A bag of 'fuck you' under the Tompkins Square holiday tree

Ah, Santa has come early this year...

What did he/she leave for us?

Oh.

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Is anyone missing a tuft of hair?

Or maybe a weave? Or wig? If so, then let us know. We found this on Avenue A this afternoon. (And is there a reward?)

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Max Fish opening a summer outpost on the Asbury Park boardwalk

Paper has the scoop that Max Fish is opening an Asbury Park outpost this weekend. Owner Uli Rimkus said that the bar will be open weekends through Memorial Day, then daily the rest of the summer. Rimkus said that she has made the space to "look like Max Fish but beachy, with blues, greens and clouds." [Via Eater]

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition

[An EVG favorite]

Funding campaign under way for the Living Theatre (BoweryBoogie)

The mean rent for Manhattan in April: $3,429 (Curbed)

One reason why the 5 train sucks (Gothamist)

Why you won't be getting any more of those Mikey's Burger menus shoved under your door (Eater)

Another High Line victim (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

German bakery opening on Orchard Street (The Lo-Down)

And from the EV Grieve inbox...

The Here Kitty Kitty Titty show is a neo-burlesque extravaganza featuring crazy cat ladies, sexy kittens and of course, titties. We know everyone has a little cat love inside of them and we want to celebrate that naughty feeling through burlesque!

Tonight
The Kraine Theater
85 e. 4th Street
Doors at 10 pm, Show at 10:30 pm sharp

Meet the landlord who owns 50-58 E. Third St.

[Bobby Williams]

The Voice filed a story yesterday on the ongoing situation at 50-58 E. Third St., which included a rally on Monday in which City Council member Rosie Mendez spoke.

As you may know, Abart Holdings LLC has sold (or is selling) the buildings at 50, 54 and 58 E. Third St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Seventeen residents of the building with market-rate apartments received letters that stated they must move out within 60 days.

Wasim Lone of Good Old Lower East Side told the Voice that he has been trying to contact the landlord on behalf of the tenants, but they've refused to take any calls. "The landlord's request is quite outrageous, considering he's trying to kick out 17 families out of the houses in just two months," Lone said.

And Ben Kim at the Voice did a little digging and discovered who the landlord is behind Abart Holdings LLC: Abe Haruvi. (The Voice wrote in October 2000 about how Haruvi allegedly tried to evict long-term tenants elsewhere in the city.)

In November 2010, the Post reported that Haruvi owns more than 40 Manhattan buildings. And, "Several years ago he allegedly tried to evict rent-stabilized tenants by wrongly claiming he needed their homes for his personal use."

Also, according to the Post in November 2010: "A 65-year-old housekeeper at the Palm Beach home of Manhattan landlord Abe Haruvi says she was made to work from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. and forced to share living quarters with her employers' dogs." She filed a lawsuit for unspecified damages.

Anyway, here's a photo of the house that Haruvi bought last November in Palm Beach for $7.8 million (down from an early high of $17 million). You can read about it here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader report: Three apartment buildings sold on East Third Street

Know your rights: Help with understanding NYC rent laws

More about the lease renewals at 50, 54 and 58 E. Third St.

Tenants at 50, 54 and 58 E. Third St. banding to together in face of building sale

Tompkins Square Park still not quite rat-free

[Monday in the Park. Photo by Bobby Williams]

Dunno about you, but I've noticed an increasing number of rats in Tompkins Square Park of late. Well, not quite return to the bad old days of July 2011.

Not really a surprise. After all, it is Hey-Let's-Buy-A-Pizza-and-Leave-Half-of-it-in-the-box-and-leave-the-Park-to-get-drunker season.

Plus, it's spring.

Back in March, The Villager reported that Park officials had brought Ratstravaganza under control. Park officials have certainly done a lot to curb the rat population.

And has anyone seen the Elusive Pigeon Lady? We also haven't seen the red-tailed hawk(s) as much either. Among other things, they eat rats.

Here then, where Nevada Smith's once stood

I've been wondering what has been going on behind that sidewalk shed-plywood combo where Nevada Smith's once stood at 74 Third Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street ...

So I asked a passerby for a lift so I could dangle over the plywood with my camera.

OK then. Here we are.

Just an empty lot for now. I thought workers may have already started a little excavating for this — the future.

As The Deal Deal reported, the corner will one day house an 82,000-square-foot, nine-story residential building with 94 units.

The city approved the plans last month.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Those persistent rumors about 74-76 Third Avenue and the future of Nevada Smith's

The East Village will lose a parking lot and gain an apartment building

Here is your 5 Napkin Burger sidewalk cafe

Back in January, the CB3/SLA folks OK'd a sidewalk cafe for 5 Napkin Burger at 14th Street and Third Avenue. Several times we questioned whether they'd be enough room for a sidewalk cafe on a busy stretch that features food carts, bicycles, Trader Joe's food pallets, food truck lines, commuters, that one guy, etc.

Anyway, now we know... the sidewalk cafe is out ...

Perhaps they'll DBGB it and add some four-ton planters and stuff to provide a little barrier for eating.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Will there be enough room for a sidewalk cafe outside the new 5 Napkin Burger on 14th and Third?

On Avenue B, a living room big enough for your very own Mardi Gras

In case you are in the market for a four-bedroom apartment with terrace... take at look at 93 Avenue B at East Sixth Street, which hit the market Monday for $5,995 a month. Per Streeteasy (via EastVillage Cribs.com):

"The living room is BIG. Big enough to have 20 guests comfortably."

No word if the current tenants will be leaving behind the Bud Light Mardi Gras decorations.

Pinkerton is missing

Flyer spotted on Second Avenue and 13th Street.