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. 

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. 

Cue the long lines: Japadog opening first New York City location on St. Mark's Place

Here come the lines. Japadog, the crazy popular Vancouver-based artisanal hot dog stands, is opening its first brick-and-mortar (whatever) shop on 30 St. Mark's Place.

Oh my. This will get really delirious.

Jeremiah Moss first brought us the possibility of a Japadog invasion back in March 2010.

Per Jeremiah:

Knowing New York's current passion for (1) standing in line for trendy food, (2) all things Japanese, (3) adorable, artisanal sidewalk food vendors, and (4) cheap, white-trash food turned into semi-haute cuisine (burgers, cupcakes, bacon, pizza, et al.), I predict that Japadog will be immensely successful here.

He goes on.

[W]hen the now bigger, much more powerful Japadog announces plans for a three-story, outdoor, hot-dog and beer pleasure palace to be erected on a quiet street in "Nolita," the community will rally against them, successfully blocking construction.

Read the whole post here.

Papaya King opening TOMORROW on St. Mark's Place

[April 25]

The King just made it official on Twitter:



They are also on this month's CB3/SLA docket for a beer-wine license.

Here's Ralph Gardner Jr. talking about them a few years back at The Wall Street Journal:

I almost feel foolish describing Papaya King and its franks, so familiar I assume it is to just about anybody who has landed in New York more than 15 minutes ago. But for the record, it serves an arguably unimprovable hot dog. Slightly spicy and garlicky, its casing explodes in your mouth to release its mouth-watering contents.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Papaya King coming to St. Mark's Place

Hot dog!? Crif Dogs reopens on St. Mark's Place

Crif Dogs reopened yesterday — for the first time since the PAUSE of March 2020 — here at 113 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue. 

The hot doggery is now in its 20th year, having debuted in 2001.

Hours: Wednesday-Sunday from 5 to 11 p.m. Find their Instagram here.

H/T Vinny & O. Old photo by EVG.

Week in Grieview

[Last night at Royal Tailor on 11th Street]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Pile driving for new building on Avenue C prompts arrival of crack monitors next door (Wednesday)

At the annual Mr. Lower East Side Pageant (in Queens) (Monday)

Jimmy Carbone and Paloma Rocket collaborating on new venture for the Jimmy's No. 43 space (Tuesday)

The latest I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Friday)

Honoring actor Joseph Sirola at Theatre 80 on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

Bad news for fans of Siggy's Good Food (Wednesday)

Still House relocating to 9th Street (Friday)

Clay Pot opens on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

A London-based hairdresser gave free haircuts to the homeless in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

Avant-Garde-Arama at Performance Space grand re-opening (Thursday)

Retail for rent signs arrive for Steiner East Village storefronts (Tuesday)

A look at the former GG's space on 5th Street (Friday)

McSorley's turns 164 (Monday)

A spin through Downtown Yarns on Avenue A (Thursday)

Awaiting repairs for a sidewalk vault on 4th Street (Wednesday)

All is quiet at 75 1st Ave. (Thursday)

Last weekend for the Stone on Avenue C (Thursday)

Report: Financial firm takes the Death Star penthouse (Wednesday)

Chat 'N Chew reboot opens (Tuesday)

...and an opossum update from last night in Tompkins Square Park...

Opossum spotting! Dog barking at poor Opie up in his tree! @evgrieve pic.twitter.com/NiXovGhM0O

— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) February 25, 2018

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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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RIP Bob Spedalere

A few friends of the Grassroots Tavern on St. Mark's Place passed along word that Bob Spedalere, a longtime bartender there, died last Thursday. He was 65.

We don't have a lot of details, though we understand that he had been in the hospital. There is a wake today at Provenzano Lanza, 43 Second Ave., from 2-5 p.m. and 7- 9 p.m.

It's likely that you saw Bob with his beloved dog Zach walking around St. Mark's Place ... or maybe even in the Grassroots. (Zack died several years ago.)

Been a difficult time for Grassroots regulars. John Leeper, another longtime bartender there, died last November.

[Photos via Facebook]

Papaya King coming to St. Mark's Place

[Last week]

We've been waiting to see what would emerge from behind the plywood at 3 St. Mark's Place just east of Third Avenue... where the gem-jewelry store moved next door...

Signs went up this week — Papaya King...



Per the Papaya King website:

Papaya King is the original. Accept no imitations. Since 1932, we have been serving our special recipe, one-of-a-kind franks and tropical drinks to New Yorkers and visitors of all ages and from all walks of life at our original 86th Street location. We have a passion for freshness, quality, flavor & fun. We cook your franks while facing you so that we can see each other’s smiles (and because it’s rude to have you stare at our backs).

Here's Ralph Gardner Jr. talking about them a few years back at The Wall Street Journal:

I almost feel foolish describing Papaya King and its franks, so familiar I assume it is to just about anybody who has landed in New York more than 15 minutes ago. But for the record, it serves an arguably unimprovable hot dog. Slightly spicy and garlicky, its casing explodes in your mouth to release its mouth-watering contents.

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.  

Week in Grieview

[Friday night's blue moon via Derek Berg]

After 40 years, punk rock mainstay Trash and Vaudeville is leaving St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

Chase space on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place is for rent (Monday)

The NYPD removes the patrol tower from Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

The 3rd annual MoRUS film festival is underway (Friday)

The Church of the Nativity closes (Friday)

Report: 28% of East Village apartments serve as illegal hotel rooms on Airbnb (Thursday)

Checking in with Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street (Friday)

Out and About with Wendy Scripps (Wednesday)

Summer camp at Cooper Union (Friday, 57 comments)

Reader report: Super Mario statue swiped from Sixth Street (Wednesday)

Ashiya Sushi has moved away from the East Village (Monday)

Alex Shoe Repair on Second Avenue has closed (Friday)

Reports: Prep school teacher arrested for having sex with 16-year-old girl in bathroom at Lit Lounge (Thursday)

Shelter for homeless woman on Lafayette sold to make way for retail (Wednesday)

Hoops dreams: Checking in on the Tompkins Square Park basketball courts (Wednesday)

Bed-Stuy is the new East Village, per a Craigslist ad (Monday)

Penthouse comes into view at the former Amato Opera on the Bowery (Tuesday)

Making way for Ben Shaoul's new retail-residential complex on East Houston (Monday)

XYZ puts up its letters on East Seventh Street (Monday)

Homeless model says that he lived on an East Village rooftop for six years (Thursday)

Avenue C subs for Downtown Brooklyn (Tuesday)

Zoltar gets a scrubbing (Tuesday)

Signage spotting: Sea Beauty Spa on Avenue B (Thursday)

A note about some old lady who rammed your car (Sunday)

One year after closing, the Rodeo Bar space remains vacant on Third Avenue (Wednesday)

CVS has teamed up with Watson, IBM’s supercomputer (Friday)

… and parallel parking is always the most difficult part of learning to drive…


[Photo on East 9th Street via Derek Berg]

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

The Drunken Clam opens tonight on St. Mark's Place

Via Thrillist, we learned about The Drunken Clam, a clam-beer bar that opens tonight below the tofu-karaoke complex at 6 St. Mark's Place. (Thrillist describes it as "an underground bunker of clams and beer.")

On the menu:

NAKED CLAM
Half Shell Raw Clams

DRUNKEN CLAM
Two Dozen Steamed Clams

BIG-FAT SHRIMP
12pcs Fried Jumbo Shrimp

DRUNKEN CLAM IN THE HOUSE
Two Dozen Clams + NY TOFU Stew of Your Choice

GREENDOG
A Jumbo Dog Served in Romain Lettuce with Tomatos, Cheese, Onions & Sauerkraut

PANCAKE ARMY OR MARINE
Crispy Kimchi or Seafood Pancake

B.B.B.(BEST BUD OF BEERS) PLATTER
Fried Calamari, Popcorn Shrimp & French Fries

HOT WING 12pcs

WINES & BEERS AROUND THE WORLD

Meanwhile, the whole building here (most recently Mondo Kim's) remains on the market for $14.5 million.

Previously.

[Images via Facebook]

Week in Grieview

Posts this last week included...

• RIP Edgar Artur Cajamarca (Monday)

• East Village Neighbors lend helping hands to Vision Urbana to assist local residents in need (Friday)

• 14th Street residents enduring construction hell while under stay-at-home orders (Thursday)

• Whistling in Tompkins Square Park with Michael Lydon (Wednesday)

• City locks up basketball courts, exercise bars in Tompkins Square Park (Saturday) Handball courts now locked up in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday) The Tompkins Square Park dog run is now closed (Tuesday)

• NY PAUSE extended through April 29 (Monday)

• Checking in on Bin 141 (Saturday)

• This week's NY See (Thursday)

• Sunny & Annie's still holding it down on the corner of 6th and B (Monday)

• East Village Organic reopens (Friday)

• City Harvest opening distribution center in the former Associated on 14th Street (Friday)

• The frequency of the M14A (Thursday)

• Mystery of the Anti-COVID-19 volunteer drone task force (Monday)

• Here's more about New York Theatre Workshop's virtual programming (Wednesday) Livestreams from La Mama (Tuesday)

• Mudspot Café closes for the week (Monday)

• Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter and Two Boots Pizza have temporarily closed (Monday)

• A new St. Mark's Place-like business opens on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

... and thank you signage to essential workers was added to the 6th & B Community Garden this weekend...



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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.

On the December CB3/SLA docket: Beer and wine for Curly's; something called Je'bon Public House; more!

Community Board 3 released its roster of December meetings on Wednesday afternoon, including the SLA docket. The usual time and place. SLA & DCA Licensing Committee, Monday, December 12 at 6:30 pm — JASA/Green Residence - 200 East 5th Street at Bowery

And now, here's a look at some of the agenda items ...

Renewal with Complaint History

• Klimat (7th Street Sushi Park Inc), 77 E 7th St (wb)

• Blue Owl (Global Cocktail Rooms LLC), 301 E 12th St (op)



Never been here. Plenty of positive Yelp reviews of this cocktail lounge... but the 1-star reviews are more entertaining: "I think the Blue Owl is a better fit for frat-tastic Murray Hill than it's current location in the East Village. Maybe this bar isn't the worst of the worst. Maybe this bar isn't terrible beyond terrible. Maybe this bar doesn't smell like shit, piss, and vomit. But it is overcrowded. There are drunk girls attempting to grind of drunk guys who are fortunate enough to use the wall to keep their balance as their groins are gyrated in drunken swirls."

Applications within Resolution Areas

• Japadog Inc, 30 St Marks Pl (wb)

A scratch from last month's agenda. As we first reported last month, Japadog, the crazy popular Vancouver-based artisanal hot dog stands, is opening its first NYC outpost here.

• Keybar (GHD Inc), 14 Ave B (op/removal)

Hmm. There's a Keybar on 13th Street. The aspiring East Village Brewery & Beer Shop wanted this space ... (Remember that they posted the menu from Brooklyn's Prime Meats?) Anyone know anything about this?

• NY Tofu House (6 St Mars Restaurant Inc), 6 St Marks Pl (wb)

Beer to pair with your tofu.

• Yuca Bar and Restaurant Inc, 111 Ave A (alt/op)

?????

• Nublu, 151 Ave C (op)

A scratch from last month's agenda. Nublu temporarily moved to under Lucky Cheng's back in August ... as the Nublu blog said during the summer, "last week we got our liquor license taken away due to an anonymous complaint that we are too close to a House of Worship." You can read about it all here.

• To be Determined, 116 Ave C (op)

A scratch from last month's agenda. The former Lava Gina space.

Alterations/Upgrades

• Death & Co (Little Hands Playcafe Inc), 433 E 6th St (alt/op)

??????

New Liquor License Applications

• Ugly Kitchen, 103 1st Ave (op)

One of the new entries on Restaurant (turnover) Row ... formerly the space of Veloce Pizzeria. Anyone been here?

• Honey Rider LLC, 147 2nd Ave 2nd Fl (op)

[Image via]

This is the former home of Holy Basil, which closed in October after "technical difficulties." Dunno much about this applicant just yet. Well, Ursula Andress played Honey Rider in "Dr. No." Perhaps a James Bond theme then?

• Je'bon Public House (903 Jaw Inc), 90 3rd Ave (op)


This was last Montein Thai Cuisine near 12th Street... the DOH closed them in January, and they never reopened. Maybe this is a bar companion to Je'Bon Noodle House on St. Mark's Place?

• Curly's Vegetarian Lunch (Garbas Restaurants Inc), 328 E 14th St (wb)

• Nevada Smiths (92 Nunz Walk Inc), 100 3rd Avenue (op)

Back on the docket at their new home up the block.

Week in Grieview

[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Affordable housing lottery underway at 79-89 Avenue D (Friday)

Cherche Midi space on the market for new retail development on the Bowery at East Houston (Wednesday)

Jane's Exchange is not closing! (Wednesday)

Christo and his new lady hawk friend Amelia have at least one egg in their nest in Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

Rue St. Denis is closing after 25 years of selling vintage clothing and accessories on Avenue B (Tuesday)

The Hard Swallow returns on 1st Avenue (Friday)

Former East Village Cheese space for rent on 7th Street (Monday)

On Avenue A, Coney Island Baby debuts; live music returning to the Pyramid (Thursday)

FDNY: Wiring blamed for April 21 fire on 9th Street (Saturday)

Activities at the the Tompkins Square Park library branch (Thursday)

Pop-up theater in the former Pork Pie Hatters on 9th Street (Tuesday)

Makeshift dog run in Tompkins Square Park has been padlocked (Friday)

LPC nixes proposed addition for 827-831 Broadway (Tuesday)

Former Rainbow Music shop will be a Chinese restaurant (Thursday)

No Malice Palace is closed again (Wednesday)

Y7 Studio bringing the hip-hop yoga to 250 E. Houston St. (Thursday)

Plywood arrives at Webster Hall (Monday)

Counting down to the Joe and Pat's opening (Monday)

Ace Hardware closes on 4th Avenue (Friday)

High praise for Mani in Pasta’s Roman-style pizzas on 14th Street (Thursday)

The return of Gothamist (Thursday)

Reader report: Economy Foam & Futon is leaving 8th Street for Chelsea (Wednesday)

Cafe in the works for 2 St. Mark's Place, previously Ayios and St. Mark's Ale House (Tuesday)

The force is apparently no longer with Suffolk Arms (Monday)

MoMa officials not really into MoMaCha's name on the Bowery (Monday)

Slurp Shop signage (Monday)

Discarded painting of the week (Thursday)

... and EVG reader Steph noted that the Man in White — the longtime LES resident seen for years dressed head to toe in white — was spotted in blue jeans and a blue jacket this past week...



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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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EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition

[The beloved Gulf gas pumps at the new BP station on Second Avenue]

Ben Shaoul now buying up Ludlow Street (The Lo-Down)

At Mott and Houston: "FUCK YOU BLOODSUCKERS WE WANT A BODEGA BACK" (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Video (graphic) of the dog shooting on East 14th Street (Gothamist)

Bar Veloce won't let Handsome Dick Manitoba's son use its restroom (MANIBLOG)

David Bowie on the streets (Flaming Pablum)

So long tenants: More rich people want buildings for their own single-family mansions (The Wall Street Journal)

More seafood for the LES (BoweryBoogie)

Update on 3 incoming Coney Island Boardwalk businesses (Amusing the Zillion)

...and as we first reported back in June, Tahini closed for good on Third Avenue at St. Mark's Place... on Monday, workers stripped away the exterior...

Updated: Oh. That was fast. A tipster says that the location is now a pizza place... maybe something like the former St. Mark's Pizza?

And here it is... let us know if you try it...

There were a lot of feelings about Kmart closing

As you likely know, the Astor Place Kmart closed this past Sunday after 25 years in business. (Top photo by Stacie Joy.) 

Throughout the week on Twitter, many people shared their feelings — and remembrances — about this Kmart. In fact, at one point on Monday, this became a trending topic on Twitter — in the United States.

Loved it or hated it or just here for the restrooms, the Kmart made an impact on people's lives. Here are some reactions to our tweet...

I hated this place but damn if it wasn’t there exactly when you needed it most. https://t.co/NowUTx0nbz

— Hannah Vanbiber (she/her) (@HannahVanbiber) July 14, 2021

The last time I was in here (ca. 2000), I had just left Other Music when I stepped in a pile of dog shit so massive it rendered my shoes unsalvageable. I left my shoes sitting in the pile, walked barefoot across Astor Place, into this K-Mart & bought a pair of fake Chucks for $15 https://t.co/qufptWM0dI

— Ben Boyer (@sleezsisters) July 14, 2021

RIP Astor Place Kmart, you were literally the worst. https://t.co/6GPcz3oW6M

— Jason Selvig (@jasonselvig) July 13, 2021

I once held the door open for Chloë Sevigny here. A part of my history. https://t.co/veASuznu20

— Angel Lopez (@Ariessoul329) July 13, 2021

This plus the death of the Kmart Penn station for the late aughts FIT girlies … end me https://t.co/l29yY3sNPH

— carina hsieh (@carinahsieh) July 13, 2021

rip to this alternate dimension of a place that inexplicably didn’t carry marshmallows https://t.co/iLKASo4kXh

— aloe fullee (@alliefulls) July 13, 2021

On hot summer days, I would stroll through this K-Mart while waiting for friends, who were running late—to not have to wait in the NYC heat/humidity. Rest In Peace to iconic relic. https://t.co/AqiddjKt1K

— BG (@TheBGates) July 13, 2021

I used to lowkey walk through here to kill time when I went to school in the area from 4th - 8th grade

RIP TO A FUCKING LEGEND https://t.co/x16XSymSIQ

— Toxic Crew (@ToxicCrewNY) July 13, 2021

When this moved into the East Village, it felt like end-times. https://t.co/zYO8UQLB6q

— Charles McNulty (@CharlesMcNulty) July 13, 2021

Don’t usually have sympathy for large chains but am deffo a bit emotional as this is where I repeatedly tried on items from the Adam Levine clothing line and cried about gender in the dressing rooms. I mean truly, THIS is where most of my gender CRISIS happened. https://t.co/YLwWg4sQKl

— Futaba Shioda (@FutabaShioda) July 12, 2021

roaming the aisles of this kmart in 2012 with my girlies texting our rolodexes “whats the address of that st mark’s deli that doesn’t card againnnn (:” https://t.co/ERMlEflDvV

— Vassileia Kazee (@vassileiafoxy) July 12, 2021

RIP I once went in here deeply drunk after doing $2 shots at The Continental thinking it would be the easiest place to find a public bathroom, couldn’t find it until I had substantially pee’d in my pants, and then bought new jeans and changed into them and threw my old ones away. https://t.co/l5omUaoYfr

— Jesse, Alternatively (@shartlito) July 12, 2021

Fun fact, this location was my FIRST job. I am in shock right now! https://t.co/6cEPy91dF0

— who? (@yeahokgurl) July 12, 2021

Wait, I need to return the Martha Stewart sheets I got there in the '90s! https://t.co/IBJl0acTvJ

— Robert David Sullivan (@RobertDSullivan) July 12, 2021

I once had a date and decided to wear a NuBra but couldn’t figure out how to stick it on and started sweating on the 6 train and one of the boobs migrated down to my rib. The Astor Place Kmart bathroom is where I finally tore the thing off and stuffed it into my purse. RIP. https://t.co/Wgd1ewrXW0

— Joyce Wu 吳 元 欣 (@oneandonlyjoyce) July 12, 2021

RIP Astor Place Kmart. You outfitted generations of freshman NYU students in the span of a week and then did seemingly no business the rest of the year. https://t.co/5reqxCNqgT

— Kirby Pate (@KPateNews) July 12, 2021

As a real piece of shit 18 year old, I used to steal 10 packs of Double A batteries from here for my Walkman that I had spray painted white and written "iPod" on in magic marker. https://t.co/Jc2nR6IwXo

— Easy Miyake (@popopopolio) July 12, 2021

Through thick and thin my faith in New York was always underpinned philosophically by the existence of the Astor Place KMart. This one hurts https://t.co/qw9uJNbgi9

— kelly farber (@kelfarbs) July 12, 2021

RIP to this incredible and bizarre place. Saved me so many times. She held out and gave NYC her all❣️ https://t.co/kwLtz9GtZ5

— Marlene Lenthang (@marlenelenthang) July 14, 2021

where my friends and i killed time between school and driver's ed 😢 https://t.co/G5jOTLeYaW

— Hannah Bloch-Wehba (@HBWHBWHBW) July 12, 2021

seeing fran lebowitz doing irritated pre-storm shopping at the astor k mart before hurricane sandy remains my favorite celeb sighting, RIP to this big box legend https://t.co/ajNnWHGPbI

— Virginia K. Smith (@vksmith) July 12, 2021

We're losing all the local businesses that made New York great. If this becomes a bookstore I'll cry. https://t.co/eBVg8KdDPh

— Matt Nedostup (@nedostup) July 12, 2021