Avenue A Sushi is now...

Avenue A Sushi closed last spring...



And reopened as something else... and then closed again...

I've lost track of the various incarnations of late... In any event, there's a new sign now...

Hmm. "Mexican-Italian Infusion." (!?)

Meanwhile, during the weekend, a bartender there allegedly smoked crack and locked himself inside the Bistro. Bob Arihood has that story here at the much-welcomed return of Neither More Nor Less.

Signs of spring: Peter Corbin, aka the Bike Man

Back on the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue A. (Read more about him here. BoweryBoogie recently noted the return of another bike repairman, Natividad Zirate.)

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Today at the New York City Marble Cemetery

[Photo by Bobby Williams]

[Dave on 7th]

Previously.

A celebration for Coney Island

East Village-based photographer Stacie Joy sent along some photos from Electric Eden, a Gala Fundraising Benefit in support of Coney Island USA that took place this past Thursday at Amnesia on West 29th Street.... featuring the cast of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. (Read more about it here.)

May 1

OK! Roger_Paw made this discovery today on East First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...

And she is quite excited about this. "I rushed over to the nearby gas station and bought a paper to prove authentication. The thing still had lights and ornaments on it!"

Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS), was his usual reserved self.

"We applaud Roger_Paw for paying $1.25 for today's New York Post," said MacDougal, who's attending the beatification ceremony for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. "In our estimation, the paper was only worth 87 cents."

Week in Grieview

Talking with John Linnell of They Might Be Giants (Friday)

Mara's Homemade sets closing date (Monday)

"Gossip Girl" invades Velselka (Tuesday)

An Avenue B now and then (Wednesday)

We hung out with Vincent D'Onofrio, kind of (Wednesday)

We learned why Pangea has been closed (Friday)

We looked at the CB3/SLA May meeting docket (Thursday)

The Bluebird Coffee Shop was sold (Wednesday)

Wai? Cafe is relocating to Avenue B (Tuesday)

Why the summer of 2011 is ruined (Tuesday)

And at the Mars Bar...

[Photo by Bobby Williams]

Missing people

[Spotted on the Bowery by Bobby Williams]

[Spotted on East Houston by samo]

'Tis the season

Or maybe it's always the season around here... photos from this morning...

52E4 space now advertising beverages

The ground-floor retail space awaits a tenant here at 52E4, the 15 stories of condo on the Bowery near Fourth Street ... Meanwhile, might as well make at the window space useful... a new SoBe campaign appeared yesterday...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Looking at 52E4's commercial space, and that cake no one ate

Boutique on Bowery possibly opening today; new lease signs appear at 52E4

Seventh Street, 9:32 a.m., May 1

New York City Marble Cemetery is open today

Today on Second Street ... New York City Marble Cemetery opens its doors to the public for the afternoon...

This past week, EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams noted some workers tending to the grounds...

Read more about the cemetery here.

Stewie is lost

Sign spotted on Avenue B by Bobby Williams.

Today at the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

Not this morning, but one just like it on Friday

Chico paints William and Kate

As I exclusively reported, a couple named Kate and William were married recently. And Chico was back in town to honor their union on Houston at Avenue B....

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Today in weddings in Tompkins Square Park

Photo by Bobby Williams.

At the Second Avenue Street Fair

And shouldn't it really be the Second Avenue Avenue Fair?

Previously today.

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Breaking: Workers clearing out Amato Opera on the Bowery

Last July, CB3 gave its blessing for the owners of the V Bars to open a "bar/restaurant/theater experience" in the former Amato Opera on the Bowery.

However, as DNAinfo recently reported, no work has been done on the space and its remains on the market.

Which is why we're curious about this photo @sandwichboarder sent along of workers clearing out the space this afternoon... Perhaps this is the start of the "theater experience"?

Previously.

A batmobile, we presume

Oh my. Our friend @Ewingweber sent along these photos taken on East 10th Street just east of Second Avenue just now... Do these shots really require a narrative?

And why is Batman standing on wolves?

Breaking: First Avenue bike lane buffers getting buffed up — with trees!

Crews are out now on First Avenue...

... putting in a tree at ever bike lane buffer along First Avenue...

The finished product.

Thoughts?

Previously.

Distributing Cornell's plants today

Earlier this month, we passed along the sad news that Cornell Edwards, who opened The Flower Stall at 143 E. 13th St. in 1967, died. We were curious about the fate of his store.

Seems as if we have our our answer today. We'll try to stop by to learn more about the future of the space.

Previously.