At St. Mark's Place. Photos by Bobby Williams.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Reader reports: Shots fired at Campos Plaza II early this morning
The EV Grieve inbox is full of reader reports of a shooting last night at Campos Plaza II on 13th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. V.H. McKenzie said that the police helicopter started circling the area around 12:30 "Just timed it — making a full revolution over the neighboring bldgs every 39 SECONDS, with search lights." Readers described hearing a series of explosions — or shots in a few cases — before the helicopters arrived. EV Grieve reader AC said that police at the scene wouldn't say what was happening.
Another reader claimed "that this kind of shit happens there all the time."
On Wednesday, The Lo-Down reported that security cameras would be installed at this public housing complex.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Kate's Joint has a challenge for Lady Gaga
Thanks to @HanserHanser for passing along this photo outside Kate's on Avenue B and East Fourth Street... Hope that's not steamed tofu...
Gutting continues at 315 E. 10th St.
This morning, we reported that Ben Shaoul had purchased The Educational Alliance building at 315 E. 10th St. ... big plans in the works here — conversion to residential, and maybe, just maybe — an additional floor ... Meanwhile, as Dave on 7th notes, the gut renovation continues this afternoon...
Why there's a Hank Williams Jr. doll on Avenue C
EV Grieve reader Sam spotted this today outside Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter, coming soon to Avenue C near East Sixth Street... the place will serve Southern-style comfort food. Perhaps they need a better spokesdoll than Hank Williams Jr. though...
Breaking: Holiday lights going up now in Tompkins Square Park
Thanks to @harrisonmarkey for sending along this photo... the official tree lighting (the 20th anniversary) is Sunday afternoon at 4.
Breaking: East Village has the most pizza places of any neighborhood in Manhattan
That's the word from the New York City Economic Development Corporation today... Using the latest available data from the Department of Health restaurant inspection results, researchers found that the East Village (zip 10003) has 33 pizza places.
The StatsBee Tumblr has more details on the survey... which you can find here.
[Image: NYCEDC analysis of NYC DOHMH data]
The StatsBee Tumblr has more details on the survey... which you can find here.
[Image: NYCEDC analysis of NYC DOHMH data]
About that really loud noise around 14th Street and Avenue B last night
From a reader who lives in Stuy Town near 14th Street and Avenue B:
Just wanted to see if anyone else had heard or contacted you yet about this really loud noise I experienced last night. Around 3:30 am I woke up from a deep sleep to the noise of what sounded like a jet literally hovering over my area. I woke up my boyfriend so that he could hear it too and so that I knew I wasn't dreaming. This noise went on consistently for about a half hour.
They didn't spot anything out the windows... Anyone else experience this? I'm going with UFO. No crackpot conspiracies, please.
Report: Fire at 26 St. Mark's Place
DNAinfo is reporting that a fire broke out this morning at 26 St. Mark's Place. (T-Kettle is the ground-floor tenant.) Per DNA, the fire started on a mattress on the third floor of the six-story building. "Some residents of the building ... had to be evacuated using a ladder as firefighters battled the blaze," Julie Shapiro reported.
Mystery buyer (Ben Shaoul?) picks up 315 E. 10th St. from the Educational Alliance; gut renovation and extra floor on way
The Educational Alliance had been running Counseling Services ("For children, teens, adults & families") at 315 E. 10th St. across from Tompkins Square Park. However, after seeing movers and garbage haulers work in the space last month, a tipster did a little digging.
It turns out that the Educational Alliance sold the building to "315 East 10th Street Owner LLC" for $3.7 million. It is a Delaware LLC and, according to documents, represented by the law firm of Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein. (The sale was finalized on Sept. 15.)
Two observations from our tipster:
• The law firm that represented the people who recently closed on the Cabrini Nursing Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation for $25.5 million are the same that represented the buyer of 315 E 10th.
• Both properties were formerly used for nonprofit-type activities.
Per the tipster: "I assume [315] will be gutted shortly."
Indeed. There is a permit on file with the DOB for interior demolition. There's also a "pending permit" to convert this building into residential and add an extra floor.
Brent M. Porter and Associates is listed as the architect; Keith Holden is listed as the owner. The address given on the DOB application is the same as Magnum Real Estate Group. Ben Shaoul is the president of Magnum Real Estate Group.
So, perhaps, as we reported, it's safe to assume that Ben Shaoul now owns Cabrini Nursing Center too.
Meanwhile, the Educational Alliance recently held a groundbreaking event at its flagship building at 197 East Broadway, which is undergoing a $45 million renovation. (And not everyone is happy with the upcoming changes.)
Previously on EV Grieve:
Claim: Ben Shaoul is the new owner of Cabrini nursing home, will convert to condos
RIP Charlie
To be honest, we don't know too much about Charlie... other than that we'd see him around fairly often, such as at Ray's ... He had bypass surgery earlier this year, and had been on the mend. Sad news to report, though: A reader said that his body was discovered last night in his East 10th Street apartment... we don't know any other details at the moment...
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