From East Sixth Street and Second Avenue … via EVG reader Vinny
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
[Updated] Zapped!
Via @greally — Lightning strikes concentrated around the East Village.
And here is one of the strikes captured by James and Karla Murray ...
Updated 10:11 p.m.
Two more strikes via James and Karla...
Updated 7:30 a.m.
And via EVG reader Andrew … using the iPhone's slo-mo cam...
Report: Financial help on the way to stabilize, expand the Citi Bike program
Dana Rubinstein has the scoop at Capital New York.
While the deal is still said to be tentative, this is how it is expected to go down:
REQX Ventures, a company run by individuals affiliated with Equinox and Related Companies (the real estate company that owns Equinox) would buy at least 51-percent of [Alta Bicycle Share, Citi Bike's operator.]
And let's keep cutting-and-pasting:
It would ... help resurrect a system that has lost millions of dollars over the course of its short existence, thanks to bad software, Hurricane Sandy and the sheer scope of running the largest bike-share system in the country, one with more than 100,000 annual members and more than 14 million miles on its odometer.
In New York City, where bike-share users now pay $95 for an annual membership and $9.95 for a day pass, REQX would have the freedom to raise rates without city approval, though the contract might include some sort of percent-per-year cap on the size of those hikes.
Public housing residents and some credit union members would retain access to a discounted rate of $60 per year.
One more piece from the article: The Citi Bike operating costs "exceeded expectations by about $9 million through last September."
There are many more details here.
H/T Gothamist
Locked bike, street sign meet untimely end
Boo. Anyone see what happened here on East 10th Street at First Avenue?
Photos via BagelGuy...
Noted
EVG reader MP spotted this outside Mudspot Café on East Ninth Street this morning.
[Helpful background]
End of the road: Golden Cadillac closes tomorrow night
Golden Cadillac, the 1970s-themed bar that opened in the former Boca Chica space on First Avenue at East First Street, is closing after service tomorrow, Zagat reports.
The too-concepty bar, which just opened this past November, served snacks like knish fondue and drinks such as the Hot Buttery Nipple.
The same ownership will return with a new concept here in the months ahead, per Zagat.
Any suggestions for new concepts?
Previously on EV Grieve:
Boca Chica apparently won't be reopening on First Avenue; and the return of Golden Cadillac
Last day for First Avenue Pierogi and Deli
[EVG file photo from December 2011]
As we noted back on June 16, First Avenue Pierogi and Deli is closing. Today is the last day.
After 30 years here at 130 First Ave. near St. Mark's Place, proprietor Wieslawa Kurowycky and her family decided to retire.
While a rent hike can't be blamed (the Kurowycky family owns the building), sales have fallen in the past few years, as DNAinfo pointed out.
Otherwise ... per DNAinfo:
Kurowycky said she is looking forward to relaxing and spending time with her family.
“We’ve had a good run and it’s time for us to leave [and] take a break,” she said.
The shop will be missed.
Previously on EV Grieve:
After 30 years, First Avenue Pierogi and Deli is closing
529 E. 13th St. is on the market
There's a new listing for this walk-up building between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Per Massey Knakal:
The building has 11 residential units of which 3 are Rent Stabilized and 8 are Free Market. The ground floor has 3 apartments. Floors 2 through 5 have 2 apartments per floor all of which are identical in size. The building has a new gas boiler (approximately 2 years old) and most of the Free Market apartments have been renovated recently ... The subject provides an opportunity for an investor to purchase a well maintained apartment building with remaining upside potential in an area that is quickly appreciating in value.
Asking price: $7.8 million.
Finger-painting Bounty ad namechecks the East Village
EVG reader RobbieTheK spotted this ad the other day on the 2 train.
Finger painting playdates in East Village Apartments are tough
Bounty is tougher
So, East Village apartments are small, making them difficult (tough!) to have people over to finger paint? Is that the point? Are we talking children, or like, young adults on a date?
If we are taking children, then it would be tough for me to have a playdate in my EV apartment, mostly because all my friends who decided to become parents moved to Brooklyn/Queens/elsewhere because they couldn't afford the rent here any longer.
Anyway, don't you think there are tougher things to do in and around an East Village apartment that would require paper towels, Bounty or otherwise?
Rooftop ragers in East Village buildings with crumbling staircases are tough
Bounty is tougher
'Charming studio in the heart of the East Village' will eventually have a kitchen
We're just looking around at apartments and came across this listing for a place on East 12th Street ... described as a "Charming studio in the heart of the East Village!!!"
Eventually, sure! Once the kitchen arrives, definitely.
Staging tragedy aside, the listing is upfront about the place "being gut renovated!"
With a promise of new appliances and cabinets on the way, the place will probably be pretty nice for $1,850. Anyway, just be happy that you have a ceiling now.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[Napoleon rides the L train today via Grant Shaffer]
Jade Mountain closes on Delancey, with mega development on the way (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Feeding time for the fledglings (Gog in NYC)
LES arts guide for July (The Lo-Down)
A suitor for Sutra on First Avenue (BoweryBoogie)
More on the first restaurant by The Halal Guys on East 14th Street (DNAinfo)
The latest Cheap Eats guide from New York magazine (Grub Street)
Will Historic Districts stunt affordable housing growth? (Gothamist)
149 Bob Dylan acetates found in a closet at 124 W. Houston St. (Brooklyn Vegan)
Details on the annual Johnny Ramone tribute in Hollywood (Billboard)
Inside the condo converted dress factory at 66 E. 11th St., featuring Vitamin C-filtered showers (Curbed)
... and there's a new mural on the roll-down gate at Lit Lounge on Second Avenue...
[Photo today by Derek Berg]
Dodge City: So long to the art car of East 11th Street
You've likely seen this Dodge over on East 11th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...
The art car — titled Painting the Dodge, 20 years in the making — is the work of East Village-based artist Hanne "H7L" Lauridsen.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy caught up with H7L outside her studio on East 11th Street Sunday ...
Turns out that the car is off soon to Art Car World, an Arizona-based museum "dedicated entirely to the celebration and preservation of this popular mobile art form."
Happy trails.
Pricing revealed for new condos on East 7th Street
[Photo from February by Dave on 7th]
Pricing is now available for the new classic brick building at 227 E. Seventh St. just west of Avenue C.
People who signed up to receive more information on the building's teaser site got the details yesterday.
We will be offering:
A Garden Unit of 1,631 Sq ft with two bedroom two bath and recreational area with 707 Sq ft private back Yard for $2,000,000
Two Bedroom Two baths floor through unit of 1,067 Sq ft, with two balconies (excluding 2nd floor) starting at $1,450,000
And A Penthouse Two Bedroom Two baths floor through unit, of 1,067 Sq ft, with two balconies and private roof for $1,900,000
Floor plans and pricing should be online soon.
Prices aside, EVG readers were generally appreciative of the building's look and design ... respectfully in scale with its surroundings.
Previously on EV Grieve:
New building at 227 E. Seventh St. — revealed (28 comments)
Teaser site up for new East 7th Street residential building that people don't hate
About those new sketchy pink boxes around the East Village
You probably noticed (well, how could you not?) the arrival of these PINK clothing collection boxes ... conveniently located in our favorite corners of the East Village...
BoweryBoogie noted that the clothing collection boxes, which belong to a Florida-based company called USAgain, also arrived on the Lower East Side.
They've been in Bayside, Queens longer. According to the Times Ledger there:
A woman who answered a call placed to the phone number on the box said Our Neighborhood Recycling ships the clothes overseas but hung up without giving more details. Community leaders said they fear whomever is placing the boxes around the neighborhood is taking the clothes donations and selling them for personal profit.
Anyway, the collection boxes are illegal. You can report them to the city here.
EVG reader Creature first alerted us to the arrival of these boxes on Friday ... after he spotted the lone red one on East Sixth Street near First Avenue ...
Brick by brick, Eleventh and Third's transformation into luxury rentals underway
The 12-story residential building at 200 E. 11th St., which Benchmark Real Estate Group paid $57 million for late last year, is starting to lose the dorm look of its NYU neighbors here along Third Avenue.
The rebranded Eleventh and Third is going through a top-to-bottom renovation, and there are already noticeable differences on the building's exterior.
Meanwhile, inside, two-bedroom rentals will be fetching upwards of $10,000 a month.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Someone actually paid $57 million for this East Village building
Reimagining this 12-story East Village building, now on the market
NY Copy & Printing forced out of longtime E. 11th St. home, opening second location on E. 7th St.
Rebranded 'Eleventh and Third' will have rentals upwards of $10k
Retail space housing The Smith and M2M asking $25.5 million on 3rd Avenue
Opening of the new St. Mark's Bookshop pushed back a week
St. Mark's Bookshop was set to open in its new storefront today... however, as you can see from their tweet yesterday afternoon, there is a slight delay...
They are now officially closed (as of Sunday) at 31 Third Ave. and Stuyvesant Street, their home since since 1992.
... and at 136 E. Third St. ...
We probably won't open at 136 East 3rd Street until next week. Call ahead: 212-260-7853
— St. Mark's Bookshop (@stmarksbookshop) June 30, 2014They are now officially closed (as of Sunday) at 31 Third Ave. and Stuyvesant Street, their home since since 1992.
... and at 136 E. Third St. ...
At the Adele, the grass is greener on the, oh forget it
We were walking by the Adele, the new 12-story, mixed-used apartment building at East Houston and Avenue D ... and noticed there are now several mini plots of grass on The East Houston/Second Street (south!) side of the complex.
A nice touch, though it seems a little lost here. Or maybe the Adele will have a KanJam league for residents.
Monday, June 30, 2014
The art of travel
EVG contributor Stacie Joy spotted this art car today on First Avenue and East Ninth Street ...
99-Cent Discount Center latest lost-lease casualty on East 14th Street
[Photo by EVG Facebook friend Cheryl Pyle]
The crowded shop here with a little bit of everything at 440 E. 14th St. just west of Avenue A is closing this week ... lost their lease.
The 99-Cent Discount Center joins former next-door neighbor Stuyvesant Stationery in the Lost Least Club. And, of course, the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closed in February and reopened a retail space a block away.
[The former post office on Saturday]
So now three, single-level storefronts all in a row will be vacant ... prompting some discussion among EVG regulars again about the possibility of new development along here. Perhaps something like what's going in to the east on 14th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Meanwhile, there's nothing on file with the DOB to suggest any new buildings for 438 or 440 E. 14th St.
Previously on EV Grieve:
First sign of more development on East 14th Street?
[EVG file photo from September 2013]
Updated: The 2nd Avenue BP station closes tomorrow
As we previously reported, the BP station on Second Avenue at East First Street is closing … tomorrow is the last day.
MRM Auto Repair, which leased space here, moved to West 38th Street last month.
As for what's next for the BP property here, a tipster tells us that a boutique hotel will eventually rise here. For now, though, this is still in the rumor stages — there aren't any building plans on file with the city at this time.
Meanwhile, the BP station on East Houston and Lafayette will eventually be replaced by luxury something.
Updated:
The station will now close after the business day on July 6.
Previously on EV Grieve:
How much longer will the East Village have gas stations?
The East Village will soon be down to 1 gas station
RUMOR: Gas station going, boutique hotel coming on Second Avenue? (31 comments)
BP station on 2nd Avenue closes this month
In other gas station news: Mobil reopens on Avenue C and East Houston
[Photo from Saturday]
The station was back in business Saturday morning after a 9-day closure … the State of New York seized the property on June 19 for nonpayment of taxes.
While the station was closed, at least one local person/blogger stood around the lot taking photos.
Speaking of this lot… back in March, Hakimian Property filed plans (waiting for approval) to erect a 9-story mixed-use building on the site. Plans call for 45 residential units and 4,550 square feet of commercial space.
The Times reported in October 2013 that construction would begin when Mobil's lease expires in two years — roughly toward the end of 2015.
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Mobil on Avenue C is still going strong — for now
You have a little longer to get gas on Avenue C
Plans filed for new 9-story building at site of Mobil station on East Houston and Avenue C
Hey, the new Dunkin' Donuts is now open on Cooper Square
The one at the former Norman's Sound & Vision space at 67 Cooper Square opened Saturday. The official Grand Opening is today.
Previously on EV Grieve:
But of course!: Former Norman's Sound & Vision space becoming a Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts-branded door handle arrives on Cooper Square
1st signs of activity at Alex Stupak's incoming restaurant on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place
Several readers noticed workers inside the former Sushi Lounge space on Friday … not much activity according to EVG reader Russ, but the first sign of life for the new restaurant that Alex (Empellón Cocina, Empellón Taqueria) Stupak plans to open here on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place …
Otherwise, the corner remains the same this summer.
[EVG photo from yesterday]
Stupak told Eater in March that he plans on having a small facility here at 132 St. Mark's Place to make tortillas for his restaurants.
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Chef Alex Stupak vying for former Sushi Lounge space on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place
As the for rent signs turn on Avenue A
Here are a few scant details about chef Alex Stupak's new venture on St. Mark's Place
CB3 OKs liquor license for Alex Stupak's new restaurant on St. Mark's Place
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