Monday, October 12, 2026

Todos Contentos y Yo También bringing Spanish-language books to 3rd Street

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  A new independent bookstore and publisher is coming to 138 E. Third St. between Avenue A and First Avenu...
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Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart closes on 2nd Avenue

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Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart has closed at 166 Second Ave. between 10th and 11th Streets.  The shop, which opened in late 2023 , had kept in...
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Fat Boys Burgers closes after a little more than a year on 1st Avenue

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Fat Boys Burgers has closed at 231 First Ave. between 13th and 14th Streets.  The burger shop, which opened in June 2025, went dark towar...
Sunday, October 11, 2026

Sunday's parting shot

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Getting soaked to the bone waiting out the rain today on Avenue A and Sixth Street...

Saturday at the Lower East Side Hispanic Heritage Festival

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Photos by Stacie Joy   The fifth annual Lower East Side Hispanic Heritage Festival took place yesterday at Dry Dock Park on 10th Street and ...

EV Grieve's East Village Week in Grieview

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Posts this past week included (with an overstylized look at First Avenue)... • Signs of opposition to the Meltzer Tower replacement plan (...
Saturday, October 10, 2026

Sources: E-bike battery sparks apartment fire on Avenue A

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy   The FDNY responded after 8 p.m. to a fire at 172 E. Fourth St., a 12-story residential building on the ...
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Saturday's opening shots

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From Tompkins Square Park, some new plants and flowers to keep the Hare Krishna tree company... part of the ongoing greening effort aroun...
Friday, October 9, 2026

A heart in winter

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  Brooklyn’s Pippy released one of my favorite records of the year with their self-titled album.  They're on the bill tomorrow (Oct. 10...
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‘Post More Bills’ digs into 5 decades of downtown ephemera

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More than five decades of downtown art and culture are on the walls at Howl! Happening with " Post More Bills ." The exhibition ...
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[Updated] Japanese grocery Yamadaya coming to Avenue A

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Updated: This is NOT the Budget Mart storefront, as previously reported. We apologize for the error. A new tenant is coming to 37 Avenue A...
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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Up high with artist Owen Dippie and his 6-story Basquiat mural on the Bowery

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Photos and interview by Stacie Joy  It's hard to concentrate on taking photos while rising several stories above the Bowery in a constru...
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Vacant 2nd Avenue lot from fatal 2015 explosion hits the market again

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Image via BKREA   The vacant lot at 123 Second Ave., the site of one of the buildings destroyed in the deadly March 2015 gas explosion , is ...
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Pierogi Day returns to the East Village Meat Market

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Photo by Stacie Joy  The East Village Meat Market is bringing back its annual Pierogi Day on Saturday (Oct. 10).  From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Wednesday's parting shot

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Photo by Derek Berg   Still standing, more or less, on Ninth Street...
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Cowabunga, dude: Teenage Mutant Turtles are (temporarily) moving into this EV space

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  The former Swiss Institute space on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place is ge...
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