Monday, July 13, 2015

Cops: This cyclist has nabbed 2 phones from pedestrians

Last Thursday we shared that Dashcam video showing a cyclist snatching a phone from a woman walking west on Seventh Street at Avenue A.

Apparently the cyclist has two victims...



On Saturday, the Post used this incident to help illustrate how the city is falling into ruin under Mayor de Blasio's watch...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Video: Cyclist snatches woman's phone on Avenue A; Citi Biker follows in pursuit

A memo from the NYC Department of Pedestrian Etiquette


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EVG reader Katherine spotted this memo in the front door of a building along East Seventh Street… on official (heh) NYC Department of Pedestrian Etiquette...

Per the sign:

Effective April 1, 2016 all new residents and visitors to New York City Over the age of 16 will be required to take a mandatory training session on Proper Etiquette for navigating the sidewalks and streets of the greater metropolitan area.

And?

Upon completion of training, applicants must then pass an oral and practical exam in order to qualify for a NYC DPE Pedestrian Permit. Any mistakes will result in denial of permission to enter the city for a period of no less than one year.

Click on the image for what the examples of the violations might include… "stopping on a bike path with a big group to take pictures of squirrels" …

Here then, the new Moishe's Bake Shop sign


[EVG file photo]

Back in April workers removed the damaged Moishe's Bake Shop sign (in the middle of the night) in order to repair the facade at 115 Second Ave. near East Seventh Street.

Yesterdays, workers put the new sign in place under the watchful eye of owner Moishe Perl, as these photos by Derek Berg show…







Perl told WPIX that the sign sustained damage following the deadly gas explosion on March 26. "We got a violation last week that it’s shaking. We have to take it off and fix it," Perl told the station on April 20.



Previously on EV Grieve:
After midnight, workers remove the Moishe's Bake Shop sign (19 comments)

What lies beneath the Moishe's sign

Moishe's has a new (temporary-looking) sign

La Lucha space for rent on Avenue A



The 6-year-old La Lucha quickly shut down after service last Wednesday night, as we first reported.

And just like that the for rent sign from landlord Steve Croman's 9300 Realty arrived on the front window of the taco shop at 147 Avenue A between East Ninth Street and East 10th Street. (The listing isn't online just yet.)

As for La Lucha, the proprietors left this message on their Facebook page:

New location coming soon. Due to the outrageous cost of operating in the village we decided it's best to relocate. In the mean time catch our Taco truck on Franklin Ave in Bedford, BK.

Looking at One Great Jones Alley, 'a private paradise'



Renderings for the 12-stories of condos coming soon to the former open-air shops on Broadway near East Fourth Street have made the rounds in recent years…



Curbed has more details on what to expect from the 16-unit project now known as One Great Jones Alley, which will include a "private gated alley" ...



So the residential entrance will be via Great Jones Alley off of Great Jones Street…



Here's the rendering via broker Fredrik Eklund



And more!



And even more!

One Great Jones Alley features "a private gated alley, private driveway for your car, 24hr doorman, a spa and entire level of a waterclub, yes we call it a private paradise... and then the 16 residences above.... Half and full floor apartments, and an insane penthouse with 360' views of New York City!"

As for a little history of Great Jones Alley, we'll turn to The New York Times:

The slang term "jones," meaning an addiction to drugs, is said to have originated among addicts who lived in Great Jones Alley, off Great Jones Street, between Broadway and Lafayette Street.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Retail plans revealed for 12-floor condo building replacing open-air market on Broadway

NoHo flea market gutted ahead of new condo project on Broadway

Signage arrives for interesting new business on East 14th Street



The sign has arrived at the Domino's Pizza location opening soon enough at 440 E. 14th St. just west of Avenue A…



The space was previously home to the 99-Cent Discount Center, where things were often more than 99 cents.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Interesting new business opening on East 14th Street

Work continues at interesting new business coming to East 14th Street

Out with Euzkadi on East 4th Street



Workers have been gutting Euzkadi, the now-closed restaurant at 108 E. Fourth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue this past week…



… including removing the Euzkadi mosaic…



We're not sure exactly when Euzkadi closed. People seemed to like the tapas … which New York magazine called "traditional and boldly flavored Basque cuisine."

As for what's next … a Japanese restaurant called Benemon is expected to open here later next month. According to the application (PDF!) for a new liquor license at the CB3 website, Benemon will serve "Japanese rice bowls with small plates." Benemon is expected be open noon to midnight seven days a week.

Photos by Derek Berg

Joli Beauty Bar coming to East 1st Street



The coming soon sign is up for the next retail tenant at 44 E. First St. … Joli Beauty Bar…



Here's more about Joli via a post at Racked back in the spring:

Joli Beauty Bar [is] a "French café"–inspired space for makeup applications and lessons, a retail store for under-the-radar beauty brands, blowouts, "depuffing" treatments, and gel nails — all of which you can elect to get with a glass of wine or specialty cocktail in hand.

You can find the Joli website here.

The previous tenant, the plant store/boutique Green Fingers, moved to Rivington Street earlier in the year. The western storefront was briefly home to the hyped laundro-bar Wash House.

Julius Klein had the eastern storefront for years before he was Cromanated in the spring of 2012.

Scarab Lounge space for rent on 1st Avenue



Scarab Lounge has closed at 139 First Ave. between St. Mark's Place and East Ninth Street … the for rent sign in the window was preceded by a Marshal's Legal Possession notice dated last Monday…



Don't know too much about the hookah bar … other than what we read on Yelp … and found during their brief time on Twitter…

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Disappointhenge



Stupid clouds... East 14th Street tonight for Manhattanhenge...





There's still tomorrow night...

Half Sun on the Grid
Monday, July 13 8:21 P.M.

Photos by Peter Brownscombe

Week in Grieview


[Photo by Derek Berg]

Is Tompkins Square Park becoming a "homeless haven"? (Friday, 95 comments)

Come along on a tour of the under-renovation 122 Community Center on First Avenue (Tuesday)

Video: Cyclist snatches woman's iPhone on Avenue A; Citi Biker follows in pursuit (Thursday)

Messing with the hydrangeas prompts sharply worded Urban Etiquette Sign on East Seventh Street (Monday)

Empire Biscuit is hosting its first-ever comedy festival this August (Tuesday)

Out and ABout with Jeremy X. Halpern (Wednesday)

Lit Lounge makes closure official (Thursday)

Alleged purse snatcher caught by security store employee (and a lot of other people) on Avenue B (Friday)

Blowing the doors off of the Horseshoe Bar in the name of television (Wednesday)

Listen in to the vinyl sounds of Abraço and A1 Records from wherever you are (Thursday)

Via Della Pace Pizza officially opens on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Blockheads opening soon on Third Avenue (Friday)

Moonstruck Eatery opens on A (Wednesday)

Partial reveal of the new residential complex coming to 185 Avenue B (Monday)

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot returns (Thursday)

Former Mary Help of Christians property getting the plywood treatment (Wednesday)

Yoo's Convenience Store — former home of New York's "best coffee" — becoming a tape shop (Monday)

Rent reduction at the former Bourgeois Pig space on East Seventh Street (Tuesday)

Incoming restaurant on Avenue A asking residents to rally for their liquor license and back patio (Thursday, 39 comments)

Films in Tompkins return this month (Wednesday)

Relive the July 4 fireworks with this East Village drone footage (Sunday)

Here's your T-swirl Crêpe shop signage (Monday)

A look inside the last East Village gas station (Wednesday)

Dewatering 98-100 Avenue A (Monday)

Crush story: About the home winemaker in the East Village (Tuesday)

Casual French-American cafe in the works for 110 St. Mark's Place (Friday)

Mother of Pearl comes out of its shell on Avenue A and East 6th Street (Monday)

Full reveal at 331 E. Houston St. (Thursday)

Resurfacing underway at the new YouTube-backed basketball courts in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

… and speaking of Tompkins Square Park… apparently it's time to bid farewell to the iconic ANAL box seen around these parts this past week or so…


[Photo by Grant Shaffer]

Sources revealed that a few Park staffers disposed of it this weekend… We're not sure why the box was here in the first place (A movie prop? A quinzhee tribute?) Meanwhile, we now have a discarded fridge to distract us…

Manhattanhenge wants to be seen again tonight


East 14th Street provided a good warmup last evening for the next round of Manhattanhenge (when the setting sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid) … for tonight's main event:

Full Sun on the Grid
Sunday, July 12 8:20 P.M.

Half Sun on the Grid
Monday, July 13 8:21 P.M.

Thanks to James and Karla Murray for last night's photo!

Previously

Report: East Village broker accused of rental bait-and-switch

An East Village-based broker is using the addresses of celebrity homes, including Anna Wintour's (!!!!), "in an apparent real-estate scam," according to the Post.

When Post reporters posing as prospective tenants answered the ads last week ... they were text-messaged back by unnamed real-estate salespeople. But each time the reporters tried to see the advertised apartments, they were met with excuses — they’re not available for viewing or they’re suddenly off the market.

They were then shown far less fashionable flats, and were ushered to the offices of St. Marks Place Realty at 36 St. Marks Place.

The undercover reporters then met with the real-estate firm's sole licensed broker, named as Jordan Marshall.

Dressed in a cheap suit, he launched into a high-pressure spiel: A just-viewed East Third Street apartment was listed by a major brokerage, and the rival firm was holding an open house that very afternoon. If the clients paid a $100 application fee on the spot and filled out a form, “We can stop them from renting it . . . This way we don’t lose it.”

When later confronted by the Post, Marshall repeatedly said "I’m not sure what you’re talking about."

Read the whole article here.

Also, Wintour's West Village home is not on the market.

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Where to find True Crime in the next few weeks



The Film Forum has a True Crime series running though Aug. 5, screening such classics as "Badlands," "Birdman of Alcatraz" and "The French Connection," among many many others. ("In Cold Blood" screens today.) You can find the calendar here.