A quick look at Manhattan Pawffice, opening next week at 20 St. Mark's Place

Photos by Derek Berg 

Back on Oct. 3, we reported that a doggy daycare was the new tenant for the long-empty retail space at 20 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. 

More specifically, this will be Manhattan Pawffice, a sibling to Brooklyn Pawffice out in Williamsburg. 

Per their NYC website: "Welcome to our dog daycare and boarding facility located in the heart of the East Village. With spacious play areas and a vast backyard, your furry friend will have plenty of room to run, play and rest." For anyone curious, there is outdoor space behind the building. 

The building does have outdoor space in the back. (The previous tenant, the Grassroots Tavern, never used it.) 

The Manhattan Pawffice website lists a grand opening on Monday.

The Grassroots Tavern, the last tenant in this lower level of the landmarked building, closed after 42 years in service following New Year's Eve 2017.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from the Loisaida Fall Festival on 3rd Street yesterday by Stacie Joy)...

• Tenants crowdfund to aid East Village super critically injured in high-speed car collision (Tuesday) 

• Why the benches were removed from across the street from the 9th Precinct (Monday) 

• The reconstruction of the multipurpose courts in Tompkins Square Park begins on Oct. 16 (Saturday) 

• So the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade will take place this year after all (Wednesday) 

• Thinking about Dennis Edge (Thursday) 

• Tenants and businesses are now without gas at 199 E. 3rd St. (Monday) 

• Here are J. Kathleen White's 2023 dioramas at the 9th Street Community Garden & Park (Friday) 

• Here's the next business for the former Grassroots Tavern space on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday) 

• The Hard Swallow is now closed (Thursday) 

• Posse officially in Effect now with the Beastie Boys on 14th Street and Avenue A (Thursday) 

• Behold this amazing miniature of Mars Bar (Tuesday) 

• Spellbound! It's the return of Hitchcocktober (Tuesday) 

• A Bank of America is checking into the corner of 2nd Avenue and 7th Street (Wednesday) 

• Retail spaces at the historic 4 St. Mark's Place are now for rent (Monday)

• In case you felt like seeing this exhibit featuring a classic Lower East Side bagel shop (Tuesday)

• Look at 6 Avenue B now! (Wednesday) 

• The Avenue Cafe bringing pastries and coffee to St. Mark's Place (Thursday) 

• Must be the season of the pop-up Halloween shop on Avenue A (Friday)

• 231 1st Ave. up to its 4th business in the past year (Wednesday) 

• 2 bad signs at Luzzo's on Avenue B (Thursday) 

• House of Munchies debuts on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

...and thank you to everyone for keeping tabs on the tire clamp story... the contraption is now outside the construction office in Tompkins... (photo by Steven)

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Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg)... 

• East Village Loves NYC aids asylum seekers in Midtown during Saturday's heatwave (Tuesday) 

• RIP Miss Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street (Thursday) 

• The chaotic scene at Union Square (Friday) 

• City Council votes on a permanent outdoor dining program (Thursday)

• Raising awareness of Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s proposed merger with the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (Sunday) 

• Baker Falls shapes up (Friday) 

• Report: The historic 137 2nd Ave. — the former Stuyvesant Polyclinic — has a new owner (Wednesday) 

• Theater for the New City ready to take to the streets (Saturday)

• Butter Lane leaves 7th Street for a new home in the American Dream Mall (Wednesday)

• From crabs to wings on 1st Avenue? (Friday) • The Summer Streets days of summer are upon us (Friday) 

• CineKink is back with its 20th-anniversary film festival (Monday) 

• Openings: Dora's Restaurant on Avenue B; Rynn's on 5th Street (Monday)

• Signage alert: Anjelly on St. Mark's Place; Rice Bird NYC on 9th Street (Wednesday)

• Local 92 has closed on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Like a breath of fresh Urban Air on 1st Avenue (Friday)

• Something to frown about at Smileys (Monday) 

... and six years after our last podcaster paparazzi photo of the week ... a return engagement with Marc Maron, here on 2nd Avenue (photo by Derek Berg) ...

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Your Funzi's Pizzeria signage on St. Mark's Place

Photo by Steven

Some classic-looking signage is up now at 36 St. Mark's Place, where Funzi's Pizzeria is set to open soonish here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. (They are currently hiring.)

We're told that it will be an old-school slice joint with a few Italian dishes as well. 

And we're betting that Funzi's will break the curse of one-and-done quick-serve concepts at this address. (Reminder: Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast, Joe's Steam Rice Roll, Cheers Cut, Friterie Belgian Fries, Fasta and the $1.50 branch of 2 Bros. Pizza — all since 2015.)

Previously

Glizzy's bringing hot dogs to this block of St. Mark's Place

Signage for Glizzy's is up now at 34 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

This will be the second outpost for the brand that got its start last year in Williamsburg, and boasting "Brooklyn's Best Hot Dogs." (Current signage is missing the 's on Brooklyn for now.)

Johnny Huynh, the founder and co-owner of Glizzy's grew up in Bushwick and operates Lucy's Vietnamese restaurants in Brooklyn.

Some background via Greenpointers:

Glizzy's menu kicks off with the "N.Y. Classic" that includes onions in red sauce, sauerkraut, and spicy brown mustard. Next, there's a dog called "Houston, We Have A Problem" with smoked brisket chili, chopped and fried onions, and a cheddar cheese sauce. 

The "OG Lucy's" is a nod to Huynh's Vietnamese restaurant and has cucumber, cilantro, basil, mayo, pickled carrots, hoisin, and sriracha. Next up is the "Mr. Lee" with kimchi, scallions, furikake, fried garlic, Korean BBQ sauce, and sesame oil. 

"The Ocky" is halal and includes chopped onions, tomatoes, harissa, and yogurt sauce, while the "Phil Me Up" contains potato salad, scallions, furikake, and curry ranch dressing. 

No word on an opening date for Glizzy's, which is nestled among other quick-serve options on the block. The storefront was previously the ice cream shop Lucky Star.  

Near-miss in Tompkins Square Park as branch falls

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Tompkins Square Park, a large branch from a majestic American Elm came crashing down to the ground inside the Avenue A-St. Mark's Place entrance...

Witnesses said it came very close to hitting a man in a wheelchair (thanks to Janie Heath for the clip)...

   

This is the second branch to fall in the Park in recent weeks... on May 16, a young parkgoer escaped injuries after being hit by a limb that fell in the dog run — also on a calm, sunny day.

Updated:

CS on B shared this panoramic shot...

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a construction shot of 1 St. Mark's Place at Third Avenue)... 

• With Community Board approval, Sammy's Roumanian Steak House takes another step to returning to the Lower East Side (Tuesday) 

• This East Village resident is bringing a classic 82-year-old radio back to broadcasting life (Thursday) 

• Mayor Adams visits Tompkins Square Park (Monday) 

• RIP Andy Rourke (Friday) 

 • Report: 8 months after fire, residents want their landlord to repair their Avenue D building (Monday)

• Workers demolish the south ramp to East River Park at Houston Street (Wednesday)

• Parkgoer escapes injury after a branch falls in the Tompkins Square Park dog run (Wednesday)

• The Cube will return to Astor Place this summer — but not before a spin to the Hamptons (Thursday) 

• A winning bid for Theatre 80; a vow to keep fighting for the building (Friday) 

• Openings: Saint Pizza on Avenue B (Wednesday) 

• Checking in at Jazba, a new Indian restaurant opening this summer on 2nd Avenue (Thursday) 

• A necessary 'eVil' (Tuesday) 

• Packing up the Urban Umbrella scaffolding around Cooper Union (Tuesday) 

• 8 new trees on a truck in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

• Out and about with Rhett the Rhino (Friday)

• The all-new Bleecker Street Bar debuts (Monday) 

• City issues curbside dining structure removal to the shuttered Compilation Coffee (Thursday)

• Scenes from a rain-soaked Dance Parade (Sunday) 

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Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from earlier in the week in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg) ... 

• The homicide of Jordan Neely (Thursday) 

• Heady psychedelia: A conversation with East Village musician Franzi Szymkowiak of Lukka (Thursday) 

• After deadly collapse, city issues vacate order at the Little Man Parking garage on 9th Street (Tuesday)

• Coming attractions: Prep work underway for the renovation of the Tompkins Square Park field house (Friday)

• RIP Bill Brady (Friday)

• The Pinky's Space storefront is for rent on 1st Street (Monday)

• Grass acts: Main lawn in Tompkins Square Park has been reseeded (Thursday) 

• Basics Plus has closed on 3rd Avenue (Monday)

• Officials: Developer had permission to remove trees from new building site at 1 St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

• This 2nd-level retail space is for rent on St. Mark's Place and 2nd Avenue (Thursday) 

• Local elected officials speak out to landmark Theatre 80 ahead of auction (Tuesday) 

• Signage alert: Don Ceviche on 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

• Sunday C&C Eatery announces itself at The Bowery Market (Monday) 

• The stand-up MRI place closes on Avenue A (Monday)

• The Mermaid Inn won't be returning to its original East Village home (Wednesday) 

• Nest Ball: Amelia and Christo's 2023 chicks make first appearance (Thursday)

• Ichibantei Japanese Soul Food and Steak debuts on 3rd Avenue; closes on 13th Street (Wednesday) 

... and keeping with the dog theme in Tompkins Square Park... a dog vs. car moment (photos by Steven) ...

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Funzi's Pizzeria next for 36 St. Mark's Place

Signage is up at 36 St. Mark's Place for the next quick-serve tenant — Funzi's Pizzeria.

We need to find out who the operators are...  as well as the opening date. The signage simply states, "Funzi Hath Arrived."

This was a quick turnover at the address between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast just closed here at the end of February.

Funzi's marks the seventh food concept at No. 36 — Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast, Joe's Steam Rice Roll, Cheers Cut, Friterie Belgian Fries, Fasta and the $1.50 branch of 2 Bros. Pizza — since 2015. 

What's up with Two Hands?

Photos by Steven

The Two Hands outpost on Avenue A between Ninth Street and 10th Street has been closed for the past week-plus.

A sign on the front window of the Korean corn dog specialists states "a technical issue" is behind the closure.. and go to the location on Mott Street...

The windows were later papered up... and it appears the interior has mostly been packed up...

Google lists the business as permanently closed. We reached out to learn more about the status of the Avenue A shop, which opened here in April 2021 as part of the L.A.-based chain's U.S. expansion. 

Tough times for Korean-style street food here. Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast closed its doors earlier this month at 36 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park Friday by Derek Berg)... 

• RIP Tim Lomas (Tuesday) 

• The owner of A&C Kitchen on Avenue C would like to reopen his business now (Friday) 

• A rally at City Hall for the former Charas/El Bohio Community Center (Thursday) 

• About Radhika & Saman, a pop-up shop featuring handmade clothing from India and Pakistan (Wednesday) 

• News flush: The Tompkins Square Park restrooms, open once more (Thursday)

• Get ready to say so long to the Stomp sign (Wednesday) 

• City and state officials continue cracking down on illegal smoke shops (Monday) 

• For sale: 171 1st Ave., home of Momofuku and the only cast-iron building in the East Village (Tuesday) 

• A corner lot awaits new development on 5th Street and Avenue D (Wednesday) 

• Avant Garden is on the move (Monday) 

• CJ Tattoo relocates from St. Mark's Place to Avenue C (Monday) 

• Openings: Burgers on B (Thursday) ... Döner Haus on 14th Street (Wednesday) 

• Stump town no more in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday) 

• Oh my: Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast the latest concept to close at 36 St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• Renovations underway at the former Dallas BBQ (Thursday) 

• The historic 137 2nd Ave. — the former Stuyvesant Polyclinic — is now for sale (Monday) 

• First sign of the new Ichibantei outpost on 3rd Avenue (Thursday) 

• Shinn East expands on 7th Street (Friday)

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Oh my: Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast the latest concept to close at 36 St. Mark's Place

After less than a year on the block, Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast has closed its doors at 36 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. 

Workers cleared out the storefront late last week, and an employee confirmed the closure to EVG correspondent Steven.

The quick-serve establishment sold Korean-style snacks such as stuffed hot dogs and egg toast ... the space included a K-pop shop, selling music, books, calendars, stickers, etc., for a variety of South Korean bands. 

The Texas-based chain still has locations in the NYC metropolitan area, including on Ludlow Street.

This address has seen several concepts come and go without much success... the last business was Joe's Steam Rice Roll ... others included Cheers Cut, the Taiwanese mini-chain of fried foods ... Friterie Belgian Fries ... Fasta ("Pasta Your Way") ... and the $1.50 branch of 2 Bros. Pizza. 

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an ad for "Halloween Ends" at the 2nd Avenue F stop) ... 

• RIP Peter Schjeldahl (Wednesday) 

• Deadly shooting reported at Campos Plaza (Thursday) 

• El Rinconcito closer to opening on Avenue C (Tuesday) 

• A look at Thayer, a new cafe-bookstore opening soon on Avenue B (Thursday) 

• At the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Festival (Monday) 

• An early morning robbery at Desi Galli (Friday) 

• The city removes the curbside structure from outside Pinky's Space on 1st Street (Friday)

• The East Village Mermaid Inn is now closed until the spring (Friday)

• Pruning day for the great wisteria of Stuyvesant Street (Monday) 

• After nearly 30 years, Meg has left the East Village (Monday)

• Memphis Seoul coming to 1st Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Looking at the past, present and future of curbside dining (Wednesday)

• Village Grannies is closing on 9th Street (Thursday)

• Plywood arrives ahead of Gen Korean BBQ House on 14th Street and 3rd Avenue (Monday)

• Kōbo by Nai watch on Avenue A (Thursday)

• Mealz debuts on 14th Street (Monday) 

• Openings: Sushi Mumi on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday) 

• About Brix Wine Bar, coming soon to Clinton Street (Wednesday) 

... and thanks to Richard Megna for sharing this photo from Sara D. Roosevelt Park... where the bench is either very uncomfortable or someone has really tight hamstrings...

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Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included... (with a photo by Derek Berg from one of the 9 days it rained last week... )

• Exclusive: This is the new tenant for the former Gem Spa space (Monday) 

• Long-vacant P.S. 64 now being pitched for medical use, educational purposes (Wednesday) 

• Police: Delivery man slashed in face at 7th Street and Avenue A entrance to Tompkins Square Park (Thursday) ... The Parks Department looks to be lighting up the 7th and A entrance to Tompkins Square Park (Friday) 

• Remembering off-Broadway theater legend Jeff Weiss (Tuesday) 

• The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, with a new name, returns to Tompkins Square Park (Monday) 

• Building issues temporarily KOs HAGS on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• The annual Harvest Arts Festival is underway in East Village community gardens (Thursday) 

• A new art installation on Astor Place honors playwright-activist Lorraine Hansberry (Tuesday) 

• Openings: Irving Farm New York on 10th Street (Tuesday) 

•  A 1982 view of St. Mark's Place at 3rd Avenue (Friday) 

• Coming soon: the 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' documentary (Tuesday) 

• Jean-Luc Godard screenings this month at the Quad Cinema (Tuesday) 

• At the Blessing of the Animals at Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish (Sunday)

• Construction watch: 351 E. 10th St. (Tuesday) 

• These 3 East Village restaurants make list of new Bib Gourmands (Wednesday) 

• Zee Convenience & Smoke debuts on Avenue A (Thursday) 

• New plaque honors Ginsberg and Burroughs on 7th Street (Friday) 

... and here's Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Gregory Corso at the Beat Poet Reunion. Photo by John Penley via the Tamiment Library at NYU...

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Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included ... (with a photo Thursday on Seventh Street by Derek Berg) ... 

 • Two local deadly shootings on Thursday: 26-year-old man outside 3 Haven Plaza ... 25-year-old woman on 14th Street and Irving Place 

• Report: Unsafe levels of arsenic found in the drinking water at Riis Houses; when did city officials know? (Saturday) 

• The Boys' Club has moved out of its longtime home on 10th Street and Avenue A (Monday) 

• Tenant concern as longtime family-owned residential buildings sell for $58 million (Thursday) 

• Essex Card Shop reopens on TUESDAY (Thursday) 

• Bands we like — Jade Tourniquet (Friday) 

• The Green Bench is stolen from the TF in Tompkins Square Park; 'this shit is an act of WAR' (Monday) 

• Highlights from Day 1 of Keyapalooza (Saturday)

• Claim: City cuts down tree on 5th Street after block association receives permission for pruning (Tuesday) 

• New at Ray's Candy Store: The corn dog (Tuesday)

• In the mood for autumn: Fall Into the City debuts at 3rd & B'zaar (Tuesday)

• A name change for Yoli Restaurant on 3rd Street (Wednesday) 

• Madame Vo team opening Monsieur Vo on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Sanshi Noodle House looks closed (Tuesday) 

• The pits: Workers digging in for the future office building at 1 St. Mark's Place (Thursday) 

• Foxface closing Friday ahead of a move to new Avenue A space (Tuesday) 

• Why Panda Express isn't open yet on 14th and 1st (Thursday) 

• What's going in at the renovated 316 Bowery? (Monday) 

• City removes Poco's outdoor dining structures (Monday) 

... and headlines we didn't get around to posting: What the duck?

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Week in Grieview

Posts this last week included (with a photo from Avenue B yesterday by Stacie Joy) ... 

• 2 arrested in latest East Village encampment sweep (Wednesday) 

• Closing day at Panya on Stuyvesant Street (Monday) 

• Report of a stabbing on Avenue A near 10th Street (Monday) 

• A visit to Spooksvilla + Friends on 9th Street (Thursday) 

• Farewells: Rev. Anne Sawyer has left St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery (Tuesday) 

• City honors Saifee Hardware manager Francisco Puebla for role in nabbing alleged subway shooter (Friday) 

• Big Ash brings the vintage gems to Delancey (Friday) 

• The cowboy way at Key Food (Friday) 

• Breaking bread: Librae Bakery coming to Cooper Square (Monday) 

• That 99-cent slice of pizza will now cost you $1.50 (Wednesday)

• 'Low Fidelity' features the iconic photos from Bobby Grossman's downtown milieu (Wednesday) 

• A chance to see the 1956 film classic 'On the Bowery' on a big screen (Friday) 

• Former B Bar & Grill cleared from the Bowery (Monday) 

• Don't be blue! The window displays will return to Blue Door Video on 1st Avenue (Wednesday)

• Root & Bone shutters after 8 years in the East Village (Tuesday) 

• Modern Asian restaurant slated for 334 Bowery (Monday) 

• Wyatt will pay you to move your car on 9th Street (Friday) 

• Openings: Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast on St. Mark's Place (Thursday) ... Viva Cucina on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Checking in on the incoming Chicken & the Egg on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• Bagel Boss has closed on 14th Street (Saturday) 

• A new wrinkle for art installations on Astor Place (Thursday) 

• Meta deal: Facebook takes up more of 770 Broadway (Tuesday) 

... and thanks to Salim for sharing this find from outside the Duane Reade (2nd and B) on 4/20...

Another reader shared a discarded tree shot from the day before on Second Street and Avenue A... didn't quite have as much green left!

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Openings: Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast on St. Mark's Place

Oh K-Dog & Egg Toast has debuted at 36 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. (H/T Steven.)

The quick-serve establishment sells Korean-style snacks such as stuffed hot dogs and, you guessed it, egg toast. 

In addition, as we noted in February, this outpost includes a K-pop shop, selling music, books, calendars, stickers, etc., for a variety of South Korean bands. 

The Texas-based chain also has locations on Ludlow Street and Seventh Avenue South, with several more planned for the city.

This address has hosted its share of quick-serve businesses through the years, most recently Joe's Steam Rice Roll.  

K-Dogs and K-pop on St. Mark's Place

Oh K-Dog is opening a branch at 36 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, as we noted last summer. 

This past week, new signage (h/t Steven!) arrived next to the shop that will sell Korean-style snacks such as stuffed hot dogs and egg toast ... for K-pop Albums and Goods. 

People have asked about it... a side business, perhaps? We'll see! There isn't any mention of it on the Oh K-Dog site or social media.

Oh K-Dog also has outposts on Ludlow Street and Seventh Avenue South, with several more planned for the city.

As for this storefront on St. Mark's Place... not much has had success here in recent years. Joe's Steam Rice Roll was the most recent tenant, quietly closing in March 2021. Other concepts included Cheers Cut, the Taiwanese mini-chain of fried foods ... Friterie Belgian Fries ... Fasta ("Pasta Your Way") ... and the $1.50 branch of 2 Bros. Pizza.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Union Square by Derek Berg) ...

• The in-person tree lighting ceremony returns to Tompkins Square Park; save the date for Dec. 12 (Wednesday) 

• Shoring up the fire-damaged Middle Collegiate Church on 2nd Avenue (Monday)

• Random Accessories celebrates 25 years (Thursday)

• Dress Shoppe II will close in early January (Tuesday) 

• Q&A with local band cumgirl8 (Thursday)

• Gallery Watch: 'If Death Ever Learn' at Someday Gallery (Wednesday) 

• Your chance to check out Jimmy Webb's collection of iconic music photography (Tuesday) 

• Someone painted 2 swastikas on the barrier surrounding the 6th Street sinkhole (Monday) 

• Sidewalk bridge arrives ahead of planned demo of former Red Square storefronts (Wednesday) 

• A visit to Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive on the Bowery (Friday) 

• Surf's up for Patagonia on the Bowery (Monday) 

• Jiang's Kitchen is in soft-open mode on St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• The Irish breakfast makes a triumphant return to St. Dymphna's (Thursday) 

• Openings: Bar Lula on 1st Avenue (Thursday)

• The longest partial moon eclipse in 580 years as seen from 2nd Avenue (Friday)

• Boarding up Papaya Dog (Monday) 

• A tradition like no other returns this holiday season on 9th Street (Sunday) 

• Drunken Dumpling returns (Tuesday) 

• Beyond Sushi will not be reopening on 14th Street (Tuesday) 

• Sweet Village Marketplace opens on 1st Avenue (Sunday) 

• At Key Food: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more (Monday) 

• Blank Street debuts on Avenue A today (Friday) 

• A new florist for Sunny & Annie's (Monday)

... and a new mural arrived the other day on the NE corner of Sixth Street and First Avenue (outside the Dunkin') ... "Rise by lifting others" by Aída Miró ... thanks to Goggla for the photo...

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Update: the alarm on the BMW outside Sophie’s at 507 E. 5th St. near Avenue A in the East Village is still going off — now 24 hours in. People egged the car, stole the NJ plates and left a passive-aggressive note. pic.twitter.com/wQcRY8oCAr

— evgrieve (@evgrieve) November 15, 2021

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included... (with a reader-submitted post-Halloween pic from 13th Street) ...

• Judge issues a temporary restraining order, halting construction at East River Park (Friday) ... The first sections of East River Park set to close today as resiliency work begins; activists arrested (Monday) 

• Election results: Rivera, Marte win local City Council races (Wednesday) 

• A look at 302 E. 2nd St., where a housing lottery is underway (Wednesday) 

• Work on green space for long-vacant site on 4th Street near the Bowery is underway (Thursday) 

• Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the eviction of the Charas/El Bohio Community & Cultural Center (Friday) 

• This is what's next for the former Benny's Burritos space on Avenue A (Monday) 

• Ho, ho, no! SantaCon slated for Dec. 11 (Tuesday) 

• USA Super Stores debuts on Houston Street and Avenue D (Friday) 

• Halloween in the East Village (Saturday edition) ... Halloween in the East Village (Sunday edition) 

• Outside the Bored Ape Yacht Club pop up on 3rd Street (Tuesday) 

• New outpost of the Wild Son opens Tuesday on 1st Avenue (Thursday) 

• 32 Avenue C has been demolished (Tuesday) • Essex Squeeze bringing coffee, juices and smoothies to 5th Street (Monday) 

• SMØR reopens today after a brief renovation (Saturday) 

• Jiang's Kitchen signage-canopy combo arrives on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday) 

• Blank Street is now open at 36 3rd Ave. (Monday)

• Oh-K Dog now officially coming soon on St. Mark's Place (Monday) 

• The former Central Bar being converted to office use on 9th Street (Wednesday) 

• A very quick pivot for Chichen Itzá, now going as Tompkins Village Cafe on 10th Street (Thursday) 

• Noho Food Market hangs the signage on the Bowery (Monday)

... Over at 50 Avenue B, where the Portuguese cafe Joey Bats is opening soon, there's a new mural featuring Portuguese professional footballer Cristiano Ronaldo...

Paulie Nassar created the mural... (thanks to Stacie Joy for the pics!)

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