On the southwest corner of Avenue C and East Ninth Street… aka the North Pole
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Report: Mobster allegedly sells bag of guns outside an East Village Starbucks
Fiore “Philly” Caruso, 59, who the Post describes as a reputed Gambino associate, was indicted yesterday for allegedly selling undercover cops guns and cocaine.
And a local angle:
Before his latest arrest, Caruso unwittingly made a sale to cops Nov. 13, outside an East Village Starbucks, where he traded a bag with six guns and ammo with an undercover agent for $13,000 cash, authorities said.
The Post article doesn't mention which Starbucks location. First Avenue and East Third Street? First Avenue and East 13th Street? Second Avenue and East Ninth Street? Astor Place? (though that would really be Midtown South)...
Which location do you think is best for allegedly selling a bag of guns to undercover cops? I'm going with Second Avenue.
Friday, December 19, 2014
'Tis the season to toss out the tree before Christmas
EVG readers spotted these today… Daniel Root found the above on East Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square … and Allen Semanco saw this one below on St. Mark's Place and First Avenue…
Makes sense. SantaCon is over, so might as well toss the ol' Christmas tree…
'Calvary' charge
A Christmas song that I'm not sick of yet. U.K. singer-songwriter Jona Lewie with "Stop the Calvary" from 1980.
Noted
The camel is here for the live nativity at St. Brigid-St. Emeric on Avenue B at East Eighth Street.
Per the church's website: "Living Nativity for Children … Show only at 4 pm; Show & Mass at 8 pm."
A quick update!
@evgrieve screenshot of the camel NOT having it going into church @7BHorseshoeBar pic.twitter.com/2iqj3PR89x
— Theo Stockman (@TheStockmanO) December 19, 2014EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[East 7th Street the other day via Derek Berg]
Ideas to #SaveNYC (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
A visit to the Halal Guys on East 14th Street (The New York Times)
East Village Terroir closing Jan. 31 (Eater)
A look at Dee Dee Ramone's work at the Hotel Chelsea (The Daily Beast)
Former Chase branch on Delancey hosting another art show (BoweryBoogie)
Here's what's coming to La Mama (La Mama, PDF)
What does gentrification really mean? (The Washington Post)
Manel Armengol's pictures of New York City in the late 1970s (Flaming Pablum)
Christo and Dora hanging out in Tompkins
There's a $50 million lawsuit in connection with a plan to build a 47-story tower on the site of the former Pathmark pharmacy on Cherry Street (The Lo-Down)
Q-and-A with the new CitiBike chief (New York)
WNYC broadcaster Oscar Brand celebrates his 69th continuous year on the air (The Villager)
Should libraries become more like coffee shops? (The Telegraph UK)
The women of "Twin Peaks" get the Sailor Jerry look (Dangerous Minds)
... and with some new competition next door, Ray recently unveiled a new slicer for some expanded menu items...
[Photo by Peter Brownscombe]
...and someone sent me this...
Make millions on this East 7th Street townhouse
The circa-1860s townhouse at 189 E. 7th St., on one of our favorite blocks here between Avenue B and Avenue C, returns to the market.
RE/MAX Midtown has the listing, though you need to register on their site to browse the properties. So here's the thumbnail description via Streeteasy:
This townhouse is the lowest price townhouse in East Village and requires TLC. Renovated townhouses in East Village sell between $5.5- $7.0 million dollars so there is an opportunity to make millions on this property. Currently owner occupied and will be delivered vacant.
The asking price is $3.75 million.
The rendering shows the potential... of turning it into something looking very Upper East Side-ish...
The asking price was $3.2 million in 2008.
Top image via Streeteasy
More info about the new development replacing the post office everyone hated
[Photo from October by EVG reader Mr. Baggs]
Here are more details about the 8-story retail-residential building coming to the former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office on East 14th Street near Avenue A.
As we noted Wednesday, the building will be 96,000 square feet, with 8,655 square feet designated for the retail space. Plans also show a total of 114 apartments.
According to New York Yimby, landlord Benenson Capital Partners, which has owned the through-block site since 1983, the development "would be made up of a north and south building, fronting on East 14th and East 13th Streets, respectively. The latter would rise to eight stories and the former to seven, with between five and ten apartments per building per floor."
Plus!
"The residential lobby would be located on the ground floor of the 13th Street building, while the nearly 9,000 square feet of retail space would sit in the north building, fronting on busy East 14th Street."
No word yet on timing for the new building(s). Demolition permits were ordered in October to bring down the post office and the former Stuyvesant Stationery shop next door.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Today in rants: the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
Meanwhile, at everyone's favorite local post office branch...
UPDATED: Did you hear the rumor about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office branch closing?
Report: Closure of the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office is pretty much a done deal
First sign of more development on East 14th Street?
Asbestos abatement to begin at former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
Davey drill arrives ahead of rumored development at former East 14th Street post office
Former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office slated to be demolished
The former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office will yield to an 8-story residential building
More about The East Luxe, Ben Shaoul's new 20-unit rental on 2nd Avenue
Just last Friday we pointed out that Ben Shaoul's new rental building at 31-33 Second Ave. had a fancy name to go with the 1970s-student-housing architecture — The East Luxe.
For more, we turn to the news release that arrived yesterday from the brokerage firm brokering the new building:
Completely renovated and redesigned, the 20-unit building offers one bedrooms through four bedroom apartments with slated occupancy for the beginning of 2015. The building, which offers units starting at $4,235 and your 2nd month of rent free, has an elevator and landscaped roof deck with views of the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and the Manhattan Bridge. Each unit is appointed with condo finishes offering washer and dryer units in each apartment, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and marble bathrooms.
"The East Luxe is a true gem in the East Village," says Khashy Eyn, Founder/CEO of Platinum Properties. "We are excited to represent this boutique luxury property, which is distinct from any rental building that is currently on the market."
Distinct from any rental building that is currently on the market maybe ... not unlike Ben Shaoul's Bloom 62, which lists similar amenities.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Ben Shaoul planning a 3-story addition at 31-33 Second Ave.
Bracing for 3 new floors at 31-33 Second Ave.
Checking in on the work in progress at 31-33 2nd Ave., where Ben Shaoul is adding 3 new floors
Ben Shaoul's bland new 2nd Avenue building is called The East Luxe
Wine store in the works for 50 3rd Ave.
Biomed Drugs & Surgical Supply Co. closed back in the spring at 50 Third Ave. near East 10th Street.
High rents did the 20-year-old store in, the cashier told Jeremiah Moss. And what might be next? The cashier figured "a chain, a restaurant or a bar — they're the only ones that can afford the rent."
Well, that's pretty close. We spotted a notice in the window the other day noting an application for Taste Wine LLC, an off-premises package store…
Also, for a little history of the address, Jeremiah pointed out that the location was once home to the wondrous Sig Klein's Fat Men's Shop.
The Checkers sign on 1st Avenue is looking so Checkers-ish
OK! Apologies for TWO Checkers-related posts in one week. But! We hadn't seen the Checkers signage for ourselves at 225 First Ave. between East 13th Street and East 14th Street … until yesterday afternoon.
Look how it gleams in the afternoon sun!
We actually don't know a thing about Checkers. According to the Checkers franchising website: "Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. burst onto the burger scene with their over-the-top flavors in 1986 in Mobile, Alabama."
And what do they serve?
"Burgers, Wings, Seasoned Fries and Shakes, if it's over-the-top flavor you're looking for you'll be sure to find it at a New York Area Checkers."
In April 2013, Crain's reported that Checkers was going to add another 22 restaurants in NYC by 2015.
So maybe we better get used to seeing them.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Checkers headed to 1st Avenue
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Report: City not removing tire swings from Tompkins Square Park
The city isn't removing the tire swing that killed a man in Tompkins Square Park on Monday afternoon, the Post reports.
Harlem resident Aleim Perkins, 39, was playing with his 6-year-old niece in the playground off East Ninth Street and Avenue A. Witnesses have said he was aggressively pushing an empty tire swing when it struck him in the face.
"We do not plan to remove the swings at present. A close inspection yesterday found the swing to be in safe working order," a Parks Department spokesperson told the Post.
There are 53 tire swings in NYC parks. According to the spokesperson, this is the first time anyone has ever died from a tire swing injury in a city park.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Witness to a tragedy in Tompkins Square Park
Noise nightmare for neighbors comes to an end as 7-11 moves AC units to the roof on Avenue A
More than 15 months after 7-Eleven installed three noisy refrigeration units in an alleyway between 500 and 502 E. 11th St., workers arrived this morning to move them to the building's rooftop where they hopefully won't keep neighbors up all night.
Back in October, the Department of Environmental Protection ordered the Avenue A 7-Eleven to stop using the units, saying they violated the city's noise code. At the time, 7-Eleven reps said that they needed more time to sign a contract with a company to move the equipment. Landlord Westminster City Living claimed that 7-Eleven had refused to meet with them to discuss the ongoing issue.
As previously noted, the constant grinding, clicking noise caused several tenants in 502 East 11th St. to abandon their bedrooms.
[Photo via the No 7-Eleven Blog]
The crane was originally scheduled to arrive last Thursday, but the company had to amend their plans the day before the lift.
Upon hearing that news last week, one resident wrote, "We are at our emotional ends — exhausted beyond belief. We were fantasizing about the use of our living room for a Christmas tree (instead of a cluttered bedroom), and now we will have to wait… until when?"
The wait appears to be over… as these photos by Brian Katz, one of the residents who has endured the noise, show…
Previously on EV Grieve:
3 new AC units at incoming 7-Eleven prompts Partial Stop Work Order
A WHOOSHING AC unit update: 'We are roundly being ignored by 7-Eleven and Westminster NYC'
Report: 7-Eleven's AC units have forced residents from their bedrooms on Avenue A & East 11th St.
Local pols blast 7-Eleven for blocking order to remove noisy refrigeration unit at 170 Avenue A
1 year later, 7-Eleven asks for more time to move noisy refrigeration units from residential windows
Shop local tonight
Via the EVG inbox...
Shop local in the East Village tonight. The East Village Independent Merchant Association (EVIMA) is hosting the East Village Holiday Shopping Night, with more than 20 participating local merchants providing promotions and discounts for shoppers from 6-9 pm. A complete list of all participating stores and their deals can be found here.
In addition, the East Village Community Coalition will be holding a community holiday party and teen gift drive for the Women’s Prison Association in their offices (143 Avenue B, in the Christodora House) tonight from 6-10. Suggested gifts include: gloves, scarves, beanies, clothing (including winter coats), movie gift cards, lotions and fragrances (most popular item for girls, sunglasses, earphones and headphones, jewelry, watches, wallets, handbags and messenger bags, backpacks, NY teams merchandise (Mets, Yankees, Nets, Knicks, Rangers, Giants, Jets).
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