[Updated] Have a heart: A surprising find outside the Riis Houses

A man found what may be a human heart in the trash this morning outside the Riis Houses on the FDR Drive and Sixth Street, according to published reports.

As DNAinfo reported, the man reached into the trash to retrieve a discarded potted plant and found the organ inside a pink box.

Per the Daily News, who first reported on the discovery:

The heart appeared to be human, but police brought the item to the city Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm.

Updated 10/13

Likely a pig's heart, per DNAinfo.

Tats Cru getting fresh on 2nd Street

Tats Cru created a new mural today on the wall on Second Street at Avenue A... it's an ad for GrowNYC’s Healthy Exchange Project ... specifically the local Greenmarkets that accept SNAP/EBT...



There's more space reserved for the mural specialists ...



The members of Tats Cru have created several murals here in recent years, including one of Jeremy Lin... this wall has also seen at least two marriage proposals. Here and here.

Thanks to @billspector for letting us know about the new mural!

Report: EMT subdues knife-wielding man on 14th Street and Avenue B

JUST IN: EMT squad spots, disarms knife-wielding attacker while responding to unrelated call in East Village https://t.co/K3kkjrcuIu pic.twitter.com/zUzc7m6XZB

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) October 6, 2016

Oh yeah. The Daily News reports that two EMTs were responding to a 911 call on 14th Street and Avenue B last night around 9 ... when, unrelated to their call, EMT Bruce Fonseca and his partner "heard loud screams for help."

Per the News:

The duo ran to the source of blood-curdling screams and found two men in a fight — one of them armed with a very large knife.

Fonseca radioed for help while his partner took on the angry assailant.

The EMT was able to get the weapon away from the attacker while Fonseca subdued him.

The article doesn't mention what the two men were fighting about... or what the original 911 call was about...

Report of a fire at the 1st Avenue L stop

A reader shared this from 14th Street and First Avenue... there was a report of a fire on the tracks... service is currently suspended after Lorimer and in Manhattan...

#ServiceChange
Due to FDNY activity at 1 Av, there is no [L] train service between Bedford Av and 8 Av in both... https://t.co/EL7hKN7BJc

— L Train NYC (@mtanowl) October 6, 2016

Gothamist has more here.

Updated 2:45 p.m.

#ServiceAlert: b/d there are no L trains b/t Bedford Av & 8 Av, due to FDNY activity at Bedford Av. Details at https://t.co/vhZQ2kZ2vb

— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) October 6, 2016

Mysterious blue picket fence on St. Mark's Place can now be yours (see Jeff)

A section of blue picket fence mysteriously arrived Tuesday evening on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place... outside the former Chase branch.

A reader heard a man at the scene say that he was going to erect a fence there to keep the travelers/crusties from sleeping out front. (Seems as if the fence would only encourage people to camp there....)

Anyway! There were reports that the fence moved to Second Avenue and Seventh Street. Then back to St Mark's Place. And more sections arrived.

Anyway! (Again.) The whole thing can be yours now... it is for sale...



Just look for Jeff between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Who's Jeff? He looks like this...

That 12th Street 'Kate Spade' townhouse now with $4 million shaved off the top

Back in June, we noted that this fine single-family townhouse at 215 E. 12th St. was on the market for $16 million. (The place is owned by a founder of the Kate Spade brand.)

Well, it's a good thing that you waited before pouncing on this property. According to The Real Deal, the price of the home — dubbed the "Kate Spade House" by the publication — between Second Avenue and Third Avenue has been reduced by 25 percent to $12 million. (Woo!)

Public records show that the home last changed hands for $4.3 million in 2007. Sloane Square NYC has the listing.

On the CB3-SLA docket this month: Applicants for the former Cock space on 2nd Avenue

There are a few items of interest to note on CB3's SLA committee docket this month.

Among them: There are applicants seeking a new liquor license for 29 Second Ave. between First Street and Second Street. This is the former home of The Cock until the crew moved to the Lit Lounge space back in December.

There are not a lot of details on the questionnaire (PDF!) on file at the CB3 website.

The document shows proposed hours for the unnamed establishment as 3 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday-Friday, and noon to 4 a.m. on the weekend. Occupancy includes 18 tables that will seat 40 people... there's a menu that will feature specialty sandwiches.

While the applicants have not been licensed previously to sell liquor, the applicants have restaurant experience (Cafe Select in Soho, Toro in Chelsea, among them). One of the applicants is Maxx Starr, a co-owner of Fun City Tattoo, which opened at 94 St. Mark's Place back in 1989.

The October SLA committee meeting is Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Location: The Thelma Burdick Community Room, 10 Stanton St. at the Bowery.

Hey, the 14th Street IHOP is back in pancake biz

Just closing the IHOP-renovation loop ... the restaurant is back open (actually as of Monday afternoon, per an employee) here on 14th Street near Second Avenue (aka, IHOP Way).

The five-year-old IHOP closed for a makeover on Sept. 18.

Having never been inside the pre-makeover IHOP, I can't tell you how the place is any different. Anyone?

Target's plan to be your one-stop shop on 14th Street and Avenue A (and Tribeca)

[Photo on Avenue A from last week]

The so-called flexible-format Target store opened yesterday in Tribeca.

I mention this because this is the model for the specialty Target that is set to open on 14th Street and Avenue A in, oh, 2018... the store will anchor Extell's 7-story retail-residential complex...


[Photo from yesterday]

Follow the arrow to the Target...



Here's more on Target's new concept via an article yesterday in USA Today:

The new smaller-format stores are a way of reaching customers who might otherwise have trouble becoming Target stalwarts. Of the 15 new stores Target is opening this year, 14 will be the smaller, more curated models.

The Tribeca store features several hallmarks of Target’s overall strategy to become a one-stop shop for customers, including a section where shoppers can buy fresh, organic groceries, and an emphasis on merchandise categories such as wellness and fashion.

But each of the smaller stores also is designed to cater to the tastes and needs of the specific neighborhood where it is located. The walls of the Tribeca store are decorated with a graffiti-like mural that was drawn with a felt-tip marker.

In a dense section of Manhattan where people rely on the subway and taxis to get around, there is no automotive section, unlike many of Target’s larger suburban locations. (Lack of parking, in fact, is one of the store's bigger challenges.) And in a neighborhood full of professionals and young couples with babies, there are plenty of baby strollers, and smaller furniture that would better fit into tiny apartments.

As previously reported, Target is leasing 27,306 square feet at Extell Development's development. According to a report at the Commercial Observer back in August:

The lease — for 9,500 square feet at grade and 17,806 square feet below ground — is for 30 years, at which time Target could extend it for another 10 years, according to the source and the memorandum of lease. ... The asking rent was $2.5 million per year...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Breaking (pretty much!): Target is coming to 14th Street and Avenue A (54 comments)

Wednesday's parting shot

Photo by Bobby Williams

7B train closed for repairs

If you depend on the 7B train, then you may need to find an alternative means of transportation tonight.

Eh, crews for the Amazon series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" will be filming here on Seventh Street and Avenue B tonight ... and inside 7B/Vazac's/Horseshoe Bar... (the bar is closed this evening, will return tomorrow at noon).

This marks the second night of filming around here for the 1950s-era drama

H/T Dave on 7th

That '50s show on St. Mark's Place

[Photo via @robindun]

If you walked down St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue in the past, oh, 24 hours, then you likely noticed the 1950s TV transformation for Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

First! A recap of the pilot via Deadline:

Set in the 1950s, the project centers on Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Brosnahan), who had her life mapped out for herself: go to college, find a husband, have 2.5 kids and throw the best Yom Kippur dinners in her elegant Manhattan apartment. But when her life takes an unexpected turn, Midge will have to decide quickly what else she’s good at. Going from uptown housewife to a stand-up comic in a grungy club in the Village is an appalling choice to everyone but Midge.

Tony Shalhoub and Michael Zegen (Bugsy Siegel on "Boardwalk Empire") are also in the drama's cast.

EVG Vintage Car Correspondent Derek Berg checked out the working props...











Thankfully there's a tire repair place now on the block for all these cars...





Crews were also spotted filming a scene at Josie's last night on Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Signs say that crews will be filming this afternoon into the early morning hours (4 a.m.) on St. Mark's Place.

News of the filming apparently annoyed some residents (or visitors!) of 94-96 St. Mark's Place. Page Six noted that people defaced the flyer about the shoot inside the building's entrance.

“Fuck off,” one person wrote, while another added to the bottom, “You better hope I have nowhere to be during this, or your fucking ‘scene’ is ruined!”