Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Openings: Sweeties Candy NYC on 1st Avenue

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Sweeties Candy NYC recently debuted in the lower level at 93 First Ave., just south of Sixth Street.  The shop leans i...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Tuesday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  In the low 80s, it was the most summer-like day of the year, and you could tell in Tompkins Square Park...
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Camp classics: Catch rare screenings of 'The Brenda and Glennda Show' on Saturday

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Longtime East Village resident Glenn Belverio will be part of a screening and performance event this Saturday afternoon at Coney Island...
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Residents question city’s plan to shift shelter intake to the East Village

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Above: Project Renewal, 8 E. 3rd St. Updated 4/22:  A judge has paused the City's East Village intake plan . ----- City officials and lo...
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Signage alert: Nuts Factory on 3rd Avenue

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We're officially on nuts watch on the NW corner of Third Avenue and Nnth Street.  Signage arrived yesterday for Nuts Factory , aka, ...
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Closures: Cosmic Cat Cafe on 2nd Street

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Photos by Stacie Joy  A for-rent sign hangs in the window at 170 E. Second St. between Avenue A and Avenue B... bringing an official end to...
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Monday, April 13, 2026

Monday's parting shot

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Early this evening on Fifth Street and Avenue B, as captured by Kerry McKay.

Phil Hartman on 'No Picnic' and capturing a vanishing East Village in the 1980s

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Photos and interview by Stacie Joy A restored slice of pre-gentrification East Village life is returning to the big screen this month.  Phil...
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On tonight’s CB3-SLA docket: Recente, Wine Art Laboratory and more

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Here are a few items of interest on tonight's CB3-SLA committee docket...  New Liquor License Applications   • Recente (LW Restaurant ...
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Signage alert: Fifth Square on 5th Street

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The former Noona's Ice Cream & Bakeshop at 304 E. Fifth St. won't stay vacant long.  Signage is up now for Fifth Square, which...

Signage alert: House of Shawarma on 2nd Avenue

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Photo by Steven House of Shawarma is the next tenant at 153 Second Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.  One EVG reader at first thoug...
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Sanwits replacing Rowdy Rooster on 1st Avenue

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Photo by William Klayer  Signage arrived on March 31 for Sanwits at 149 First Ave., between Ninth Street and 10th Street.  This is being bil...
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Signage alert: Conall's Public House on 1st Avenue

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Photo by Stacie Joy The lettered Conall's Public House signage went up on Friday at 51 First Ave. between Third Street and Fourth Stre...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Sunday's parting shot

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By Stacie Joy   Today in trying to go viral: eating a 10-pound Costco chocolate Easter bunny in Tompkins Square Park...  Since Easter was la...
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Sunday's parting headshots

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Photo by Steven  As seen on Ninth Street between A and First today...

Wall prep on 6th and C

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy   Work continues on the SW corner of Avenue C and Sixth Street, where the wall is being prepped for a new...

Noted

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An EVG reader shared this photo from 6:30 this morning... as seen on the corner of Clinton and Houston — a green cab atop a safety bollard...
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Week in Grieview

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Posts this past week included (with a walk along Cooper Union)... Never miss an EVG post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right  here ...

Participatory Budgeting vote underway in Council District 2

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Participatory Budgeting vote week is underway.  Through April 19, New Yorkers age 11 and up can vote — online or in person — on how city ...

A view to a kill

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EVG reader Bettina shared the above photo from last Sunday... a look to the north from the Williamsburg Bridge.  In view is East River Par...
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