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A temporary and very colorful commemorative plaque for Jean-Michel Basquiat outside 57 Great Jones St. between the Bowery and Lafayette. A...

Wednesday (April 1!) marks the start of outdoor dining season in NYC.  Under current city rules, licensed roadway cafés can operate from A...

Ninth Ward signage is now up on the new building at 180 Second Ave. ( H/T Choresh Wald! ) As previously reported, the New Orleans–themed bar...

Image via @thegraymarenyc After nearly 10 years at 61 Second Ave., the Gray Mare closed after service this weekend.  However, the owners ha...

EVG reader Danimal let us know that the quick-serve Indian restaurant Apna Pind opened yesteday at 128 E. Fourth St. between First Avenue ...

Slowly spring in Tompkins Square Park...

Posts this past week included (with an early Father's Day scene on Avenue A via Derek Berg ).  Never miss an EVG post with the weekly ...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  On Wednesday afternoon, there was a sizable FDNY response to a report of a fire on the SW corner of Aven...

Photo by Jason Newton   From last night outside Search & Destroy on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue...

Brooklyn's quietly intense Nara's Room tonight at Night Club 101 on Avenue A ... the band's next record is out on May 15.

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Local residents assembled in Tompkins Square Park early this afternoon, setting off for Columbus Circle ...

Photo by Derek Berg   Alley Cat at the excellent Village Works , 12 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.  And NOT fo...

Photos by Cecil Scheib  The March 27 sunset as seen from the East Village ... ... and earlier...

Surfbort is back with their first record in five years, the delightfully absurd Reality Star.  The video here, which includes a dancing c...

Photos courtesy of Francesca Magnani  A series of portraits taken on the Lower East Side — featuring members of the Bolivian skate collectiv...

Photos by Stacie Joy   The old-school signage arrived yesterday for the incoming Paulie Gee's East Village Slice Shop on the NE corner o...

Photos and text by Daniel Efram   Earlier this month, the Francis Kite Club , 40 Avenue C, hosted O/R Books author Behrooz Ghamari, of the E...

Photos by Andy Reynolds for B&H  Today marked the 11th anniversary of the deadly Second Avenue gas explosion .  The blast killed two men...

Photos and interview by Stacie Joy  As we reported on Tuesday , the longtime home of East Village mainstay Two Boots Pizza — at 42 Avenue A ...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Ding-dong, the bench is gone.  That was the word on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B yesterd...