EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a scene from Village East on Second Avenue)...

• Remembering John Penley, photographer and activist of the East Village (Sept. 28) 

• 11th Street e-bike hub faces renewed enforcement (Oct. 1) 

• The East Village of the 1980s, in living color (Sept. 30) 

• New trees, a rain garden and a mini-forest taking root in Tompkins Square Park (Oct. 2) ... Tompkins Square Park officially has a mini forest (Oct. 3)

• East Village author Maureen Johnson finds mystery close to home (Sept. 29) 

• Potenza Centrale has closed on Avenue B (Sept. 28) 

• Fallen trees keep PDT and Crif Dogs closed on St. Mark's Place (Oct. 3)

• Happy 40th to Pangea (Sept. 27) 

• LPC set to revisit new building proposed next to Merchant's House Museum (Sept. 28) 

• New details emerge in Most Holy Redeemer break-in (Sept. 30) 

• Blessing of the Animals returns to Trinity Lower East Side (Oct. 2) 

• Checking in on 20 Blocks on 4th Street (Oct. 1) 

• Show Brain keeps the free shows coming (Oct. 1) 

• Man indicted in QR code parking scam that surfaced in the East Village (Oct. 2) 

• Tipsy Tie Dye bringing some color to Avenue A (Sept. 29) 

• Fluff Club getting unleashed on Avenue B (Sept. 30) 

• ICYMI: Starbucks has left Avenue A and St. Mark's Place (Sept. 29) 

• "The Holes" extends its East Village run (Sept. 28) 

The Duane Reade/Walgreens on Second Street and Avenue B is offering a valuable free service on Thursday afternoon — rapid HIV and syphilis testing. Staff from NYU Langone Health and Bellevue will be on site from 1 to 4 p.m., offering confidential rapid testing as well as connections to PrEP, PEP and other clinical services. The Keith Haring Foundation funds the program. No appointment is needed. (Photo by Stacie Joy)

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a Friday afternoon view of Tompkins Square Park)... Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• Reports: 15-year-old girl dies after truck strikes Citi Bike on 14th Street and 1st Avenue (Sept. 19) 

• Exclusive: New proposal calls for replacing Meltzer Tower (Sept. 18) 

• A colorful comeback on 4th Street (Sept. 16) 

• The Walking Gallery brings art — and protest — to St. Mark's Place (Sept. 15) 

• Rally set for Sunday to help save the AMC Kips Bay 15 (Sept. 18) 

• Celebrating Chet Mazur at Otto's Shrunken Head (Sept. 14) 

• Cannoli believe it: the Feast of San Gennaro turns 100 (Sept. 17) ... At the opening night of the Feast of San Gennaro (Sept. 19) 

• A plea for help along the 14th Street and 1st Avenue corridor (Sept. 14) 

• Community gardens take center stage for the 15th annual Harvest Arts Festival (Sept. 17) 

• Dioramas time: The "Pools" are open on Avenue C (Sept. 18)

• A 6-story Basquiat mural is taking shape on the Bowery (Sept. 16) 

• After a 7-week closure, Salumeria Rosi is back on Avenue B (Sept. 14) 

• A look at the September docket for new liquor licenses in Community Board 3 (Sept. 14) 

• Today in urban etiquette signage (MAN PISS!) (Sept. 17) 

• Openings: Herbie's Burgers on 1st Avenue (Sept. 17) … Flamingos Vintage Pound on 1st Avenue (Sept. 16) 

• A sign of Stickett Inn on 10th Street (Feb. 15) 

• Raccoon patrol on 6th Street (Sept. 13) 

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included... with a last Tribute in Light shot from EVG reader Bettina...

• On 14th Street, Engine 5 remembers those lost on 9/11 (Sept. 11) ... From the East Village Books Poetry Window: World Trade Center (Sept. 11)

• "Locals Only" captures growing up in New York City (Sept. 9) 

• The bar as a neighborhood battleground: Max Wolf Friedlich and Hannah Getts on "The Holes" (Sept. 10) 

• The community fridge outside the Sixth Street Community Center is no more (Sept. 9) 

• NYPD releases photo of suspect in Most Holy Redeemer break-in (Sept. 10) 

• At last, a look at the new 3rd Avenue development (Sept. 8) 

• Community groups urge NYU Langone to preserve Kips Bay AMC and Fairway (Sept. 8) 

• A call to protect the trees outside the former St. Brigid School (Sept. 7) 

• Running with the 95 Bulls in Tompkins Square Park (Sept. 7) 

• Beauty Bar Marks 30 Years (Sept. 10) 

• Half Gallery closes its 4th Street annex (Sept. 8) 

• A brief floral intermission outside Key Food (Sept. 8) 

• Trinity's Churchyard Sessions return for 3 Tuesdays (Sept. 7) 

• Good Time Country Buffet debuts on 1st Avenue (Sept. 10) 

• Summer's parting shot (tip-in edition) (Sept. 7) 

EVG reader David Siegel shares a recent signage reveal over on Waverly between Mercer and Greene, where the latest Apollo Bagels outpost will be (closer to home, they're at 10th Street at First Avenue) 

... and now that summer is winding down, why not toss the artificial Christmas tree ... as seen on 12th Street via Heather Dubin... 

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with comings and goings on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg)...Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• A break-in, an arrest and questions about the system: An East Village resident shares her harrowing story (Sept. 3) 

• Mayor Mamdani joins Lower East Side tribute to Chino Garcia at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (Sept. 1) 

• Elected officials push to keep AMC Kips Bay 15 open (Aug. 31) 

• Continuing the effort to preserve Most Holy Redeemer (Sept. 2) 

• Police search Most Holy Redeemer after reported break-in (Sept. 3) … NYPD sources: There was no bomb or active-shooter threat at Most Holy Redeemer (Sept. 5) 

• Public meeting set on possible Village View parking lot sale (Sept. 3) 

• In search of a monk parakeet (Sept. 1) 

• Salumeria Rosi sets reopening dates on Avenue B (Sept. 2) 

• Scenes from "Independent Thinkers" at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery (Sept. 4)

• Cold comfort at Le Petit Versailles (Aug. 30) 

• Double Zero closes after 12 years on 2nd Avenue (Sept. 2) … 886 has closed on St. Mark's Place (Sept. 1) 

• Tow story (Aug. 30) 

• Why we didn't have coverage of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (Aug. 30) 

• 6 posts from August (Aug. 31) 

... and Shaky Eyez, selling smokes and exotic snacks, debuted this past week to help class up the corner of 14th Street and 1st Avenue... photo by William Klayer...

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a marquee pic from Webster Hall on 11th Street by Stacie Joy) ...

• Long-vacant 2nd Avenue site is under contract for $57M (Aug. 25) 

• Closing credits for AMC Kips Bay 15 (Aug. 25) 

• For Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen, a family story comes to the East Village (Aug. 26) 

• Post postpones closure — "going to outlive all of you!!" (Aug. 24) 

• Sidewalk sheds may be getting a little less permanent (Aug. 24) 

• Indie rock trio pops up in Tompkins Square Park! (Aug. 29) 

• Ravi Coltrane headlines the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park (Aug. 28) 

• From parking to housing: NoHo lot clears major hurdle for 210 new apartments (Aug. 24) 

• Remembering Tim Curry (Aug. 26)

• Special guest correspondent Ali Royals files this report on a Citi Bike pursuit and a fistfight in the middle of Avenue A (Aug. 28) 

• Signs of the Bike Boulevard on Avenue B (Aug. 26) 

• Ankara ends its run on Houston and Orchard (Aug. 27) 

• East Village Queer Film Festival marks 10 years (Aug. 25) 

• A summer afternoon on Avenues for Justice Way (Aug. 25) 

• Mimi Cheng's wraps up 12 years in the East Village next month (Aug. 26) 

• Brazilian restaurant iara bringing Amazon-inspired menu to Allen Street (Aug. 27) 

• Why you'll be seeing a lot of Harry Styles fans in the East Village over the next few months (Aug. 26) 

• We'll always have 14th Street (Aug. 26) 

• Last call for Chopt on Astor Place (Aug. 24) 

• TerraCut to open reformer Pilates studio on East Houston Street (Aug. 27) 

And on Tuesday night, the Empire State Building was lit up in a bright pink sparkle at 9:25 p.m. to honor Dolly Parton... here's a view from Union Square courtesy of EVG reader Deborah Kadetsky...

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a photo of @DoveMother with the pigeons in Tompkins by Derek Berg)...Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• An East Village swimmer completes open-water swimming's Triple Crown (Aug. 20)

• Roadway dining gets a year-round seat at the table (Aug. 18) 

• Chobani House remains quiet on the Bowery (Aug. 17) 

• "A Dream Task": Inside Nico Lou's new Mutt Library at Hancock Cafe (Aug. 19) 

• Never mind the bollards: Clinton Street has a traffic problem (Aug. 18) 

• Former house of worship-turned-condos hit the market on 4th Street (Aug. 17) 

• Nothing "Irregular" about the 2 festival awards for this Sophie’s-set film (Aug. 19) 

• Marc Rebillet was "Outside" today in Tompkins Square Park (Aug. 16) 

• From White Trash to Aliens on 5th Street (Aug. 21) … A final Friday night at White Trash (Aug. 17) 

• "All uses considered" for this prime East Village corner (Aug. 17) 

• Two Lower East Side jazz legends revisit their first collaboration (Aug. 16) 

• "I smell dead things": The plot thins on Avenue A (Aug. 19) 

• "Tony" and a Bourdain East Village flashback (Aug. 20) 

• Bye, bye Blank Street (Aug. 21) 

• Openings: Recente on 2nd Avenue (Aug. 19) 

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a photo of St. Brigid-St Emeric on Eighth and B)... 

• Buyer found for long-vacant Second Avenue development site (Aug. 5) 

• Another location of the Bean closes, leaving 1 East Village outpost (Aug. 6) 

• Repairs continue after water main break at 14th Street and 1st Avenue (Aug. 4) … Water main break floods section of 14th Street and 1st Avenue (Aug. 3) … update (Aug. 8)

• 12 injured in early-morning subway work train fire at Astor Place station (Aug. 4) 

• NY Copy Print & Ship Center has closed after 34 years on 7th Street (Aug. 3) 

• 9 Bleecker St. returns to market with a $6.5 million ask (Aug. 3) 

• At Night Club 101 with Pop Music Fever Dream (Aug. 7)

• Photos: Sunday in Tompkins (Aug. 5)

• ABC No Rio returns to Tompkins Square Park with a free afternoon of music (Aug. 3) 

• Show Brain Fest returns to Tompkins Square Park this weekend (Aug. 7) 

• Flamingos Vintage Pound to open another East Village shop (Aug. 3) 

• Salumeria Rosi eyes Labor Day reopening following building-related damage (Aug. 4) 

• At the Rush pop-up shop on Second Street (Aug. 2) 

• About "Gin Joint," the Apple+ series that filmed in the East Village yesterday (Aug. 6) 

• Scenes from the 46th annual Festival Calle 6 on Avenue D and Sixth Street (Aug. 2) 

• Reminders: "Irregular," filmed at Sophie's, makes its world premiere on Aug. 9 (Aug. 6)

• New innovation hub opens at Jacob Riis Houses (Aug. 5) 

• Signage alert: RedWhite Boneless Ramen on Allen Street (Aug. 5) 

• Across the Pond bringing European bakery and market to 7th Street (Aug. 4) 

• Champions Martial Arts taps out on 11th and C (Aug. 6) 

... and on Avenue A, someone thinks this tag is rather buns ... although we disagree, we do appreciate its usage in this case...

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a start of a fish tale on Third Avenue via Derek Berg). Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• RIP Carlos ‘Chino’ Garcia, co-founder of CHARAS and longtime Lower East Side activist (July 28) 

• Haven Plaza residents rally over response to Legionella concerns (July 31) 

• Shelter intake operations begin on Aug. 1 at two East Village locations (July 31) 

• Petition to preserve Tompkins Square Park fitness area tops 2,000 signatures (July 28) 

• 2 local residents appear in new documentary about Flaco (July 30) 

• A quieter generator arrives at the 9th Precinct (July 29)

 
• Post announces an August close (July 29) 

• Signage alert: Barnes & Noble on Avenue A (July 28) 

• Rush hour on 2nd Street (Aug. 2) 

• Vending machines arrive at the 1st Avenue F station (July 29) 

• A handmade anniversary gift, one chess piece at a time (July 28) 

• Pippy and Star’s Revenge at Tompkins Square Park (July 28) 

• New trash enclosures arrive in Tompkins Square Park (July 27) 

• Openings: Lerivez Coffee on 12th Street (July 27) … Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue (July 27) 

• Temakase Hand Roll Bar has left 2nd Avenue (July 29) 

• 6 posts from July (July 31) 

And King Geronimo in a retro Ken Griffey Jr./Mariners jersey Friday evening on Avenue A and Sixth Street (pic by Stacie Joy)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a random skyline pic). Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• Remembering Chino Garcia (July 26)

• After 31 years, White Trash is closing on 5th Street (July 21) 

• How an East Village resident turns sour cherries into sweet summer jam (July 23) 

• At the last day of REI's flagship NYC store (July 24)

• Barryville General expanding next door on Avenue A with a cafe (July 20) 

• Volunteers honor founders of Backpacks for the Street on the Lower East Side (July 21) 

• Freedom Village gets a colorful new mural from Scooter LaForge (July 20) 

• Plywood arrives at long-vacant lot on 1st Avenue as work begins on new 7-floor building (July 22) 

• An L7 moment at Irving Plaza (July 19) 

• Ladybird announces year-end closing on 7th Street (July 20) 

• Watching the World Cup final (July 19) 

• Scenes from "Smell the Flowers," a 1-night-only East Village art show (July 25) 

• Reader reports: Stickett Inn closes ahead of a move to a new space (July 23) 

• On the rental market: 235 E. 4th St. (July 22) 

• Openings: Two Cookies on 1st Avenue (July 23) … Rollcraft on 10th Street (July 22) … Dim Sum Bloom on 1st Avenue (July 20) 

• A penny for your thoughts? (July 22) 

And seen hanging from the crosswalk on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place (photo by William Klayer)...

Week in Grieview

A$AP Rocky at A1 Records on 6th Street Friday to celebrate SNEEZE Magazine's new issue (he's on the cover that was shot in the shop). Pic by @a1recordshop

• The Aurea: Affordable housing planned for NYPD lot on 5th Street (July 14) 

• The most colorful building in the East Village isn’t permanently turning white (July 16) 

• Rabbit Books and Bar sets opening weekend for July 24-26 on Avenue A (July 16) 

• A look at the July applicants for new liquor licenses within Community Board 3 (July 13) 

• "Irregular," filmed at Sophie's, will make its world premiere next month (July 14) 

• Who is stealing the 'the' from the East Village? (July 15) 

• GonzoFest NYC brings Hunter S. Thompson celebration to Howl! Happening (July 16) 

• "Metal Soul Mercy" returns to the Slipper Room for an encore performance (July 17) 

• ICYMI: Good news for Mee Noodle Shop (July 13) 

• ICYMI: The Swiss Institute closes before opening its new Bowery home (July 15) 

• At Jenkem Magazine's skate block party in Tompkins Square Park (July 12) 

• RIP Hell Ride, now in skateboard heaven (July 14) 

• In viral video, skateboarder and SUV driver scuffle on St. Mark's Place (July 17) 

• Show Brain Sunday (part 1) with Diary, Tea Eater (July 14) 

• First president of japan caps Show Brain show with a joyous set in Tompkins Square Park (July 15) 

• Signage alert: Archives Of Us on 2nd Avenue (July 15) 

• The future condoplex peeks above the plywood on 9th Street and 4th Avenue (July 14) 

And on July 11, the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union marked its 40th anniversary on the NE corner of Avenue B and Third Street with a variety of entertainment ... (photos by Stacie Joy)...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an East River sunset shot via EVG reader Maria Muentes)...

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• Mee Noodle Shop will stay open after all (July 10) 

• Inside Ninth Ward’s 10-year comeback on 2nd Avenue (July 6) 

• Rent hike will close Francis Kite Club on Avenue C (July 10) 

• "Tompkins Trees" at Ninth Street Espresso on 10th Street (July 10) 

• A visit to Wild Sorrel Cookbooks on 13th Street (July 7) 

• A reminder for red-tailed hawk season in Tompkins Square Park (July 7) 

• About TODAY's Show Brain show in Tompkins Square Park (July 11) 

• Taking on Hell Ride (July 8) 

• From the East Village to Kyoto: Masae Satouchi's farewell exhibition (July 8) 

• At Jenkem Magazine's skate block party in Tompkins Square Park (July 12) 

• Scenes from WitchsFest 2026 on Astor Place (July 11) 

• A new book chronicles 10 years of JIM JOE (July 9) 

• ICYMI: The New Museum is offering $10 Fridays this summer (July 10) 

• Signage alert: Herbie's Burgers on 1st Avenue (July 8) 

• Openings: Fifth Square on 5th Street (July 8) 

• For those about to rock: About a new music venue on Bleecker Street (July 10) 

• East Village-based director brings July 9, 1776, to the big screen with the doc "By George" (July 6) 

• A place at the table: EV Grieve joins the Superiority Burger placemat (July 5) 

And EVG reader Francine Lange shared the photo of a "coned" lion in front of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on 10th Street and Second Avenue...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a reminder that it was HOT, via Stacie Joy)...

• Work is underway on Avenue B's permanent Open Street redesign (June 30) 

• The Swiss Institute to leave St. Mark's Place for a permanent home on the Bowery (June 30) 

• One last goodbye to Cozy Soup 'n' Burger (July 1) 

• Checking in on Gizmo (June 30) 

• Damn, I wish I was your lover: Take the EVG Loves Key Food playlist with you this summer (July 3) 

• Leftöver Crack returns to Tompkins Square Park (June 29) 

• Work underway on Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mural on Jimmy Carter Way (June 29) 

• Photos: The Dollheads make their NYC debut in Tompkins Square Park (June 29) 

• NYC activates Heat Emergency Plan as dangerous heat grips the city (July 2) 

• Scenes from the annual Dyke March in Washington Square Park (June 28) 

• Fourth of July (July 4) 

• Dry Dock pool is ready for summer (July 2) 

• The Pizza Pusha says goodbye to 4th Street (July 1) 

• There’s still time to see "Art-Work: Balance" at the Clemente (July 2) 

• 6 posts from June (June 30) 

• More Christmas in June, but not for the usual reason (June 29) 

And one of the faux America 250 ads we spotted on Avenue A (via Winton Tseng)...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week include (with another serene scene from the Avenue A Reflecting Pool)

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• New signs outline upcoming roadway changes for Avenue B (June 22) 

• Generator in use outside the 9th Precinct amid ongoing electrical issues (June 22) 

• March gallery is on the move out of the East Village (June 24) 

• A longtime East Village destination for Japanese antiques is closing (June 22) 

• Photos: The 32nd annual Drag March steps off from Tompkins Square Park (June 27) 

• Tompkins Square mini pool set to open for the season (June 26) 

• Carnitas Ramirez marks 2 years in the East Village (June 24) 

• At the Rebelmaticfest in Tompkins Square Park (June 21) 

• Photos: The Dollheads make their NYC debut in Tompkins Square Park (June 28) 

• B&H Dairy is on its annual summer break (June 25) 

• 16 Handles has a new 2nd Avenue home (June 23) 

• 87 1st Ave. is for sale (June 24) 

• No Picnic’ starting its 11th week at the Film Forum (June 26) 

• Tom Verlaine’s record collection is going on sale (June 25) 

• It’s June 26, and Halloween has arrived at the East Village Target (June 26) 

• Has the smoke-shop hydra finally met its match at 166 Avenue B? (June 24) 

• Signage arrives for ‘Slam Frank’ at the Orpheum Theatre (June 23) 

• A new omakase spot is in soft-open mode on Avenue B (June 22) 

... and safe travels for anyone traveling this upcoming holiday week... here's a photo from our trip to East Houston Street and the FDR on Wednesday night...