Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Remembering Steve Almaas

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Photo via Instagram Steve Almaas, a longtime East Village resident, musician and songwriter whose career stretched from the pioneering Mi...
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Trinity Lower East Side celebrates 30 years in its Avenue B home

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Parishioners of Trinity Lower East Side Church marked the 30th anniversary of the dedication of their...

Construction watch: 57 4th Ave.

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Foundation work continues on the NE corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue, previously home to a one-level building that housed Chris Fr...

Shaky Eyez coming into focus on 14th Street

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Photos by William Klayer  Signage arrived Friday for Shaky Eyez at 402 E. 14th St., just east of First Avenue.  The storefront has been home...
Monday, June 15, 2026

June 15

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A reader shares this discard pic from Sixth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...couldn't even wait for the Summer Solstice...

A Bambi Lake poetry collection gets an East Village launch party

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A poetry collection from the late Bambi Lake will be celebrated Thursday evening at Francis Kite Club , 40 Avenue C between Third Street a...

The newish office building at 1 St. Mark's Place is no longer empty

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Sephora now has some upstairs neighbors, as the building at 1 St. Mark's Place has secured its first office tenants.  According to a rep...
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A final look at Somtum Der

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  We stopped by the former Somtum Der space at 85 Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street on Friday...

Another inexpensive slice shop bites the dust at 20 Avenue A

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Photo by Stacie Joy  It appears the latest cheap-o pizza concept is kaput at 20 Avenue A.  Paper now covers the windows at the Italian Slic...

Signage alert: FKA on 2nd Avenue

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Signage recently arrived at 221 Second Ave. between 13th Street and 14th Street for a new bar called FKA — short for "Formerly Known ...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

At Sophie's and beyond: More Knicks championship photos

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Photos by Kyle de Vre   We have more Knicks celebratory pics, starting at Sophie's on Fifth Street near Avenue A ... and on the surround...

Week in Grieview

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Posts this past week include (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Ber g)   Never miss an EVG post with the weekly EVG newslet...
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Saturday night on Avenue C, Knicks NBA championship edition

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  As you may have heard, the Knicks won the NBA championship last night in a tense game 5 versus the San A...
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The 6th annual WasteFest is TODAY in Tompkins Square Park

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Hardcore veterans Urban Waste are hosting their sixth annual WasteFest this weekend ... with Day 2 in Tompkins Square Park this afternoon...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Saturday's parting shot

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Earlier today on Second Avenue...
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Early voting for New York Primary Elections starts TODAY

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by NYC Votes (@nycvotes) In the East Village, residents will be voting on: ...
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Saturday's opening shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  A Knicks/Superman mural by Fumero arrived earlier in the week in Freeman Alley (off Rivington near the Bowery).  Your ...
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