More about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closing/relocating

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A follow-up on Friday's item about the the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closing/relocating... An EVG reader sent us this letter by the front doors at the branch on East 14th Street near Avenue A ... the letter has more details about what's happening here...

From Joseph J. Mulvery, facilities implementation, U.S. Postal Service:

"The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is proposing the relocation of the Peter Stuyvesant Station Post Office...to a yet to-be-determined location with the same zip code area.

The reason behind this proposal is the upcoming expiration of the lease on the present location. The lease will expire in February 2014, and we have been unable to reach agreement with the landlord on a new lease."

Jeez, the USPS can't even afford it here...

The letter was apparently posted on Wednesday.



And as a reminder:

There's a Town Hall scheduled on the matter between Community Board 3 and Community Board 6 on April 22. Location: — Campos Plaza Community Center (gym) at 611 East 13th Street (btwn Aves B & C)

Previously on EV Grieve:
UPDATED: Did you hear the rumor about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office branch closing?

Di Bella Bros. ghost signage uncovered on East 13th Street

EVG regular evilnyc notes sign work over at the Hamptons Market on First Avenue and East 13th Street, which has revealed...



... the name of the former longtime tenant — Di Bella Bros., which opened here in 1925... A New York magazine article from August 1984 noted that Carmine and John Di Bella retired in the early 1980s ... and that they sold the business to Sue and Jason Shim, "who have mastered most of their recipes."

In previous posts about Hamptons, several readers noted Di Bella's delicious stuffed artichokes and bell peppers...

Will we be talking about Hamptons Market in such loving ways years from now?

Residents don't care much for neighbor peeing on the front of their building before going upstairs

Well then. A resident along East Fifth Street shares this... Apparently residents witnessed a man peeing in front of the building this past weekend ... then he went inside and upstairs to his apartment.

Which, based on the signs that someone attached to the front door and the tenant's door, didn't go over so well...





Said the resident: "Is this what the neighborhood is coming to? That the stupid woos and bros who have moved into the neighborhood feel the need to relieve themselves wherever and whenever they feel like it — even in front of THEIR OWN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, rather than walking up the stairs to use the facilities like a normal human being? WHAT is wrong with people?"

Medieval frog-gargoyle thing is gone. And we're doomed. DOOMED! (MORE DOOMED?)

When demolition commenced at 9-17 Second Ave. in December 2011, Goggla spotted the following on the plywood not to far away from the former Mars Bar...

Per Goggla: "I like to think it's warding away evil spirits..."

Indeed.

But, unfortunately, we recently noticed that this, this thing was gone.



Stolen? Removed by a worker? Eaten? We'll never know.



Evil spirits, be kind...

Piccola Positano has apparently closed on East Fourth Street

The gate has been down at the Italian restaurant here just west of Avenue B the past week to 10 days. Prior to that, a neighbor told us that the eatery was only making pizza deliveries — no meals in the dining room.

We haven't 100 percent confirmed the closure just yet... there are no signs about "closed for renovations" or "on spring break" anywhere. The restaurant remained closed during the weekend as well.

Piccola Positano opened in late 2011/early 2012... the previous tenant, Tonda, seemed to have similar problems. It would be closed for weeks then randomly reopen for one weekend.

E.U., the first "gastropub" in the East Village, had the space before Tonda. And that was drama city. E.U. battled the SLA for 18 months before finally getting approved for a beer and wine license. (Read more E.U. drama here at Eater.)

A jinxed location?

Fourth Avenue pay phone receives back-rent payment notice

And then there's this. Spotted the other day on a pay phone on Fourth Avenue at East 12th Street...





So, based on this notice, the DVD Funhouse at 814 Broadway — one block over — hasn't paid a lick of its $21,218 monthly rent since they moved into the place in in early 2012... good for a whopping $250,898...



That's a lot of $2.99 Tyler Perry DVDs...

This weekend in possible David Schwimmer sightings on East Sixth Street

@evgrieve possible schwimmer sighting on the roof of the schwimmer mcmanse

— terrence geary (@artisanmatters) April 6, 2013

Unconfirmed. Man spotted in red shirt. Schwimmery looking.

Previously.

Reader report: Former Rawvolution space will be real-estate management office

Rawvolution, the raw vegan cafe/retail store on East 12th Street, closed last December "for renovations."

Of course, they are not coming back... workers have been renovating the space these last six or so weeks. A tipster on the block said that the storefront will be "a management office for the building."

This is one of the 28-29 buildings that Jared Kushner's Kushner Companies bought up in the East Village in recent months... Per the tipster: "Maybe it will be the central office for all of Mr. Ivanka Trump's East Village real estate holdings." More specifically, the reader understands that this will be an office for Westminster Management, a division of Kushner Companies.

Today's hawk

Tompkins Square Park ... photo by Bobby Williams.

Car of the day

East Sixth Street via Bill the Libertarian Anarchist...

Week in Grieview

[Tompkins Square Park via Bobby Williams]

A new 24-hour biscuit joint for Avenue A (Monday)

New identity for Identity (Friday)

What's next for the Bar 82 space? (Monday)

Cat Power's new video pays homage to NYC (Thursday)

Nobu alum coming to East Ninth Street (Monday)

What's replacing Boca Chica (Wednesday)

The line for Wylie Dufresne's new place on Second Avenue (Monday)

Glass box for Lafayette (Wednesday)

Anthology Film Archives brief transformation into the 27th Precinct (Monday)

Bleecker Bob's to the East Village? (Tuesday)

Out and About in the East Village 2013 recap (Wednesday)

Update on The Living Room's potential move to East Second Street (Thursday)

51 Astor Place's public plaza (Tuesday)

Masak closes on East 13th Street (Thursday)

The Sunburnt Cow is on the market (Thursday)

Here are the new members of CB3 (Monday)

Soho Billiards to Red Square? (Tuesday)

And things that we didn't cover this week, such as NYC's 8th Annual Pillow Fight Day yesterday in Washington Square Park...


[Bobby Williams]

TV party tonight?

East 10th Street and Avenue C this morning via MoRUS

Headline H/T ...

Noted

Spotted on one of the burned-out cars on East Ninth Street today... a posthumous tag...

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Early-morning car fire on East 9th Street

Spring

Dave on 7th in the spring wonderland of Tompkins Square Park...

Blockbusters: ('Alleged') 'Bearial Shroud' discovered on East Second Street

This, of course, was the somber scene on East Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C last Sunday morning... Easter Sunday morning...



And now, there are claims, thus far unsubstantiated, on the very same fence, that ... well, see for yourself...





A neighbor, who asked not be named, said that archaeologists excavated the only known JoBear la Stuffing-era burial shroud in the East Village.

What's more, the remains of the bear wrapped in the shroud are said to hold DNA evidence of a picnic basket. Carbon-dating studies suggested the shroud was made between A.D. 2007 and 2009.

However, until researchers can conduct more, uh, research, the use of "alleged" will accompany the description to help temper expectations and prevent the block from becoming a tourist trap for various pilgrim types.

Previously on EV Grieve:
A brief history of humiliating Teddy bears in the East Village

Noted

Spotted on the McDonald's this morning on Third Avenue. Lovin' it?

Today in photo opps

Earlier today in Tompkins Square Park... photo by Bobby Williams...

Lining up to Load OUT

A reader noted the line earlier for Load OUT! — A Reuse and Repurposing RIOT ... today until 3 p.m. at 19 E. Third St. between the Bowery and Second Avenue



Per the invite:

Attendees are invited to take home all the donated costumes, props, and furniture they find. Artists are invited to participate for free. The general public will be charged a $5 entrance fee to participate. Whatever you decide to take away with you is FREE of charge.

Seeing double on the Bowery

At East Fourth Street. Make sense?

And at least someone finally replaced this ad.

Looking at the remains of last night's East Ninth Street car fire

Around 8 a.m., three police officers were on East Ninth Street ... at the scene of last night's fire between Avenue B and Avenue C that likely wiped out three cars... We overheard an officer asking the security guard on duty at the former P.S. 64 about the plywood outside the building ...



...later, via a reader...



... and EVG reader Galwegian, who noted the street cleaning is Monday on this side of the street...



More to come... At this point, we're not sure of the cause of the fire...

Updated noon:

After the planned meeting outside Ben Shaoul's Magnum Real Estate office last evening, John Penley headed here around 9 ... where he was joined by a handful of other people protesting the proposed dorm development of P.S. 64.

Via Facebook, Penley said that he "was tired and feeling sick and left about midnight." As for the other people in the group? "Later I was told cops had threatened to arrest people. I didn't hear about what happened until this morning."

The resident who took the top photo on this post said that he heard the protestors earlier, but didn't see anyone at the scene when the fire started around 1:20 a.m.