That baited area next to Croxley Ales

Last November, the former Croxley Ales beer garden went on the market on Avenue B near Second Street ... And, perhaps, as the first step of the next step (development!), the space is now being poisoned for pests...




Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Croxley Ales beer garden ready for development

Former Croxley Ales beer garden ready for development

According to the listing (PDF):

East Village Development Site/Retail Space opportunity. The subject property is currently a vacant lot with 24 feet of frontage on Avenue B. My client is looking to sell the property which has approximately 7,680 buildable square feet, or sign a long term triple net lease for a retail tenant. The retail space can be built out to approximately 3,840 square feet of commercial space not including the basement.

You have to call for the price. But wouldn't it be worth any price to be so close to those 10-cent wings on Tuesday?



Previously on EV Grieve:
Things that I didn't notice before: The beer garden at Croxley Ales has closed

Things that I didn't notice before: The beer garden at Croxley Ales has closed

These lovely photos by Yun Cee Ng for New York magazine show the beer garden at Croxley Ales on Avenue B near Second Street ... (and was it ever really this serene?)




What I didn't notice until the other day. The patio is gone.




The beer garden sign is still up, though.

Updated:
A reader sent along an e-mail.... The reader's belief is the patio closed in the spring of 2007. More from the reader:

I had asked several of the bartenders if they knew when it would re-open. They shrugged; one said that the bar had a permit issue (noise, perhaps?). Now the door connecting the bar to the garden is bricked over, and I expect the garden will be sold or leased as a separate parcel.

Croxley is pleasant on weekend mornings, when the only people at the bar are well-preserved and the cool quiet breeze blows in. Any other time it is unbearable -- even walking past can be irritating.