Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Derek Berg of an incredible NYC tattoo in Tompkins Square Park)... 

• The entire northern section of East River Park, including the running track, closes on Sept. 8 (Wednesday, Aug. 14) 

• Michael Lydon, a longtime East Village resident, musician, author and rock journalist, died on July 30. He was 82. (Monday, Aug. 11)

• The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival returns to Tompkins Square Park this Aug. 24 (Tuesday, Aug. 12)

• Video: Fight spills onto the tracks at 1st Avenue L stop (Monday, Aug. 11)

• Summer road trips: Genre Is Death and Lydia Lunch at TV Eye (Saturday, Aug. 16)

• A look at the coming-soon Corner Bistro (Monday, Aug. 11)

• A rare look inside the Basilio Scientific School Association on Avenue B (Thursday, Aug. 14)

• This week in Dodging film crews (Monday, Aug. 11)

• Openings: Baos & Bowls on 13th Street (Monday, Aug. 11) … Gelatin Labs on 1st Street (Wednesday, Aug. 13)

• Croc stump tree well gets a refresh on Avenue A (Tuesday, Aug. 12 … Friday, Aug. 15)

• Where gallery meets shop: A look at 'Art Bodega' on 3rd Street (Wednesday, Aug. 13) 

• Owners of C as in Charlie and Kisa ink lease at former Ferns space on 1st Avenue (Wednesday, Aug. 13) 

• This might be the First great deli name we've seen in a while (Wednesday, Aug. 13) 

 ... and we received an explanation about the tagging at the two for-lease storefronts at 106 Avenue B near Seventh Street ...

Per a reader: "This wasn't just tagging, there was a full-ass art gallery show happening the night of Aug 8th with photographs, shirts with art drawn on them, etchings, and zines all on the wall."

H/T Stacie Joy

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Posts this past week included (with an early morning look at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery).

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• Remembering Oswald "Ozzie" Rodriguez Jr. at LaMama (Tuesday, Aug. 5)

• At the opening of Lidl on the Lower East Side (Monday, Aug. 4)

• Report: 1 of the young hawks from Tompkins Square Park has died (Thursday, Aug. 7)

• Historic 9 Bleecker St. has a new owner (Wednesday, Aug. 6) 

• See some free live music this weekend in Tompkins Square Park at the Show Brain Festival (Thursday, Aug. 7) … More portraits of bands playing the Show Brain stage in Tompkins Square Park (Friday, Aug. 8)

• Photos from the Tompkins Square Park riot reunion (here and here)

• Openings: KEBABISHQ on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday, July 6) … The Re:Shop on 12th Street (Wednesday, Aug. 6) … Stashed Goods on Houston (Thursday, Aug. 7)

• A tree grows on 1st Avenue (Thursday, Aug. 7)

• Quitter tosses Christmas tree (Tuesday, Aug. 5)

• Signage alert: Boongs Grab & Go on 3rd Avenue (Monday, Aug. 4) … Godunk on the Bowery (Wednesday, Aug. 6)

• Tonight's fiery sunset (Tuesday, Aug. 5)

• At the National Night Out Against Crime event on 5th Street (Wednesday, Aug. 6)

• La Fleur Café has moved on from 9th Street (Monday, Aug. 4)

 

• Tiki Tiki closes East Village space (Monday, Aug. 4)

And from the EVG inbox, the owners of G's Cheesesteaks, which has an outpost on Avenue B and Houston, are featured competitors on the 18th season of "The Great Food Truck Race," which premiered last Sunday night on The Food Network...

Photo: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images via The Food Network

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo of Zee and Kyle at C&B Cafe on 7th Street by Stacie Joy)

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• Mass e-bike seizure sparks tensions and debate on 11th Street (Thursday, July 31)

• Community Board 3 joins call for urgent safety measures at Manhattan Bridge-Canal Street intersection (Monday, July 28) 

• Lucinda Williams opens a honky-tonk bar on Avenue A (Tuesday, July 29) 

• Say cheese: S'MAC celebrates 19 years in business (Tuesday, July 29) 

• Homecomings: La Salle Academy prepares to return to original East Village campus (Monday, July 28) 

• Remembering Jason Goodrow (Monday, July 28) 

• This weekend: the 37th annual Tompkins Square Park riot reunion (Friday, Aug. 1)

• True East Village crime reports (Friday, Aug. 1) 

• Details about the 9th annual East Village Queer Film Festival next month at the wild project (Wednesday, July 30) 

• About the East Village Kirchen pop-ups (Friday, Aug. 1) 

• About the large film shoot now in the East Village (Thursday, July 31) 

• These are the movies screening in Tompkins Square Park this summer (Wednesday, July 30) 

• Signage alert: Spirals bringing the cinnamon rolls to 1st Avenue (Tuesday, July 29) 

• Scenes of a Summer Celebration on 12th Street (Tuesday, July 29) 

• A look at Monday afternoon's rooftop fire on 2nd Street (Wednesday, July 30) 

• Please don't pick the flowers (Wednesday, July 30) 

• About the mini East Village food tour with 2 members of Everton FC (Sunday, July 27) 

• Krave It has not been open lately on 2nd Avenue (Monday, July 28) 

• 6 posts from July (Thursday, July 31) 

...and a reader asked why there was a large truck marked Breast Milk ice cream parked outside 250 E. Houston St. this past week...

As far as we know, this is for the Frida-OddFellows breast milk ice cream collaboration ... with ice cream giveaways this coming week at the OddFellows Dumbo location. (Also, August is National Breastfeeding Month.) Still not sure why the truck is here. Maybe the driver stopped off for breakfast at the Remedy Diner?

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Posts this past week included (with an Ozzy tribute photo from Fourth Street by Derek Berg)...

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• Petition seeks to landmark Most Holy Redeemer ahead of possible closure (Tuesday, July 22) 

• Buddies Coffee, forced out of Williamsburg with a rent hike, still on track to open East Village location (Monday, July 21) 

• What's next for the Minca space on 5th Street? (Thursday, July 24) 

• The Rainbow is a new play and community space for kids, complete with a mini Ray's Candy Store (Monday, July 21) 

• Celebrating the life of Jason Goodrow (Saturday, July 27)

• East Village openings: Wait a Second on 11th Street (Thursday, July 24) 

• Checking in on Irving Green (Wednesday, July 23)

• Parks Department prunes drooping elm in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday, July 23) … Post-mortem on the freshly cut-back American elm in Tompkins Square Park (Friday, July 25) 

• When Black Sabbath played in the East Village (Tuesday, July 22)

• ICYMI: East Village Rite Aid sets closing dates (Monday, July 21) 

• An encore presentation for the cumgirl8 clothing and merch sale on 2nd Street (Friday, July 25) 

• Some more decade-spanning looks at 5th Street and Avenue B (Wednesday, July 23) 

• Beer & wine in the works for Danny & Coop's (Thursday, July 24)

• A pharmacy for 6th Street and Avenue C (Tuesday, July 22) 

• From a Food Market to a Swap Shop on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday, July 23)

• Signage alert: Village Bites on Avenue A (Monday, July 21) 

• Love, American 1990s style (Saturday, July 27)

... and keeping tabs on outdoor dining trends along Avenue B (photos by Stacie Joy)...

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 • Most Holy Redeemer to halt regular masses this fall amid uncertainty about its future (Wednesday, July 16) 

• Complaint filed with NY AG over firing of Sixth Street Community Center executive director (Thursday, July 17) 

• After 20-plus years, Minca on 5th Street will close its doors for good after service tonight (Monday, July 14) ... At the last night of Minca (Wednesday, July 16) 

• Mini thrift empire Other People's Clothes is opening in the former Salvation Army space on 4th Avenue (Monday, July 14) 

• More legal troubles for convicted felon Steve Croman (Tuesday, July 15) 

• The East Village Rite Aid really wants you to know it is closing (Friday, July 18) 

• 11 Avenue A poised to become yet another generic-looking residential building (Monday, July 14) 

• Tuna melts on hold: B&H Dairy on vacation with an Aug. 12 return (Tuesday, July 15) 

• Fish & Sushi ghost signage on 1st Avenue (Thursday, July 17) 

• HBD to the new East Village Radio (Thursday, July 17) 

• Bands we like: Dead Tooth (Friday, July 18)

• A spellbinding scene on Astor Place: At the 13th annual WitchsFest USA (Wednesday, July 16) 

• After sunflower sabotage, 2nd Street residents vow to grow one again (Tuesday, July 14) 

• Signage alert: Salumeria Rosi on Avenue B (Monday, July 14) ... Kalsang Pottery on 10th Street

• The long short history of the Smurfs in the East Village (Friday, July 18 ) 

• Comings and goings on Astor Place: Sweetgreen closes; NYU expands (Tuesday, July 15)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo on 2nd Avenue by Derek Berg).

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• Home cook heads to PBS to share her family's recipes — and her love of the East Village (Wednesday, July 9) ... East Village home cook Anika Chowdhury serves up Episode 1's best dish on PBS's 'The Great American Recipe' (Saturday, July 12)

• Cleanup proposed for contaminated Avenue D site, future home of affordable housing (Tuesday, July 8) 

• DOT proposes Avenue B makeover, looks to residents for guidance (Monday, July 7) 

• FDNY firefighter brings artistic touch to Engine 28, Ladder 11 on 2nd Street (Thursday, July 10) 

• Suburban Speed at Baker Falls (Tuesday, July 8) 

• Andy Boay's new record inspired by and crafted in the East Village (Thursday, July 10) 

• At the big cumgirl8 sale on 2nd Street (Sunday, July 13)

• Farewell to the old East 10th Street pedestrian bridge (Friday, July 11) 

• The Lower East Side Lidl opens on Aug. 1 (Tuesday, July 8) 

• The Art of Unease: ABC No Rio’s 'PEST' continues on at The Clemente (Wednesday, July 9) 

• Signage alert: Kebabishq on 2nd Avenue (Monday, June 8) 

• The killjoy of 2nd Street (Friday, July 11) 

• 'Caught Stealing' catches eyes with new poster (Wednesday, July 9) 

• Openings: Ops on 2nd Avenue (Thursday, July 10) ... Andrea's Pizza on 2nd Avenue (Monday, July 8) 

• 76 Avenue B is for rent (Monday, July 8) 

• Cabin on 9th under new ownership (Wednesday, July 9)

... and now on duty (when not napping) at the smoke shop at 42 Avenue A and Third Street: Rhaenyra, the Dragon Queen Kitty (photo by Stacie Joy)...

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Posts this past week included (with a photo of tango lessons Thursday evening in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg). You can also receive this recap via email every week. Sign up here. 

• City shutters reticketing center for asylum seekers at former St. Brigid School on 7th and B (Tuesday, July 1) 

• Construction firm owner pleads guilty to wage theft over emergency repairs at 642 E. 14th St. (Wednesday, July 2) 

• Residents baffled by new CityBench outside their door on 3rd Street (Monday, June 30) 

• Board of Elections makes it official: Harvey Epstein wins City Council District 2 (Tuesday, July 1) 

• The newly opened section of East River Park was closed for the fireworks (Friday, July 4)  

• Longtime employee takes the wheel at the Ludlow Garage Auto Body Repair (Thursday, July 3) 

• Historic honors for East Village institution B&H Dairy (Wednesday, July 2) 

• Pride Weekend parting shots (Sunday, June 29)

• Openings: Monkey Sushi on 1st Avenue (Thursday, July 3) 

• Tetchy in Tompkins (Wednesday, July 2) 

• Trash talk: A can that just can't on 4th Street (Wednesday, July 2) 

• Looking at where the Crocodile Lounge once roamed on 14th Street (Tuesday, July 1) 

• Overthrow Hospitality set to debut Al-Andalus on 5th Street (Wednesday, July 2) 

• 'Manhattan' in 'Materialists' (Friday, July 4) 

• 6 posts from June (Monday, June 30) 

• The all-new 88 E. 2nd St. is rising (Monday, June 30)

• Signage alert: The Oven's Slice on 1st Avenue (Wednesday, July 2) ... 5s on Avenue B (Tuesday, July 1) ... Nishaan on 1st Avenue (Monday, June 30) 

And thanks to everyone who shared photos (and videos!) of the very active juvenile red-tailed hawks in Tompkins Square Park this past week... EVG reader Jennifer Bakry took this photo...

... and from Mark Hado...

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Posts this past week included (with a photo by Stacie Joy of a newish mural titled "Copperhead" on 6th and C by steel wool run161 ren162)...

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• The heat dome is upon us (Monday, June 23) 

• RIP Marcia Resnick (Wednesday, June 25) 

• Pride Weekend 2025 (Friday, June 27) 

• Scenes from Primary Election Night 2025 (Wednesday, June 25) 

• New shop from Scarr’s and L’Industrie alum to bring old-school NYC slices to the East Village (Tuesday, June 24) 

• Activity returns to vacant lot on 3rd Avenue after 6 months (Monday, June 23) 

• Hawkward teen phase: Young red-tailed hawks settle into Tompkins Square Park (Thursday, June 26) 

• Gnocco celebrates 25 years on 10th Street (Thursday, June 26) 

• Wet hot East Village summer (Sunday, June 29)

• The rose murderer of 6th Street (Friday, June 27) 

• Demoliton awaits the longtime sidewalk vendor space on St. Mark’s Place (Friday, June 27)

• Elizabeth Street Garden lives on (Tuesday, June 24) 

• 1st look at the parking-garage-replacing condoplex on 9th Street (Wednesday, June 25) 

• Taqueria Diana has apparently closed on 2nd Avenue (Thursday, June 26) 

• Too hot to handle: Fire truck sinks into this Lower East Side street (Wednesday, June 25) 

• Gametime for the former Superiority Burger space on 9th Street (Wednesday, June 25) 

• Signage alert: Time Out Market on 14th Street (Tuesday, June 24) 

• Openings: Empire Gourmet Deli on Avenue C (Thursday, June 26) ... Maza on 7th Street (Monday, June 23)

• Bad vibrations: Former Babeland space for lease on the Lower East Side (Monday, June 23)

... and on Ninth Street, this outdoor dining spot is for the birds (or squirrels?) ... photo by William Klayer...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an Avenue A sunrise shot)... 

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• Wrong-way chase ends in crash, arrest on 3rd Street (Thursday, June 19) 

• Meeting brings East Village and LES bar owners together to talk noise, nightlife issues (Tuesday, June 17) 

• RIP John Garbarini (Tuesday, June 17) 

• As summer begins, guidance on caring for neglected tree plots (Friday, June 20)

• People of the block: Small business snapshots from the East Village (Saturday, June 21) 

• Live from Tompkins Square Park with Um, Jennifer? and Vial (Monday, June 18) 

• Former 9th Street garage demolished to make way for luxury residences (Monday, June 16) 

• Tompkins Square mini pool makes a big summer return (Monday, June 20) 

• Art meets aisles at Village Gourmet Grocery (Sunday, June 15) 

• A look at the all-new 356 E. 8th St. (Wednesday, June 18) 

• In case you are looking for the Sing for Hope piano in Tompkins Square Park (Friday, June 20) 

• Signage alert: Ops on 2nd Avenue (Monday, June 16) 

• Curbside comeback: Tree beds revived along this section of 2nd Avenue (Monday, June 16)

• About the new farm share taking place on the roof of the Swiss Institute on 2nd Avenue (Friday, June 20) 

• Construction watch: Pumping out the concrete at 88 E. 2nd St. (Wednesday, June 18) 

• Carnitas Ramírez celebrating 1 year in the East Village on Sunday (Wednesday, June 18) 

• About that 'White Plains' shoot in the East Village (Wednesday, June 18) 

• Pedestrian ramp upgrades slated for 7th Street this week (Monday, June 16) •

Watching the new David Byrne video (Friday, June 20)

• High hopes: Licensed dispensary planned for this 9th Street storefront (Monday, June 16)

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Stacie Joy of ATM hijinks on 2nd Avenue)... 

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 • East Village tenants call for nonprofit ownership amid years of housing instability (Monday, June 9)

• RIP Billy Jones (Tuesday, June 10) 

• About the East Village Music Festival, taking place on June 22 at La Plaza Cultural (Wednesday, June 11) 

• A belated farewell to a familiar fixture of St. Mark’s Place (Monday, June 9) 

 • Early voting is underway (Saturday, June 14) • A band to know: Um, Jennifer? (Friday, June 13) 

• Titi’s Empanadas opens today (Friday the 13th!) on 7th Street (Friday, June 13) 

• The Merchant's House Museum remains open during exterior restoration work (Tuesday, June 11)

• East Village artist reimagines where and how we see art, starting with exhibit at corner market (Friday, June 13) 

• 'Placeholders' highlights businesses located in HDFC storefronts (Thursday, June 12)

• Keys to the city: The Sing for Hope piano has arrived in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday, June 10) 

• The 4th annual LUNGS Theater Festival takes place this weekend (Thursday, June 12) 

• Changes brewing at Associated on Avenue C and 8th Street (Thursday, June 12) 

• Sip + Co. closing on 9th Street (Wednesday, June 11) 

• What happened to the blue mail collection box outside the Tompkins Square Post Office? (Friday, June 13) 

• On the clock: Lower East Side Lidl Watch (Thursday, June 12)

• 'Daredevil' season 2 at Panna II (Saturday, June 14) 

• Duane Reade is not sleeping on this Rite Aid closing-soon situation (Wednesday, June 11) 

• Signage alert: Crêpes le Bon on Avenue A (Tuesday, June 11) 

• New chapter in healing: Spear PT to open in former dispensary space on 14th Street (Monday, June 9) 

• From around the blogosphere: The history of 106 Avenue C (Wednesday, June 11)

Week in Grieview

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

• City issues RFP for affordable housing development on 5th Street (Monday) 

• The hidden charms of a soon-to-sell loft building and the former home of Sixth Street Specials (Thursday) 

• Cleanup planned for E-bike hub on 11th Street following spike in complaints (Tuesday) 

• The Astor Place Greenmarket will not be returning (Wednesday) 

• EV Rite Aid remains open for now (Wednesday) 

• A band to know: Bec Lauder & the Noise (Friday) 

• Talking Heads celebrate 50 years with 'Killer' new video (Thursday) 

• The history of 2 East Village backhouses (Tuesday) 

• Off the wall: Longtime 'Alphabet City' mural erased (Wednesday)

• New broker for Avenue A storefront that has been vacant for nearly 11 years (Tuesday) 

• Signage alert: Eim Khao Mun Kai on 2nd Avenue (Monday) 

• Macy's Fireworks returning to the East Side, rightful home of all things spectacular (Thursday) 

• The hollyhocks on the former St Emeric's property (Wednesday) 

• Sweep the leg, Johnny! Take in a screening of 'The Karate Kid' at First Park (Sunday)

• 88 Coffee debuts at the Bowery Market (Monday) 

• Openings: Lil Sweet Treat on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Openings and closing on these 2 blocks of 1st Avenue (Monday) 

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

• Checking out the newly reopened area of East River Park (Thursday)

• Rossy's Bakery & Café to close after 15 years on 3rd Street (Tuesday) 

• Neighborhood invited to help shape the future of ABC Playground (Tuesday) 

• Packing up Sixth Street Specials (Wednesday) 

• ICYMI: In Tompkins Square Park, Amelia and her new mate welcome first brood together (Monday) 

• Here's Johnny on the Bowery (Friday) 

• Where you can get a copy of the Ray's Candy Store photo book (Sunday) 

• Flock this way: Flamingos Vintage Pound debuts on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

• Key Food new self-checkouts month in review (plus a first look at the new dessert signage) (Friday) 

• Wash Rite Laundromat has closed on 4th Street (Tuesday) 

• Upperz Cafe and Bar announces closing date on 14th Street (Wednesday) 

• Plywood up at Theatre 80 (Wednesday) 

• 'Parent Trap' parody 'Ginger Twinsies' up next at the Orpheum Theatre (Saturday) 

... and from our walk-through of the newly opened area of East River Park on Monday: A message near the Delancey Street pedestrian bridge reading "Next stop, Art Basel."

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a rainbow shot from Friday evening by Jeanne Krier)... 

• Park access shifts again: What's open and closed in East River Park starting Memorial Day as construction moves to the north (Thursday)

• Me-Wow! FDNY rescues Nico the Cat from East Village tree (Tuesday) 

• Skim City: ATM at Avenue B Duane Reade hiding a high-tech heist (Friday) 

• Fresh sod and DanceFest crowds come together in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

• Housing lottery winding down for units at the all-new 280 E. Houston St., aka The Houston (Wednesday) 

• A few moments from the annual Dance Parade and DanceFest (Sunday)

• A quick look at the May CB3 SLA agenda (Monday) 

• Restaurant space at 88 2nd Ave. hits the market after 4 years of turnover (Thursday) 

• First look at the 'Caught Stealing' trailer, filmed partly in the East Village last fall (Wednesday) 

• The Juicy Lucy kiosk reopens on 1st and 1st for the season (Thursday)

• The Brant Foundation has a free exhibition featuring the work of Glenn Ligon (Tuesday ) 

• A new campaign stop on Avenue A (Thursday) 

• A Sweetgreen for the Lower East Side (Thursday) 

• Kijitora in soft-open mode on 14th Street (Sunday) 

• Signs of life at Taverna East Village (Wednesday) 

• The last jiggle: Viral dessert shop Ănjelly closes on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday) 

• Power move: Citi Bike's new charging station lands on 1st Avenue and 14th Street (Wednesday)

• Global chain Sanku Maots'ai opening its first U.S. outpost on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• Signage alert: YoYo Chicken on 14th Street (Monday) 

... and several people have noted the arrival of hand-painted signage this past week for Maya, opening this summer at 115 Avenue A near Seventh Street. As we previously mentioned, the well-regarded taqueria has two outposts in Brooklyn (photo by Stacie Joy)...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a post-graduation scene on Bleecker Street via an EVG reader)... 

• First look at the Whole Foods Market Daily Shop on 14th Street (Wednesday) 

• Day-long CBGB Festival in Brooklyn this September to feature Iggy Pop, Jack White (Monday) 

• Bands we like: Pop Music Fever Dream (PMFD) (Tuesday) 

• Local artists: Friends and 'Neighbors' (Monday) 

• The 2025 edition of the Ukrainian Festival is this weekend on 7th Street (Thursday)

• New photo book captures life inside Ray’s Candy Store (Thursday) 

• Kijitora, a Williamsburg-based coffee shop, is opening an outpost on 14th Street (Monday)

• Matcha House next for the former ChikaLicious space on 10th Street (Monday) 

• That's all for the Dunkin' at 100 1st Ave. (Saturday) 

• Signage alert: Lil Sweet Treat on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Nosh Up (officially) closes down on St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• The retail spaces for rent in the Untitled building on Avenue A (Tuesday) 

• Owners of Penny and Claud looking at 12th Street space for a possible new project (Monday) 

As we noted on Tuesday, the Village Alliance BID celebrated the unveiling of a new public artwork by Juliana Woods, a first-year student at The Cooper Union. People responded very favorably to her work ... sharing a few more shots here.

Photos courtesy of Village Alliance (Ryan Muir).

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Stacie Joy yesterday on Avenue B from the LUNGS Spring Awakening)... 

• More details emerge on Corner Bistro's proposed East Village location (Monday) 

• On 4th Street, Wash Rite Laundromat cleaned out by rent increase, patrons say (Monday) 

• Rite Aid is closing its remaining New York stores, including on 1st Avenue in the East Village (Wednesday) 

• Stripped to the studs: former church on 4th Street sees full gutting (Tuesday) 

• Closing night highlights at the Lower East Side Film Festival: 'The Big Johnson' makes NYC debut (and takes the top prize) (Thursday) 

• Ki Smith Gallery revisits hip-hop’s 'Golden' era through rare photographs (Wednesday)

• Community Board 3 to discuss new entrance to Tompkins Square Park on 10th Street (Thursday)

• Almost a full reveal at the all-new Barrier Free Living building on 2nd Street (Tuesday)

• The hit Hulu series 'Rafael's Interiors' (nudge, nudge) is filming in the East Village (Tuesday)

• Checking in on the Key Food checkout situation (Saturday) 

• When someone dumps an industrial-size fridge on Avenue C (Tuesday) 

• Reader mailbag: Uncovering the location of this Keith Haring snapshot (Sunday)

• Signage alerts: Yumsen Eats on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

On Thursday morning around 10, a fire was reported in an apartment on the third floor at 440 E. 13th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. Edmund John Dunn shared these photos showing a significant FDNY presence...

There weren't any reports of injuries. Witnesses said the FDNY was on the scene quickly, helping several residents (and at least one dog) safely exit.

We have not heard about the extent of the damage. How No. 440 looked yesterday morning.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo of the lush wilds of Tompkins Square Park by Stacie Joy)... 

• NYC institution Corner Bistro eyeing an East Village expansion (Friday)

• About the Lower East Side Film Festival: 15 years of keeping it reel (Monday) ... At the opening night of the Lower East Side Film Festival (Friday)

• East Village mainstay Cafe Mogador celebrates its 42nd anniversary (Wednesday) 

• In Tompkins Square Park, a creative pushback against tech's reach (Sunday) 

• Last splash? Getting the Tompkins Square Park mini pool prepped for 1 more summer (Tuesday) 

• Key Food moved things around. We took notes. (Friday) 

• 14th & C development watch: The beast of 'The East' (Monday) 

• Happy Lower East Side History Month! (Thursday) 

• Celebrating the new ownership at the Phoenix (Thursday) 

• Remembering Jill Sobule (Saturday) 

• Los Tacos No. 1 coming to Union Square (Monday) 

• Openings: Irving Green on 9th Street (Tuesday)

• Closings on 14th Street: Amara Coffee, Dua Kafe (Thursday) ... Karma Bookshop has closed for now (Sunday) 

• The Alchemist’s Kitchen is opening an outpost on the Bowery (Thursday) 

• Reopneings: Fancy Juice on 1st Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Pop’s Pizza prepping for soft opening on Avenue B (Wednesday) 

• Seasoned Vegan Real Quick has closed on 2nd Avenue (Thursday) 

• Luckin Coffee, China-based powerhouse and Starbucks challenger, opening an outpost on Broadway and 8th Street (Monday) 

• Why Mimi Cheng's is temporarily closed (Monday) 

• Adda Indian Canteen is set to debut on 1st Avenue (Wednesday) 

... and if you noticed a 2014 Prius V dressed up as a Cybertruck outside LaMaMa on Fourth Street in recent days (photo by Derek Berg)...

This was part of LaMaMa's Emerging Choreographers Program from Thursday through yesterday. Synopsis! "'fame hOle' is a mobile dance opera created by Alex Romania and Stacy Lynn Smith set inside their 2014 Prius V; a conceptual roadshow on the impossible nature of the touring act of life in general in a collapsing colonial empire." 

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Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from the Seventh Street side of Tompkins Square Park)...

• Flood gate demo offers a glimpse of future protection along the East River (Monday) 

• Check out the updates coming to the Key Food on Avenue A (Tuesday)

• A look inside the former Fireboat House in East River Park as it faces an uncertain future (Wednesday)

• New photo book explores the punk heart of Tompkins Square Park (Thursday) 

• Black Seed Bagels is closing its East Village location (but don't count out a return someday) (Friday)

• This is when the Whole Foods Market Daily Shop will debut in the East Village next month (Thursday)

• Dig this: 1st Avenue pit stop (Monday) 

• Openings: Sky High Club on Avenue C (Tuesday) 

• Videos: 4 minutes on St. Mark's Place in the 1980s (Saturday) 

 • Wisteria watch '25 (Friday) 

• Misoya closes Sunday on 2nd Avenue (Friday) 

• Unapologetic Foods has moved on from 82 2nd Ave. for its kebab house concept (Wednesday)

• Signage alert: The Hood Spot Convenience on Avenue D (Wednesday) 

• Signage alert: Revival Dog Training on 7th Street (Tuesday)

• On Avenue D, Food City Market closes (Monday) 

• Another former East Village 7-Eleven hits the rental market (Thursday) 

• Signage alert: Bar Bianchi on Avenue A at Houston (Monday) 

... and a bonus photo from Chinatown — Division at Eldridge from Thursday...