E-Nail is back open

The salon at 125 Second Ave. reopened today … for the first time since the deadly gas explosion at 121 Second Ave. on March 26. (E-Nail had temporarily relocated to a space on East Sixth.)

Meanwhile, Enz's remains closed next door… owner Mariann Marlowe is currently selling her vintage clothes from a storefront at 627 E. Sixth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C. And at 127 Second Ave., B&H Dairy hopes to reopen in the coming week.

H/T EVG reader Beth

You have until 5 p.m. to hang out in a cemetery

You can visit the New York City Marble Cemetery on East Second Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue until 5 p.m. as the headline explained.

Read more about the cemetery here.

At the NYC Cannabis Parade

EVG contributor Stacie Joy was in Union Square yesterday for the annual event … in which an estimated 400 people (that number via the Post) marched down Broadway from 32nd Street to Union Square for an afternoon of festivities…








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From the Post:

[T]he cops adopted a tacit all-toke, no-action policy.

“We have zero arrests, and we don’t plan on having any,” one sergeant told a Post reporter.

Advocates praised the cops’ mellow take on toking as the latest sign New York was inching toward decriminalization.

Last month, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson warned the NYPD in a memo obtained by The Post that his office would no longer prosecute people caught possessing — or even smoking — marijuana in public.

5:15 a.m.

Photo by Bobby Williams

Trees arrives for Icon Realty's newest roof deck

There was a lot of activity this morning outside 154 Second Ave., Icon Realty's new residential building between East Ninth Street and East 10th Street where rentals range from $4,500 to $9,500.

EVG reader Dan Theisen noted that workers were hoisting some trees and bushes up to the landscaped roof deck…







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Perhaps this will be a more tranquil rooftop experience. There are reportedly an "endless barrage of rowdy DJ dance parties" on the roof deck at the Icon-owned 205 Avenue A, as the Post put it last August.

Blue plastic tarp comes alive on Avenue A

Photo by Grant Shaffer

At the former 121 Second Ave.

As of yesterday, there are now two small bouquets of flowers and crosses in the lot where 119-123 Second Ave. once stood.

Moises Ismael Locón Yac and Nicholas Figueroa died during the gas explosion at 121 Second Ave. on March 26.

A #SAVENYC show tonight at Arlene's Grocery

Via the EVG inbox…

The #SaveNYC Concert will be taking place TONIGHT, Saturday May 2, at Arlene's Grocery. This event's primary mission is to create public awareness of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act. We have Penny Arcade and DeeDee Luxe on board along with Joe Hunt. Ann McDermott will be there to speak about our mission.

Find more information about #SaveNYC here.

Arlene's is at 95 Stanton St. between Ludlow and Orchard.

Get your 'Uncommon Plants' today on East 12th Street

Today from 10 am to 1 pm
El Sol Brillante Community Garden
522-528 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B

Details here.

May Day march down 2nd Avenue

[Photo by Bill the Libertarian Anarchist]

Two protests came together this afternoon, the May Day Parade and Rally and a demonstration by Disarm NYPD, which included a protest in solidarity with demonstrators in Baltimore speaking out against the death of Freddie Gray.

The rally started in Union Square ... then headed south down Second Avenue toward Foley Square... EVG reader Michael Rosenthal photographed the different groups who made up today's march from Second Avenue and East Ninth Street ...

























As Newsweek reported earlier this evening, "Barricades were used to keep protesters from taking over the entire street and there was a notable police presence. At least one person was detained by officers, though whether or not they were charged for any wrongdoing remains unclear."

Updated

Here are a few more photos of the May 1st Coalition for Worker & Immigrant Rights/Freddie Gray Rally leaving Union Square ... via James and Karla Murray…