Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo yesterday on Second Avenue by Cynthia Reynolds)... 

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• Stella Soltowska, a fixture at Ray's Candy Store since 1977, has died (Dec. 26) 

• On Christmas Eve morning, ICE agents take East Village restaurant worker into custody on 7th Street (Dec. 24) 

• RIP Stanislawa "Anna" Sulkowska (Dec. 23) 

• NYC retrospective for the late No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe opens Jan. 3 at Metrograph (Dec. 23) 

• NYPD makes an arrest in the hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian on Clinton and Stanton (Dec. 22) 

• Openings: Barryville General on Avenue A (Dec. 22) ... Burgerhead on 2nd Avenue (Dec. 22)

• A ghostly parade for long-lost local music venues (Dec. 26) 

• ICYMI: Fire disrupts operations at Norwich Meadows Farm, a Tompkins Greenmarket regular (Dec. 26)

• The former Rite Aid is looking more like a grocery store every day (Dec. 22) 

• Signage alert: Matcha and coffee for 68 Avenue A (Dec. 22) 

• About the next MulchFest in Tompkins Square Park (Dec. 21) 

• Scenes of the season, lately (Dec. 25) 

• Waiting the whole year to toss your 2024 Christmas tree (Dec. 24)

And thanks to the excellent editorial team at The City for the EVG anniversary shout-out this past week...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a post-Sunday-snowfall pic in Tompkins by Stacie Joy)

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• Timeline for reopening northern section of East River Park pushed to end of 2027 (Dec. 16) 

• SantaCon 2025 recap: A quieter crawl through the East Village? (Dec. 15) 

• Mark Bittman’s Community Kitchen wraps up Lower East Side pilot (Dec. 17) 

• Scenes from the 34th annual Tompkins Square Park tree lighting (Dec. 14) 

• Marky Ramone visits ¡Adios Amigos! for Bowery Beat coffee launch (Dec. 15) 

• Afterword Bookshop debuts on 6th Street (Dec. 13) 

• Art where you can find it (Dec. 19) 

• The final Saturdays of Bluestockings (Dec. 19) 

• The secret life of Key Food’s holiday decorations (Dec. 17) 

• PureGym officially takes over Blink Fitness (Dec. 15) 

• Signage alert: Justin’s Salt Bread on 2nd Avenue (Dec. 16) 

• A coffee shop percolating for 22 St. Mark’s Place (Dec. 17) 

• UZ Grill House, in grand-opening mode, has not been opening lately (Dec. 17) 

• The former Spice Brothers space is for rent on St. Mark’s Place (Dec. 19) 

• EVG turns 18 (Dec. 21)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo Tuesday from Tompkins Square Park) 

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• Trinity’s SAFH launches winter coat drive (Dec. 10) 

• East Village venue Drom hopes to keep its beat alive with a 2-night fundraiser (Dec. 8) 

• Residents push to save historic Most Holy Redeemer church (Dec. 9)

• Invader’s Lou Reed mosaic was stolen — an East Village resident brought it back as a wheatpaste (Dec. 10) 

• Residents say ‘do not disturb’ to Holiday Inn rooftop bar proposal on the Lower East Side (Dec. 8) 
• Afterword Bookshop debuts on Sixth Street (Dec. 13) 

• About the ‘Vape TY Deposit Box’ on 6th Street (Dec. 12) 

• At the Romy & Michele Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance at Club Cumming (Dec. 12)

• La Salle Academy unveils NBA-designed court at its newly dedicated Dan Buckley Memorial Gymnasium (Dec. 10) 

• Bluestockings Cooperative hosting final closing sale Saturdays through December (Dec. 12) 

• First frost fallout on 1st Avenue (Dec. 7) 

• Turns out Green Line’s latest ‘shutdown’ on Avenue B was self-inflicted: Witnesses (Dec. 7) 

• Lori Jayne moves out of the Time Out Market on 14th Street (Dec. 9) … Smashed Express moves into the Time Out Market (Dec. 10) 

• Soft openings: Himawari Café on 1st Ave. (Dec. 8) 

• New Korean–Italian restaurant seeking beer & wine license at former Black Seed bagels space (Dec. 8) 

• Another short-lived stint on St. Mark’s: Chocolate DIP appears to have closed (Dec. 8) 

 ... and life imitates art on Second Avenue (photo by Derek Berg)...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a street scene from 7th Street at Avenue B)

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• When is the tree lighting in Tompkins Square Park this year? (Dec. 1) 

• 2nd man sentenced for East Village assault spree that included Ray’s Candy Store (Dec. 4) 

• Neighbors to rally Sunday to protect Most Holy Redeemer Church (Dec. 6) 

• A new chapter on Avenue A: Café-bookstore proposed for the former 7-Eleven (Dec. 4) 

• Harvey Epstein sworn in as City Council District 2 representative (Dec. 4) 

• Why neighborhood staple Casa Adela will be closed this week (Dec. 1) 

• Cookie Walk returns — with a centennial twist (Dec. 3) 

• Holidays at Metrograph (Dec. 5) 

• Bill Rice’s East Village on view uptown (Dec. 2) 

• The Brant Foundation to host major Keith Haring exhibition next spring on 6th Street (Dec. 2) 

• A sauna-and-cold-plunge pop-up returns to La Plaza Cultural this weekend (Dec. 5) 

• Behold the last full moon of 2025, as seen from Tompkins Square Park (Dec. 4)

• Openings: Godunk on the Bowery (Dec. 3) 

• Surprise Scoop closing on 1st Avenue; skewer concept next? (Dec. 4) … Game over for 8-Bit Bites on 2nd Avenue (Dec. 1) 

• Top Secret Comedy Club makes its U.S. debut on Avenue A (Dec. 1) 

Week in Grieview

Post this past week included (with enough trees at Key Food for everyone to have two)... 

• City Council weighs big roadway-dining changes; opponents cry bill-burying (Monday) 

• A standing-ovation moment: The wild project now owns its longtime East Village home (Monday) 

• A look at '50 Years of PUNK,' opening at the Ki Smith Gallery (Friday)

• Harvey Epstein, Loisaida Center team up for 2,600-meal Thanksgiving giveaway (Wednesday) 

• Former Bluestockings space now on the market on Suffolk Street (Friday) 

• Evil Katsu announces Dec. 14 closure (Tuesday) 

• Poco is now closed for good, though freebies remain (Friday) 

• Under-renovation former Rite Aid on 1st Avenue now with plywood (Tuesday)

• Fresh paint at First Street Green Art Park (Wednesday) 

• Signage alert: Tipsy Village on Allen Street (Monday) 

• Pig & Butter is moving from Avenue B to Montclair, N.J. (Tuesday) 

• Poetic justice: 6th Street building calls out a 'package-stealing fuck' (Sunday) 

• Openings: S&S Bliss on 3rd Street (Monday)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a Friday night photo on Avenue A by Stacie Joy) 

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• Opening the Edge: A new green space for residents along Avenue D (Monday, Nov. 17) 

• Long-delayed Canal Street redesign up for discussion Monday night (Friday, Nov. 21)

• At the grand opening of Banshee (Tuesday, Nov. 18) 

• Green Line busted again on Avenue B — third time since April (Tuesday, Nov. 18) 

• What's next for the Soda Club space on Avenue B (Thursday, Nov. 20) 

• Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins was the guest on Monday for the Reading at the Parkside Lounge series. (Monday, Nov. 17)

• Ground-floor retail now leasing at The Houston (on Houston) (Monday, Nov. 17) 

• Retail condo at former Streit's site hits the auction block (Tuesday, Nov. 18) 

• New menu alert outside Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen on 7th Street (Saturday, Nov. 21) 

• Cancel This Show!': Artists take aim at repression in new exhibit at the Clemente (Wednesday, Nov. 13) 

• The openings, reopenings and temp closures on one stretch of 1st Avenue (Tuesday, Nov. 18) 

• A bar proposal emerges for the former Petco Unleashed space on 2nd Avenue (Thursday, Nov. 20) 

• Signage alert: Slik, a Copenhagen-inspired candy and soft-serve shop on 12th Street (Monday, Nov. 17) 

• Yubu hasn't been opening lately (Thursday, Nov. 20) 

• Openings: Boongs Grab & Go on 3rd Avenue (Thursday, Nov. 20) … Oddball on Avenue B (Thursday, Nov. 20) 

• Thirty Love Sports & Leisure calls game over (Thursday, Nov. 20) 

... and on Wednesday night, East Village resident Sarah Batchu kicked off her bid for New York Assembly in District 74 at the Phoenix on 13th Street (photo by Stacie Joy) ...

Batchu, a former aide to Mayor de Blasio, was second to Harvey Epstein in the final round of ranked-choice voting for the City Council District 2 seat in June. Now she has a chance to take Epstein's slot in the Assembly representing the 74th District.

Also running in the special election: term-limited City Council Member Keith Powers ... Democratic socialist Josh Arnon ... and community leader Kevin O'Keefe. 

According to City & State, the special election will take place in early 2026, though the date has not yet been set.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Steven of the resident red-tailed hawks lounging atop Most Holy Redeemer).

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• Jazz landmark alert: The Charlie Parker Residence is for sale on Avenue B (Monday, Nov. 10) 

• Glitter, Grover and good stories: Drag Artists for Expression NYC returns to the Tompkins Square Library (Thursday, Nov. 13) 

• About Banshee, the Irish-leaning bar debuting on 1st Avenue (Wednesday, Nov. 12)

• Signage alert: Afterword Bookshop on 6th Street (Wednesday, Nov. 12) 

• About the new development coming to 20 Great Jones St. (Monday, Nov. 10) 

• Openings: B-Side on Avenue C (Friday, Nov. 14) 

The Tacos Nachos truck on 7th and B (Saturday, Nov. 15) 

• Group show 'Persevere' featured now at Theater for the New City (Tuesday, Nov. 11) 

• TikTok-famous dancers up next at the Orpheum Theatre on 2nd Avenue (Thursday, Nov. 13) 

• No water on 7th Street (but plenty of DEP notices from the de Blasio era) (Monday, Nov. 10) 

• If it's the middle of November, then it must be time for Christmas trees at Whole Foods Market® Bowery (Friday, Nov. 14) 

• The Marshal takes legal possession of Baar Baar on 1st Street (Thursday, Nov. 13) 

• A cafe for 206 E. 6th St. (Monday, Nov. 10) 

• B&H Barber Shop makes the cut on Avenue A (Monday, Nov. 10) 

• This evening in news alerts (Wednesday, Nov. 12) 

• A 'Furious' week on Avenue A (Monday, Nov. 10) 

• The Union Square Holiday Market opens (gulp) this week (Monday, Nov. 10) 

... and William Klayer shared this photo from last night around 10:30 on Ninth Street at Second Avenue. The Citizen app reports that this was a hit-and-run collision that injured three people. A cyclist is also believed to have "crashed into a vehicle." No further information is available at this time.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo outside New York Theatre Workshop by Derek Berg) 

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• Guilty plea announced in 2023 assault spree that included attack outside Ray’s Candy Store (Monday, Nov. 3) 

• Cauz for Pawz has opened in its new home on Avenue B (Wednesday, Nov. 5)

• Planned Parenthood closes its Manhattan Health Center on Bleecker Street (Wednesday, Nov. 5) 

• ABC No Rio’s new building reaches the top on the Lower East Side (Monday, Nov. 3) 

• Another collision on Avenue A: Car slams into 2A (Wednesday, Nov. 5) 

• Election Day 2025 (Wednesday, Nov. 5) 

• Scenes from the final Show Brain concert of 2025 in Tompkins Square Park (Sunday, Nov. 2) 

• After years of dormancy, activity stirs again at 89 1st Ave. (Wednesday, Nov. 5) 

• A look at "Loose Change" at C-Squat (Saturday, Nov. 8)

• Another unlicensed smoke shop shuttered after multiagency raid on Avenue B (Friday, Nov. 7) 

• A bold Merlot theft on Halloween night with notes of mischief (Monday, Nov. 3) 

• Friday night’s full moon over 2nd Avenue, plus talk of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (Saturday, Nov. 8)

• Ramen by Ra returning with a reservation-only space on 1st Street (Wednesday, Nov. 5) 

• Pecking order on St. Mark’s Place (Tuesday, Nov. 4)

• 2 films to see with East Village connections — "Bunny" and "Peter Hujar's Day" (Friday, Nov. 7) 

... and even if you don't see "Peter Hujar's Day," we highly recommend the book the film was based on...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a late-afternoon view from Tompkins Square Park)

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• Splints, Scotch tape, and a very determined sunflower on 1st Avenue (Wednesday, Oct. 29) 

• A look at the new housing for Barrier Free Living on 2nd Street (Monday, Oct. 27) 

• Man indicted for random slashing last October on Astor Place (Monday, Oct. 27)

• About Thursday night’s collision on 4th Street and Avenue A (Friday, Oct. 31)

• Search & Destroy is still Search & Destroy on St. Mark’s Place; plus, free babies (Tuesday, Oct. 28) 

• About the cardboard graveyard outside Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday, Oct. 28) 

• Tis the season at Trash & Vaudeville (Wednesday, Oct. 29) 

• Halloween in the East Village (Daytime) … (Nighttime)

• The horror! The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black in Tompkins Square Park (Sunday, Oct. 26) 

• Nai to close on Nov. 8 after 15 years in the East Village (Thursday, Oct. 30) 

• Closings: Paradis To Go on 4th Avenue (Monday, Oct. 27) 

• Spider-Man takes a wall on Avenue A (Monday, Oct. 27) 

• Farewell to NYC Convenience Gifts (and the hot nuts) (Wednesday, Oct. 29) 

• Saba Candy & Grocery opens on Avenue B (Thursday, Oct. 30) 

• Signage alert: UZ Grill House on 1st Avenue (Thursday, Oct. 30) … Top Secret on Avenue A (Monday, Oct. 27) 

• Today in ads for Chanel on Astor Place (Tuesday, Oct. 28) 

• ‘Ginger Twinsies’ ends its run at the Orpheum Theatre (Tuesday, Oct. 28) 

And a look at the infamously mucky tree well on Avenue A near Sixth Street after Thursday's downpour. No additional activity was observed here this past week following Monday's soil testing. Pic by Stacie Joy.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo on Avenue A by Stacie Joy)

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• Giving thanks: A final word on the stranded East River Park squirrels (Wednesday, Oct. 22) 

• Great Jones Street co-named in honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Wednesday, Oct. 22) … ‘Samo Lives’ in Tompkins today (Monday, Oct. 20) 

• After 16 years, Poco is closing on Avenue B and 3rd Street (Monday, Oct. 20) 

• Photos along 14th Street from the ‘No Kings’ protest (Sunday, Oct. 19)

• At the 35th edition of the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade (Monday, Oct. 20) 

• Meow Mix returns (for a few nights) to the Lower East Side (Wednesday, Oct. 22) … Cynthia Nixon and Zohran Mamdani dropped by the Meow Mix reunion last night (Saturday, Oct. 25)

• Looking for what’s next at the former Rite Aid on 1st Avenue (Tuesday, Oct. 21) 

• About a new art show — at a laundromat on 5th Street (Sunday, Oct. 19) 

• All the vendors have left The Bowery Market; future new development in the works? (Thursday, Oct. 23) 

• Free compost giveaway in Tompkins Square Park this Sunday (Thursday, Oct. 23) 

• Housing lottery underway at 644 E. 14th St. (Tuesday, Oct. 21) 

• Marufuku Ramen closes on 2nd Avenue (Monday, Oct. 20) … Japan’s Taishoken Ramen opening 1st NYC location at 92 2nd Ave. (Tuesday, Oct 21) 

• A Brussels-based nut-butter coffee bar is opening on the Bowery (Thursday, Oct. 23) 

• Signage alert: Coffee Roastery + Workshop on 14th Street (Monday, Oct. 20) 

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an early am view along 10th Street and Tompkins)... 

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• Work stops, plans change for new building on 1st Avenue and 2nd Street (Monday, Oct. 13) 

• Stepping into her power: East Village native Laurice Fox brings Big Foot Energy home (Thursday, Oct. 16) 

• Owner of former P.S. 64 shares first public comments on building's future (Wednesday, Oct. 15) 

• Revisiting Britain's late-night weirdness at Various/Artists on the Lower East Side (Tuesday, Oct. 14) 

• CB3 to consider street co-namings honoring Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Jack Kirby (Tuesday, Oct. 14) 

• The last of the East Village Juice Press outposts has closed (Monday, Oct. 13) 

• These East Village streets will be closed Sunday for the Halloween Dog Parade (Friday, Oct. 17)

• Openings: Shifka on the Bowery (Tuesday, Oct. 14) … Zesty Tabbouleh on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday, Oct. 14) 

• ICYMI: Time Out Market debuts on 14th Street (Sunday, Oct. 12)

• On the CB3 SLA docket in October: A country buffet from the C as in Charlie and Kisa team (Wednesday, Oct. 15) … Former Good Beer space on 9th Street may yield a cafe-bar (Monday, Oct. 13) 

• The Sabieng Thai won't be reopening; Nounou Noodle Bar on the way (Thursday, Oct. 17) 

• Cue the next track: Hi-Note bids farewell (for now) on Avenue B (Wednesday, Oct. 15) 

• The Bowery gears up for more core work (Thursday, Oct. 17) 

• Signage alert: QQ Nails & Spa on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday, Oct. 15) 

... and crews for the Baquiat biopic "Samo Lives" will try again tomorrow after last Monday's rainout (post here). Tomorrow's weather doesn't look much more promising than Oct. 13...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a 2nd Avenue sky view via Olivia Coffey)

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• Sixth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D to be co-named Jimmy Carter Way (Monday, Oct. 6) … Here’s Jimmy Carter Way (Tuesday, Oct. 7) 

• Fundraiser launched for man seriously injured in 9th Street fall (Tuesday, Oct. 7)

• Family affair: 30 Years of Exit9 on Avenue A (Thursday, Oct. 9)

• New interactive map helps tenants check for lead risks in their buildings (Wednesday, Oct. 8) 

• First wave of artists announced for the 2026 New Colossus Festival (Thursday, Oct. 9) 

• Save these election 2025 dates (Sunday, Oct. 5) 

• Workers clear out Chris French Cleaners as demolition looms for corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street (Monday, Oct. 6) 

• Harvey Epstein seeks feedback on the future of the large dog run in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday, Oct. 8) 

• Meet Rhaenys, the new kitty at MJay Convenience (Wednesday, Oct. 8) 

• You’ll hardly recognize the former Crocodile Lounge on 14th Street (Monday, Oct. 6)

• Picture this: A museum devoted to vintage photobooths opening in the Lower East Side (Thursday, Oct. 9) 

• Check out the first video from local Band Tough Darlings (Friday, Oct. 10) 

• A supermoon warmup (Monday, Oct. 6) 

• Signage alert: Jungle Bowls on 6th Street (Wednesday, Oct. 8) 

• Kobano has not been open lately on the Bowery (Monday, Oct. 6) 

• ICYMI: Diorama season! Miniature magic returns to the corner of 9th Street and Avenue C (Saturday, Oct. 4) 

And this week in product placement at Pillow-Cat Books on Ninth Street... pic by Eve Smith...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo yesterday from Tompkins Square Park)

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• Corner Bistro debuts on Avenue A (Monday, Sept. 29) 

• The East Village photographer behind a new David Bowie book (Tuesday, Sept. 30) 

• Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade returns for its 35th year on Oct. 19 (Friday, Oct. 3) 

• Surprise! 10-story condo planned at the former home of Chris French Cleaners (Monday, Sept. 29) 

• Pierogi Day returns to East Village Meat Market on Oct. 11 (Friday, Oct. 3) 

• City Fun expands into new 2-story space on 1st Avenue (Friday, Oct. 3) 

• Worker-stewards push back after Bluestockings’ abrupt closure (Thursday, Oct. 2) 

• The return of Hitchcocktober at the Village East by Angelika (Sunday, Sept. 28)

• Diorama season! Miniature magic returns to the corner of 9th Street and Avenue C (Saturday, Oct. 4) 

• Catching up with Bella McFadden of iGirl (Wednesday, Oct. 1) 

• The Starbucks on 1st Avenue and 13th Street has closed (Monday, Sept. 29) 

• Vendors say goodbye to The Bowery Market (Wednesday, Oct. 1) 

• Happy trails, Mayor Adams (Sunday, Sept. 28) 

• Closings: Chakra on 5th Street (Wednesday, Oct. 1) … Hubani on 1st Avenue (Monday, Sept. 29) 

• Openings: Seald Cafe on 9th Street (Wednesday, Oct. 1) 

• 6 posts from September (Tuesday, Sept. 30) 

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a shot of Friday's sunrise by Jeanne Krier) 

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• Remembering Yuji Umeki, owner of Search & Destroy and Kenka on St. Mark’s Place (Monday, Sept. 22)

• Concern for the squirrels stranded in the East River Park construction zone (Monday, Sept. 22) 

• Most Holy Redeemer parishioners bring their petition to St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Tuesday, Sept. 23) 

• After 26-plus years, Bluestockings says goodbye on the Lower East Side (Tuesday, Sept. 24) 

• A bit of preservation amid the East River Park demolition (Wednesday, Sept. 24)

• City to celebrate opening of East River Park at Corlears Hook (Saturday, Sept. 27)

• Checking out a new video from local band Skorts (Friday, Sept. 26)

• Signage alert: Shifka on the Bowery (Monday, Sept. 22)

• Law enforcement targets Green Line on Avenue B; tickets issued, shop sealed (Wednesday, Sept. 24) 

• PayOMatic checks out of Houston Street — and elsewhere (Wednesday, Sept. 24) 

• A new barber shop for Avenue A (Monday, Sept. 22) 

• Summer’s parting shots (Sunday, Sept. 21)

... and an EVG reader shared this from Friday on Avenue C... save the robot!