A band playing New Colossus Festival: Lucid Express

The 2026 edition of the New Colossus Festival takes place in the East Village and on the LES from March 3-8. Details here. 

Until then, our Fridays at 5 video clip features a band playing at the festival. (And there are more than 180 in total!) 

Today, we have the Hong Kong-based quintet Lucid Express with an older (2021) track, "Prime of Pride." They also just released their latest LP.

They'll be playing the annual day-long shoegaze extravaganza on March 7 at Arlene's Grocery on Stanton Street. 

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• Q&A with Steven Matrick, co-founder of the New Colossus Festival, taking place this week at East Village and Lower East Side music venues (Link from March 2025)

It's a Small Village Deli after all

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy

Signage arrived late last week at 76 Avenue B on the NW corner of Fifth Street... say hello to the Small Village Deli. (So many markets, so few solid names left.)

We went inside for an updated look at the interior, but the owner told us to leave.

Once open, the deli will sell a variety of sandwiches, wraps and smoothies.

No. 76 was last home to the art gallery gratin, which relocated to the Lower East Side. Previously, Oda House, which served Georgian cuisine and other Mediterranean staples, closed here in August 2020 after more than seven years in service. Caffe Buon Gusto was here for a bit after the corner market, Zips.

A band playing New Colossus Festival: Loveletter

The 2026 edition of the New Colossus Festival takes place in the East Village and on the LES from March 3-8. Details here. 

Until then, as we noted last week, our Fridays at 5 video clip will feature a band playing at the festival. (And there are more than 180 in total!) 

Today, we have the local trio Loveletter with the track "Follow Me."

They'll be playing Friday, March 6, at Nublu Classic, 62 Avenue C.

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• Q&A with Steven Matrick, co-founder of the New Colossus Festival, taking place this week at East Village and Lower East Side music venues (Link from March 2025)

A band playing the New Colossus Festival: Dallas Love Field

 

The 2026 edition of the New Colossus Festival takes place in the East Village and on the LES from March 3-8. Details here. 

Until then, our Fridays at 5 video clip will feature a band playing at the festival. (And there are more than 180 in total!) 

Here we have Glasgow's Dallas Love Field performing "Drowned Out." 

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• Q&A with Steven Matrick, co-founder of the New Colossus Festival, taking place this week at East Village and Lower East Side music venues (Link from March 2025)

EVG Etc.: Essex Crossing lottery opens; Citi Bike vs. winter continues

Crossing Houston at 2nd Avenue the other day 

• There's a Celebration of Life tomorrow (Feb. 7) at 1:15 p.m. for Tara Moran at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery. The longtime East Village resident passed away on Jan. 4. She was 71. (Legacy.com) 

• More about the arrest of the suspect in the rape of a 14-year-old in Stuy Town. Some Stuy Town/Peter Cooper residents are faulting management for a tardy response to the attack. (Our Town) ... an NYU angle (Washington Square News) ... previously on EVG

• Frigid-weather death toll hits 17 in NYC (THE CITY)

• NYC tenants are making a record number of complaints to the city about lack of heat and hot water (Gothamist) 

• Affordable housing lottery underway at 115 Delancey St. on the Lower East Side (This PDF has info about applying) 

• Eleven days after the 10 inches of snow, fewer than one-quarter of Citi Bike docks are cleared of snow — a responsibility of Lyft, not the city (Streetsblog). Notably, per Streetsblog: "The current membership fee is 151 percent higher than it was in 2013, while over the same period, inflation has raised prices 37 percent." (EVG photo below from Fourth Street at Second Avenue)

• State Sen. Brian Kavanagh, an East Village resident, will not seek reelection after two decades representing Lower Manhattan in the legislature (City & State) 

• Keith Powers wins the race for the 74th state Assembly District... a seat vacated when Harvey Epstein successfully ran for City Council District 2 (NY1) 

• A look at Odo East Village, a 24-seat, counter restaurant at 536 E. Fifth St. — the former Minca space (Eater) ... we had the scoop about Odo here. 

• There are some great films in this "The Year Begins in Silence" series at Metrograph on Ludlow Street (Official site)

TDA ushers in a new era at Night Club 101

Photos and interview by Stacie Joy 

Hours before the city’s first significant snowfall in years, TDA (aka Total Display of Affection) took the stage at Night Club 101 on Avenue A on Saturday, Jan. 24 — loud, hypnotic and very much reborn. 

The local band, which began as a trio and built a following with EV shows in Tompkins Square Park, Berlin, and Baker Falls, has entered a new phase: a new name, a new lineup and a shift toward heavier, more ritualistic soundscapes. 

We caught up with bandleader Julia Pierce (below), a onetime East Village resident, after the show to talk about the evolution of TDA, the meaning behind the name change and what comes next.

About the new band name: 

We're introducing a new era of the band under the name Total Display of Affection — a clean slate and a shift toward hypnotic, groove-driven drone rock. It's about embracing intoxicating rhythms and a fresh sonic palette while still acknowledging where we came from. 

Even when we were billed as "Tits Dick Ass," we were technically always "TDA" first, which allowed the meaning to evolve. Right now, Total Display of Affection feels like a maturation — a collective approach to writing, recording and performing that lets the project grow without being trapped by the past. The name can keep shifting as we do.

On why the original name mattered: 

The old name was abrasive on purpose. Punk thrives on confrontation, and we wanted to mirror discomfort back at the audience the way our music did. But it also came from something more personal. 

Conversations around trans people are often reduced to body parts. We are so much more than that. We have souls, thoughts and love to share, yet society politicizes our bodies and overlooks our humanity. The name acted like a mirror reflecting that tension. Using our platform to spark that conversation mattered to me. 

Over time, I noticed people became desensitized to it, which I see as progress. It opened space for other artists to take risks with language. There's something profound in the profane, and that contradiction perfectly captured what we were trying to say. 

On the new TDA: 

Previously, the band leaned into fast, abrasive punk — big noise, speed, and turbulence. We made that statement already. Now I’m drawn toward something slower, heavier, and more spiritual. It feels ritualistic, hypnotic and intentional. 

We’re building on no-wave roots while bridging psych traditions: Public Image Ltd., Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, Psychic TV, Rowland S. Howard, Spacemen 3. We’re exploring Eastern guitar scales, alternate tuni,ngs and the mystical side of sound. It’s still noisy, but the noise has shape. 

Is having a punk band still considered punk? Once you reach that status, how long can you maintain it before it feels redundant? I believe we made our statement in that era. Now I find myself in a different phase of life. Expressing existential frustrations through music feels lower frequency compared to the direction TDA is pursuing — something more spiritual and ritualistic, blending musicality and mysticism.

Rather than let the project fade away, I want TDA to reclaim its status as a New York institution while advancing my musical career as a guitarist. I’m trying to break free from tradition while still honoring it. Turns out we're not The Ramones — sorry. There’s still so much space for us to grow as a band. 

On the new lineup: 

The original members moved on to other projects after we were named New York’s Hardest Working Band by Oh My Rockness in 2023. We tried recreating that version, but I learned that replicating the past can stifle creativity. Now we’re embracing a new chapter — and we love Bob Bert. [The veteran drummer has played in Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth and the Chrome Cranks, among others.] We're recording our debut EP, Snake Pit, in Hoboken in the same building that once housed Sonic Youth's Echo Canyon West, where Yo La Tengo still works and where Bob has been a fixture since 1981. 

Mark C. from Live Skull will be engineering the recording session at Deep Sea Studios. We plan to release the EP (tentatively) through Boycott Sleep [an artist-led collective creating spaces for live music outside the existing venues], making it our first official project and debuting as a New York label! 

Jesse Sattler on bass...

DethRok on theremin and shaker...

Bob Bert on drums...

On the past year and what's ahead: 

I spent a year traveling with just a suitcase and a guitar — Australia, Bali, Mexico City, Los Angeles — playing almost every day and making occasional trips back to NYC, which I've called home for more than a decade. That distance helped me imagine a more sustainable direction for the band. 

As we move into 2026, I'm focused less on identity politics and more on musicianship. This phase is about growth, discipline and building something that can last.

Follow TDA on Instagram here.

RIP Philip Van Aver

Photo for EVG from May 2015 by James Maher 

Philip Van Aver, a local artist, activist, and familiar presence in the neighborhood for more than half a century, died on Jan. 23. He was 86. 

Van Aver began his career in the early 1960s as part of San Francisco's artistic and literary scene, holding his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in 1962. For more than six decades, he worked almost exclusively in his signature small-format gouache and ink paintings on paper, creating densely layered images that fused classical references, decorative motifs and personal obsessions. 

A longtime resident of the Lower East Side, Van Aver lived in the same apartment here since 1969 and became deeply embedded in neighborhood life. He chronicled the East Village through decades of change, often sketching in and around Tompkins Square Park, where generations of neighbors came to know him.

His work blends art history, vernacular culture, and queer New York imagery, often placing figures drawn from vintage ads and ephemera in dreamlike scenes where beauty and decay coexist. 

 

That vision earned a place in the collections of MoMA, the San Diego Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and others. As an illustrator, his work appeared in New York magazine, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and The New York Times 

 

Beyond his art, Van Aver was committed to Lower East Side organizing. He worked with Community Board 3 and the Landmarks Commission, supported CHARAS and other local groups, and remained active with the Coalition for a District Alternative (CoDA) and the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative. 

Friends describe him as both a meticulous artist and a devoted witness to the neighborhood's cultural history. 

"He was a fine artist, activist and a fixture of Tompkins Square Park chronicling the East Village for over 50 years," a neighbor told us. "We will miss him dearly." 

In May 2015, Van Aver shared his life story for this EVG post.

Deli in the works for 5th and B

Photos by Stacie Joy 

Renovations continue inside the storefront at 76 Avenue B on the NW corner of Fifth Street. 

Based on a look inside over the weekend, we're in for a corner market-deli... there's plenty of kitchen equipment, as well as a meat-and-cheese slicer...

This is already a busy corridor for assorted sandwiches (including Sunny & Annie's, Ben's Deli, and East Village Finest Deli). 

No. 76 was last home to the art gallery gratin, which relocated to the Lower East Side. Previously, Oda House, which served Georgian cuisine and other Mediterranean staples, closed here in August 2020 after more than seven years in service. Caffe Buon Gusto was here for a bit after the corner market, Zips.

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!

Did you know? There’s a Pizza Hut on the Lower East Side now

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

We somehow missed this one entirely, but the chain opened an outpost in mid-December at 134 Delancey St. between Norfolk and Suffolk. And yes ... it's that Pizza Hut. 

If you grew up in the era of the classic dine-in Hut, you already know the vibe we're talking about: the giant red nubby cups, the checkered tablecloths, and those fake stained-glass chandeliers that made every booth feel like you were having a special occasion dinner... even if it was just a personal pan pizza and a stack of quarters for Ms. Pacman.

This is not that. This is a very 2025-era, order-at-the-window version ... complete with bullet-proof glass between you and your nostalgia.

Still, it's kind of wild (and weirdly comforting?) to see that familiar name back in the neighborhood mix. 

Anyway, if you've been craving a little throwback… or just want to see what Pizza Hut looks like in its modern, no-frills form… now you know.

Of course, you might recall the Pizza Hut-Nathan's-Arthur Treacher's combo that closed on the NW corner of Second Avenue and 14th Street in 2010.

'The Big Johnson' brings an East Village legend to the Quad

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"The Big Johnson," the documentary that chronicles the life and untimely death of East Village drag and nightlife legend Dean Johnson, makes its theatrical debut tomorrow (Friday) evening at the Quad Cinema.

There's a Q&A after the screenings tomorrow evening featuring director Lola Rock'N'Rolla, as well as Mary Feaster, Penny Arcade, Viva-Ruiz, David Ilku, Michael Musto, DJ Tennessee, and Daniel Nardicio. Murray Hill moderates. 

The 7:30 p.m. screening is sold out, but seats remain for the 10 p.m. showing. 

"The Big Johnson" took home the top prize for Best Feature at the 15th edition of the Lower East Side Film Festival last May. During the closing-night party, Michael Musto, who is featured in the film, said this to EVG's Stacie:

"Lola Rock'N'Rolla has done a heroic job of compiling and condensing miles and miles of interviews and archival footage into a brilliant examination of a changing city, scene and star — namely rocker/activist Dean Johnson. Dean was always mischievously dangerous in a way that we needed. In fact, I always felt safer when he was around." 

You can find the movie schedule here. The Quad is at 34 W. 13th St. between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. 

Check out the trailer below...

A look inside the sidewalk stations that test the East Village’s drinking water

Photos and interview by Stacie Joy

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, while walking with a visiting relative of a friend, I was asked about a series of sidewalk-based metal structures on lower First Avenue. 

I knew they were municipal water-quality testing stations, but I had no idea how they worked. 

Needing to know more, I contacted the NYC Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Public Affairs and started asking for information — and a peek at the sampling process. 

First Deputy Director of Water Quality Salome Freud and press secretary Rob Wolejsza shared the date and time of the next scheduled sampling at that station, and they agreed to allow photos and questions about the process. 

We met at station number 30150 on First Avenue near Third Street on a cold, wet, and windy early-winter morning, complete with atmospheric fog, and to the curiosity of passersby, many of whom stopped to watch for a bit. 

We were joined by water ecology scientist Amy Murphy, who conducted the tests and was endlessly patient with my requests for clarification and results.

After the sampling was done, a NYC DEP spokesperson signed off on the interview and provided the test results for the neighborhood's water. 

How many sampling stations are there in the city, and in the East Village/Lower East Side? 

There are approximately 1,000 drinking water sampling stations located throughout New York City. There are 15 stations located in the East Village/Lower East Side neighborhoods. 

There are three sampling stations in close proximity on First Avenue between Houston and Fourth Streets. Why are there three grouped together, and why did you select the (middle) one you sampled from today? 

The purpose of having three sampling stations is to meet the requirements of the Revised Total Coliform Rule, which states that when an initial sample is positive for coliform bacteria, we must go back and resample within 24 hours from the original location, as well as at sites within five service connections upstream and downstream. Having more than one station at a site also gives us options when the REG (regular station)/middle station is inaccessible for any reason. 

You mentioned these sampling stations have been here for many years. How long have they been on the streets, and how are they made and maintained? What happens if they are damaged? 

The stations were installed back in 1996. The shells of the stations are cast iron with interior plumbing components and are maintained by DEP personnel. When we receive reports from the public through 311 that a sampling station is damaged, we coordinate with DEP plumbers to perform repairs. 

We also coordinate to get them painted and have used DEP and DOT personnel to accomplish that. [Reporter's note — there was some discussion about how the stickered and street-art decorated sampling stations here are uniquely East Village-y.] 

OK, to the good stuff: Can you walk us through the stages of sampling, from arrival to departure? And discuss what, specifically, you are testing for? 

Once an inspector arrives at a sampling station, they inspect that it is operational by opening it up and running the water. Initial observations of color and clarity are performed, and readings are taken for pH and specific conductance, and then the water is turned off, and the tap is disinfected for a minute or two. 

The water is then turned back on, and the tap is flushed before we take additional field readings and collect samples. Specifically, we test the drinking water for the following parameters in the field: pH, temperature, specific conductance and chlorine.

The collected samples are brought back to our distribution water-quality laboratory, where additional testing is performed, including coliform bacteria and basic chemistry, as well as metals and organics analyses.

Can you share the results from today's sampling? How does the East Village's water supply look?

The results of the samples collected from this site were:

 

pH 7.11 

Specific conductance 348 

Temperature 6.7 C 

Chlorine 0.41 ppm 

Coliform bacteria/E /E. coli: negative 

The readings from this site were what we normally expect and in keeping with the high-quality drinking water that we see throughout the distribution system. 

We'd been told our water comes from the Ashokan Reservoir/the (mighty) Esopus Creek upstate. Is that correct? 

This is partially correct as the drinking water supply for NYC actually consists of three watersheds: Catskill, Delaware and Croton. And those watersheds are made up of 19 reservoirs, one being the Ashokan. The water at the sample station we visited was a mix of all three watersheds. 

Where can people learn more about water quality, testing, and supply? 

 For more information about NYC's drinking water, refer to our website and our NYC Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report.

H/t to Ellen and a thank-you to H. for helping set this up.

D.A.'s office announces indictment in fatal hit-and-run last month on Clinton and Stanton

Photo from last month by Stacie Joy 

Yesterday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the indictment of the driver involved in a hit-and-run that killed a woman in the Lower East Side last month. 

As previously reported, the incident occurred on Dec. 18 around 7 p.m. at Clinton and Stanton streets. According to the NYPD, a woman was crossing Stanton Street in the crosswalk when she was struck by an SUV making a right turn from Clinton Street. The vehicle fled the scene. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was later identified as 76-year-old Yong Li. 

Per court documents, Julio Cachago, 53, of Queens, was driving a 2020 Ford Edge with a passenger. Prosecutors say he allowed one pedestrian to cross at the intersection, then struck Li as she entered the crosswalk with the walk signal — allegedly driving over her before briefly stopping and then continuing on. 

Charges include one count of Criminally Negligent Homicide. 

Authorities say Cachago later stopped to inspect his vehicle for damage before driving to the Bronx. The NYPD located and towed the SUV that evening. The following day, prosecutors say Cachago contacted 311 and 911 to report his vehicle missing and was directed to the 7th Precinct, where he was arrested on Dec. 22. 

"Julio Cachago allegedly left an elderly New Yorker to die in the street after he hit her with his car and drove off without even checking on her condition," Bragg said in a statement. "Instead of notifying emergency services immediately, he allegedly only called the police the next day when he discovered his vehicle had been towed." 

Charges, per the D.A.'s office: 

• Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting, Death, a class D felony, one count 
• Criminally Negligent Homicide, a class E felony, one count 
• The right of Way to Pedestrians and Bicyclists, Physical Injury, one count 
• License Restriction Violation, one count 
• Failure of a Driver to Exercise Due Care, Serious Physical Injury, one count 
• Unlicensed Driving, one count

Community gathers at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery for a 'Vigil of Lament and Hope'

Photos by Stacie Joy 

Last night, faith leaders and community members gathered at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery on 10th Street and Second Avenue for a Vigil of Lament and Hope, honoring the life of Renee Nicole Good and mourning lives lost or harmed through immigration enforcement. 

The vigil included prayers, spoken reflections, music, and moments of silence, bringing together clergy and neighbors from multiple faith communities across the city. 

A memorial wall was displayed on the gate outside the church, filled with photos, prayers, flowers and candles in tribute to Good and others who have died in ICE custody or as a result of immigration enforcement.

Organizers described the gathering as a communal act of witness, emphasizing the importance of truth-telling, human dignity and shared grief at a time when such deaths are often met with silence or distortion.

Participating faith leaders represented St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, Middle Collegiate Church, Judson Memorial Church, and Trinity Lutheran Church on the Lower East Side, as well as community organizations including the New York Immigration Coalition and the Lower East Side Care Coalition.

Vigil planned for Renee Nicole Good at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

There's a small memorial for Renee Nicole Good on the 10th Street outside St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery at Second Avenue. 

Good, a 37-year-old mother of three originally from Colorado, was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday. 

Church officials are inviting neighbors to leave a prayer or flower in her memory — and in memory of others currently in ICE detention — on the 10th Street fence. 

"A vigil for lament and hope" will take place on Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Mark's Church. The event is being sponsored by Middle Church, Trinity Lower East Side and Judson Memorial Church.

Trump administration officials described Good as a domestic terrorist who attempted to ram federal agents with her car. Local and state officials disputed federal authorities' narrative of events, calling the shooting unjustified. Her ex-husband said she was a devoted Christian and that he had never known her to participate in any protest. 

Top photo via @stmarksbowery

A ghostly parade for long-lost local music venues

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

A roaming musical parade moved through parts of the East Village and Lower East Side on late Sunday afternoon as part of Radiant Revelry for Make Music New York, a Winter Solstice happening presented by HONK NYC! and Moment NYC. 

The procession, known as Ghost Band Plays Ghost Venues, is an annual project led by musician Stefan Zeniuk that honors former music venues and creative spaces that once shaped New York's cultural landscape. 

This year's route focused on the area around East Houston Street, stopping at locations that were once home to clubs, bars and performance spaces — many of which have since been replaced by new businesses.

I stayed with the parade at a few stops, including Duane Reade (formerly the Gas Station) and Eastpoint (formerly Save the Robots). 

At Eastpoint, the band marched straight in while patrons were watching Sunday night football. The bar staff appeared welcoming, and the musicians played as customers looked on...

At Duane Reade, a security guard watched the procession pass through the store, visibly puzzled but not intervening.

The group continued on toward Rossy's, formerly Slug's Saloon, on Third Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

According to organizers, the project is meant to "touch the past and sing a song for the town," paying tribute to venues that helped incubate punk, jazz, folk, experimental music, performance art and other scenes across decades. 

This year's list of ghost venues included Lismar Lounge, Princess Pamela's Southern Touch, the Spiral, Tonic, Cake Shop, Luna Lounge, Surf Reality and the Living Room, among others. 

The parade began at Baker Falls on Allen Street, where participants gathered to prepare costumes, props and instruments before stepping off in the late afternoon. Live music and DJ sets followed the procession's return to the venue.

NYC retrospective for No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe opens Jan. 3 at Metrograph

Updated Dec. 25: Amos Poe, who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2022, died today. He was 76.

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Metrograph has just put tickets on sale for "Amos Poe and No Wave Cinema," a new retrospective running Jan. 3–25. 

The program marks the first dedicated New York City retrospective for Amos Poe, often called "the first punk filmmaker" and a key figure in the No Wave Cinema movement that emerged from the Lower East Side in the late 1970s and 1980s. Many of the films are rarely shown theatrically. 

Poe collaborated with downtown icons, including Richard Hell, Debbie Harry, and Cookie Mueller, among many others, capturing a New York that no longer exists. 

Screenings include a number of his films and those of his collaborators in which he appears, among them "The Blank Generation," "Downtown 81," "Smithereens," "Subway Riders," "Unmade Beds" and "Variety." The full schedule is now live on Metrograph's site. 

Metrograph is at 7 Ludlow St. between Hester and Canal on the Lower East Side.

[Updated] NYPD searching for the hit-and-run driver who killed pedestrian on Clinton and Stanton

Photos by Stacie Joy 

Updated: Police have arrested a 54-year-old suspect who is accused of striking the woman in the crosswalk, PIX 11 reported this morning. Streetsblog has a detailed piece here on how the NYPD made the case and the arrest.

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Police continue to look for the driver of an SUV who fatally struck a woman Thursday evening on the Lower East Side and then left the scene. 

According to the NYPD, the collision occurred around 7 p.m. as the driver was making a right turn from Clinton Street onto Stanton Street. The woman was reportedly crossing Stanton Street from south to north in the crosswalk when she was hit. 

Witnesses told police that a black SUV fled the scene immediately after the collision. 

The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The investigation is ongoing. Authorities have not released the name of the victim, who was believed to be in her 60s.

The NYPD has been canvassing the area in search of leads. Yesterday, officers were seen stopping drivers nearby.

Streetsblog cited city stats showing that in the 30-square-block Lower East Side this year, there have been 478 reported crashes, injuring 235 people, including 60 cyclists and 46 pedestrians. 

Someone has left a handwritten message on the scene: 

We are so sorry about the tragic loss of our neighbor during the holiday season. Our condolences to her family and friends.