Week in Grieview

Posts this past week include (with a photo along 1st Avenue last night, where the snow banks persist)

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• An immigration detention, a waiting room, a family in limbo (Feb. 9) 

• End of an Avenue B era for Gruppo as it will relocate to the Bowery in March (Feb. 10) 

• New 9-story development proposal raises alarms next to Merchant's House (Feb. 10) 

• 25-story residential building in the works for the NW corner of the Bowery and Great Jones (Feb. 11) 
• Financing secured for major upgrades at Campos Plaza II (Feb. 12) 

• RIP Fred Smith (Feb. 8) 

• Earth School community march calls for protection of immigrant families (Feb. 10) 

• Soft openings: Much Obliged on Avenue B (Feb. 12) 

• New signs up as Metro Acres Market nears opening on 1st Avenue and 5th Street (Feb. 9) 

• Sephora announces itself on the gateway to the East Village (Feb. 14) 

• Former Chris French Cleaners space wrapped for demolition (Feb. 11) 

• What's going on with Chomp Chomp? (Feb. 13) 

• A band playing New Colossus Festival: Loveletter (Feb. 13)

 

• Closures: Village Cafe & Grill on 4th Street (Feb. 10) 

• Signage alert: Stackie Doughnuts on Avenue A (Feb. 9) 

• A new era for Baohaus on St. Mark's Place (Feb. 9) 

• Brooklyn Dumpling Shop closes flagship East Village location (Feb. 12) 

... and something we hadn't noticed atop the First Park kiosk — a Christmas rat. God Bless Us, everyone! (Thanks to EVG reader Taz Urnov for the photo!)       

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo of the Griswold Family Truckster snowed-in on Houston).

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• NYPD arrests suspect in reported rape of teen in Stuy Town (Feb. 3) 

• Immigration-related memorial vandalized outside St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery (Feb. 2) … and again (Feb. 5)

• Remembering East Village artist Philip Van Aver (Feb. 4) 

• Your turn to weigh in on Tompkins Square Park's next round of upgrades (Feb. 3) 

• Openings: Salumeria Rosi on Avenue B (Feb. 2) 

• TDA ushers in a new era at Night Club 101 (Feb. 5)

• Progress report: Metro Acres Market build-out continues (Feb. 2) … and a signage update (Feb. 7)

• A band playing the New Colossus Festival: Dallas Love Field (Feb. 6) 

• Signs of Valentine's Day (pizza) in the East Village (Feb. 4) 

• Signage alert: Much Obliged on Avenue B (Feb. 5) 

• Deli in the works for 5th and B (Feb. 3) 

• Flooding forces temporary closure of Avenue B Duane Reade (Feb. 1) 

• On St. Mark's Place, Moody Tongue will house Tokyo-based Pizza Studio Tamaki (Feb. 2) 

And a moment with Sarah Silverman on the Bowery the other day... photo by Derek Berg...

Week in Grieview

Post this past week included (with a photo from St. Mark's Place — Physical Snowffiti? (sorry) — from Friday night).

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• Remembering longtime East Village resident Mary Buchen (Jan. 28) … and Mac McGill (Jan. 30) 

• Redesign in the works for the Tompkins Square Park mini pool (Jan. 27) 

• Crowdfunding effort moves to guard a tree around Tompkins Square Park (Jan. 28) 

• Where to find an official Warming Center close to the East Village (Jan. 29) 

• Local scenes from a day of "no work, no school, no shopping" (Jan. 30) 

• Something from nothing: A new coffee shop, Gnihton, opens on 11th Street (Jan. 29)

• It snowed! (Jan. 25) 

• Construction watch: 231 Bowery (Jan. 28) 

• Signage alert: Buena Vista on the NE corner of 2nd Avenue and 5th Street (Jan. 30) 

• Did you know? There's a Pizza Hut on the Lower East Side now (Jan. 28) 

• The East River shows off a rare winter look (Jan. 27) 

• New igloo to market? This deal won't last! (Jan 27) 

And thanks to all the EVG readers who shared snow pics this past week... here's one from EV resident Heather Dubin from Washington Square Park... dog sledding!

Week in Grieview

Posts this week included (with a photo from St. Mark's and 3rd Avenue) 

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• D.A. Bragg announces guilty plea in fatal East Village stabbing spree on 14th Street (Jan. 23) 

• Most Holy Redeemer hit with DOB ‘failure to maintain’ violation (Jan. 19) … Most Holy Redeemer briefly reopens for Mass honoring longtime parishioner (Jan. 18) 

• A visit to Afterword Bookshop on 6th Street (Jan. 21) 

• Paulie Gee tells us more about his slice shop opening on 1st Avenue in the East Village (Jan. 20) 

• Report of a fire at 325 E. 12th St. (Jan. 24)

• The 2nd Avenue/2nd Street lot saga may have a new chapter (Jan. 20) 

• ‘The Big Johnson’ brings an East Village legend to the Quad Cinema (Jan. 22) 

• Today in gushers on 1st Avenue at 14th Street (Jan. 23) 

• The Village East marquee goes full Oscar mode (plus some $5 seats) (Jan. 23) 

• Reaching the top of the parking-garage-replacing condoplex on 9th Street (Jan. 20) 

• New construction remains paused at 88 E. 2nd St. (Jan. 22) 

• Passengers now have leaning rails at these East Village bus stops (Jan. 18) 

• We’re still wondering about the brief, mysterious reopening of Burgers on B (Jan. 21) 

• ICYMI: Wayne & Sons has left the East Village for Williamsburg (Jan. 22) 

• Kissaki has closed on the Bowery (Jan. 22) 

• Signage alert: NYC Convenience on Avenue A (Jan. 22) … Baba Doner on Avenue A (Jan. 21) … SKWR on 1st Avenue (Jan. 20) 

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with neon nights on St. Mark's Place) ...

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• A look inside the sidewalk stations that test the East Village's drinking water (Jan. 14) 

• D.A.'s office announces indictment in fatal hit-and-run last month on Clinton and Stanton (Jan. 14) 

• Community gathers at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery for a "Vigil of Lament and Hope" (Jan. 13) 

• Inside the film 'Irregular,' a love letter to Sophie's (Jan. 13) 

• A ‘cleanup only’ operation on 11th Street and 1st Avenue (Jan. 17) 

• Petition seeks to rename Tompkins Square Park skate area for Harold Hunter (Jan. 14)

• Paulie Gee’s appears headed for former Dunkin’ space on 1st Avenue (Jan. 13) 

• Most Holy Redeemer briefly reopens for Mass honoring longtime parishioner (Jan. 18) 

• From Katinka to a back entrance on 9th Street (Jan. 12) 

• ICYMI: Tom Verlaine's Downtown legacy enters the New York Public Library (Jan 15) 

• Signage alert: Drāvida Indian Diaspora by Chef Aarthi Sampath (Jan. 15) … Mag New York City on Avenue A (Jan. 15) … Visit Sicily NYC on 7th Street (Jan. 12) 

• Emmy Squared is now temporarily closed for a construction "glow-up" (Jan. 13) 

• Taverna East Village has been closed now for 13 months (Jan. 12) 

• Original 16 Handles outpost closes ahead of move to new 2nd Avenue home (Jan. 12) 

• Saba Candy & Groceries comes and goes on Avenue B (Jan. 15) 

• $1 slice Pizza Hub up next at 59 First Ave. (Jan. 12) 

• At Mulchapalooza 2026 (Jan. 10) 

... and a few things... this is not actually a warning about tagging the gate at 2 St. Mark's Place, but rather an ad for the new A$AP Rocky record, Don't Be Dumg, that was released on Friday (H/T Justin) ...

... and workers removed the plywood from the former Rite Aid on First Avenue and Fifth Street — soon to be home to a Metro Acres Market, as we reported here. (Photo by Stacie Joy)...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo last night outside Sophie's, 507 E. Fifth St.)

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• An update on Evelyn, the East Village restaurant worker arrested by ICE agents on Christmas Eve (Jan. 5)

• Vigil planned for Renee Nicole Good at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (Jan. 9) 

• Punjabi Grocery and Deli is back, serving on 1st Street (Jan. 8) … Punjabi Grocery and Deli hasn't been open in weeks, and people are starting to worry (Jan. 5) 

• Bowery Electric space to reopen as the Bowery Palace; Jesse Malin up first in new theater (Jan. 8) 

• Veselka looks to add full liquor license at longtime East Village home (Jan. 6) 

• The classic Japanese restaurant Beron Beron has closed on 1st Avenue (Jan. 5) 

• Sole focus: At the opening night of 'Feet Pics' at Ruby/Dakota on 2nd Street (Jan. 10) 

• Activity at a historic 2nd Avenue address (Jan. 7) 

• Ahead of its opening, Lazy Bulldog brings Turkish coffee to this 6th Street stoop (Jan. 7) 

• '50 Years of PUNK' this January (Jan. 6)

• CBGB audio doc gets another spin on WBAI (Jan. 4) 

• Reading the signs: An art show opens at Psychic Readings on 5th Street (Jan. 4) 

• The Parks Department will be mulch obliged if you bring your Christmas tree to Tompkins this weekend (Jan. 9) ... At Mulchapalooza 2026 (Jan. 10) 

• What will be the 12th establishment in 12 years for 334 Bowery? (Jan 6) 

• First signs of retail (Sephora) life at 1 St. Mark's Place (Jan. 6) 

• After raids, fines and silence, is Green Line finally done on Avenue B? (Jan. 8) 

• The retail space at 95 2nd Ave. is for rent (Jan. 5) 

 .... and the liquor store on the NE corner of Avenue A and Fourth Street went under new ownership earlier last year... the temp signage for Avenue A Liquor & Wine arrived on Friday (thanks, William Klayer, for the photo). It's no Fine Wines & Champagne's!

Week in Grieview

From a holiday week with fewer posts than usual … with an NYE  photo on 1st Avenue by Derek Berg

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• Stella of Ray's Candy Store, remembered by the neighborhood (Dec. 29) 

• Metro Acres Market confirmed for former East Village Rite Aid (Dec. 30) 

• Bands we like: Homade (Jan. 2) 

• Reading the signs: An art show opens at Psychic Readings on 5th Street (Jan. 4) 

• Openings: Justin’s Salt Bread on 2nd Avenue (Jan. 2) … Moon Coffee Lab on 1st Street (Dec. 29) 

• A hazy shade of winter in Tompkins Square Park (Dec. 29) 

• A December EVG recap (Dec. 30) 

• The most-viewed EVG stories of 2025 (Dec. 31) 

... and an NYE photo on St. Mark's Place via EVG reader Jason D. Newton...

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.