Corner space at 118 1st Ave. for rent

The owner of the building on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street has put up a for rent sign in the corner space ... which has already drawn some commentary...



... to coincide with the commentary that has been on the front door since the previous tenant, Golden Food Market, closed at the end of July after 35 years in business...



The storefront listing isn't online. So there isn't any word of the asking rent.

An LLC with a West 11th Street address bought the building at 118 First Ave. back in the spring for $5.8 million, according to public records.

The Golden Food Market staff said that the lease was up for renewal and the new landlord wanted an increase that was more than they could manage.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Golden Food Market closes on 1st Avenue and 7th Street

Pouring one out for the former Pourhouse!

[Photo Wedensday via @edwardzick]

Back on Wednesday, workers removed the Village Pourhouse neon signage on Third Avenue ... the sports bar closed in April after 10 years of hosting every neighborhood pub crawl...



Workers, for now, did leave some remnants of the Pourhouse on the 11th Street side...



In July, CB3 OK'd a new liquor license for the owners behind the Ainsworth, the upscale sports-bar chainlet with three NYC locations as well as one in Hoboken, N.J., and Las Vegas. No word on an opening date for the Ainsworth East Village.

And someone has kept the memory alive of the tenant that never was — E.Vil, the rock-and-roll bar with big plans and an active Instagram account.


[Photo from early October by Shawn Chittle]

Previously on EV Grieve:
The Village Pourhouse still looks like the Village Pourhouse outside, but E.Vil is on the way

Village Pourhouse is closing on 3rd Avenue; E.Vil is coming soon

An outpost of the Ainsworth vying for former Pourhouse space; E.Vil is not coming

Sunday's parting shot

Becoming zombies on Avenue B via Derek Berg...

Week in Grieview

[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

RIP Bonnie DeWitt (Wednesday)

DA: Man sentenced to 40 years in prison for November 2015 rape in East River Park (Tuesday)

During Town Hall, Mayor announces city's interest in re-acquiring former P.S. 64 (Friday)

The latest installment of I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Friday)

Dedicating Moises Locón Way and Nicholas Figueroa Way on 2nd Avenue at 7th Street (Saturday)

Ben Shaoul's Bloom 62 going condo on Avenue B (Monday)

First sign of upcoming renovations at the former Webster Hall (Tuesday)

Report: Actress arrested for allegedly trying to push stranger onto Union Square subway tracks (Tuesday)

Space that was 5 restaurants in 1 year now for rent (Friday)

A wedding in Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

Pop-up Mr. Bing has its grand opening on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

165 Avenue B back on the market, again (Monday)

343 E. 6th St. enlightened by new tenant (Friday)

East Village resident writes and performs "The Bench," opening today (Thursday)

A barber shop coming to 4th Street (Monday)

About the scaffolding at 125 2nd Ave. (Saturday)

The Dessert Kitchen opens on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Work on disaster protection for Haven Plaza underway (Tuesday)

Report: No charges for Sudanese diplomat who allegedly groped woman at Bar None (Monday)

A 12th Street Steiner East Village reveal (Monday)

Shake Shack's Death Star branch opens (Tuesday)

On Tuesday, I noted a partial reveal at 421 E. Sixth St., the building that Peter Brant is converting into an exhibition space. Since Tuesday, construction workers have removed the rest of the scaffolding here between Avenue A and First Avenue...





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A short-lived sidewalk-bridge-free section of Avenue C

[Photo from Oct. 6]

In a links roundup on Oct. 7, I posted the above photo noting that workers removed the remaining sidewalk bridge and scaffolding on the west side of Avenue C between Seventh Street and Sixth Street ... in front of the NYCHA-owned buildings.

Per an EVG reader: "I've been living on C for 6 years now and can't remember a day when it wasn't a fixture of the buildings along that stretch of sidewalk."

Anyway, the sidewalk freedom was short-lived... another sidewalk bridge returned this past week...





The DOB webiste doesn't offer much about what's exactly happening with the address (99-103 Avenue C), other than "INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS."

On the Sixth Street side, the temporary boilers that arrived after Sandy will be celebrating their 5-year anniversary on Oct. 29.

Zombie FYI

The 11th annual NYC Zombie Crawl takes place today... Per the flyer, zombies are congregating starting at 4 p.m. at three neighboring Avenue B establishments — Maiden Lane, Dream Baby and Lucky. Following a zombie crawl, participants will meet at the Continental on Third Avenue before the Zombie Afterparty at Bowery Electric.

More info here.

Dedicating Moises Locón Way and Nicholas Figueroa Way on 2nd Avenue at 7th Street

City officials this morning unveiled the new street blades that co-name the northwest corner of Second Avenue and Seventh Street after Moises Locón, 27, and Nicholas Figueroa, 23, who died in the gas explosion here on March 26, 2015.

Ana and Nixon, parents of Nicholas Figueroa, and Alfredo Locón, brother of Moises Locón, were at the dedication as well as several local elected officials and first responders at the time of the explosion.

This was a healing moment for all. #eastvillage Photo: Cora Cofield pic.twitter.com/rmpHCitVr5

— Rosie Mendez (@RosieMendez) October 14, 2017

Officials say that illegal gas tampering caused the explosion.

Photos by Steven

Previously on EV Grieve:
RIP Nicholas Figueroa

RIP Moises Ismael Locón Yac

A proposal to co-name part of 2nd Avenue and 7th Street after the victims of the 2015 gas explosion

Street co-naming ceremony Saturday for the 2 victims of the 2nd Avenue gas explosion

Kamala lost the viola his father gave him more than 50 years ago

These flyers are up outside the Ottendorfer branch of the New York Public Library on Second Avenue near St. Mark's Place.

On Thursday, Kamala last the viola his father gave him before he turned 17. Kamala is now 70. He lost the viola, which is in a khaki canvas case, either at the Ottendorfer branch or the Sirovich Center on 12th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

The viola has "purely sentimental value." Kamala is offering a $100 reward for its return. You can leave your contact info at the library or the front office at the Sirovich Center.

EV Grieve Etc.: The films of Stephen King; the end of Noho Star

[Photo on 2nd Avenue Tuesday by Derek Berg]

There's a benefit concert for Puerto Rico in East River Park on Oct. 22 (The Lo-Down)

"Why dirty diplomats can literally get away with murder" (The Post ... previously)

Remembering Bowery Village, a "struggling farming community" (Ephemeral New York)

Stephen King films galore! (Metrograph)

Jimmy Webb's rock 'n' roll boutique now open on the LES (official site ... read my interview with Webb here)

Gettin' Wet with Miss Guy: The Photography of Guy Furrow at Art on A through Nov. 2 (Facebook) ... and scenes from the Mike Diana closing party (Slum Goddess)

Natasha Lyonne checks out a condo above the congregation Adas Yisroel Anshe Meseritz on Sixth Street (6sqft)

The New Museum expanding on the Bowery (BoweryBoogie)

Another look at Club Cumming on Sixth Street (The New York Times)

Spotlight on Estonian Cinema (Anthology Film Archives)

East Village landlords Icon Realty close to securing $425 million loan to build two UES condo towers (The Real Deal)

The Noho Star looks to be closing (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

A "no tipping" lawsuit involves Danny Meyer and David Chang (Eater)

[Updated] Honk if you like...

The 2017 HONK NYC Festival wraps up tomorrow afternoon at multiple East Village/LES locations, starting at the Children's Magical Garden on Stanton Street and ending at La Plaza Cultural on Ninth Street and Avenue C, with a parade along Avenue C in between [Updated: The parade on C is no longer happening] ... it's part of the HONK for MORE Gardens! Procession.

Here's the lineup via Facebook:

Everyone is welcome to join the day's events starting at Children's Magical Garden at 129 Stanton St. near Essex at noon, where we'll have craft & prop-making time accompanied by music from Damas de Ferro of Rio de Janeiro.

• At 2 pm our procession steps off on Stanton to Pitt Street, and we march/dance up Avenue C, ending at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden at approximately 2:45 pm. This is a permitted street parade.
• At 3 pm Liberation Drum Circles will lead a one-hour workshop, free to all, at La Plaza.
• At 4:15 pm Batala New York returns for a performance of Northern Brazilian samba reggae drum rhythms, at La Plaza.
• At 5 pm all welcome to join the procession from La Plaza to DROM on Ave A, for the HONK NYC Closing Party.

Find more details here.