Thursday's parting shot

Early evening sky view along St. Mark's Place...

Sunday's parting shot

The early afternoon sky as seen today from Fourth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...

Friday's parting shot

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single blog post... above St. Mark's Place late this afternoon...

Wednesday's parting shot

A view of the mackerel sky this morning just after 7 on First Avenue between Second Street and Third Street...

Sky watch: A breath of fresh air heading into the weekend

As we're cutting-and-pasting from AccuWeather: "Air quality levels have significantly improved in New York City since Wednesday afternoon." 

And!

As of Friday morning, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 36 in New York City's Central Park. The "fair" air quality level is a significant improvement from the "very unhealthy" and "dangerous" levels it was at on Wednesday. 

At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the AQI was at 413 for NYC — historically high levels that haven't been seen in decades (the good old days!) for NYC, as NBC 4 and other outlets pointed out.

Goggla took the above photo on Wednesday afternoon from Seventh Street and Avenue A... by Tompkins Square Park and the Samuel S. Cox statue. She has some more shots from around the neighborhood here.

June 7, 2023, 3:02 p.m.

Midtown view from the East Village this afternoon. A faint outline of the Empire State Building ... no sign of the Chyrsler Building, MetLife Building, etc. 

Per Gothamist: 

The smoky haze descended on the Northeast from blazing wildfires in eastern Canada, covering swaths of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware. A stalled nor’easter in Maine is blocking the jet stream from following its normal movement, funneling the air mass south.

The result? A thick smog that makes it hard to breathe and smells like one big campfire. 

The city has issued a warning about outdoor activities...

We're in the worst of the conditions, but the Air Quality Health Advisory has been extended until 11:59 pm Thursday — which our teams have been anticipating.

Mask up and limit your outdoor activities.

See real-time air quality: https://t.co/Ok9k6nidUG pic.twitter.com/EfceKRUu6Y

— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) June 7, 2023

Holy smokes, that sky today!

You may have noticed the orange, smoky glow in the sky today...

Per NBC New York:

The wildfires in the eastern provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia are sending smoke pouring back into the New York City area again on Tuesday, causing smoky, hazy skies and some of the poorest air quality in the country [world!] this week.

... and a Midtown view from the EV around 6:30 p.m. ...

The state's Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality health advisory through midnight tonight.

Monday's parting shot

Avenue A sky views...

Thursday's parting shot

Photo by Steven 

A view of Jupiter this evening ... as seen — with the help of EV Arrow — by the Christodora on Avenue B...

Saturday's opening shot

The morning sky view from Third Avenue and 14th Street...

Saturday's opening shot

The early morning sky today from Avenue A and Seventh Street...

Week in Grieview

[Photo on 10th Street by Ed Yoo]

Posts from this past week included...

• Here is an updated map of what's open in the East Village right now (Friday)

• Alphabets has left the East Village (Monday)

• RIP Margaret Morton (Saturday)

• RIP Holly Lane (Thursday)

• Completion date for new office building at 3 St. Mark's Place is February 2022 (Monday)

• This week's NY See panel (Thursday)

• At B&H Dairy: "A Home for Everyone" (Wednesday)

• Essex Card Shop is now open in its new Avenue A home (Monday)

• Green Garden Buffet debuts on 9th Street (Friday)

• East Village Vintage Collective has reopened its doors; ditto for 9th St. Vintage and Spark Pretty (Wednesday)

• Lease termination notice at Third Rail Coffee; Future You Cafe has closed (Thursday)

• These 3 dry cleaners have closed (Wednesday)

• Reader report: East Village street-cleaning tickets back in full effect (Thursday)

• Nolita Pizza leaves 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

• Another crazy stormy, then another double rainbow (Monday)

• A new surface for Extra Place (Monday)

• Former Haveli Banjara space is being converted into an apartment on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

• 2nd Street post the big sinkhole swallow (Wednesday)

• The PokéSpot has closed (Wednesday)

• GNC closing its remaining East Village outpost (Monday)

... and thanks to Laura Sewell for sharing this photo from First Avenue the other evening... the sprit in the sky...



... and a reader passed along this seasonal shot from last night along 10th Street ...



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Sunday's parting shot

The Tuesday morning sky

Here's a view of the spectacular morning sky from around Fourth Avenue and 12th Street courtesy of Jeanne Krier.

As someone on Twitter said about today's sunrise: "I love when New York shows up."

Saturday's parting shot

Aerial view from Avenue A and Sixth Street this morning...

Wednesday's parting shot

An early morning sky view from Fourth Street and Second Avenue...

Sunday's parting shot

An early morning shot along Avenue A today...

This morning's light

East Village-based photographer Daniel Root — who's usually up at this hour — shared these photos from Tompkins Square Park early this morning...



As he noted: "The light was amazing ..."



...also, for a moment — at 6:40 a.m. — there was a rainbow... Dave on 7th sent this from Avenue B and 11th Street...

Early afternoon sky break

Today from Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue...

Sky fall

The no-filter sky late this afternoon from Houston and Allen ...