EVG reader Sylvia G. shared these close-ups of the moon from Sixth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Tuesday's parting shots
EVG reader Sylvia G. shared these close-ups of the moon from Sixth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D...
9th Precinct hosting a Build the Block meeting Thursday evening for Sector A
The 9th Precinct is hosting another Sector Safety Summit for East Village residents and business owners.
The next one is scheduled for Thursday evening for those in Sector A. This Sector encompasses the east side of Avenue C from East 14th Street to Houston ... and Seventh Street from Avenue C to First Avenue back down to Houston...
Use this map to find out what Sector you're in for sure, and what meeting you should attend.
As for these Sector meetings: "This is an avenue for you to voice your grievances or concerns with issues in and around the neighborhood."
This is part of the NYPD's initiative called the Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCO) program. The 9th Precinct is split up into four sectors, with two officers assigned to each sector. (Find the sectors and the responsible officers here.)
Thursday's meeting is at the Community Room, 3 Haven Plaza (near 12th Street and Avenue C). Per the invite, doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and the meeting will start promptly at 7 p.m.
Let it fake snow! Let it fake snow! Let it fake snow!
Crews for NBC's "The Village" are out turning 10th Street and Second Avenue into a Winter Wonderland for the upcoming shoot that also involves the return of the Tree Riders to the neighborhood.
EVG Props and Artificial Snow Correspondent Steven shared these photos from a little earlier... will likely look better on TV...
Violet ready to roll out the grilled pizzas this week
Violet, a new restaurant by the Pizza Loves Emily Group and chef/owner Matt Hyland, is ready to debut this week at 511 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
The Violet website shows reservations starting on Thursday. (This after some friends/families previews.) Google also lists a Jan. 10 opening ... as do various social-media posts.
Matt Hyland and his wife-partner Emily Hyland reportedly went to "grilled-pizza mecca" Al Forno in Providence, R.I., on their first date while they attended Roger Williams University.
Here's more about Violet, named after the state flower of Rhode Island, via the restaurant website:
Hyland's menu focuses on grilled cuisine that pays homage to New England and Rhode Island's flavors and abundant fresh seafood.
The menu highlight, grilled pizzas, are inspired by his nostalgia for Al Forno in Providence, where he and Emily often ate while attending school in Rhode Island and his desire to fill the void of grilled pizza destinations in New York City. The pies grilled over a hybrid gas and wood grill featuring seasonal and innovative twists on classic toppings. Small plates with a focus on New England seafood favorites, and a rotating selection of fresh, house-made pastas round out the shareable menu.
And some food pics via the Violet Instagram account...
The Hyland's opened Emmy Squared this past July on First Avenue at Fifth Street.
Violet's listed hours are 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday (closed Monday!) through Thursday, until 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
GG's had a three-year run at No. 511 before they turned over the space in December 2017.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Emmy Squared's owners are bringing grilled pizza to the former GG's space on 5th Street
Getting 511 E. 5th St. ready for new grilled pizza venture from Emmy Squared's owners
Countdown to grilled pizza on 5th Street
Name reveal: Emmy Squared's grilled-pizza sibling will be called Violet on 5th Street
TR Crandall Guitars trades in 3rd Street for Ludlow
[Photo by Salim]
TR Crandall Guitars has packed up and moved away from its storefront on 179 E. Third St. between Avenue A and Avenue B, EVG regular Salim reports.
The seller and repairer of vintage guitars (and banjos, mandolins and ukuleles) will reopen soon not too far away — 154 Ludlow St. (fifth floor) between Stanton and Rivington.
You can check out the shop's Instagram account for the exact reopening date in their new home.
TR Crandall Guitars, featuring a repair shop with master craftsman Tom Crandall, opened on Third Street in the spring of 2013.
6th Street townhouse, once said to be owned by Andy Warhol, listed for $4.95 million
There's a new listing (h/t 6sqft!) for 321 E. Sixth St., a townhouse with five units here between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
This was one of several NYC properties purportedly once owned by Andy Warhol ... as well as his longtime collaborator, the filmmaker Paul Morrissey, who lived here from the late 1960s until the mid 1970s. (It's not immediately clear how long Warhol may have lived here.)
Anyway, the whole thing can be yours. Here's part of the listing via Brown Harris Stevens:
[T]his historic residence retains many original details including wood-burning fireplaces, crown moldings, parquet and hardwood floors, and soaring ceilings. There is a distinct high stoop parlor entry as well as a separate garden level entry leading to a landscaped backyard with a pond and flagstone patio. The entire property offers nearly 6000 square feet and approximately 2,300 square feet of developable rights. Delivered vacant and priced to sell, this is truly a rare opportunity to create your masterpiece.
And a few pics...
... and you have to see the shrine room ...
Asking price: $4.95 million.
Back in June 2010, a listing for half-ownership in the property hit the market with an ask of $2.4 million.
In 2014, a con man used an apartment in the building to bilk several would-be renters out of their $2,000 deposits, collecting more than $20,000.
As a P.S. of sorts, here's part of Paul Morrissey's mortgage document via public records from 1969.. that would be a $35,000 mortgage...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Own half of a used Warhol on East Sixth Street
Former Andy Warhol-owned townhouse used to swindle apartment hunters in the East Village
If you want to hear about the new plans to stormproof East River Park
CB3's Parks, Recreation, Waterfront, & Resiliency Committee will hear updates on the East Side Coastal Resiliency project on Thursday night.
Apparently this will be a repeat from the two public meetings the Parks Department held last month.
As you know, the city has new plans to protect the East Side against catastrophic flooding along the East River from Montgomery Street to 25th Street. The-now $1.45 billion project raises East River Park by up to 10 feet when work starts in March 2020. To do this, though, the city will need to close East River Park for up to three and a half years, and removing many of the current amenities, such as the new running track and soccer field. (Maybe Gov. Cuomo will pull an 11th-hour not-so-fast here.)
The city released new design renderings of the revised resiliency plan, which you can find at this link. (The PDF is 57 pages, FYI.)
The committee meeting starts Thursday night at 6:30. Location: BRC Senior Services Center, 30 Delancey St. between Chrystie and Forsyth. The meeting includes construction updates about Pier 35, Pier 36 and Pier 42.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: The reality of storm-proofing East River Park in 2020
Storm center: Questions linger over updated plans for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project
Questions about a partial vacate order on 3rd Street
The city has posted partial vacate orders at 61 E. Third St., a 6-floor residential building between First Avenue and Second Avenue (thanks to Marjorie Ingall for the photos!) ...
According to the complaint on file in the DOB's ALL-CAP STYLE: "TWO STORAGE ROOMS AT CELLAR ARE ILLEGALLY ARRANGED AND OCCUPIED AS SLEEPING QUARTERS... NO SECONDARY MEANS OF EGRESS OR NATURAL LIGHT/VENTILATION PROVIDED."
The vacate order has also temporarily closed the ground-floor retail tenant — Pinky's Village Spa. Not sure why they need to close for an issue with residential occupancy in the building's basement.
Public records list Icon Realty as the building's landlord.
Monday, January 7, 2019
Some dick tagged the Tompkins Square Park playground
EVG reader Angela Moore shared these photos from the Tompkins Square Park playground along Avenue A ... where someone drew a dick on the children's slide ... and a tree ...
Not sure if kids will buy that this is an interpretative drawing of R2-D2.
The ghost stand of Christmas past: Holiday confusion as trees return to 2nd Avenue
The EVG inbox lit up this afternoon
This was the very spot that the Tree Riders had this past holiday season before they packed it up on Dec. 24.
Salim, who shared this photo below, notes that the trees appeared this afternoon, seemingly ready for sale, though no one was around to actually sell them. A ghost stand!
Meanwhile, Derek Berg spotted these workers delivering trees to a nearly locale in the Abe Lebewohl Triangle at 10th/Stuyvesant this afternoon ...
Apparently all this is prep work for holiday-related scenes tomorrow for "The Village," a new NBC series that has been filming around here in recent months.
Updated
I asked the Tree Riders via Facebook what was happening: "NBC liked our set up so much they asked us to come back after the holidays for a shoot!"
[Photo from last night]
EVErything about the new luxury rentals at the former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
[View from 14th Street]
Leasing is underway in the new luxury building called EVE, officially at 433 E. 13th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. This is on the site of the onetime Peter Stuyvesant Post Office (1951-2014).
[View from 13th Street]
New York Yimby, who first reported on the leasing, noted that market-rate units begin at $3,250 per month for studios and up to $7,000 for two-bedroom, two-bathroom units. In addition, as an 80/20 development, 20 percent of the apartments are designated as affordable.
Here are a few items about EVE to note from the website, which includes lines such as "rEVEl in your surroundings" and "EVEnings out" ...
Amenities:
Eve’s premium amenity package was thoughtfully designed to appeal to the busy New Yorker. An inviting tenant lounge, complete with a cozy fireplace, is perfect for freelancers working from home, and the state-of-the-art fitness center makes it easy to fit in a workout first thing in the morning, or later on as the day is winding down. The true stand-out is the fully landscaped roof deck, furnished with an expansive lawn, a barbecue area, and an outdoor TV and sound system which will change movie night forever.
Design:
The neighborhood’s artistic and rock roots are tastefully woven into the building’s design, bringing color and creativity to the clean, contemporary spaces. Original artwork in the REED lounge by Francis Le Gaucher and Alexander Jackson pays homage to some of the neighborhood’s most iconic bands, and Remko Heemskerk’s courtyard mural adds palpable warmth to a collaborative area.
Those iconic bands would be the Velvet Underground, Blondie and the Ramones.
And some renderings...
In the short term over the next 24 months or so, residents facing 14th Street will have a view of the L-train construction work, including the new entrance and elevator for the train at Avenue A. As previously reported, 14th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A is serving as the main hub for the Canarsie tube rehab, likely even under Gov. Cuomo's new plan for weekend-only work.
The L-train prep work started in July 2017 on 14th Street between First Avenue and Avenue B. In recent months 14th Street residents and local elected officials here have spoken out about the noise, traffic, and dust and debris that have impacted air quality along this corridor.
As for the new building, reps for Benenson and Mack Real Estate previously sought a variance to build four more floors (to 12 from 8) than the zoning would allow to make up for the "extraordinary construction costs" from poor ground conditions here. They ultimately withdrew this request in March 2017.
A Trader Joe's was originally slated for the 14th Street retail space. However, a Trader Joe's rep told me the following in October: "Unfortunately, we do not have any current plans for a store at that location."
Several articles about EVE do mention the Trader Joe's for the new building ... it's also on the map of local businesses on the EVE website (though it's not actually mentioned anywhere on the site) ...
And here's a look inside the under-construction retail space, which includes an escalator...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Today in rants: the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
Meanwhile, at everyone's favorite local post office branch...
UPDATED: Did you hear the rumor about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office branch closing?
Former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office slated to be demolished
The former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office will yield to an 8-story residential building
New residential building at former 14th Street PO will feature a quiet lounge, private dining room
Developer withdraws zoning variance request for former 14th Street post office site
The Peter Stuyvesant-PO-replacing residential building tops out on 14th Street
All about EVE, the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office-replacing rentals on 14th Street
[2014]
Chelsea Thai closes after 5 months on 1st Avenue
[Photo Saturday by Steven]
On Friday night, Chelsea Thai founder-chef Saruj Nimkarn hung the closing sign on his restaurant at 192 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street.
[Photo by Lola Sáenz]
Nimkarn just debuted here in August after 21 years in the Chelsea Market. (A rent increase there forced Nimkarn to look elsewhere.) Unfortunately, he told EVG regular Lola Sáenz that there wasn't enough business in his new space to make the rent.
The food was delicious and reasonably priced. Not entirely sure why the restaurant didn't last. (Lack of a liquor license? Not enough daytime foot traffic? Too many other buzzy new restaurants nearby such as Little Tong Noodle Shop and Tatsu Ramen?)
The address was previously home to the Neptune. The Polish-American diner closed in December 2016 after 15 years in business. According to one source, the rent doubled. After Neptune's departure, the landlord divided up the restaurant into two retail spaces.
Space 194, a hybrid tea-coffee shop-gallery recently opened in the other storefront.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Chelsea Thai coming to former Neptune space on 1st Avenue; Filipino fare for Avenue A
Chelsea Thai debuts on 1st Avenue
[Updated] Bad Carma? 6th Street dim sum spot hasn't been open lately
Updated: We understand that Carma East will reopen Jan. 14 after a kitchen upgrade. Updated 2: Carma reopened the week of Jan. 28.
The gates have been down of late at Carma East, the dim sum bar at 507 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B. The closure during the holiday stretched into this past weekend.
There isn't any notice about a temporary closing on the restaurant's website or social media properties, though their phone is out of service and Yelp lists them as closed.
An EVG reader who lives nearby shared this photo from early December, when Carma East added six flat-screen TVs (tuned to sporting events) and a random assortment of NFL pennants ...
Per the reader: "Seems like a bit of an odd mix with soup dumplings." (The Carma East Instagram account does say "Tapas to Get Drunk With.")
This sibling of Carma Asian Tapas in the West Village opened on Sixth Street in September 2016.
And this has been a tough stretch of Sixth Street for restaurants. If this closure is permanent, then that makes three restaurants out of four storefronts to shut down in the past year... the others are Cholo Noir (a new applicant is looking to lease this spot) and Out East (new ownership was expected in this space too).
Make Sandwich leaves 4th Avenue, will try again somewhere else
Catching up to a year-end closing on Fourth Avenue ... where Make Sandwich shut down right before Christmas here between 13th Street and 14th Street.
According to the shop's website: "We’ll be closing the shop ... to look for a location that is more suitable for our craft. We’d like to thank you all for your support and sando love."
This area around Union Square seems like a suitable spot for a sandwich place... or maybe there were too many quick-serve options right around here. (Sandwicherie New York arrived on Fourth Avenue at 13th Street shortly after Make's debut, for instance.)
Make, an extension of the Melt Shop brand, opened at 135 Fourth Ave. in January 2017.
H/T Laura!
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Week in Grieview
[Photo on Avenue A last Sunday by Derek Berg]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
Remembering a few of our friends and neighbors who died in 2018 (Monday)
Cuomo calls off full L-train shutdown (Thursday) Reactions and questions over Gov. Cuomo's surprise subway announcement (Friday)
A visit to Rossy's Bakery & Café on 3rd Street (Thursday)
East Village in Images 2018 (Tuesday)
Webster Hall returns this spring (Thursday)
Metropolis Vintage is on the move to a larger space nearby on Broadway (Wednesday)
Report: Suspect arrested in connection with sexual assaults in the East Village dating to 2014 (Saturday)
The Continental has likely closed for good on 3rd Avenue (Wednesday)
Sushi by M opens on 4th Street (Wednesday)
Juicy Lucy's 1st Street outpost is on a winter break (Thursday)
New tenant for 37 St. Mark's Place — REVEALED (Friday)
Cienfuegos bows out to make way for Honeybee's on Avenue A (Friday)
This 12th Street penthouse includes a home gym, screening room and 1,600sf guest apartment (Wednesday)
The art of Sir Shadow and the remaining residents of the Whitehouse Hotel on the Bowery (Monday)
... and checking in on the New Year's Resolution on 14th Street...
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Luke's Lobster rolls back in business after temporary closure
Luke's Lobster is back in action (as of Friday) after a fire broke out on the fifth floor of 93 E. Seventh St. just east of First Avenue on Dec. 27.
Luke's originally thought they'd be closed for several weeks... turned out to be just one.
No one was injured in the fire. The FDNY has yet to disclose the cause of the fire on the fifth floor.
Report of a stolen car on Fifth and A
An EVG reader shared this video from last night ... when there was an unconfirmed report of a stolen car on Fifth Street at Avenue A just before 8:30.
Per the reader: "Some woman threw herself on top of the car ... and said her car was being stolen... everyone nearby jumped in and tried to get in the car to stop."
Here's the video...
The Citizen app notes that the police were called to the scene and reported "there was no carjacking."
Regardless of what transpired, the reader called this "a strange scenario."
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Report: Suspect arrested in connection with sexual assaults in the East Village dating to 2014
Police have arrested a Brooklyn lawyer suspected in several sexual assaults committed in late 2014 and early 2015, according to multiple published reports.
Per the Daily News:
Rashaun Kelley, 35, is facing multiple burglary, sex abuse and attempted rape charges for sneaking into apartment buildings and trying to force himself on at least three women in the East Village and Harlem, police said. He’s also a suspect in two other similar sexual assaults.
CBS2 reports: "Authorities say they tracked the suspect down as a result of extensive police work."
In each of the attacks, the suspect wore a Yankees cap, as surveillance videos showed.
Updated 8 p.m.
The Daily News has an updated article:
At his arraignment Saturday evening, Kelley — whose brother is an NYPD cop, according to a court source — denied the charges, and said the police case has holes.
“To say it was shaky is being generous,” lawyer Christopher Carrion, a law school friend of Kelley who represented him at his arraignment, said of evidence — including DNA — compiled in the case.
Carrion said one victim viewed a lineup and indicated Kelley looked like her attacker, but that she wasn’t sure.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Police searching for man now suspected of 2 sexual attacks
NYPD looking for suspect in 5 sexual assaults, including 2 in the East Village
When two cars beat as one
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