Yoo's Convenience Store — former home of New York's 'best coffee' — becoming a vape shop

[EVG photo from April 2014]

A rent hike ended Yoo's retail life at 50 Second Ave. back in April 2014.

The small shop, which boasted handmade signs touting the Best Coffee in NYC (and it was pretty good), had been on the market for months now here between East Second Street and East Third Street…



Anyway, EVG correspondent Derek Berg passes along word of the new tenant — Cloud 99 vapes…

1 residence remains for sale at 227 E. 7th St.

[EVG file photo]

You can still live at 227 E. Seventh St., the new condoplex just west of Avenue C … apparently a unit of the well-received building remains on the market (this building is not to be confused with the new condos at 277 E. Seventh St., aka Seven East Village) …



Here's some of the listing via Douglas Elliman:

This large, Townhouse like living residence is ideal for every demographic. A floor-thru duplex layout, set up as a true 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom living space with an oversize recreation room and a private, landscaped garden.

The recreation area has an oversize skylight, radiant heat floors, door leading to the private garden and a laundry room which can easily be converted into a powder room. This layout offers boundless opportunities for the end user. Ideal for home office, artists studio, yoga studio, playroom, media room or a sleeping den.

Garden which measures 34' x 20' is ideal for pet owners, gardeners, BBQ lovers and sun soakers.

Additional features include high ceilings, top of the line stainless steel appliances, central air on ground level with a separate heating and cooling unit in the rec room for cost efficiency, quartz countertops, washer/dryer, hardwood oak floors and abundance of light from North and South exposures.

Geographically, this is true New York. Everything is at your finger tips, from top restaurants like The Eddy, Frank, Edi & The Wolf, to top bars such as Booker & Dax, Elsa, mom & pop shops, nightlife, supermarket, Tompkins Square Park and so much more.

[Finger tips? Booker & Dax is on East 13th Street at Second Avenue and Elsa closed about a year ago.]

Anyway! The asking price is $1.875 million and there is an open house today from noon to 2 p.m.

H/t Dave on 7th!

Previously on EV Grieve:
Asbestos abatement on East Seventh Street, then a new 6-story building

New building at 227 E. Seventh St. — revealed (28 comments)

Teaser site up for new East 7th Street residential building that people don't hate

Take a look inside the new condos of 227 E. 7th St.

Here's your T-swirl Crêpe shop signage

[Back in April]

Back in April, we pointed out that a T-swirl Crêpe shop is opening at 247 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue … inside the recently shuttered Subway (sandwich shop).

Now EVG T-swirl Crêpe correspondent Pinch tells us that the T-swirl Crêpe signage has replaced the familiar Subway brandage...



This will be the second location for the Flushing-based business, who is also opening a shop in Philadelphia this summer.

Here's their description: "T-swirl crêpe makes Japanese style sweet and salad crêpes by hand using our secret recipes and tasty fillings."

T-Swirl is also hiring…

Repost: Progress and frustration at B&H Dairy

In case you weren't around during the July 4 holiday … we originally posted this on Friday… an update on the status of B&H Dairy on Second Avenue with comments from owner Fawzy Abdelwahed. Find the post here.

Relive the July 4 fireworks with this East Village drone footage

In case you missed the fireworks last night… or want to relive them… here's some drone footage… it doesn't have any sound, so you may want to pick whatever you think might make some good accompaniment …



Updated 7-6

Here is more East Village drone footage from another source… this video has some musical accompaniment …

The July 4th moon

Photo last night via Grant Shaffer

Week in Grieview

[10th and A this morning via Michael Sean Edwards]

On East 9th Street Dusty Buttons is closing after 125% rent hike: 'Saying goodbye will hurt like hell' (Thursday)

189 Avenue C is converting to condos (Monday)

Progress and frustration at B&H Dairy (Friday)

Dutch Elm Disease inoculation continues in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

More about the 10-story building taking the place of the former BP station at 24 Second Ave. (Thursday)

Rent freeze on 1-year leases for rent-controlled apartments (Monday)

Out and About with Nelson Vercher (Wednesday)

Via Della Pace opening a pizzeria on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

Screen time for Fledgling #1 (Thursday)

Pushcart Coffee opens on Third Avenue (Thursday)

About Superiority Burger (Tuesday, 37 comments)

Here's the trailer for 'Ten Thousand Saints,' set in the 1980s East Village (Monday)

Nonna's Pizza arrives on Avenue A (Monday)

Opening Day at New York Macaroni Co. on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

Boutique 67 ready for sales on Avenue C (Wednesday)

The Dry Dock Playground is closed for reconstruction (Wednesday)

Former Dolphin Gym will work out as medical office space (Monday)

PYT bringing its offbeat burger creations to the Bowery (Tuesday)

Happy Birthday Debbie Harry! (Wednesday)

Checking out Centre-fuge Cycle 17 on East First Street (Monday)

Demolition underway at 127 Avenue D (Wednesday)

We found some legs (Tuesday)

Court gives NYU OK for $6 billion expansion (Wednesday)

Construction watch: 397-401 E. Eighth St. (Tuesday)

Despite Grand Opening banner, Capital Laundry & Dry Cleaners has closed on Avenue B (Monday)

The Subway (sandwich shop) has closed on the Bowery (Tuesday)


[Photo on Avenue D via EVG reader Plumpy]

8:04 a.m., Tompkins Square Park, July 5

Last night

[Photo by James and Karla Murray via Facebook]

The morning after

Tompkins Square Park this morning via William Klayer…

Announcements

A quick note to an EVG reader:

Happy Birthday Corey!

If you don't like construction noise, then...

From the Post today:

Sixty-two percent, or 33,533, of the complaints logged with the Department of Environmental Protection from July 1, 2014, through June 30 of this year were tied to off-hours construction or noise from equipment such as jackhammers.

Read the whole article here.

Rest assured, there isn't a fire in the hole at 98-100 Avenue A

Just to put your mind at ease this holiday. Over at 98-100 Avenue A, workers continue [and continue] to put in the foundation for Ben Shaoul's new 6-8-story retail-residential complex between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street.

Readers have noted a generator running 24/7 since early May, at least. And lately there has been some smoke billowing up over the plywood.

An explanation for this arrived this past week.



Per the sign: "We are currently performing dewatering on this construction site. This is condensation (water vapor) coming up through the pipes. There is no fire, no smoke, and no reason for alarm."

So remain calm, all is well.

And for people who don't like reading the fine print…

Holiday road

St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue yesterday via Derek Berg…