Monday, August 24, 2026

From parking to housing: NoHo lot clears major hurdle for 210 new apartments

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A long-time NoHo parking lot is another step closer to becoming housing.  The Landmarks Preservation Commission last week approved revised...
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Sidewalk sheds may be getting a little less permanent

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New rules are now in effect to remove long-standing sidewalk sheds more quickly, while the city is also considering six new designs for the...
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Last call for Chopt on Astor Place

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Chopt is closing its Astor Place outpost after more than 10 years in business. ( Thanks to EVG reader Seth for the tip! ) Friday (Aug. ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Sunday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  A scene from today's celebration of Pakistan Independence Day outside Nishaan Chopped Cheese on First Avenue betwee...

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

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Posts this past week included (with a photo of @DoveMother with the pigeons in Tompkins by Derek Berg )... Never miss a post with the wee...

From this past week: Roadway dining gets readers talking

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The most-commented-on post of the week: From Tuesday ... news that roadway dining will be allowed year-round drew 90 comments. Readers deb...
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Sunday's opening shot

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A new arrival on Third Street at Second Avenue outside the Bean... mural by Claudio Picasso ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2026

The highly unfortunate closing of the Avenue A Two Boots, on film

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Photo from May by Stacie Joy A documentary about the closing of the longtime Two Boots Pizza outpost on Avenue A is screening again tonigh...
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Saturday's opening shot (and score)

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Photo by Stacie Joy  Hoops on the LES the other day... and now, randomly, the weather forecast: Mostly cloudy and humid today, with a little...
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Friday, August 21, 2026

State of 'Independence'

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  We're sharing another video/single from Pretty Sick 's upcoming album,  Anarchy .  Check out the above clip for "Hyper Indepe...

From White Trash to Aliens on 5th Street

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Aliens of Brooklyn is returning to the East Village.  Owner-artist Joseph Angel Tijerina opens his new...
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Bye, bye Blank Street

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And then there were none. Blank Street Coffee at 149 Avenue A between Ninth and 10th Street has closed. A for-rent sign showed up on the ...
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thursday's parting shot

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Crossing Houston at Ludlow tonight in the downpour...
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‘Tony’ and a Bourdain East Village flashback

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"Tony," the film that chronicles a life-changing summer of 1975 for a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain, continues its run at Village...
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An East Village swimmer completes open-water swimming's Triple Crown

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Photos and interview by Stacie Joy English Channel photos by Keith Nelson   East Village resident Juliet Kadlecek recently completed the Tri...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Wednesday's parting shot

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Banner evening sky from First Avenue...

'I smell dead things': The plot thins on Avenue A

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The mucky tree well on Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street along the Con Ed substation is once again a bare plot of earth and p...
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‘A Dream Task’: Inside Nico Lou’s new Mutt Library at Hancock Cafe

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Interview by EVG  East Village native Nico Lou Monheim Carrasquillo has a new home for some of the books, writers and...
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Nothing 'Irregular' about the 2 festival awards for this Sophie's-set film

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A nice festival finish for "Irregular." The independent feature, filmed largely inside Sophie's on Fifth Street between Aven...

Openings: Recente on 2nd Avenue

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Photo courtesy of Alex Staniloff  Recente , a coastal Italian restaurant and aperitivo bar, debuted last week at 182 Second Ave. between 11t...
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