Tenants and businesses are now without gas at 199 E. 3rd St.

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy

On Thursday, Con Ed inspected 199 E. Third St., the building on the NW corner at Avenue B.

The posted notice states that workers found multiple leaks and shut off the gas to the entire building. 

Unfortunately, as we've seen, these situations take a while to resolve. So, for now, residential tenants of this Steve Croman-owned building will need to use hot plates to cook and get used to cold showers.

Meanwhile, Asian Taste on the corner will be closed for the foreseeable future...

Sadly, this also means that Luigi Iasilli will experience a delay in launching his new project, Potenza Centrale, in the same building.

Previously on EV Grieve:

• The owner of Max restaurant is returning to Avenue B with a new pizzeria 

Retail spaces at the historic 4 St. Mark's Place are now for rent

Both retail spaces at 4 St. Mark's Place near Third Avenue are now available. 

According to the listing at Meridian Captial Group, the upper and lower spaces (each at 2,500 square feet) can be leased separately. 

And the asking rent for each storefront directly across St. Mark's from the new 9-story office building:

• Upper-Level Monthly Rent — $29,000

• Lower-Level Monthly Rent — $26,000 

All uses considered!

The upper level has been vacant... as we can recall, Chi Snack Shop and the Imogene boutique were the last tenants circa 2019. Wanyoo, Asia’s largest gaming café chain, was in the lower level for a minute but never reopened after the pandemic's start in March 2020. A bar-cafe called Lava Ground was the last leaseholder, a business that seemed to be open every few weeks.

Until February 2016, 4 St. Mark's Place housed Trash & Vaudeville for 41 years. The store relocated to 96 E. Seventh St. in 2016.

The Hamilton-Holly House (aka 4 St. Mark's Place), built in 1831, was once owned by Alexander Hamilton’s son. The building, which changed hands for $10 million in the spring of 2016 for $10 million, also underwent a gut renovation and expansion.

House of Munchies debuts on 1st Avenue

The former smoke shop at 111 First Ave. south of Seventh Street recently transformed into House of Munchies, a "420 friendly" establishment offering a variety of accessories and snacks ... similar to the ones offered at other smoke shops, including the one a storefront away on the corner. 

No. 111 was previously Village Smoke & Vape, and before that, 111 Convenience Store ... until late 2012, it was 111 Convenience Store, which sold newspapers and postcards out front... with a variety of Polish-language periodicals.

Sunday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Prepping Search & Destroy on St. Mark's Place for Halloween today...

So that tire clamp on Avenue A got the boot

A lot of people noted the lone tire sitting on the sidewalk on Avenue A and 10th Street this past Thursday... with the boot still attached to the wheel. 

We don't know what happened to the vehicle...or the tire... however, EVG reader DP did spot the tie-locking clamp... which someone tossed into Tompkins Square Park...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an Avenue A building view)... 

• The 12th annual Harvest Arts Festival is underway (Thursday) 

• A farewell to Big Lee and the Hard Swallow (Thursday) 

• Cheers to The Whiskey Ward (Tuesday) 

• 2 men arrested for allegedly dealing drugs outside an NYPD block meeting (Friday)

• Police seeking help ID-ing 12 suspects in late-night robbery on Avenue C (Tuesday) 

• Scenes of standing water in Tompkins Square Park (Friday) 

• Lenny Kaye at the Tompkins Square Library branch (Saturday)

• Openings: Spice Brothers on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday) ... Bar Miller on 6th Street (Wednesday)

• Trek cycles off the Bowery (Monday) 

• Signage alert: Kolachi at 130 1st Ave. (Monday) ... Conor's Goat on Avenue A (Monday) 

• Buffing out the Basquiat plaque on Great Jones (Wednesday)

• The Wegmans signage has arrived on Astor Place (Tuesday)

• Casa Bond next for 334 Bowery (Monday) 

• The fullest of full reveals at 699 E. 6th St. (Wednesday)

• Construction watch: 180 2nd Ave. (Tuesday) 

• A psychic for this block of 5th Street (Monday)

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There are a lot of free activities today in East Village community gardens

As a reminder (and now that the sun has returned), the 12th annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival is underway, featuring free activities at dozens of East Village/LES community gardens.

Check the LUNGS website here for the day-by-day, garden-by-garden schedule. 

Meanwhile, the fall fundraiser for El Sol Brillante is TODAY (Sunday, Oct. 1) from "noon to moon" at the community garden on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... and rescheduled from yesterday — same times for the live music...

Check this link for the activities in other community gardens.

About today's free concert — a Staten Island invasion! — in Tompkins Square Park

Six Staten Island-based bands are playing a free show this afternoon from 2-6 in Tompkins Square Park. 

Per the invite: 

This show was put together to try and bridge the gap between the forgotten borough of Staten Island and the rest of the boroughs in NYC. It seems that bands and fans will travel to Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and even Pennsylvania, but not to Staten Island for shows. 

Yeah, we know about the ridiculous toll, but there's also a FREE ferry that serves beer! To be honest, Staten Island does suck, but every borough has its areas that suck as well. But we have Mother Pugs Saloon, an awesome dive bar with an old-school vibe in an area that doesn't suck...

So I put together some bands to represent Staten Island and play a free show at Tompkins Square Park ... in hopes of bridging the gap and getting bands to possibly exchange shows with bands from other boroughs and for fans to see bands we have here.

Saturday's parting shot

"Sissy" (this one) as seen in Flloyd's current show, "Dicks and Divas," at Howl! Happening, 6 E. First St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery. 

The exhibit is up through Oct. 22.

The gallery is open Wednesday-Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

6 posts from September

A mini month in review... (and awaiting the unveiling of Beastie Boys Square on 9/9 via Stacie Joy) 

• Here's the first look at the new building slated for 50-64 Third Ave. (Sept. 15) 

• The former P.S. 64/Charas is now headed to a bankruptcy sale (Sept. 13) 

• At Fucking Awesome with Chloë Sevigny (Sept. 13) 

• Welcoming Beastie Boys Square to the Lower East Side (Sept. 11) 

• A memorial for Dennis Edge in Tompkins Square Park (Sept. 7) 

• Neighbors come together to create a streetscape on 9th Street (Sept. 3)