Friday, May 1, 2026

Café Chrystie expands next door with new bar space

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Café Chrystie is expanding into the adjoining space — adding a new bar component that debuts today at 5 ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2026

6 posts from April

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A mini month in review (with, above, prime wisteria time on Stuyvesant Street)...  • 'He looked out for absolutely everyone here': F...
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One spring day

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Photos by Stacie Joy  As we wrap up April, a few scenes of friends and neighbors out enjoying a recent spring day around the East Village.  ...
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Reader mail: What is that smell in Tompkins Square Park?

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An EVG email exchange this morning...  What is that horrible smell in TSP?  Smelled on April 29 throughout the park!  not sure TBH... I wa...
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‘Justice for Abdul’: Advocates push for protections for bodega workers

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  In the wake of the fatal shooting that has shaken the East Village and the Yemeni American community, bu...
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Coming attractions (aka, signage alert): The East Village is getting a Regina's Grocery & Deli

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Photo by Steven  The old-school signage for Regina's Grocery & Deli went up yesterday at 111 First Ave., between Sixth and Seventh ...

Fire Escape debuts on Avenue A

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Fire Escape , a licensed cannabis dispensary, debuted earlier this month at 103 Avenue A between Sixth S...
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People went nuts for the Nuts Factory opening on 3rd Avenue

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Photos by Stacie Joy  We happened to be walking along Third Avenue on Sunday and caught the lines for the grand opening of the Nuts Factory ...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Wednesday's parting shot

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Sky view from Third and A today...
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Report: Rushed shelter shift tied to death, raises questions about East Village Intake plan

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Kenton Hall on the Bowery   A rushed city effort to close the longtime Bellevue intake shelter and shift services to new sites — including f...
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Former Chris French Cleaners lot awaits its condoplex

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The NE corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue is now free of the pesky one-level building that previously housed Chris French Cleaners. ...
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Table Mercato bringing 'Boston's best sandwich' to 10th Street

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Signage recently arrived for Table Mercato at 214 E. 10th St., between First and Second Avenues. ( Thanks to EVG reader Lauren G. for the ...
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Step right up: A game show experience is coming to the Bowery

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Signage is up for Game of 1000 Boxes at 302 Bowery between First Street and Houston.  This will be the permanent home for the "live g...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Tuesday's parting shot

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Here's a late-afternoon look at the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Avenue A. As we reported on Friday , the newish landlord here...
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‘He looked out for absolutely everyone here’: Friends and neighbors discuss slain deli worker Abdul Saleh

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Loved ones are mourning the loss of Abdul Saleh, 28, who was shot and killed late Saturday night outsid...
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