Some soft served via Stella and the to-go window at Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A... thanks to Lola Saénz for the photo...
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Saturday's parting shot
Some soft served via Stella and the to-go window at Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A... thanks to Lola Saénz for the photo...
EVG Etc.: tracking COVID-19 cases by zip code; remembering Little Italy butcher Moe Albanese
[At Sake Bar Satsko via Andrew Adam Newman]
• New data shows that Hispanic and black New Yorkers are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than other racial groups (Gothamist ... the City)
• ProPublica, the nonprofit newsroom, has a coronavirus tracker that compares positive cases in the city by zip code. As of April 10, 348 of the 782 people tested in the 10009 zip code have had a positive result, which is 44 percent less than the NYC average. Find the tracker here.
• City Hall's COVID-19 budget adjustments (NY Post ... Streetsblog)
• RIP legendary Little Italy butcher Moe Albanese (Eater)
• Elizabeth Blackwell, NYC's first female medical doctor — not to mention the first woman to practice medicine in the entire country — opened her clinic in this neighborhood (Ephemeral New York)
• Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church on Second Avenue, talks about the meaning of Easter this year (WNYC)
• A tour of what's still open in Chinatown (Eater)
• How Christo and Amelia are faring this week (Laura Goggin Photography)
• 12 classic books about the East Village and Greenwich Village (Off the Grid) Looking for a book? You can still order online at Third Street's Book Club (Official site)
• Classic Stage Company on 13th Street has moved its Classic Conversations Series online (Official site)
• "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," which some critics are calling the best film of the year, had an abbreviated run at the Angelika. It's now available to stream. (Reviews: Artforum... AV Club)
• About East Village-based musician and bar owner Jesse Malin's new live YouTube show (B&B)
• Actress Julia Fox, an East Village resident, on what movies she's rewatching from home (Vulture)
• Diversions: "Twin Peaks" turned 30 this week (SYFY Wire... Newsweek ... The New York Times)
... and via the 9th Precinct...
While you were stay(ing)-at-home, these nearly 900 glassines packed with heroin were bound for our #EastVillage streets. Luckily they never made it!—thanks to the sharp eyes 👀 of our Field Intelligence Sergeant and Anti-Crime Team. #NYPDProtecting pic.twitter.com/xbUu25ipfW
— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) April 10, 2020
Saturday at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
Morning views outside St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on 10th Street and Second Avenue in Abe Lebewohl Park...
... and staying safe...
City locks up basketball courts, exercise bars in Tompkins Square Park
[Photo yesterday by Steven]
The city locked up the basketball courts yesterday in Tompkins Square Park in a move to prevent people from using the pull-up bars, parallel bars and other equipment in the fitness area.
This comes after the city removed the hoops from the backboards, closed the playgrounds, shut down the dog run and sealed up the handball courts.
With each day, some residents wonder when the entire Park will be locked up for use during the CONVID-19 crisis.
Friday, April 10, 2020
Friday's parting shot
[Click to go big]
A flashback to last night... a look to the east... thanks to Michael Kramer for sharing this!
'Grinding' it out
Been listening to healthy doses of the Cure these days. (More than usual.) Here's "Grinding Halt" from the soundtrack to the 1980 NYC classic "Times Square." (Not sure when this video was recorded in the 1980s...)
Checking in on Bin 141
Text and photos by Stacie Joy
The bistro on the northwest corner of Avenue A and Third Street has a variety of grab-n-go meals available for $10 plus tax.
Owner Rafik Bouzgarrou has also turned part of the dining room into a makeshift market...
... where you'll find toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, water, among a few other items...
East Village Neighbors lend helping hands to Vision Urbana to assist local residents in need
Text and photos by Stacie Joy
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, newly formed mutual aid group East Village Neighbors, in conjunction with Invisible Hands, teamed up to help deliver food to East Village and Lower East Side seniors and low-income residents through Vision Urbana’s food pantry initiative.
I tagged along recently as a dozen volunteers arrived at the makeshift command center in Seward Park to help Vision Urbana’s director, Eric Diaz, get food to 150 families and individuals.
This is only one of ways that East Village Neighbors has been helping out in recent weeks, a list that includes assistance with shopping, deliveries, and/or matching those in need with services and goods available via other resources.
"This effort is as much about our volunteers as it is about who we are helping," longtime resident and East Village Neighbors founder Diane Hatz told me. "We’re in uncharted times right now, and no one knows what the aftereffects of the daily anxiety and isolation gripping so many of us will be, so I thought bringing the community together might help in more ways than one."
Interested in helping out? Volunteers can sign up via this form.
If you need assistance, you can fill out this help-request form, email EastVillageNeighbors@gmail.com or call 917-994-1074.
You can learn more about — and support — Vision Urbana at this link.
Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village Neighbors here to help during the coronavirus outbreak
East Village Organic reopens today
[Photo yesterday by Steven]
East Village Organic took a break back on March 27 here on First Avenue between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.
According to an Instagram message, they were going to "take a week to air it out, monitor the health of our brave little staff and regroup." One week turned into two.
However, they are back in action today — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. moving forward... and here's their reopening notice from yesterday...
City Harvest opening distribution center in the former Associated on 14th Street
From the EVG tip line yesterday... workers from City Harvest were spotted unloading supplies into the former Associated Supermarket space on 14th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue...
City Harvest is setting up a distribution center (Repacks or Mobile Markets?) in the space. Will update the post when more information is available.
The Associated closed here back in December.
Thanks to Michelle and Gamelan, who took these photos...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)