Gas station switcheroo shocker on Second Avenue: Gulf now a BP; bagels still served

Last night, we went for our usual morning bagel at the Gulf station on Second Avenue and East First Street and...

Whoa! BP!

Inside, while trying to overcharge me $1 for a fucking bottle of water, the attendant told me that the station made the switch on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, bagels are still on the menu...

But can we ever eat a BP bagel?

[The good old days of Gulf bagels]

Report: Police arrest suspect wanted in string of LES muggings

The NYPD made an arrest last night in connection with a string of robberies dating back to May 5.

Per CBS New York, "Dion Whitehead, 38, of 484 East Houston St., was hit with four counts of robbery pertaining to the alleged mugging of at least 16 people since May, spanning from Houston Street to East 23rd Street, police said."

And the Daily News had this graphic...

Hey, look at 51 Astor Place

[Bobby Williams... yesterday]

Beams! Structure! Starting to go up in a hurry...

And soon...



Eventually, the building will house 15,000 turbolasers, 700 tractor beam projectors, 1 Superlaser with 725,000 support crew and gunners, plus 265,000 troopers.

Today in photos of a dead rat on the L train platform

At 14th Street via Dave on 7th...

So early, so many bad headline possibilities!

The commute was killing him.
What a rat race.
"I like Grizzy Bear's earlier stuff."

Oh, you can do better.

The expanded Benny's is now open

Benny's has taken over the space next door here on Avenue at East Sixth Street... where they used to run their to-go business ... Anyway, the extension is open... looks like more seating... Anyone been inside since they expanded?

It's for you

A payphone on the west side of Avenue C between East 10th Street and 11th Street. Blood or ketchup? You decide.

Headline and photo by Andrew Adam Newman on Ave C

Stars and stripes

Spotted by EVG reader Robert Miner on the St. Brigid's plywood ...

And perhaps a companion piece to yesterday's post on Avenue B.

A Gathering of the Tribes starts its annual Charlie Parker Festival tonight

[Click on image to enlarge]

Check out the website for more details.

Meanwhile, the East Village portion of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival is Sunday, Aug. 26. More details to follow...

Desperately Seeking 'Real People'

Spotted on Second Avenue near East 14th Street. If you call, could you please find out what the free gifts are?

Thanks!

New Order live in the East Village from 1981

So New Order is embarking on their first North American tour since 2005 ... Oct. 18 at Roseland Ballroom. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10.

Which is an excuse to post this video of "Ceremony" live at the Ukrainian National Home on Second Avenue (between Ninth and St. Mark's) from Nov. 19 1981.



Our buddy Karate Boogaloo has a lot more about this show, including a review of it by Tim Sommer, a correspondent for the UK magazine Sounds:

"Standing around the Ukranian National Home on Manhattan's lower Second Avenue puts me in a sour mood. This is a prestigious gig in an odd venue, and the audience, like the hall, is truly pretentious in it's self-conscious unpretentiousness. The place is full of the cream of New York's pseudo-Continentals, the transparent and ridiculous '80's would-be bohemians with their long dark coats, scarves and faces. Unfortunately, very much the crowd you would expect for New Order. The evening's whole mood has been strongly anti-rock, so it's refreshing and pleasantly surprising when New Order's set begins brightly, with real strength and power."

Heh. Pseudo-Continentals!

See the rest of the post, including a video of the entire show, over at Stupefaction.

Aspiring sinkhole starts sinking on Avenue C

Spotted at East 10th Street. Please call 311 once it reaches the East Village Tavern's sidewalk seating.

Today outside 100 Avenue A

Photo by Bobby Williams.

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