2023 photo at Ink on A by Stacie Joy
From the EVG inbox...
I went mad today looking for an old-school East Village magazine shop or newsstand. Not even a fancy one. Anything. Where can one buy even a simple magazine in the East Village area? I miss Ink.
We miss Ink, too. The shop at 66 Avenue A, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, boasted one of the largest magazine selections in the area. Owner Ben "Benny" Dahud had been in a legal tussle with the building's (Untitled!) new landlord and decided to retire.
The storefront has remained vacant since closing in July 2023.
There aren't really any EV options. Nearby, there's Bouwerie Iconic Magazines on the Bowery at Rivington (the other Iconic shops have bigger selections) ... Barnes & Noble on Union Square ... Dashwood Books on Bond has some great art and photography titles. (We're unsure about the magazine-zine selection these days at Bluestockings Cooperative on Suffolk.)
A little further away, there's Casa Magazines in the West Village, Iconic Magazines down on Mulberry Street and one on Lafayette, and Soho News International on Prince Street in Soho.
There are others... perhaps you have a favorite.
As for the former Ink space, there has been gut-renovation activity lately. The workers on the scene didn't know anything about a new tenant, though.
