Crime scene tape remains on 3rd Avenue and East 13th Street

Several readers noted the presence of crime-scene tape outside the Brazen Fox on Third Avenue and East 13th Street early this morning.

Per one reader who was on a pre-dawn walk: "the sidewalk was blocked off, at least on the 13th Street side, and there was a patrol car parked there at the corner of 3rd Ave with lights flashing."

We don't have any information about what may have happened.

Droplets of blood remain on the sidewalk.

You will have to do without the Citi Bike valet service until the spring

[Seventh and A via Derek Berg]

Sorry for the lack of notice … but the Citi Bike valet service on East Seventh Street and Avenue A (and East 14th Street and Avenue B???) ended last evening.

Tonight is the final night of Valet service in the East Village and will end at 9pm! See ya in the spring...

— Citi Bike (@CitibikeNYC) November 14, 2014

And what did valet service mean?

Staff will be on hand at the Alphabet City stations to make sure that every bike that arrives will get a dock. So anyone heading to the East Village on a weeknight can be rest assured that they won’t have to search for a docking point at the end of their trip.

Previously

At the South Street Seaport: Ice Rink, tree lighting and another VBar

Just mentioning a few things happening at what's left of the South Street Seaport in case it's of interest...The Seaport Ice Rink returns today, and the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony takes place on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. You can find more info here.

In other news, VBar, which has a location on St. Mark's Place and First Avenue, is opening a location at the Seaport … at 212 Front St. (former home of, sob, Carmine's).

And what does the future hold down there? Here's a video with details, if you dare…

Easy does it

Here is "Easy Money" from Johnny Marr's second solo album, the recently released "Playland."

And Johnny Marr and Co. are playing a sold-out show tomorrow night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

A godsend? Heavenly Market opens today on 3rd Avenue

The new market opened this morning on Third Avenue at East 11th Street… offering up a fine selection of deli fare… they are open 24 hours … and they deliver… (and they are giving out free muffins today if you buy something)...



Heavenly takes over the space that last housed Fern Cliff Deli.

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[A Giuseppi Logan photo shoot in Tompkins Square Park the other day via Derek Berg]

Remembering The East Village Eye (Hyperallergic)

There's a newly restored version of this William Burroughs documentary playing through Nov. 19 (Anthology Film Archives)

The radical history of 110 Second Ave. (Ephemeral New York)

Listen to the demo recordings from The Ramones' debut album (Boing Boing)

Check out the new street photography blog by EV resident Adrianna Grezak (On Second Avenue)

RIP Big Bank Hank (Daily News)

Drunken driver wipes out Cemusa stand on Delancey (BoweryBoogie)

A visit to Makari on Third Avenue (Off the Grid)

Tenants who are fighting Steve Croman (The Villager)

Academy Records' Cory Felerman finds a rare Yoko Ono 45 good for $1,703.99 on First Avenue (The Village Voice)

Christo hanging out in Tompkins Square Park (Gog in NYC)

Some more Pussy Galore detective work (Flaming Pablum)

Celebrities visit Miss Lily's 7A (Page Six)

Appreciating Cafe Edison's interior (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Rethinking traffic on Canal (The Lo-Down)

Iggy Pop TV interview from a Cleveland TV station circa 1979 (Dangerous Minds)

...and if you need plans tonight that include gambling for a good cause (a fund-raiser for The Neighborhood School on East Third Street), then you in luck... tickets are available at the door...

Ben Shaoul is selling Bloom 62 for $73 million — all cash!

[EVG file photo]

Back in January, the Post reported that Bloom 62 on Avenue B and East Fifth Street — the former Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — "is being shown to investors and expected to sell for roughly $70 million."

At the time, we never spotted any listings for the building that Ben Shaoul bought for $25.5 million from a family trust made up of the estates of Jacob W. Friedman and Sol Henkind in December 2011.

Now a PDF for the building is making the rounds … it arrived in our inbox. From that listing:









All you need is $73 million. All cash.

Cabrini closed for good on June 30, 2012. The 240-bed Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — provided health care for low-income elderly residents in the East Village. The center opened in 1993 and served 240 patients and employed nearly 300 people.

Bloom 62 started renting in May 2013. Prices top out at $7,600 for a four-bedroom apartment. The building has quickly earned a reputation for throwing the most disruptive rooftop parties.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Claim: Ben Shaoul is the new owner of Cabrini nursing home, will convert to condos

Report: Local politicians reach out to Ben Shaoul as re-sale of the Cabrini Nursing Center seems likely

More details on Cabrini's closing announcement

Ben Shaoul looks to make a whole lot of money converting nursing home into high-end housing

East Village Radio will return

Looks as if there was something to that recent activity around East Village Radio after all.

We spotted a new East Village Radio logo on Facebook and work at the former First Avenue studio a few weeks back.

Now comes word that East Village Radio is returning.

Brooklyn Vegan has the scoop on what's happening:

The comeback happens via the recently-launched Dash Radio network. The 1st Ave studio is getting a redesign with new equipment and technology. Some EVR programming and DJs will return to EVR 2.0, and there will be new shows and produced specials too. More details and the actual relaunch date will be announced shortly, but the plan right now is for EVR to be on the air before we reach 2015.

Dash is also launching a sister station — Brooklyn Radio, which will operate from a storefront studio in Williamsburg.

We'll have more on all this in the weeks ahead.

East Village Radio signed off after 11 years on May 23, as we first reported.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: East Village Radio is signing off after 11 years; final day of broadcasting is May 23 (53 comments)

Signs of life at East Village Radio, but what does it mean?

More PS 64: There's a Save Our Community Center meeting on Monday

The flyer above has all the info... City Councilmember Rosie Mendez and other elected local officials will be onhand to discuss the the future of the former PS 64 and CHARAS/El Bohio community center on East Ninth Street.

A quickie recap: Back in September, the Department of Buildings put a stop, for now, to developer Gregg Singer's plans to convert the long-emtpy building between Avenue B and Avenue C into a dorm.

The meeting is Monday night from 6:30-8:30 at 308 E. Eighth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C (at Casa Victoria's community room).

Previously on EV Grieve:
Testimony Of Councilmember Rosie Mendez regarding the former PS 64

[Updated] At the 'Save Our Community Center MARCH AND RALLY'

Landmarks Preservation Commission asks to see modified plans for former PS 64

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approves application for modifications at PS 64

'Misinformation' cited as DOB issues Stop Work Order at the former PS 64; community meeting set for Sunday afternoon

Mystery mounds at the former Mary Help of Christians lot

[Photo by dwg]

Several readers have wondered what has been going on at the former Mary Help of Christians lot off of Avenue A between East 11th Street and East 12th Street ... currently enjoying the afterlife as a trash dump and graffiti canvas.

There has been some activity at the site of late ... a few dump trucks and mounds of dirt...





Not sure what the workers are doing. (Making a course for area children to snow tube and sled this winter?)

Developer Douglas Steiner is still waiting on city approval for his retail-residential complex. The city last disapproved plans here in June, according to DOB records.

During the summer of 2013, workers demolished the church, school and rectory. As for the new 438 E. 12th St., there will be 158 residential units… and maybe a rooftop pool.

Bottom two photos by Bobby Williams

Previously on EV Grieve:
New residential complex at former Mary Help of Christians lot may include rooftop swimming pool

Meet your new neighbor on Avenue A

Permits filed to demolish Mary Help of Christians church, school and rectory

Preservationists call for archeological review of former cemetery at Mary Help of Christians site

The 'senseless shocking self-destruction' of Mary Help of Christians

$4,495 a month — for this

Snack Dragon, the tiny taco shack on East Third Street near Avenue B, ended its East Village tenure on Halloween night. Cause of death: Cromanation (aka, a big high rent hike courtesy of landlord Steve Croman).

We knew that the asking rent is $4,495 for this small space — roughly 100 square feet. However, that size vs. asking rent didn't really sink in until we saw the space emptied out this past week...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Cromanated: The East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack is closing

Snack Dragon has officially closed

Here lies the remains of La Vie

The demo crew made quick work of the one level former club that everyone seemed to hate here at 64 E. First St. (Even one of the construction workers said, "I heard that it was a shitty club.")

As previously noted, a 6-floor residential building is in the works for this space between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Previously on EV Grieve:
La Vie has closed; neighbors rejoice

Former La Vie space on East First Street will be demolished

Getting rid of the rats at the former LaVie ahead of a new 6-floor residential building

Wishing you a Happy Easter this Thanksgiving season

OK!

EVG reader Riian Kant-McCormick writes in noting a 5-foot tall chocolate rabbit in the wild this far from Easter on Eighth Street just east of Broadway.

As always, there's likely a logical explanation for this.

Right you guys?

Owners of Macaron Parlor on St. Mark's Place opening city's first cat cafe

Christina Ha and Emilie Legrand, the owners of Macaron Parlour on St. Mark's Place, have announced that they are opening Meow Parlour on the Lower East Side next month.

According to Eater, who first reported this news today, the cat cafe will be at 46 Hester St. (between Essex and Ludlow) ... with a planned Dec. 15 opening date.

Here are details via the Meow Parlour website:

At Meow Parlour, you can rent time to access to our space, where we have adoptable free roaming cats. You can come for as little as half an hour so you can just pet the cats or stay for up to five hours where you can use our free wi-fi while a cat naps next to you.

You can bring in food or beverage you purchase at Meow Parlour Patisserie, located around the corner from Meow Parlour and enjoy a sweet treat in the company of a furry friend.

All the cats are adoptable. Meow Parlour has teamed up with KittyKind, an all volunteer, no kill rescue group located in NYC. KittyKind specializes in adopting out cats so if you fall in love, you can apply to adopt one!

And more via Eater:

It's $4 for every half hour, and there's a limit of five hours maximum. Plus, the cafe takes online reservations, which is probably a better bet than just trying to walk in.

As we've heard, cats are popular, unless you are a dog person, though it is not uncommon for people to like cats and dogs.

Last spring, the pop-up Cat Café on the Bowery attracted long lines. Really long lines.