Square Park (May 19) 

• Rosa Deli & Grocery has closed on Avenue D (May 20) 

• Somtum Der to close on Avenue A on May 31 (May 18) 

• After 54 years, Cozy Soup 'n' Burger is closing on Astor Place (May 22) 

• The 3rd Avenue outpost of the Bean has closed (May 18) 

• A long-hidden room at Katz's is now open to the public again (May 21) 

• A celebration of life for Albert Fabozzi in Tompkins Square Park (May 17) 

• Loisaida Festival returns to Avenue C on Sunday (today!) with its 39th edition (May 22) 

• A few scenes from the annual Ukrainian Festival (May 17) 

• Spring and summer in bloom at Albert's Garden (May 22) 

• Arturo Vega exhibit extended at Howl! (May 21) 

• You have a few more weeks to see the Keith Haring exhibit at the Brant Foundation (May 19) 

• Custom-fit t-shirts and coffee are coming to 316 Bowery (May 20) 

• News from other sources: Can apartment renovations count as "demolition"? (May 19) 

• Official signage alert: Tacos Domingo on 1st Avenue and St. Mark's Place (May 22) 

• Openings: Sanwits on 1st Avenue (May 21) … Sono on 1st Avenue (May 21) 

• Saturday flashback: Dancing through the East Village (May 22)

And earlier this month, Arete Studios opened at 116 Suffolk St., between Rivington and Delancey... which highlights "emerging" clothing brands (photos by Stacie Joy)...

The Studio takes over the space from Bluestockings Cooperative, which closed late last year after a 26-year run as an independent feminist bookstore, café, and radical community space.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo in Tompkins by Derek Berg)

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• RIP Albert Fabozzi, who started the holiday tree tradition in Tompkins Square Park (May 13) ... A celebration of life for Albert Fabozzi in Tompkins Square Park (May 16)

• RIP Ben Morea (May 14) 

• A 13-story mixed-use development is now in the works for this 3rd Avenue lot (May 12) 

• Report: Judge keeps East Village intake center plan on hold (May 11) 

• At the first Show Brain show of 2026 in Tompkins Square Park (May 12) 

• Scenes of Nine Perfect Lives, a new local band with some familiar faces, at Irving Plaza (May 15)

• The 50th anniversary edition of the Ukrainian Festival is this weekend (May 13) 

• From Avenue C apartment to LES studio: 5 years of Good Time Pilates (May 14) 

• Checking out "Obscura," the latest exhibit at Ninth Street Espresso's 10th Street outpost (May 15) 

• Regina's Grocery & Deli debuts on 1st Avenue (May 11) 

• On the May CB3-SLA docket: The return of Kotobuki East Village; a Georgian-inspired bakery and café for 6th Street (May 11) 

• Double the Han Dynasty signage on 3rd Avenue (May 12) 

• A new dining room for Katz's? (May 11)

• Signage alert: Tea Leaf and Creamery on St. Mark's Place (May 12) … Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue (May 13) 

• The East Village Sephora debuts (May 13) 

And a few interior shots of the Sephora via Stacie Joy...

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Posts this past week included (with a spring look on 7th Street by Derek Berg)...

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• Allan Dabrio Marrero released from ICE custody, reunited with husband at Middle Church on 7th Street (May 5) 

• Two Boots Pizza is moving — but staying in the East Village (May 5) 

• Hekate Café & Elixir Lounge closing amid rising competition in sober bar scene (May 6) 

• Sal's Deli & Grocery reopens on 13th and B (May 4) 

• Man shot on 7th Street and Avenue D; suspect at large (May 7) 

• Woman unharmed after reported domestic hostage situation on 8th Street (May 4) 

• Report: 4 East Village buildings tied to foreclosure filings (May 7) 

• Book Club Bar closing briefly for refresh as Bushwick location opens (May 4) 

• Genre is Death and the art of 'Noizz' (May 8) 

• Tacos Domingo is bringing its first U.S. outpost to 1st Avenue and St. Mark's Place (May 8) 

• Openings: Café Skye on 14th Street (May 7) … Taqueria Emilio 4 on Avenue B (May 5) … Singapore Social NYC on Avenue A (May 4) 

• Remembering a familiar presence on Broadway and Astor Place (May 4) 

• First signs of life at the former 7-Eleven on Avenue A (May 6) 

• Former Mark Rothko residence on 6th Street reemerges as luxury condo (May 7) 

• A new exhibition draws on the spirit of the juke joint at March gallery on Avenue A (May 9) 

• And now! Your Sephora signage on 3rd Avenue and St. Mark’s Place (May 8) 

• As the chain stores turn on Astor Place (May 4) 

• Double Zero returns to 2nd Avenue (May 4) 

... and from Cinco de Mayo, San Loco owners Jill and Kimo Hing outside the Avenue C location... (photo by Stacie Joy)

Week In Grieview

Post this past week included (with an FDNY lunch break in Tompkins by Jose Garcia)...

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• 'He looked out for absolutely everyone here': Friends and neighbors discuss slain deli worker Abdul Saleh (April 28) … Candlelight vigil on 13th and B honors Abdul Saleh (May 1) 

• A 3rd Street staple, Rossy's Bakery & Café, closes after 16 years (April 27)

• Report: Rushed shelter shift tied to death, raises questions about East Village Intake plan (April 29) 

• Former St. Brigid School on 7th and B hits the market as a development site (April 28) 

• One spring day (April 30)

• Former Chris French Cleaners lot awaits its condoplex (April 29) 

• Remembering Wayne, who made friends on every walk (April 27) 

• Opening night of the Lower East Side Film Festival (May 2) 

• Coming attractions (aka, signage alert): The East Village is getting a Regina's Grocery & Deli (April 30) 

• Lower East Side History Month returns with a full slate of events (May 1) 

• Ramones at 50 (April 24) 

• Café Chrystie expands next door with new bar space (May 1) 

• Blank Street is leaving 149 Avenue A (April 27)

• Fire Escape debuts on Avenue A (April 30) 

• Reader mail: What is that smell in Tompkins Square Park? (April 30) 

• People went nuts for the Nuts Factory opening on 3rd Avenue (April 30) 

• Table Mercato bringing "Boston's best sandwich" to 10th Street (April 29) 

• Step right up: A game show experience is coming to the Bowery (April 29) 

• That Maybach moment on 11th Street, explained (May 2) 

• Signage alert: Olio e Più on 3rd Avenue (April 27) … Art Laboratory Wine Bar at 40 Avenue B (April 27) 

• 6 posts from April (April 30) 

... and CJ Tattoo has decamped from Fourth and C for a new space in Greenpoint ... gone, too, is the Love Zakka Mini Mart that shared the storefront ... (photo by Stacie Joy)...

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From the past week, in which we had three different seasons over seven days. Photo in Tompkins by Stacie Joy

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• Judge pauses the City's East Village intake shelter plan (April 22) … Lawsuit filed to block East Village shelter plan; residents launch petition (April 21) 

• For Two Boots Pizza on Avenue A, a tough slice of reality (April 24) 

• First look at the condoplex that replaced a former synagogue on 4th Street (April 20) 

• A (literal) visit with Anne DeVita (April 23) 

• Landlord: STIK's 'Liberty' mural will remain on 9th Street and Avenue A (April 24)

• Around the clock again: Veselka's weekend overnight service is back (April 20) 

• The Lower East Side Film Festival returns for its 16th edition (April 22) 

• Shut out of Washington Square Park, 4/20 celebration descends on Tompkins (April 20) 

• Report of a roof fire at 433 E. 13th St. (April 21) 

• This car has made the city nearly $10,000 (April 20) 

• The owner of Corner Bistro is opening a licensed cannabis dispensary on 9th Street (April 21) 

• Report: SantaCon fraud charges met with a collective 'shocking, said no one' (April 19) 

• MoRUS is screening films about squatting and housing activism on the Lower East Side (April 21) 
• Art returns to a familiar wall on Avenue C (April 21) 

• New Italian restaurant Prosciutto coming to 9th Street (April 22) 

• From the 1980s to today: Daniel Root's East Village in focus (April 24) 

• Openings: Teriyaki One Japanese Grill on 1st Avenue (April 20) 

• Noted: Please take your rooftop shenanigans elsewhere (April 25)

• Swap at this St. Mark's Place M8 stop: bench replaces leaning bar (April 22) 

... and walking off with a Delancey Street sunset from Friday...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an art-and-perp walk on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg)

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• Residents question city's plan to shift shelter intake to the East Village (April 14) 

• SantaCon president arrested; prosecutors allege misuse of funds (April 15) 

• Phil Hartman on "No Picnic" and capturing a vanishing East Village in the 1980s (April 13) … A "No Picnic" pizza party at Two Boots (April 18) 

• Don't Disturb This Groove: We made a 13-hour Key Food playlist on Spotify (April 15) … Avenue A's Key Food 1980s playlist, explained (sort of) (April 16) 

• For-lease sign arrives at longtime home of Two Boots Pizza on Avenue A — surprising owner, staff (April 17) 

• Ugh, Uggs: Pop-up "newsstand" and a no-photos moment during a photoshoot on Avenue A (April 17) 

• Small-dog run in Tompkins Square Park briefly closed over tree safety concerns (April 15) 

• The end of "Liberty" on 9th and A? (April 17) 

• An a-peel-ing exhibit at Ninth Street Espresso (on 10th Street) (April 18)

• Openings: Whits brings the sliders to St. Mark's Place (April 16) 

• Singapore Social is opening in the former Foul Witch space on Avenue A (April 16) 

• Signed, sealed… not delivered? Warning posted on Avenue B mailbox (April 17) 

• Wall prep on 6th and C (April 12) 

• First sign of Pizza PST on St. Mark's Place (April 16) 

• Closures: Cosmic Cat Cafe on 2nd Street (April 14) 

• Openings: Sweeties Candy NYC on 1st Avenue (April 15) 

• Signage alert: Nuts Factory on 3rd Avenue (April 14) … Fifth Square on 5th Street (April 13) … House of Shawarma on 2nd Avenue (April 13) … Conall’s Public House on 1st Avenue (April 13) 

... ICYMI: The latest mural outside the Second Avenue F stop... art by Sonni... (photo by Stacie Joy)...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a walk along Cooper Union)...

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• Veselka will once again be open around the clock on Fridays and Saturdays (April 9) 

• A look at Cô Lạc, now open at 234 E. Fourth St. (April 9) 

• It's wisteria time on Stuyvesant Street (April 7) 

• Paulie Gee's East Village Slice Shop update: ovens arriving, May opening eyed (April 6) 

• One of the Bowery's most unique storefronts moves to a less-unique space (April 7) 

• 3 music-related books this spring for East Village readers (April 8) 

• A good Friday with Surfbort (April 5) 

• Spring progress in Tompkins (April 10) 

• Xi'an Famous Foods returning to the heart of the East Village (April 6) 

• The fruit vendor of 1st Avenue (and 6th Street) is back (April 8) 

• Signs of the times (and more signs) at 9 Bleecker (April 9) 

• At the opening night of 'Arturo Vega: the merch master' (April 11) 

• Noona’s Ice Cream & Bakeshop has closed on 5th Street (April 8) 

• Proletariat is closing for now on 7th Street (April 7)

• A Sunday shutter for Dim Sum Palace on 2nd Avenue (April 7)

 
• A bad sign at Chef Tan (April 7) 

• Signage alert: Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen NYC on 2nd Avenue (April 8) 

• Openings: Thum Wellness and Spa on 14th Street (April 6) 

• Report: What's next for the office building at 1 St. Mark's Place? (April 5) 

• Another great song from Genre is Death (April 10) 

And thank you to Pat Arnow for this photo — three ospreys perched above their nest across the river from East River Park's amphitheater (usually it's just one or two).

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo along 7th Street at Tompkins)

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• Outdoor dining season returns as curbside setups reappear (March 30) 

• Police searching for suspects in 2nd Avenue carjacking (March 31) 

• Small Village Deli off to a loud start with neighbors (April 1) 

• Cozy Soup 'n' Burger seeks help to stay open on Astor Place (April 2) 

• D.A. Bragg details indictments over alleged gang-related shootings tied to East Village, LES (April 3) 

• After years of complaints, a ruling in tenants' favor on 9th Street (March 31) 

• A new edge in Tompkins Square Park (March 31) 

• Good Friday procession brings Stations of the Cross to East Village streets (April 4) 

• A Keith Haring-inspired Pop Shop tribute on 8th Street (April 2) 

• Openings: Lucky Cafe on Avenue A (April 1) 

• A Nite and Day business brewing on 9th Street (April 2) 

• About photographer Richard Sandler's "The Eyes of the City" pop-up at Abraço (April 4) 

• A moment inside MERV 1 (March 29) 

• Signage alert: Taqueria Emilio on Avenue B (March 31) 

• The Gray Mare has closed; new concept planned for the space (March 30) 

• Crowd lines Avenue A for secret show featuring Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE (April 2)

• 10 years later: Ninth Ward announces itself again on 2nd Avenue (March 30) 

• Reader report: Apna Pind debuts on 4th Street (March 30) 

• EVG highlights from March (March 31) 

• Introducing ChatEVG™ (April Fool's Day) 

... and EVG regular Edmund John Dunn shared this photo from Union Square on Friday... when the line formed for the grand opening of the Uniqlo on 17th and Broadway...