Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Two Boots’ longtime Avenue A home listed for first time in 30 years as lease talks continue

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Photo and reporting by Stacie Joy Updated 3/26: We have more from Phil Hartman here . ----- The longtime home of East Village mainstay Two B...
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Taqueria coming to former Burgers on B space

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Photo and reporting by Stacie Joy  The former Burgers on B  ( both of them! ) space at 168 Avenue B appears to have a new tenant.  Tipsters ...
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Mailbox signage alert: Wine Art Laboratory on Avenue B

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  We have a partial signage reveal at 40 Avenue B. The mailbox now lists the new business name, Wine Art L...
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Pizza Hub’s run on 1st Avenue appears to be over

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We're cautiously speculating that Pizza Hub is no longer with us at 59 First Ave.  The $1-slice outpost arrived in early January betwe...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Monday's parting shot

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Photo by Derek Berg   Eastbound and down on Fourth Street today...
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March 22

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From last night along Avenue A... thanks to Louise & Danny for this St. Patrick's Day discard pic...

Inside the New Museum’s reopening on the Bowery

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  The New Museum reopened on the Bowery this past Friday, following a major expansion that added about 60,...
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Signage alert: Whits on St. Mark's Place

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Exterior work has been shaping up here at 34 St. Mark's Place between Second and Third Avenues... where Whits will be opening soon.  A...
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Signage alert: Fire Escape on Avenue A

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Signage arrived on Friday for Fire Escape at 103 Avenue A between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.  This has been a long time coming for ...

$1 slices mark Emmy Squared’s East Village return

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Photo by Stacie Joy As we mentioned on March 12 , Emmy Squared has reopened its East Village outpost after three months of renovations.  Pas...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Sunday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy   A day after being fined for vending via the PEP in the park without a license, Claudi of Pinc Louds returned to Tomp...

Week in Grieview

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Posts that past week included (with some buds on Ninth Street at Stuyvesant) Never miss an EVG post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free r...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

A flea market at St. Stanislaus

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Photos by Stacie Joy  St. Stanislaus is hosting a flea market this weekend in the church's basement on Seventh Street between Avenue A a...

A Tonight to remember: Julia Cumming’s solo debut on Fallon

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  On Thursday, local singer-songwriter Julia Cumming performed "My Life," a song from her forthcoming solo record , on "The T...

ICYMI: 7 Bleecker St., longtime home of Robert Frank and June Leaf, is on the market

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The longtime home of photographer Robert Frank and artist June Leaf is now on the market (as of March 9).  The Federal-style townhouse at ...
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Friday, March 20, 2026

Friday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  As seen on Second Street near Second Avenue today... a cart labeled "For Our Street Siblings," filled with so...
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A meditation on memory, loss and heritage

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  Tearless, thoughtless, the second record from Brooklyn's Nara's Room  comes out on May 15.  The video here is for the first single...

Friday's opening shot

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A favorite passage in the neighborhood... a view this morning of Second Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue alongside the New Yo...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Works by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh on view at Ki Smith Gallery on the LES

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Early work by artist-composer-musician  Mark Mothersbaugh is the subject of an ongoing exhibit (until April 5) at the...
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The empty lot on 2nd Avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets is for sale

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  The currently vacant lot on Second Avenue between Second Street and Third Street is now on the market.  ...
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