The overhead bin space looks iffy, though. EVG reader Peter D. spotted this row on St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue...
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Seats with more legroom now available on St. Mark's Place
The overhead bin space looks iffy, though. EVG reader Peter D. spotted this row on St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue...
Week in Grieview
[Photo by Derek Berg]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
RIP Neftaly Ramirez (Monday)
At the new home of the Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy on 2nd Avenue (Thursday)
A bad sign at Heart of India on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)
Polish G. I. Delicatessen has officially closed (Monday)
Reader report: Cleaning power and a clean up on Cooper Square (Thursday)
Becky's Bites and Stuffed Ice Cream are now open (Friday)
The Joey Ramone street sign is currently MIA from Joey Ramone Place (Friday)
Wagamama says hello on 3rd Avenue (Friday)
98/99 Favor Taste opens on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)
The Great Jones Café is now closed, permanently or not (Friday)
1st LinkNYC kiosk coming to St. Mark's Place (Monday)
The Pourhouse might be in the poorhouse with back rent due in excess of $60k (Tuesday)
Michelle Alteration & Boutique now open on Avenue C (Wednesday)
Dokodemo now serving Japanese street food on 4th Street (Friday)
80 E. 10th Street rises, teases (Tuesday)
GURGLING TUB ALERT (Wednesday)
Oh yes the former Caffe Bene storefront is still for rent (Wednesday)
Former San Loco space for rent on 2nd Avenue (Monday)
The blanding of Union Square West (Tuesday)
Bonefade Barbers mark arrival on Avenue A (Monday)
Retail rent at 190 Bowery is $2 million a year (Wednesday)
Campaign to get a wax statue of Paul Giamatti at Madame Tussauds™ comes to the East Village (Sunday)
All ping-pong pics in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg...
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Report: Explosion victims seek to freeze Maria Hrynenko's assets
The Post today reports that Hrynenko and her companies have been hit with 28 lawsuits.
Per the Post:
The legal motion asks that a judge forbid Hrynenko from “removing, destroying, selling, assigning, gifting, encumbering and otherwise disposing” of cash from the sale.
As I first reported in June, Shaky Cohen's Nexus Building Development Group, Inc., paid $9.15 million for both lots — 119 and 121 Second Ave. To date, there haven't been any new permits filed at the DOB.
The DA charged Hrynenko and several others, including her son, with involuntary manslaughter and other alleged crimes. The criminal case against her has yet to go to trial while the multiple civil actions are still making their way through the courts.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: 2nd Avenue explosion sites have a new owner
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Remembering Eddie Hunt
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 p.m., Eddie's friends are gathering at Manitoba's, 99 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street, for a tribute party.
'Vanishing' point
[Photo from July 19]
"Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul," the book by East Village-based writer-blogger Jeremiah Moss, was published this past week.
You can read an exclusive excerpt of the East Village chapter at Longreads.
He was also on the cover of The Village Voice last week (July 18 issue date). You can read that here.
The official book launch party was the past Thursday. There are several more upcoming events, as well as an appearance on the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Thursday at noon. Find those details here.
'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' getting the 35th anniversary treatment at Union Square
Here's the official blurb about the 35th anniversary screening....
Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures are bringing Fast Times at Ridgemont High to select cinemas nationwide for a special two-day event, which also includes an introduction from a TCM host. Academy Award winner Sean Penn stars in the film that defined the outrageous and bold teen comedy genre.
It's playing Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and again on Wednesday at the same
And now, the dated trailer...
Friday, July 28, 2017
The honest truth
I was reading about Drag City, the Chicago-based indie label, finally giving in to industry trends and releasing most of its catalog on Apple Music this week.
Here's a track from Drag City favorites, the Royal Trux, with "Liar" from the 1998 release Accelerator.
EV Grieve Etc.: An idea to save small businesses; a study on bicycle intersection safety
[Photo on the Bowery by Derek Berg]
How to save locally owned small businesses (CityLab)
Department of Transportation launches a study of bicycle intersection safety, including mixing zones like at First Avenue and Ninth Street where cyclist Kelly Hurley was killed by a truck (DNAinfo ... previously)
Rubie’s Costume Company, an affiliate of New York Costumes, buys the retail condominium at 808 Broadway and 108-110 Fourth Ave. that houses the shop (The Real Deal)
About the new wave of Vietnamese restaurants in the East Village (The New Yorker)
More about the Darkstar Coffee-In Living Stereo mashup (Patch ... previously)
And check out Flatbush, the rescued juvenile red-tailed hawk, go at it with a squirrel in Tompkins Square Park via Goggla...
Summer of Love '67 slideshow in Tompkins Square Park (The New York Times)
Details on a City Council District 2 Candidate Forum on Monday on Sixth Street (The Lo-Down)
Inside Kushner Companies’ murky relationship with rent stabilization (The Real Deal)
A revival of "Farrebique," Georges Rouquier's acclaimed 1940s documentary on farm life in France (Film Anthology Archives)
A wide-ranging interview with Jim Jarmusch, whose band has released a new EP (The Village Voice)
STIK’s 7-Story mural on Allen Street raised $12,500 for the Tenement Museum (BoweryBoogie)
The owners of Babeland, the sex-toy shop with several locations, including on Rivington, have sold the business to rivals Good Vibrations (DNAinfo)
French Roast closed after 24 years on Sixth Avenue and 11th Street (Grub Street)
Details on the new Frank Ape gallery show (Official site ... previously)
Latest dessert choices: cream cheese creations; ice-cream doughnut sandwiches
Becky's Bites opens today at 122 E Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue.
According to the shop's Facebook page: "Becky offers a range of novel cream cheese based bites from bagels & parfaits to tiny tarts & cookie sandwiches."
Here's a copy of the Becky's menu...
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Meanwhile, over on First Avenue between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street...
Stuffed Ice Cream opens tomorrow...
[Photos by Steven]
... and they specialize in doughnut-ice-cream sandwiches called cruffs... ("NYC's First Cruff," per Stuffed's Instagram account)...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Becky's Bites bringing cream cheese creations to 7th Street
Stuffed Ice Cream coming to 1st Avenue
Golden State Warriors, come out to play!
As we mentioned last week, the basketball courts at Open Road Park adjacent to the East Side Community School on 12th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue were getting refurbished thanks to NBA star Kevin Durant (via his charity foundation, KDCF).
Durant was on-hand Monday for the official unveiling.
Thx so much 2 @KDTrey5 & Kevin Durant Charity Foundation 4 building our kids an amazing new court...they will ball! https://t.co/mdFw8bR3U6 pic.twitter.com/U2lPK2lnyA
— Mark Federman (@MarkEastSide) July 25, 2017
This was the eighth basketball court in the city to benefit from the KDCF program:
In 2015, NIKE, Inc., Kevin Durant, and the KDCF partnered to create the BUILD IT AND THEY WILL BALL Courts Renovation Initiative to increase the number of high quality basketball courts accessible to underprivileged youth across the United States and internationally. BUILD IT AND THEY WILL BALL will propel the mission of the KDCF to enrich the lives of youth from low-income backgrounds through various educational and athletic programs.
The court is now painted in the same colors of Durant's team, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
The refurbishment includes a KDCF mural by Bronx-based artist André Trenier
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The Joey Ramone street sign is currently MIA from Joey Ramone Place
The light pole on the northeast corner of the Bowery and Second Street appears to be under repair...
And with that, the street sign for this co-named stretch of Second Street — Joey Ramone Place — is also gone... (all the street signs on the pole are MIA)...
I reached out to the Department of Transportation to see when the sign(s) might return. An agency rep promised to get back to me.
And perhaps they'll be a new Joey Ramone Place sign. The one in place looked as if it had been whacked a few times...
[Photo from 2016]
The sign first went up in November 2003. The sign is pretty high up there now after reportedly being stolen a half-dozen times. Workers raised the sign to 20 feet. Standard street signs are between 12 and 14 feet off the ground, per the Post.
[Wikipedia Commons]
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