Week in Grieview

Gimme Gimme Records closes today (Tuesday)

One way to charge a smartphone (Thursday)

I Coppi team will open new restaurant on Avenue A (Monday)

Arrest made in robbery at Tompkins Square Bagels (Friday)

Live in the former Cafe Gigi on East Ninth Street (Monday)

From the EVG photo files (Wednesday)

A band still lives in the East Village (Thursday)

First reported smashed pumpkin of season (Wednesday)

What prompted David McWater to say: "I wouldn't vote for this alteration if Baby Jesus came down here." (Tuesday)

This week's Out and About in the East Village (Wednesday)

Wylie Dufresne opening pub concept in former Plum Pizzeria on Second Avenue (Thursday)

And how was your morning?

Then there's this. Thanks to @DicksCottons for sending along these photos from Bleecker near the Bowery this morning ...

Not sure who came first to the spot: the front-end loader or BMW. Some people will do anything for a parking space.

[Updated] Fire in the manhole on Third Avenue

Well, @Alexander_Stein sent along this photo... from about 20 minutes ago on Third Avenue at Astor Place/St. Mark's Place... you can see the FDNY arriving in the background...

11:19 — four trucks on the scene...

Via @MotoColor at 11:19 ...

Via @jarroddickenson

Via Grace Elizabeth Mangum on Facebook around 1 p.m. ...

The intersection remains closed off... and FDNY, NYPD and ConEd are on the scene...

Via Bonnie DeWitt on Facebook around 2:15 ... showing the scene now...

And later... the site filled our hearts with song... via @Troyquan ...

Croissanteria now open on Avenue A

Croissanteria, which we first mentioned back in July, had its grand opening this weekend here on Avenue A near East Fifth Street... EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by for a few photos...

Hours are 7 a.m. to midnight. Anyone try the cafe-bakery yet...? Let us know in the comments...

And now, a lot of photos of dogs in costumes...

EVG contributor Stacie Joy was at the Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park today...

...oops. Cat!

And our friend editrrix has more photos from yesterday right here ... and via NY Through the Lens here ...

Hats off...

At the Mad Hatter Tea Party this afternoon in Tompkins Square Park... Photos by Bobby Williams...

Otto's Shrunken Head celebrates 10th anniversary tonight

At 538 E. 14th St. near Avenue B...

Last weekend for Gimme Gimme Records

As we reported Tuesday, this gem of a record store on East Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue got hit with an enormous rent hike ... and is closing up after tomorrow...

Open 1-10 today ... and 1-7 tomorrow... stop by and say goodbye... and buy some vinyl.

East Village dipping alert

The Post has a piece today about "[o]rganized bands of thieves ... targeting East Village partiers."

Pickpockets using a three-man system called "dipping" have been plaguing clubs, authorities and club employees said.

The NYPD made an arrest in connection with a dipping incident at Bowery Electric. The article also quotes Kevin Lynch, the owner of Solas, who said "he and his employees twice have helped nab thieves they spotted."

Lynch has beefed up his security team on weekends to combat the scourge.

Meanwhile, we have also seen an increase in dipping around here...

Well, an increase in dippin' ...

A busy Saturday in Tompkins Square Park today

A quick recap!

• The Earth School Fall Fair from 11-5.

• The Halloween Dog Parade from noon-3.

• The massive Mad Hatter Tea Party from 3-6.

• Public viewings of mysterious, rolled-up thing.

Missing anything?