Report: Power still out at 26-story Haven Plaza on Avenue C

[This morning at Haven Plaza by Dave on 7th]

Haven Plaza on East 12th Street at Avenue C is one of the many area buildings that is still without electricity or heat in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

As the Post reported today:

Water pressure in the building goes up only a few floors, elevators are disabled and residents are forced to trudge up and down the stairs for necessities.

“My daughter goes up and down 14 floors, five times a day, to bring me food and water,” said Iris Bido, 71.

Meanwhile, on the Lower East Side, the power is still out at Knickerbocker Village. The Lo-Down reported this morning that partial power has been restored at four of the 12 buildings in the affordable housing complex on Monroe Street.

And there's no end to the crisis here. There is still up to 25 feet of water in the mechanical and boiler rooms on the west side of Knickerbocker, The Lo-Down noted.

When Avenue C became part of the East River

On Monday, I posted a photo of the floodwaters on East 14th Street and Avenue C. In subsequent emails, several readers-residents said that they didn't realize the extent of the flooding...

Several Avenue C residents shared photos from the storm surge on Oct. 29. However, nothing probably quite captures the scene as this video does, shot around 8:15 p.m. on East 11th Street looking toward Avenue C.



Here's another video via YouTube that Daniel Scott uploaded ... showing the scene at East Eighth Street...

Sayonara Sandy at Ciao for Now tomorrow night

From the EV Grieve inbox... Ciao For Now on East 12th Street was one of the many East Village restaurants to suffer significant damage during Hurricane Sandy... they will be holding an event Friday to help them recover and to thank their neighbors...

Cafecito reopens tonight on Avenue C

Cafecito on Avenue C near East 12th Street reopens tonight... first time that the Cuban eatery has been able to open since the surge from Hurricane Sandy flooded their establishment on Oct. 29.

[File photo]

A quick post-blackout observation

Just a post-Sandy blackout observation... BoweryBoogie noted this too the other day: an uptick in graffiti that occurred during the blackout ... a few examples...

BoweryBoogie heard (unconfirmed) that the NYPD arrested four graffiti artists for tagging walls during the blackout.

There was enough snow on the ground to make this...

On East Fourth Street via EVG regular Steven Matthews... tomorrow, we'll have photos of the creations the children make from volcanic ash...

Noted

And this was this scene yesterday morning on Avenue B along Tompkins Square Park ... hope that it survived the nor-easter...

Photos by Robert Miner.

Broadway near Eighth Street tonight

Photo by 8E

Snow daze

Second Avenue and East Ninth Street this evening... via @durua ...

The last thing we needed

A nor'easter. A few scenes from the storm via Bobby Williams.

East Village warming centers

Someone just asked about warming centers in the East Village... here are two... you have a few hours left before they close for the night....

• JOHN PAUL II FRIENDSHIP CENTER
103 E 7TH ST. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

• SIROVICH SENIOR CENTER
331 E 12TH ST. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Find the citywide list here.

Because this is soothing our frazzled nerves

Several readers have been reporting incessant noise this morning somewhere around the Con Ed Substation on East 14th Street and Avenue C. One reader thought, at first, there was another explosion.

Turns out that a pile driver is putting in the foundation support for the new apartment complex on Avenue B and East 12th Street. There isn't much escape from the noise. Meanwhile, many nearby residents are still without electricity, water and heat. (And there is a school directly next door.)

Here's what 30 seconds of the construction noise sounds like. It has been going on the entire morning. The whole block seems to be vibrating. One resident said that he is worried about a building collapse.

And maybe no hope...

Spotted several variations of this sign in the side streets around Avenue C and Avenue D...

Tompkins Square Park and all other city parks closing at noon today

[Tompkins Square Park yesterday]

In anticipation of the Nor'easter heading toward NYC, the Parks Department will be close all city parks from noon today to noon tomorrow.

The official notice is here.

H/T Curbed

Funding Alphabet City Rescue Mission

From the EV Grieve Facebook page... East Village resident Jenny Adams started this fundraising project...

We need some help down here. Our little section of Manhattan — affectionately known as Alphabet City - was completely flooded when the East River broke its banks during Hurricane Sandy.

This area has a lot of heart, and it's also got a lot of housing projects, lower income families and people who were struggling to make do before this storm.

I've been talking to neighbors and friends on our street, where most of the buildings took on 10 to 15 feet of water in the basements. Besides being weeks away from restoring running water, power and heat in a lot of them, the housing projects are in dire need of assistance.

As of this morning, Adams has raised $6,400 of her $10,000 goal. She also updates the site with her latest relief efforts...

We dropped off dozens of blankets and jackets and socks. 50 hats, 50 scarves and 50 mittens. 50 Power bars, Clorox bleach, rubber gloves and can openers.
AND! We somehow managed to find 12 packages of D Batteries!

(If you live in Lower Manhattan right now, you know that finding a store with a D Battery is the equivalent of finding Narnia ... in your shoe.)

Today, we spent roughly $900 for people in need. Oh, and we gave Diane at K-Mart a $200 gift card to give to her sister in New Jersey. Her sister lost everything in the storm, but we are working to make it better.

Find the fund-raising page and more information here.

Second Avenue Subway now a Good Guys Burger

Yesterday, workers quickly dismantled the Subway on Second Avenue at East Ninth Street... and a reader noted that they worked into the night to unveil....

... that this space is becoming a Good Guys location...

Are the Good Guys related to the Five Guys?

Forum Friday for small businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy

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The East Fifth St. Tree Committee back in action

A reader points out that new signs have appeared here on East Fifth Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square... The post-Sandy grace period has evidently ended...

...Per the reader: "Note rail with Romney sign does not have a flyer. They must have paid the Tree Committee for a permit."

Previously.

Losses at El Jardín del Paraíso

Part of a downed willow tree remains blocking the sidewalk on East Fourth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D outside El Jardín del Paraíso...

In addition, a reader notes that someone placed this flyer in his building nearby.

No word on the condition of the other livestock/critters in the community garden.

Heathers has new owners

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Yesterday, we noted the item about an Election Night Party at Heathers on East 13th Street. As a follow-up, the bar just east of Avenue A has been sold. We saw the listing for the space dating back to the spring... apparently the sale quietly went through late in the summer...

The partners are Greg Brier, Mark Dizon, Mike Herman and Ray LeMoine.

LeMoine said they kept the news of the sale pretty low-key. As for changes?

"We intend to keep Heathers the same," he said.

Owner Heather Millstone opened Heathers in 2005 ... and the bar quickly became a lightning rod for noise complaints. (The Times had a lengthy article in January 2007 about the ongoing noise issues between the bar and neighbors.) You can read more about the bar's recent CB3 issues here.