235 2nd Ave. being pitched for bar-restaurant usage

There are retail possibilities being pitched for the ground floor and basement at 235 Second Ave. just north of 14th Street...



Here is one possibility via a rendering at ABS Partners (PDF here)...


[Via ABS]

The awnings show an establishment called Brag Haus!

Per this listing: "Ideal for a proven restaurant group to secure a long-term lease with over 3,550 total SF." The asking rent is avaibale upon request. Not sure what currently exists in this ground-floor space.

While this listing is for No. 235, there's another rendering showing the whole corner looking like...

[Updated] Brooklyn's Dun-Well Doughnuts opening an outpost on St. Mark's Place

At the beginning of June, we heard that a vegan doughnut shop was opening at 102 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue. We didn't have more info, other than that the baking would be done off-premises.

Now EVG correspondent Steven notes that the sign arrived for Dun-Well Doughnuts ... the second outpost for the popular East Williamsburg-based vegan doughnut shop started in 2011 by friends Christopher Hollowell and Dan Dunbar.

No word on an opening date here at the space that previously housed New York Macaroni Co. and Puddin'.

Updated 1:30 p.m.

Per Gothamist:

Dunbar says the operation will be very similar to their Brooklyn original, with their full lineup of vegan doughnuts and pastries like pull-aparts, which they'll shuttle in daily from Montrose Avenue. "Right now it's a doughnut and coffee shop," according to Dunbar, who hopes to have their ice cream operation at the Manhattan spot at some point, too. Espresso drinks, Brooklyn egg creams, tea and lemonade will all be available at the St. Mark's shop.

Reverend Jen departs her LES home, and Troll Museum, for now

Longtime downtown performance artist Reverend Jen Miller has been evicted from her apartment, which also doubled as the Troll Museum, after 20 years.

Last Thursday, a Marshal reportedly entered her apartment while she was only wearing a towel after a shower and served the eviction notice via landlord Misrahi Realty. (There is a video of the incident here.)

Miller said that she was given three minutes to leave the sixth-floor, rent-stabilized walkup on Orchard Street where she has lived since 1995.

Miller told Gothamist that a series of illnesses landed her in the hospital several times last year, and that she fell behind on the rent. She wanted to work out a payment plan with the landlord.

[S]he insisted she never received warnings of an impending eviction. "On Thursday, they came to tell me I was post-eviction," she said, and "I was shocked." For now, Miller hopes to get a stay for at least three months, she said, but warned that if she's not granted a stay, she may refuse to leave anyway. "I'm at the end of my rope," she said, shaking her head. "I guess they can arrest me. Let them."

She was able to return to her apartment today to gather her things. She invited friends to help pack up (and take some of) her belongings. EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by...

Slum Goddess has more photos and a video here.

The black crowned night heron continues to come out at... night in Tompkins Square Park

Bobby Williams got a photo of the black crowned night heron that has been spotted here and there around Tompkins Square Park the past few years...

EV Grieve Etc.: Protection for commercial tenants; Renovation estimates for Beth Israel

[Sidewalk sale on 7th Street from Sunday. Photo by Susan Schiffman]

The Mayor expected to sign legislation today establishing safeguards to prevent harassment of commercial tenants (DNAinfo)

Longtime LES resident Rev. Jen has been evicted, and her Troll Museum is being dismantled today (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

A conversation with Jonas Mekas, the 93-year-old artist and filmmaker, and founder of the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue (ARTnews)

Hospital officials say renovating Beth Israel would have cost $1.3 billion (Town & Village)

CB3 chair vote is tonight (BoweryBoogie)

Hi-Collar on East 10th Street named among the best iced-coffee drinks in NYC (Gothamist)

About Paradise Alley, an artists enclave on Avenue A through the 1960s (Ephemeral New York)


[A red-tailed hawk juvenile in Tompkins Square Park yesterday via Derek Berg]

Carroll Gardens neighborhood favorite Bergen Hill relocates to Cooper Square (Grub Street)

"The Lams of Ludlow Street" (The Lo-Down)

Check out Goggla's photos from the Drag March leaving Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)

More about “The Holdouts,” a comedy series about New Yorkers who can’t afford to live in the new New York (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Photos of the Ramones by Danny Fields (Slate)

The surprising backstory of White Zombie, "It Came from N.Y.C." (Flaming Pablum)

...and EVG contributor Steven spotted Theatre 80 proprietor Lorcan Otway outside 80 St. Mark's Place... building a model whaling ship....

Report: Another freeze on 1-year leases for rent-stabilized apartments; 2% for 2-year leases

Long lines to enter the Rent Guidelines Board hearings not damping tenants enthusiasm for a #rentrollback pic.twitter.com/W5UTSxAPXt

— MetCouncilonHousing (@Met_Council) June 27, 2016

Here's part of a report from The New York Times from the Great Hall at Cooper Union last evening:

The board that sets rents for more than one million rent-stabilized apartments in New York City voted on Monday to freeze rents for one-year leases for the second year in a row.

By a vote of 7 to 0, with two abstentions, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board also decided to raise rents by 2 percent for two-year leases, a modest rise that mirrors last year’s. The vote, which came during a typically emotional board meeting, was in keeping with the historically low rent increases that the board had previously approved during the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat who appointed the full board.

Head to the Times for full details and the usual drama.

WABC-7 reported that, given the number of people in attendance, it took an hour for tenants to file into Cooper Union.

Per The Wall Street Journal:

Landlord groups criticized the rent freeze, calling it a political move by the mayor and his appointees at a time when local property-tax assessments and other costs have been rising for years. They said owners’ heating costs haven’t fallen as much as the board’s data suggested.

“Another abhorrent illustration of de Blasio’s politics dictating housing policy,” said Joseph Strasburg, president of the Rent Stabilization Association, a group representing building owners.

To recap via Curbed: Now, tenants living in rent-stabilized units, whose leases expire between Oct. 1, 2016, and Sept. 30, 2017 can renew at the same rate for one-year, and tenants with two-year leases will be able to do so with a two percent increase.

Full reveal at Icon Realty's 327 E. 9th St.

Three-plus years in the making, Icon Realty’s six-story, two-unit residential building under construction at 327 E. Ninth St. has finally shown itself.

EVG contributor Steven noted that workers removed the scaffolding and construction netting here yesterday between First Avenue and Second Avenue...



We haven't seen any listings yet for the two units at this site of a former parking lot.

Issac & Stern Architects are the designers of record.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The big dig begins for 6-story, 2-unit condo on East 9th Street

East Ninth Street parking lot will yield to 6-floor residential building

2 more sidewalk cafe choices for 2nd Avenue

Two Second Avenue restaurants added sidewalk cafes last week... starting with Lions Beer Store on Second Avenue and Sixth Street, which features lamps — and lamp shades! ...



... and San Marzano at Seventh Street...



... which includes a few tables positioned on the Seventh Street side...



These two join Brick Lane Curry House, which debuted its sidewalk cafe on Second Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street on June 15.

Photos by EVG contributor Steven

Thursday Kitchen will serve Korean tapas on East 9th Street

A few more details have emerged about the restaurant taking over the former King Bee space at 424 E. Ninth St. between Avenue A and First Avenue... the space will be called Thursday Kitchen, and serve Korean tapas, according to workers...



Thursday Kitchen is expecting to open in two more weeks.

As previously noted, a variety of concepts have come and gone in the space in recent years... including King Bee (Acadian cuisine), Exchange Alley (New Orleans-inspired fare), Olivia (Mediterranean), Sintir (Moroccan) and Zi' Pep (Italian).

Thanks to William Klayer for the photos and Steven for the initial tip.

Osaka Grub bringing Japanese fast food to the Essex Street Market

The Essex Street Market, 120 Essex St., has a new vendor ... Osaka Grub, which serves Japanese street food, officially opens today after a practice run this past weekend.

Via the EVG inbox...

Osaka Grub’s specialty is okonomiyaki, which is a savory ‘pancake’ originating from Osaka, Japan. They offer three versions; the classic shrimp & pork, a fully vegetarian miso mushroom, and an okonomiyaki slider. The okonomiyaki slider is a Japanese-American mashup which uses two mini pancakes to sandwich a beef patty. Karaage (Japanese fried chicken) and hashimaki (okonomiyaki on a stick.

Osaka Grub’s founders are London expat David Senn and native New Yorker Diana Tam. The co-owners met in Tokyo, Japan where they lived and worked for a combined 8 years. A shared love for okonomiyaki spurred the beginning of this fast food startup. They debuted in the LIC Flea & Food in April 2015.

They will be open six days a week from Tuesday – Sunday.

At ABC No Rio's last HardCore/Punk Matinee on Rivington Street (for now)

ABC No Rio is winding down its programming this week as the 36-year-old cultural center on Rivington Street between Suffolk and Clinton will be demolished this fall to make way for a new "environmentally friendly" structure at the site.

On Saturday, ABC No Rio hosted its last HardCore/Punk Matinee in this space. Brooklyn-based photographer Walter Wlodarczyk shared some photos from the show...




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There are several "in exile" punk matinees coming up this summer, first at Silent Barn then Aviv, both in Brooklyn. Check the schedule here.

And you can discover more of Walter's photography work here. He has an active Instagram account too.



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Final 4Knots Festival lineup unveiled

The Village Voice recently announced the final lineup for the sixth annual 4Knots Festival, happening soonish on July 9 at the South Street Seaport.

Final Lineup:
Guided by Voices (co-headliner)
The Strumbellas (co-headliner)
Protomartyr
Car Seat Headrest
Mothers
Kirk Knight
Girlpool
Bayonne
Diane Coffee
Promised Land Sound
Mild High Club
Boulevards

4Knots will also host a DJ stage with sets in between each band.

You can find more about each band at the 4Knots website. The festival is free, and is rain or shine.