Unidentified Flying Chickens now open on 3rd Avenue

The East Village outpost of the Jackson Heights-based Korean fried chicken restaurant opened this past weekend at 60 Third Ave. near East 11th Street.



Apiary, the nearly 6-year-old restaurant, closed here in the spring for a revamp. After a splashy, well-publicized makeover, the new place, Après, closed after just three weeks.

Paper first reported on UFC's impending arrival on May 30.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Après closes 3 weeks after debut; Unidentified Flying Chickens on the way in

Frenzy

A scene from Tompkins Square Park today via Bobby Williams…

Someone stole this bike today

From the EVG inbox…

Today, Sunday, July 13, my bike — a GT Aggressor, red/white/black — was stolen from in front of my building at 225 E. 6th St. (between 2nd and 3rd Ave) around 3 p.m. Any help or information is appreciated. Please contact Lisandro at 646-325-4348.

Free chair of the day

EVG contributor Derek Berg spotted this on East Fifth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery this evening… strangely enough, we were just listing to No Bugs Just Broken's first record earlier today …

Week in Grieview

[Supermoon over the East Village photo by Allen Ackerman]

After 76 years, Bowlmor Lanes has closed (Monday)

How Kushner is treating residents at 170-174 E. Second St. (Thursday)

Snack Dragon closing this month (Friday)

Starbucks-owned Teavana coming to the former Silver Spurs space on Broadway (Tuesday)

Stage Restaurant returns from holiday (Wednesday)

Car fire! (Wednesday)

There's not much left of 324 E. Fourth St. (Tuesday)

NYU adding building to former Plantworks garden center space (Wednesday)

IHOP on East 14th Street now has a sidewalk cafe (Thursday)

It's always nice to hear from Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street (Friday)

Rodeo Bar is closing (Thursday)

GNC opening at 79 Third Ave. (Monday)

Goat Town has closed (Monday)

Mimi Cheng's Dumplings now open on Second Avenue (Wednesday)

The Second Avenue BP station is gone (Tuesday)

The first batch of books arrive at the new St. Mark's Bookshop (Thursday, and the former location has been gutted)

Sushi proposed for former Cafe Rakka space on Avenue B (Tuesday)

A look at those new condos on East Seventh Street (Thursday)

Sketchy pink box update (Tuesday)

A summer moment (Sunday)

Avenue C in July 2010 after Germany beat Argentina

Seeing how the Germany-Argentina World Cup final is today at 4 … thought I'd revisit this post from July 3, 2010, showing the scene on Avenue C and East Seventh Street after Germany defeated Argentina 4-0 in a quarter-final match…

As I wrote then, "Some fans watching the match at Zum Schnieder, Alphabet City Lounge, Kafana, Arcane and the Porch all converged.

A fire truck arrived... and the firefighters good-naturedly joined in the celebration, honking the truck horn and waving a German flag. And posing for photos. When a few fans jumped on top of the truck, the firefighters quickly made them get down... The entire celebration all seemed pretty harmless and went on for about 15 minutes…"






As for TODAY… these two gentleman arrived at 8 a.m. to be first in line for Zum Schneider ….



Previously on EV Grieve:
Avenue C is for...crazy German fans

More photos from yesterday's German-themed Avenue C street fair

New from 10th Street Free Press

Between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue.

Previously.

Kids in the Park, red-tailed hawk edition

Goggla shared a few photos from early last evening in Tompkins Square Park … where Christo and Dora's offspring were zipping around … to the delight (mostly!) of passersby …





Head over to Gog in NYC for more on the hawks.

The Manhattanhenge divide

Lining up to catch the last Manhattanhenge of the year at East 14th Street and First Avenue …



Wasn't quite like Friday night for sunset photo opps, though.

Photos here by EVG reader Joe.

Reader report on a possible danger along the East River River running path

From EVG reader JJ:

This morning on the East River running path there were some suspiciously laid out tire spikes right in the middle of the sidewalk near 18th Street and Avenue C — right before you turn onto the Promenade.

I obviously can't say they were placed there, but they definitely weren't there last night and they were laid out in such a way by the curb that you wouldn't see them unless you were looking down.

Not excited if this is a new type of new high school prank...

JJ removed the spikes and reported the find to the NYPD.

Your Manhattanhenge sunset (and entourage!)

Manhattanhenge — "when the setting sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid" — returned last evening.

And here are some photos. First batch from Union Square via James and Karla Murray.





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On 34th Street via EVG reader Stephen Popkin…









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And a view of 23rd Street from Williamsburg … photo by @AcademyRecords …



And if you missed it, then you can catch a half-sun at the horizon tonight around 8:25.

And now, equal time for the Supermoon

Here's a look at 3 a.m. from Avenue A and East Third Street via EVG reader Peter Shapiro …



And Bobby Williams took this photo at 2:27 a.m. ….



… and I'm not sure exactly when Stephen Popkin took this one…



Cutting and pasting this from ABC News:

The full moon this weekend will be extra large due to it proximity to the Earth, according to NASA. It’s the second supermoon of the year, though the largest one will occur in August.

The moon will peak around Saturday and will appear bigger and brighter than a normal full moon as it hits its closest point to Earth.