Week in Grieview

Posts from the past week included (with a photo at the former Sidewalk on Sixth and A)... 

• A crowdfunding campaign for Andy Gil, killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Houston Street (Wednesday) 

• Some 13th Street residents want the fried-chicken smell to stop (Tuesday)

• Seth Tobocman on the story behind a long-covered mural on 9th Street (Thursday) 

• City officially unveils Manuel Plaza on 4th Street (Monday) 

• The new East Village location of the Brindle Room set to open next week on 11th Street (Thursday) 

• Raise your spirits: At WitchsFest 2022 on Astor Place (Sunday) 

• Construction watch: 204 Avenue A (Tuesday) 

• The Mermaid Inn is moving closer to its East Village return (Monday) 

• Kent's Dumpling House has apparently closed on 14th Street (Tuesday) 

• The former Baker's Pizza space is for rent on Avenue A (Monday) 

• Openings: Dhom on 12th Street (Wednesday) 

• The 9th Precinct will add bicycle patrols to the East Village (Wednesday)

• Little Kirin announces itself on St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• Reader mailbag: Syringe disposal in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday) 

• Kura has apparently closed on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday) 

• Report: Rivera tops new 10th Congressional District poll; a talk about redistricting (Monday) 

... and several EVG readers have shared photos of the growing memorial on the NW corner of Second Avenue and Ninth Street... (photo below by Jefferson Siegel) ...

It's a happy birthday for what would be No. 28 for Sabrina Gournaris, who died in August 2019 at age 25. We don't know what her connnection was to this corner (an obituary lists her as a Connecticut resident). Based on the number of flowers and candles, she had many friends and loved ones...

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Today in posts about things people are stealing

Hot topic and probably one of the hottest items for criminals these days!! BE AWARE pic.twitter.com/Tqqr5xQK5Y

— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) July 21, 2022

The 9th Precinct tweeted this out the other day... an uptick in catalytic converter theft!

Per Car & Driver: 

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), catalytic converter theft has spiked dramatically due to three precious metals found inside them: palladium, rhodium, and platinum. How precious are we talking about here? At the time of this writing, an ounce of rhodium costs about $15,000.

Sunday sunrise

EVG regular Jeanne Krier shares this early morning photo...

Saturday's parting shot

Discarded fridge art on Seventh Street via Derek Berg...

July 23

Carol from East 5th Street shares this photo... as seen this morning in the East Fifth Street pathway through Village View... a grab-and-go Christmas tree ready to make someone's home a winter wonderland on this hot Saturday in July...

Puke Island returns to Tompkins Square Park

The 10th edition of Puke Island takes place tomorrow afternoon (Sunday, July 24) in Tompkins Square Park (and, as it happens, a day after Punk Island).

Scheduled to play: 

• 2 — The List 
• 2:45 — Prostitution 
• 3:30 — Skappository 
• 4:15 — Iconicide 
• 5 — Hell's Teeth 

Per the invite: "NONE of the bands performing at this event have ANYTHING to do with one another, other than two simple words: GOOD MUSIC." 

You can read more about the history of Puke Island here.

Bey watch

Second Avenue at Seventh Street...

'Face' time

 

Because Grace Jones was trending on Twitter today (collaboration with Beyoncé) ... here's the video for her 1981 track, "I've Seen That Face Before"...

This part of Avenue A is now officially a dedicated bus lane

DOT crews today put down the bus-lane stencils on the southbound side of Avenue A between Fifth Street and Houston.

As previously noted, parking is no longer allowed between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. seven days a week in select corridors on Avenue A and Avenue D in an effort to speed up bus times for the M14.

This is one of the transit improvements the city announced as part of the "Better Buses Restart" campaign in May 2021.

Posted signage along Avenue A lists other additions to bus lanes on the Lower East Side...

Previously

Today in grand openings

An EVG reader shared this photo today... outside 44 E. First St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue where the Exotic Green House smoke shop has opened... (and one day we may actually list every new smoke shop that has opened in the East Village the past 3-4 months).

Thursday's parting shot

A moment with Romey Petite today in Tompkins Square Park... photo by Derek Berg...

Noted

Eden shares some new healthy habits-handwashing messaging from the Tompkins Square Park women's restroom... likely NOT created by the Parks Department...