Report of a balcony fire on 7th Street

Late this afternoon, the FDNY responded to a report of a fire on a fourth-floor balcony at 102 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue.

EVG correspondent Derek Berg happened to be passing by "as something exploded and showered down black bits and pieces" ...

There are unconfirmed reports that it was a battery ...

The FDNY was quickly on the scene and extinguished the small fire... which, according to the Citizen app, was contained to the balcony...

Happy Easter!

As seen today at the entrance to StuyTown on 14th Street and Avenue A... thanks to Christine Champagne for the photo!

Week in Grieview

Posts from this past week included (with a photo on Avenue A by Derek Berg) ... 

• Remembering Carol Joyce on 7th Street (Wednesday) 

• A sneak peek at the new C&B space (Monday)

• Exclusive: Iconic East Village venue The Pyramid Club will not be reopening after year-long PAUSE (Thursday) 

• Your chance to laugh and support the Sixth Street Community Center (Wednesday) 

• Subway Dreams on 2nd Street (Monday) 

• 1st sign of new-building construction on the northeast corner of Avenue C and Sixth Street (Tuesday) 

• Gallery Watch checks out the "Group Sex" show at Full Tank Moto Cafe (Friday) 

• This week's NY See on that non-vaccinated feeling (Thursday) 

• Sales: "Unique and endless" possibilities for this unique church on 4th Street (Thursday) 

• At the first Pinc Louds show of 2021 in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday) 

• The last days of the former B Bar & Grill (Monday) 

• Greenwich Marketplace debuts on 4th Avenue (Tuesday) • EXPG Studio is closing on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Openings: Cadence debuts on 7th Street (Thursday) ... Four Four South Village on 7th Street (Monday) 

• With the sale of the building, the Central Bar signs off after nearly 20 years on 9th Street (Monday) 

• You can bet your bottom dollar that you'll find things for $1 and more here (Monday) 

• F&M Slice Pizza has closed on Avenue C (Monday) 

• Activity at the former Khyber Pass (Tuesday)

... and thank you to everyone who pointed out the newly painted sidewalk space at Stromboli on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place ... (pic by Vinny & O) ... 

... and Key Food on Avenue A is practically giving away this brand of hand sanitizer ... that was so difficult to find a year ago...

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Sunday's opening shots

Spring morning views from Tompkins Square Park (and from yesterday when there was better morning light ...)

Saturday's parting shot

A portait of Lucy outside her bar at 135 Avenue A ... thanks to @GrittyGotham for sharing this...

EVG Etc.: A guide to legal marijuana in New York; a replacement for the Hester Street Fair

Photo on 12th Street by Lola Saénz 

• What you need to know about legal marijuana in New York (Gothamist) 

• The Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy on Second Avenue sees increased interest in self-defense classes amid spike in anti-Asian hate crimes (NY1 ... official site) 

• The New York State Court of Appeals clears way for supertalls along the East River (The Broadsheet)

• Crystal Field on the past and future of Theater for the New City (B&B) 

• Thoughts on Precious Okoyomon's living installation "Fragmented Body Perceptions as Higher Vibration Frequencies to God" on view through May 9 at Performance Space New York on First Avenue (The New Yorker) 

• The upcoming live shows at the Bowery Electric (Instagram ... official site)

• Our faves: Cherry blossoms and brooding hawks in Tompkins Square Park! (Laura Goggin Photograophy) 

• Team behind Smorgasburg/Brooklyn Flea bringing Hester Flea to the Lower East Side (The Lo-Down) 

• Details on Beverly's, a pop-up homewares and specialty market at 22 Ludlow St. (Vogue)

• One day you might see a comedy with Iggy Pop and Bob Saget (Deadline)

Happy No. 20 to Academy Records

Wishing Academy Records a happy 20th anniversary ... the record shop at 415 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue first opened on April 1, 2001. 

Congrats to owner Mike Davis and his Academy staff on this milestone... to 20 more...  

A note to dogs from the Fragile Flowers and the Struggling Young Tree on Avenue A

A note on Avenue A between 11th Street and 12th Street... 

Dear Dogs -- 

 The daffodils are coming up! 

Instead of "going"

 here, please ask 

your human to walk you 

where no plants 

 are living.

Thank you -- 

The Fragile Flowers and the Struggling Young Tree

Fade to black at The Pyramid Club

Late this afternoon, workers removed The Pyramid Club sign outside the now-permanently-shuttered venue at 101 Avenue A... an anonymous reader sent in the top photo... while @drewallen shared the one below...

... and a little later...

As EVG contributor Stacie Joy exclusively reported yesterday, the iconic 40-plus-year-old club between Sixth Street and Seventh Street will not be reopening after the year-long state-mandated PAUSE.

Sweetness and light

 

The video for the new tropical-punk single by Pinc Louds is now available ... in the clip for "Tamarindo," Claudi returns to her Puerto Rican homeland where she chases chickens, serenades horses, meets a miniature version of herself and learns the secret to never growing up: tamarind syrup. The song bursts with the unbridled joy that you'd expect from anything related to Pinc Louds. 

The single, from the band's forthcoming release, officially drops on April 9. And you can see Claudi perform tomorrow afternoon at the East Village Flea... and the full band will be in Tompkins Square Park on April 10 at 2 p.m.