Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo on St. Mark's Place by Derek Berg) ...

• Southern section of East River Park to mostly close on Nov. 21 as resiliency work begins (Monday) 

• A ghost bike for Borkot Ullah on Avenue B (Wednesday) 

• A campaign to co-name St. Mark's Place and 2nd Avenue 'Club 57 Way' (Wednesday) 

• At the 31st Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade (Tuesday) 

• Could drink and draws be the new neighborhood draw? (Thursday) 

• The latest future development clue from along 250 E. Houston St. (Monday)

• Gallery Watch: 'The Marble Mouth Oracle' at Below Grand (Wednesday)

• Caravan of Dreams turns 30 (Thursday) 

• A look at the menu for the incoming Sweet Village Marketplace, opening soon on 1st Avenue (Thursday) 

 • Vegan Grill coming soon to 58 St. Mark's Place (Thursday) 

• The all-new 21-23 Avenue B comes into view with 2 extra floors (Tuesday) 

• Signs of life (again) at the former Benny's Burritos on Avenue A (Tuesday) 

• Blank Street debuts on the Bowery (Monday) 

• 14th Street outpost of Bagel Boss likely closed through the end of the year (Wednesday)

• Taking a look at the NW corner of 14th Street and 1st Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Joey Bats Café offering a sneak preview outside new Avenue B home (Monday) 

• Openings: Beard Papa's on St. Mark's Place (Thursday) 

• La Colombe taking over the Allegro Coffee Roasters space at Whole Foods Market® Bowery (Thursday) 

• Report: Mermaid Inn to return to 2nd Avenue in 2022 (Wednesday) 

... and there was a report of a car fire on Fourth Street west of Avenue D early this morning (4-5) ... EVG reader Jonathan Calvenna shared this photo... no word on how it started... the FDNY was on the scene for close to an hour, we're told...

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Meanwhile, it's Halloween morning at the 2nd Avenue F stop

Via the Citizen app...

A march to save East River Park today

Opponents of the city's current plan to demolish East River Park are gathering today at noon in Tompkins Square Park ... where they will march to the East River Amphitheater. 

Via an email from the organizers @1000people1000trees:

Starting the week of Nov. 1, phased work operations are scheduled to begin at East River Park. The City plans to clear-cut 1,000 mature trees, destroy this 50 acre biodiverse park, and remove Lower Manhattan's only large public green space right in plain sight. 

We protest big media’s refusal to state the actual facts. ESCR, (East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan) is dangerous. It's not a flood plan. It's a land grab. By tearing down our only park and its 80-year-old trees that mitigate the effects of climate change Lower Manhattan will be LESS SAFE and have LESS RESILIENCY in the future than we do now.

As previously reported, starting tomorrow below Houston Street, all but four tennis courts will close, with the remainder to shutter on Nov. 21 along with most of the southern end of East River Park. 

According to the latest timeline from the city, leagues will be able to use the ballfields through Nov. 30. Permits for the BBQ areas and amphitheater will no longer be available after Nov. 30.

Our previous post (link here) has more details and background.

Also today, The Guardian takes a deep dive into the city's plan for East River Park in a story titled "The battle over a vast New York park: is this climate resilience or capitalism?"

Halloween in community gardens

There's a lot of Halloween happening today at La Plaza Cultural, the community garden on the SW corner of Avenue C and Ninth Street.

Events scheduled yesterday were postponed until today to make for one action-packed Sunday.

Via the EVG inbox...

• All day: Haunted Adventure Garden and Rat Race Maze, featuring mystic fortune telling, face painting, the world-famous Rat Race of Capitalism Maze, and thrilling coffin rides — bring the kids
• 1:30 p.m.: Spooky sounds with the brass-tastical Dead Ghoultastical Eek-chestra
• 4 p.m.: Spine-tingling tunes from Pinc Louds
• 6 p.m.: Macabre dance performance with Masse dancers
• 7:30 p.m.: "Ill Angels Only" horror film fest

 An EVG reader also shared this... happening today in the Garden of the Humanitarians at 270 E. Fourth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C...

Sunday's opening shot

Happy Halloween!* 

Photo on Eighth Street near Avenue B by Dave on 7th. 

*We were unable to verify if this was Halloween related.

Saturday's parting shot

Aka today in photos of ruthless cyborgs serving the Galactic Empire. 

Photo on Seventh Street by Derek Berg.

EVG Etc.: Van Leeuwen's cashless ban fine; Halloween Adventure's last Halloween?

Photo on 3rd Street by Stacie Joy 

• Police looking for a suspect who robbed an 80-year-old man with a box cutter in an elevator on 12th and C (ABC-7) 

• Van Leeuwen fined for violating NYC's cashless ban (Eater) 

• About the five potential amendments to the State Constitution that are on the ballot this election (The New York Times) 

• NY Laundry service workers looking for the industry to clean up its act (The Indypendent) 

• A new report from the Department of Transportation reveals that a new bike lane — whether protected or simply painted — decreases the risk of cyclist injury by 32 to 34 percent (Streetsblog) 

• Bike parking shortage has remained a persistent problem in NYC; city adding 10,000 bike racks to the streets (The City) 

• A last holiday look (possibly!) at Halloween Adventure on Fourth Avenue (Gothamist ... previously on EVG) 

• Halloween at the Merchant’s House Museum on Fourth Street (PIX11) 

• More about Café de L’Enfer on Avenue A (Time Out ... first on EVG here) 

• A look inside Susan Alexandra's new bead emporium on Orchard Street (Vogue) 

• Verizon moving workers to space in Essex Crossing (The Real Deal) 

... and the coming-soon signage is up for the Le Colombe outpost at Whole Foods Market® Bowery ...

Saturday's opening shot

Seasonal photo op — aka interactive "Street Artmare" — on the Bowery at Stanton... Day of The Dead Artist piece at 246 Bowery arrived last week via @planndalism. Spot curated by @lisaprojectnyc ...

Friday's parting shot

Hello from Avenue A... pic by Derek Berg...

2 shows set for Tompkins Square Park this Halloween weekend

There are free two shows scheduled this weekend in Tompkins Square Park. 

The Saturday afternoon lineup features: 

• Witchslap 

• Perdixion 

• Necrotic Society 

• Vindicta 

• Demencia 

• Alcoholika 

• Invading Species 

And for now on Sunday (with more bands to be announced):

• SEWAGE NYC 

• The Accute (be sure to catch this East Village duo some time) 

And about tomorrow's weather... per organizer Chris Flash: "As the chance of rain diminishes by the hour, these shows are a 'rain or shine' event." 

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