[Updated] Report of a fire this evening at historic Lower East Side synagogue

You likely saw or smelled the smoke earlier this evening... Bobby Williams shared these photos from 10th Street and Avenue C...



There was a three-alarm fire at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the landmarked synagogue at 60 Norfolk St. between Broome and Grand. The FDNY had it under control by 8 p.m. You can find more details at BoweryBoogie and the Lo-Down.

Updated 5/15

Per DNAinfo:

Surveillance footage shows three “kids” running from the area, the Deputy Inspector of the 7th Precinct Steve Hellman said, although it is still unknown whether they were fleeing the historic synagogue and it is too early to say whether criminality was involved in the massive blaze.

Updated 5/17

Per ABC 7:

A 14-year-old boy was taken into custody Tuesday night in connection with a fire at the Lower East Side synagogue Sunday night.

The boy was charged with third-degree arson as a juvenile. He will appear in family court Wednesday.

"We do think it's arson. We think it's a purposeful fire," said Robert Boyce, NYPD chief of detectives.

Week in Grieview

[Photo on East 1st Street from yesterday]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

The St. Mark’s Church Greenmarket will not be returning this year (Thursday)

David Chang's Momofuku Ko is expanding in Extra Place (Monday)

Nest watch in Tompkins Square Park (Friday ... Saturday)

New 7th Street rental named for artist Louise Nevelson; amenities include a backup generator (Tuesday)

Report: Crews working to clean up the Con Ed oil spill in the East River (Wednesday)

Demolition watch: 3 E. 3rd St. (Wednesday)

Celebrating Hummus Day (Friday)

About the cantilevering condos coming to 4th Avenue and 10th Street (Tuesday)

Report: East Village resident pays fine for renting out city-subsidized home on Airbnb (Tuesday)

A Sean Spicer lawn ornament for the bushes of Tompkins Square Park (Friday)

The 7th Street Village Farm is for rent (Thursday)

Behold the chicken fillet at Ray's (Monday)

Zabb City appears to have closed on 13th Street (Monday)

Looking at the BP-replacing condos coming to 32 E. 1st St. (Wednesday)

Jennifer's Way Bakery reduces store hours to service online orders (Friday)

A help wanted ad on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

New dry cleaners coming to 6th Street between A and B (Monday)

More about Yuan Noodle, coming soon to 2nd Avenue (Monday)

Supporting 249 E. 2nd St. during the construction next door (Friday)

Details on the 17th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash (Monday)

Taxi Parts Inc. departs the East Village (Wednesday)

Below 7th closes again on 7th Street (Thursday)

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A few items to note from the past week and probably a few weeks before that...

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New broker bunting is up on the sidewalk bridge on Avenue A between 11th Street and 12th Street... with a reminder of how fabulous Steiner East Village will be...







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Meant to share this much earlier... In Living Stereo is no longer selling records here on Great Jones between Lafayette and Broadway...



They had a small but well-curated collection...



In Living Stereo remains open.

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Kings Hairstyling on 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue closed for renovations on April 29... reopening this past week... the place is unrecognizable ... new name and signage... not sure if the same people are still running it...





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Work continues on the new retail space at 94 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue (next door to Fun City Tattoo)...


[Photo from Friday by Steven]

The workers were not aware if there is a tenant for the storefront. The asking rent was listed at $6,800.

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Here's the new-look Xe Máy Sandwich Shop sign at 96 St. Mark's Place...



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Midnight Oil sold out Webster Hall... they're a band that I lost track in recent years ...



From 1990...



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Addiction NYC closed up shop at 27 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue at the end of March ... with the tattoo parlor and smoke shop relocating across St. Mark's Place to No. 18...



On Thursday, workers started taking apart the previous storefront at No. 27...



...and painting over the skull...



No. 27 was one of the 20-some properties that landlord Rapahel Toledano used to own.

It rained a lot today

Second Avenue and Fourth Street late this afternoon... photo by Derek Berg...

Baby boomer

A quick follow-up to yesterday's post on Christo and Dora's latest batch of red-tailed hawk kids... that steady diet of locally sourced, park-to-nest food makes them grow so quickly... Bobby Williams caught up with the fam late yesterday afternoon... One baby has made an appearance ... with speculation that there's at least one more in the nest...







...and a shot via Steven...

Plant sale tomorrow (Or Sunday!) at Campos Community Garden

Hopefully this will happen this weekend ... either tomorrow or Sunday depending on the rain situation... at the Campos Community Garden on 12th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C... via the EVG inbox...

Rain is very likely for tomorrow's Plant Sale benefitting Campos Community Garden. If so, the rain date is the next day, Sunday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Get plants for Mom for #mothersday, give her tomato plants for her garden, buy herbs and create an herb planter for her window or balcony.

A Sean Spicer lawn ornament for the bushes of Tompkins Square Park

Anyway, the White House press secretary was among the bushes the other evening, not in them.

Photos by Steven

Oh, 'Boy'

The Montreal-based She-Devils are one of the 50000000 bands playing during the Northside Festival in Brooklyn next month.

This video for "Hey Boy," released yesterday, is off the band's self-titled debut album due May 19.

Art and ice cream tonight at Alphabet Scoop

Alphabet Scoop has its official season opening today at 543 E. 11th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Here's more about the seasonal ice cream shop, operated by the Father's Heart Ministries next door:

Alphabet Scoop is a job and life skills program for teens. The program is designed to prepare teens with the skills needed to advance in their school and work endeavors. Teenagers receive classroom instruction and work under a shift supervisor in the retail store.

Current mood

Photo in Tompkins Square Park today by Steven

Happy Hummus Day!

Hummus Day is actually tomorrow. And it appears that you will be able to celebrate on Astor Place today. As these early-morning pics by EVG reader Liz S. show, crews are setting up some hummus-related tasting tables on Astor Place...



This is sponsored by Sabra Dipping Company...


[Another reader-submitted pic]

Updated 1 p.m.

Here are a few pics from Steven showing the Hummus Day in action...





There are also Hummus Goody Bags for the taking...

Nest watch in Tompkins Square Park

[Photo by Bobby Williams]

For the fourth consecutive spring, red-tailed hawk couple Christo and Dora once again welcome home(?) a new batch of hawklets, as Goggla has been documenting.

To date, it has been difficult to tell how many kids are up in the nest in Tompkins Square Park. There has been visual confirmation of at least one...




[Photos by Steven]

Per Goggla:

"The number of hawk babies up in the nest in Tompkins Square is still difficult to determine. Christo and Dora definitely have one, possibly more, but it's been a challenge to get a good view of what's happening up there. We will just have to wait for the nestling(s) to get bigger."

Until then... a quick recap. Christo and Dora raised their offspring in Tompkins Square Park last spring/summer ... after bringing them up on AC units in 2014 and 2015. No word on a family reunion this summer.