Rest easy, citizens of 12th Street — the large animal invader has been slain

The following report showed up on the Citizen app late Sunday night — "large animal invaded home."

The address was listed as a building on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. 

The report prompted A LOT of speculation — at least in the EVG Instagram Stories.

What could this large animal invader be? A crocodile? A deer? A bobcat? C.H.U.D.? Chupacabra? So many possibilities! (Also, keep in mind that Citizen has posted inaccurate information in the past.) 

Ever-curious EVG contributor Stacie Joy ventured over to the building to learn more about this urban creature/home invader...

Stacie spoke with the super, Oly, who held up the slain beast...

So how did what appears to be a baby mouse on a glue trap end up as a "large animal" home invader? 

Here's what we pieced together based on some Instagram messages and the visit to the building.

The residents of the unit heard a "loud" screeching coming from the kitchen. Living adjacent to a community garden, maybe an opossum found its way into the building and was trapped in an airshaft or in the walls. Thinking it was some kind of animal control situation, they called 311. The 311 operator then told the residents to contact their local police precinct.

It's not clear at the moment how this became a "large animal invader." Perhaps the NYPD was curious, too, as we're told eight officers eventually responded to the scene.

Monday's parting shots

The second "HONK! for Ukraine," led by Stephan Said, took place this evening... the musicians met on Astor Place at 5:30 before moving on to Veselka on Second and Ninth Street for a sing-a-long. The procession ended in Tompkins Square Park... 

Find out more about the song "Glory To Ukraine/Слава Україні" — "a Global Call to Action to uplift and support the people of Ukraine." Per the HONK! website: 

The melody of the song is adapted from the Ukrainian folk song "Oy Marichko," and features renowned Ukrainian trumpeter Semjon Barlas (now in Berlin). All proceeds go to Ukrainian-American organization Razom For Ukraine, playing a vital role in relief efforts.

Thanks to Steven for the top photo and Eden for the shot in the Park...

March 21

Spotted in the nonstop construction zone on Fifth Street just west of First Avenue today... thanks BigStef!

The fruit vendor is BACK on 1st Avenue and 6th Street

From the tipline... after a weeks-long, late-winter hiatus, the fruit vendor is back on the SE corner First Avenue and Sixth Street. A reader saw the cart return last night.

H/T Steph and Isa!

Himalayan Vision is closing on 2nd Avenue

Himalayan Vision, the Tibetan shop at 127 Second Ave., is closing after 23 years in business between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place. 

Tenzin, the owner, says his last day will be March 26. Until then, he has discounted items by 20 to 80 percent ...

Tenzin said he simply couldn't make the rent anymore and decided to close. (There was not a rent increase, and at the same time, the landlord was not going to negotiate a lower rate.) 

Himalayan Vision and Millie, the store cat... will be missed... 

And we were told that Tenzin won't be able to keep Millie. So if there's anyone interested in adopting her, please reach out to Tenzin at the shop. [Updated 3/26: Millie has a new home!]

Himalayan Vision is open noon-8 p.m. ... and closed on Wednesdays. 

Top two photos by Steven... Millie photo by Lola Sáenz

Checking in on the USA Super Stores, opening soon on 3rd Avenue and 10th Street

Here's a progress report on the USA Super Stores (yes plural) coming to the former Duane Reade on the SW corner of Third Avenue and 10th Street...

Workers have been filling the space with large displays of items, including Marcal toilet paper ...

... and tins of McKenzie & Lloyds Danish Style Butter Cookies ...

We first reported on this pending arrival on Feb. 3. Looks like the place will be open SOON.

USA Super Stores have been opening in former Duane Reade/Walgreens outposts around the city, including Avenue D and Second Street.

This Duane Reade by Walgreens closed in early March 2020 ... several years after expanding and gobbling up several small storefronts, forcing Excel Art and Framing Store and East Village Cheese (which was never the same) to relocate.

A'more Caffè coming to 2nd and A

Signage is up now for A'more Caffè at 150 E. Second St. on the NE corner of Avenue A. 

The sign promises premium coffee roasted in NYC. 

The business has a new Instagram account that notes "something good is coming."

This retail space was previously BikeFix NYC, which relocated to a larger storefront on Sixth Street. 

The former Barnyard Cheese Shop is for rent on Avenue B

Unfortunately, the Barnyard Cheese Shop's Barnyard Express experiment didn't last.

In early December, Beatriz Gutierrez decided to reopen her popular sandwich shop/market for weekend-only service at 168 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street. It was done by the end of January. 

This past week, the smaller for-rent sign on the storefront was joined by a much-larger banner.

Barnyard closed in October after Gutierrez could not find someone to helm her kitchen. Her longtime cook, who lost a brother during the pandemic, left to be with his family in Mexico. 

Barnyard Cheese Shop's companion business next door, Brix Wines, remains open.

The white and red stripes: The new-look KFC on 14th Street

The KFC on the SW corner of 14th Street and Second Avenue closed earlier this month for interior and exterior renovations...

As a few EVG regulars have noted, the new-look outpost has reopened with a refreshed look featuring KFC's signature white and red stripes on display outside (this pattern replaces the rather drab beige-red combo on the Second Avenue side) ...

The interior now features a wall dedicated to founder Harland Sanders, who started the business in Corbin, Ken., in 1930, billed here as the original celebrity chef... 

Sunday's parting shot

As seen on Stuyvesant at 10th Street (there are others)... photo by Steven...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo on 2nd Avenue at 6th Street by Derek Berg) ... 

• Holyland Market is closing on St. Mark's Place; owner to focus on hummus biz (Monday) 

• A visit to Archie's Press on 10th Street (Thursday) 

• Gaia Italian Café Shop is coming to the East Village (Thursday) 

• Cooper Union: Longtime Stuyvesant Street businesses "informed us of their decision to vacate the property" (Wednesday) 

• Report: Relief supplies for Ukraine stolen from 2nd Avenue nonprofit (Wednesday) 

• 9th Precinct now issuing tickets to anyone parking in Neighborhood Loading Zones (Tuesday) 

• Gallery Watch: Emily Oliveira at Geary on the Bowery (Friday)

• Longtime East Village artists bring 'Double Trouble' to the Tompkins Square Library branch (Tuesday)

• A broken gate at 89 1st Ave., where permits are still pending for a new building (Wednesday)

• La Fleur Café to set up shop on 9th Street (Monday) 

• The taco cart is BACK on 2nd Street and Avenue A (Thursday) 

• Indoor service is back at Abraço (Sunday) 

• Openings: Nudibranch on 1st Avenue (Wednesday) ... Openings: Essex Squeeze on 5th Street (Tuesday) 

• A new restaurant for the Papilles space on 7th Street (Tuesday) 

• Avenue A Deli and Grill shapes up (Monday) 

 ... and from EVG reader David Sippel from Friday on Second Avenue at 14th Street — a mini-tree discard for the books... 

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Support for Ukraine at Archie's Press

Photos by Stacie Joy

Archie's Press, one of the neighborhood's newest businesses, is showing its support for Ukraine. 

Owner Archie Archambault, an East Village resident, is donating the proceeds of his Little Ukraine print (available in-store only) to humanitarian aid for the war-torn country. (He was also going to distribute them to any shop to display in their windows)...

We featured Archie's Press this past week in a post here. Since EVG contributor Stacie Joy's previous visit, Archie created the Ukraine flyers. 

Meanwhile, while Stacie was at the shop yesterday, Archie worked on a new flyer with his Vandercook SP-15 letterpress...

Watch your fingers!

 

... and the final product...

Archie's is at 219 E. 10th St between First Avenue and Second Avenue. 

Store hours: 

Monday 1-6 p.m. 

Tuesday-Wednesday Closed 

Thursday-Friday 1-6 p.m. 

Saturday-Sunday noon- 6 p.m.

Sunday's opening shot

Spring is underway in Tompkins Square Park. 

Per this cut-n-paste:

In 2022, the March equinox happens on Sunday, March 20, at 11:33 A.M. EDT. This marks the return of spring to the Northern Hemisphere.

A 'Wild Style' anniversary

The Source notes an anniversary for "Wild Style" ... the hip-hop classic starring Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quinones, Patti Astor, Lady Pink, the Rock Steady Crew, the Cold Crush Brothers, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation and Grandmaster Flash, among many others, made its theatrical premiere 39 years ago, on March 18, 1983, as part of the New Directors/New Films Festival at the 57th Street Playhouse ... before a commercial release later that year. 

Here's a climatic scene filmed at the now-demolished East River Park amphitheater...

 

New at MoRUS: 'Fighting Words: Political Pictures (New Voices in Comix)'

Here's info about a new group show that opens this afternoon at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS). 

Details via the EVG inbox... 

MoRUS celebrates the subversive power of comics with a group show of works by artists who participated in ABC No Rio’s Comix as Political Expression course at the museum. "Fighting Words: Political Pictures (New Voices in Comix)" will open on Saturday, March 19 with a reception beginning at 4 pm. The show will be available for viewing through Sunday, April 3 on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m., or by appointment. 

Participating artists are Yasmeen Abdallah, Mark He, Annabelle Heckler, Vanessa Glynn, Sam Johnston, Ariel Kleinberg, Adi Talwar, Seth Tobocman and Tamara Wyndham. 

Varying in focus and medium, the works were created during the ABC No Rio course led by Tobocman at MoRUS in the fall of 2021. The exhibited works grapple with and uplift contemporary social and political struggles from the climate crisis, police brutality and worker organizing to emotional and physical health and social isolation. 

MoRUS is located at 155 Avenue C between 9th Street and 10th Street.

Poster by Mark He

New on the Bowery: The Bowery Poet Tree

As seen outside the Bowery Poetry Club (inside Duane Park) at 308 Bowery at First Street...

Friday's parting shots

Steven shared these photos of the crocus popping up in Tompkins Square Park today... near the entrance at Seventh Street and Avenue B...

Sweetness and light

 

Blushing was a standout band from last week's New Colossus Festival — playing five showcases, including a shoegaze extravaganza at Arlene's Grocery... the Austin, Texas-based quartet recruited shoegaze legend Miki Berenyi from Lush for this single, "Blame."

CB3's full board meeting in March will be virtual

In case you had plans to attend CB3's full board meeting this coming Tuesday (March 22) evening at 6:30 ... 

Gov. Hochul has extended the state of emergency and suspended the Open Meeting Law until April 15.

So! Tuesday's meeting will be held via Zoom, and the link is here. And if you want to speak, you need to sign in by noon on Tuesday via this link.

EVG Etc.: The continued support for Veselka; the history of The Portable Lower East Side

New art on AvenueA by Winston Tseng (background) 

• More on the overhwhelming support for Veselka (CBS News) 

• EV bars The Gray Mare, Slainté and Cooper's Craft + Cocktails are hosting happy hours in support of Ukraine today, March 18, from 4-7 p.m. (Pursuitist) 

• Lawsuit alleges that upstate woman was swindled out of $160,000 by psychics on Avenue A (The Post) 

• Kurt Hollander on publishing The Portable Lower East Side (1983-1993). Back issues are now on sale at Printed Matter on St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue (Literary Hub) 

• A feature on the vintage shop Cobblestones on Ninth Street (CBS 2) 

• Details on La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, back next month for its 17th annual edition (The Lo-Down)

• Inside an East Village brownstone "where every floor encourages a different energy" (domino)

• A tour of the recently opened Bronx Brewery on Second Avenue (Untapped Cities ... previously on EVG) 

• Art by Anna Sorokin among the work featured in a group show, titled "Free Anna Delvey," at 176 Delancey St. through March 24 (The Art Newspaper ... The Daily Beast)