Happy holidays!

Or maybe these holiday lights on First Avenue near Fourth Street have been up for a long time and I just noticed them Sunday...? Just being honest. Anyway, let's just skip Halloween and Thanksgiving and get to the Big Stuff!

A sad note

Avenue A and St. Mark's Place.

Updated! Mysterious, low-flying helicopter returns...

I moved this post up top from yesterday afternoon... getting more reports that the thing is back hovering over the neighborhood this afternoon...




Circling now for like 20-30 minutes. Doesn't look like a police helicopter. I followed it to Avenue C after seeing it fly over Tompkins Square Park...

Previously.

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition

"Planning commish Amanda Burden has rezoned a fifth of the city, championed good design and driven developers nuts" (Crain's)

Saturday afternoon in TSP (Neither More Nor Less)

Slutty Halloween costumes for girls (Runnin' Scared)

An Ellis Island tour (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

TMBG celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Flood" (Rolling Stone)

The following photo was taken by Slum Goddess in one of the women's stalls in the Tompkins Square Park restrooms...



As she notes: "There seems to be a war brewing between the East Coast and West Coast Junkies in the park."

What's behind the German-themed plywood on Second Avenue?

So that plywood that shares the same colors as the German flag... on Second Avenue and Second Street.





Will soon be home to Heartbreak Cafe, which will apparently feature German/Swiss fare. And they were up for a beer/wine license this past March. A liquor license is pending. One of the names on the liquor license belongs to Christos Valtzoglou, the owner of the Greek eatery Pylos on Seventh Street.

How bazaar!: First retailer coming soon to E2E4 on the Bowery

Hmm... The Bowery Bazaar. Between Fourth Street and Third Street on the Bowery. Street level at the 15-story tower. I sent an e-mail to the address listed here to find out exactly what this will be. No response yet.

Previously.

A good question

As we pointed out Saturday, Third Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue was closed off while a crane brought in stuff for the Economakis family tenement-to-mansion conversion.

And a reader brought up a good question about some neighbors down the street who may not appreciate the street being blocked off for eight hours:

any word from the hells angels?

Looking at the work that will "enable St. Brigid's Church to last another two hundred years"

Work continues on St. Brigid's on Avenue B at Eighth Street...Can't tell a whole lot from the outside...



Here's the latest message from Edwin Torres, chairman of the Committee to Save St. Brigid's:

"The entire foundation is being strengthened; this will enable St. Brigid's Church to last another two hundred years."

He also posted these photos of the work being done in the lower portion of the church...

Seventh Street, 2:14 p.m., Oct. 10

Economakis mansion renovation shuts down Third Street today

No traffic today on Third Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. At 47 E. Third St., the Economakis family is creating their 11,600-square-foot dream home from the former 15-unit tenement.





One neighbor watching the crane at work wondered how many more Saturdays would be affected by the construction.

Previously.

How long was that stretch Hummer on Seventh Street last night?

Um.

It was so long, that when the last person finally got out, there was daylight.

Hmm.

It was so long, that when the driver got to the Lincoln Tunnel, a passenger was still back on Seventh Street throwing up between cars.

Oh, you try then.

I don't know where we're going, but...

Or.

Noted (Bring it on edition)

Now on Craigslist:

Kirsten Dunst....Your Eyes Wont Quit! - m4w - 27 (East Village)

Maybe it was all those drinks you were drinking last night but you kept glancing over at me in the fire place at your secret hipster pizza speakeasy Was it something I did? When you danced around in your black tuby dress I thought you looked like a beautiful downtown caterpillar
OH Kirsten let's go to a loft party together. I will gladly be your leaf.

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On the increased criminal activity in Stuy Town

We've had several posts in recent weeks/months about the increased crime in the neighborhood. We're certainly not alone. Our friend Lux Living has chronicled the increased criminal activity in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. On Sunday, a 28-year-old woman was attacked outside 8 Stuyvesant Oval. As LL reported, "the tenant was grabbed from behind and dragged into the trees near the building's M level where she was choked. She was able to fight off her attacker and nearby neighbors made enough noise to scare him away. Unfortunately incidents like this one are becoming all too common in Stuy Town."