Wednesday, December 17, 2025

UZ Grill House, in grand-opening mode, has not been opening lately

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Photo on Dec. 3 by William Klayer  After a mid-November grand opening, UZ Grill House has sat closed all this month at 180 First Ave. on the...

A coffee shop percolating for 22 St. Mark's Place

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On Dec. 8 , we noted that the Chocolate DIP outpost at 22 St. Mark's Place had apparently closed.  By the end of the week, workers had...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tuesday's parting shot

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Photo by William R  A snowy scene on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C... featuring a neighborhood familiar (1950s Dodge Coronet?)....
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Updated: Timeline for reopening northern section of East River Park pushed to end of 2027

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View of East River Park from just below Houston Street The post has been updated with comments from the DDC  The timeline for completing the...
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Signage alert: Justin's Salt Bread on 2nd Avenue

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The owners of  Okiboru House of Udon  at 124 Second Ave., between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place, have a new concept in the works a...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Monday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  Here's Hannah Studnick with her pup Habibi.  Studnick is the owner of Ruby/Dakota , the gallery at 155 E. Second St...
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Fallen tree blocks sidewalk along Avenue B in Tompkins Square Park

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Photos by Stacie Joy   We received several reader reports of an uprooted tree yesterday in Tompkins Square Park ( h/t Steven ), along the Av...

SantaCon 2025 recap: A quieter crawl through the East Village?

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  If SantaCon 2025 felt a little less chaotic in the East Village, that wasn't your imagination.  For ...
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Marky Ramone visits ¡Adios Amigos! for Bowery Beat coffee launch

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy   Hey ho, let's espresso? Marky Ramone stopped by ¡Adios Amigos! on the Bowery at First Street Friday...
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PureGym officially takes over Blink Fitness

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy PureGym officially launched 50-plus locations at former Blink Fitness outposts across NYC and New Jersey...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Scenes from tonight’s 34th annual Tompkins Square Park tree lighting

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  The 34th annual tree lighting in Tompkins Square Park took place tonight, continuing one of the East Vil...
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