First Avenue and East Seventh Street tonight.
Photo by Raquel Shapira.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
It will get worse before it will get colder
First Avenue and East Seventh Street tonight.
Photo by Raquel Shapira.
$1 million bail set for driver who crashed into East Village Farm and Grocery; prosecutors mull homicide charges
[Fox News]
Queens resident Shaun Martin, who was allegedly drunk and high on PCP when he plowed his car into East Village Farm and Grocery last June, was ordered held on a $1 million bail today as the District Attorney's office weighs potential homicide charges, the Daily News reports.
Akkas Ali, the florist at the corner store on Second Avenue who was critically injured in the crash, died on Jan. 1. According to Serena Solomon at DNAinfo, Ali, 63, went into cardiac arrest when a tracheostomy tube that he needed to help him breathe because of his injuries became lodged in his throat.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance originally charged Martin last summer with two counts of first degree vehicular assault, two counts of felony assault with serious injury, a felony count of operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, felony driving while ability impaired, and felony DWAI by drugs and alcohol.
According to the Daily News, while free on bail in early December, police arrested the 32-year-old Martin for threatening to shoot someone while possessing cocaine outside a club in East Elmhurst.
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Car smashes into East Village Farm & Grocery on Second Avenue; 6 reported injured
Crowdsourcing campaign for injured East Village Farm and Grocery worker raises nearly $19,000
Report: Injured East Village Farm and Grocery florist has lost his memory, use of his voice
[Updated] RIP Akkas Ali
Snowy afternoon grifter alert
The guy who has been written about numerous times on E.V. Grieve is making the rounds this afternoon. I chased him off East 2nd St. between 1st Ave & Ave A (close to the Taco stand) around 1 PM today as an unwitting lady was about to give him money.
He's the white guy who approaches folks on the street and his M.O. is usually something about his wife and kids being locked out of their car. He says he'll give you his driver's license or car keys or cell phone (probably all stolen items) for you to hold as collateral to prove that he's honest and will pay you back. Then he asks for anywhere from $10 to $50 or more.
Today he's saying that his car is stuck in the snow. He's in his 30's or 40's, slightly balding, about 5'9", 160 lbs with dark beady junkie eyes.
He is getting increasingly aggressive — especially with women — I've had female friends say that he's grabbed their arm or really stepped into their personal space or insisted that they come with him to his car.
He scares easily so stand up to the little punk.
Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village grifter alert: Beware the broken vodka-bottle scam!
East Village grifter alert: Beware the man with the sob story who offers you a wedding ring as collateral
Watson still hasn't learned how to shovel snow
Oh! Just a scene this afternoon outside the IBM Watson building (formerly known as 51 Astor Place) ... At least Ken Jennings can push a shovel.
Photo by Derek Berg
New restaurant getting their 'schnitz together' at the former Something Sweet space
Renovations are happening at the former Something Sweet bakery on First Avenue and East 11th Street… where Schnitz, which serves old-fashioned schnitzel sandwiches with unconventional toppings at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg and Dumbo, is opening its first proper restaurant...
Schnitz will serve sandwiches, soups and salads from its East Village location. (You can find their menu here.)
There's also a sign announcing their arrival…
[Photo by Blue Glass]
From the look of things, though, there is plenty of work left today before you can have your schnitzel.
Something Sweet, the family-owned bakery, closed in July 2012.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Smorgasburg favorites Schnitz planning restaurant at former Something Sweet on First Avenue
Something Sweet still looking for help to revive its beloved business
Something Sweet space for rent on First Avenue
Maria's Cafe is leaving the East Village for West Harlem
We recently heard that Maria's Cafe was leaving her sliver of a food stand on East Third Street and Avenue C… Our source said that she would be subleasing space from a restaurant on Broadway around East 10th Street… We had it wrong. Well, the Broadway part is correct … however, it's Broadway and 131st Street in West Harlem.
As we understand it, there just wasn't enough business anymore on this corner, where nearby storefronts have been boarded up … the building on the corner is in disrepair, and will eventually be demolished… Word is the buildings from 26 Avenue C to the corner will eventually be razed for housing of some sort…
Plans were filed with the city in July 2005 for a new 6-floor residential building here … The city disapproved the plans in May 2006, and nothing more happened with the project.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Maria's Cafe is leaving the corner of 3rd and C
Concern for 32 Avenue C
Digging in for the new dorm on Cooper Square
Just looking, via the handy blogger portals on the plywood, at the activity in the pit at 200 E. Sixth St. and Cooper Square, where a 13-story dorm for Marymount Manhattan College will rise …
Can't be any fun living adjacent to this site… we could hear the noise from a block away…
Previously on EV Grieve:
Something 28,998 square feet or so coming to Cooper Square (and goodbye Cooper 35 Asian Pub?)
Here's what's coming to 35 Cooper Square: 9-story dormitory
Proposed dorm for former 35 Cooper Square looks to be 4 floors taller
City OKs 13-floor dorm for Cooper Square
Updated: Here's what the newest East Village dorm will look like
2 new wine shops for First Avenue
Two new wine shops are coming soon to First Avenue… There's Urban Wine & Spirits at 45 First Ave. between East Second Street and East Third Street… in the former
There is a web address, though it doesn't appear to be active yet…
Then! Up the Avenue between East Fifth Street and East Sixth Street … someone is taking over the former Tinto Fino space…
We don't know anything about this shop just yet..
Asbestos abatement underway at the former Salvation Army's East Village Residence
Just a quick follow-up to our post from last Wednesday about the pending demolition of the Salvation Army's former East Village Residence on the Bowery at East Third Street.
For starters, the asbestos abatement has apparently commenced here ahead of ripping down the building to make way for a 13-story mixed-use residential development.
As for that development, BoweryBoogie points out an intriguing
Same-floor parking? Puts that bike storage room in the basement to shame.
Meanwhile, until No. 347 comes down, the party continues on the corner…
Previously on EV Grieve:
Whatever happened to that really ugly hotel planned for the Bowery?
Permits filed to demolish former Salvation Army residence on the Bowery
The Salvation Army's former East Village Residence will be demolished on the Bowery
Claim: 347 Bowery will be home to a 13-story mixed-use residential development
So long to the 'Girls' mural of East 12th Street
The mural showcasing the season premiere of "Girls" went up in the middle of last month on East 12th Street and Avenue A... outside Table 12 … And it was sorta lamely tagged a little later …
And now… a moment of silence … as EVG reader paddy523 notes… the mural is gone…
But the mural lives on happily whatever after… on our Vine account…
Monday, January 20, 2014
There's a 'Stop Croman' rally tomorrow morning at the New York Supreme Court building
From the EVG inbox tonight…
Lima's Taste was originally on East 13th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue… the restaurant is now on Christopher and Bedford… And here is one of the posters that a tenant created for tomorrow morning…
Report: The company that powers Citi Bike has filed for bankruptcy
Just a super quick post … picking this up from Gizmodo tonight:Bixi — the Montreal nonprofit company that developed the technology that powers New York City's eight-month-old CitiBike program — filed for bankruptcy protection today, after it emerged that cities including New York and Chicago were withholding payments to the company. Could the news affect CitiBike? Maybe — but not just yet.
Uh-oh!
Head over to Gizmodo for the whole story.
[Updated] A new look for the magazine shop on Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place
[Photo by EVG reader William Klayman]
The plywood came off today at the former New Corner Magazine (or King's Magazine) on St. Mark's Place at Third Avenue.
The landlord told us that the space will remain a newsstand, though there will be "an upgrade in the operator and the space."
The space will have a more appealing look for the
And the space will no longer have a little kiosk on Third Avenue… where DJ Lenny M held forth for so many years…
Updated 1/21
A reader tells us that the newsstand is now open... though it is not yet fully stocked.
Previously on EV Grieve:
New Corner Magazine closed for renovations; new operator to take over
What happened to DJ Lenny M?
[Updated] Crime scene at 2 Bros. Pizza on St. Mark's Place
The NYPD (one cruiser and a van) is on the scene at 2 Bros. Pizza on St. Mark's Place this morning (the 2 Bros. closer to Third Avenue)… we haven't heard anything official about what happened… (one reader thought that there was a break-in, but that is just speculation)…
Updated: We heard that someone kicked in the bottom part of the door and walked off with the cash register… Again, this hasn't been confirmed… just the block gossip.
Thanks to EVG reader Ryan for the photos
Here is 'TV-CBGB'
Wow. A big score for our friends at This Ain’t the Summer of Love, who tracked down an episode of the ultra-obscure "TV-CBGB" cable-access show… featuring the comedy stylings of the CBGB staff… (LAUGH TRACK ALERT!) as well as performances by Idiot Savant, The Roustabouts, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel and Sic F*cks.
Here is a 30-minute episode from 1981…
Head over to This Ain’t the Summer of Love for more about the show.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
When people leave safes lying around on East 7th Street
It's possible that Paul Kostabi will find it… and conduct a thorough investigation…
Thanks to PandaCat for the photos…
Rock and Roll Reunion at the Continental — RIGHT NOW!
Ugh. Meant to post this much, much sooner… Sorry! You still have time! Go!
Week in Grieview
RIP Akkas Ali (Wednesday)
NYPD arrests suspect in rape of East Seventh Street resident (Thursday)
Remembering Jodie Lane (Thursday)
City says Jerry Delakas can operate Astor Place newsstand (Monday)
Last day for the Yippies at No. 9 (Friday)
Empire State Building suing East Village resident for boob shots atop the skyscraper (Tuesday)
A 13-story development for the Bowery (Wednesday)
Out and About with Barbara Sibley (Wednesday)
City OKs demo permits for these East 14th Street storefronts (Friday)
At Hanksy's 'Surplus Candy' show (Monday)
No more halal cart on Avenue A and East Second Street (Monday)
Rental$ hit the market at 205 Avenue A (Tuesday)
51 Astor Place has a new name! (Wednesday)
1941 on Avenue A (Thursday)
Jared Kushner keeps buying stuff here (Thursday)
Don't lock your bike to trees (Tuesday)
As the fences turn outside the Schwimmer's (Friday)
Alex Stupak has to build a restaurant now at 132 St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)
A celebration at Jerry's Newsstand this afternoon
There is a Celebration Rally today from 3-5 p.m. at Jerry's Newsstand on Astor Place… in honor of his new license with the city…
Previously on EV Grieve:
City shutters Jerry's Newsstand on Astor Place for 'operating illegally'
The story about the city shutting down Jerry's Newsstand on Astor Place actually gets worse
More about saving Jerry's Newsstand
Helping Save Jerry
City says Jerry Delakas can operate Astor Place Newsstand
Photo by Michael Paul via Facebook.
Remembering elderly pedestrians killed by cars
[August 2013]
From the EVG inbox…
Today, Street Justice Activists with Right of Way will travel 30 miles by bicycle across 3 boroughs to stencil body outlines of dead pedestrians at 7 sites where New Yorkers over 70 years old have recently been killed by drivers. In 6 of these cases, the NYPD has not filed any charges. In a seventh, the driver was charged only with leaving the scene, not for the illegal left turn that led to the pedestrian’s death.
The event starts at 9 a.m. at East Houston and Clinton Street … at the site where East Village resident Meipui Chow Leon, 73, was killed on Aug. 23 by a Whole Foods van while crossing the street.
Find more details on today's event here.
Updated 12:20 p.m.
WCBS reports that four pedestrians have been killed this weekend by cars.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Reports: 73-year-old East Village woman struck and killed by van while crossing East Houston
More accidents on East Houston Street
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Hey, let's go preview the 2014 Lamborghini on East 11th Street!
Apparently there's some sort of super exclusive preview event today over at the Bath House Studios on East 11th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B… where a select group of VIP types can see some 2014 Lamborghini (The Huracán LP 610-4? Are the carbon-ceramic brakes standard?) … Dave on 7th notes the event — invite only, sorry losers! — comes complete with valet parking…
The East Village seems like the perfect locale for previewing $200,000 super cars! Can we thank EV Lambo for setting this up?
This cab just got crushed on Avenue B
This happened about 10 minutes ago on Avenue B and East Third Street…
… it appears everyone is OK… Did anyone see what happened?
Photos by V.H. McKenzie
Friday, January 17, 2014
Super 'Freaking'
Here's Radkey with "Start Freaking Out" from last month... And Radkey is playing an early show at the Mercury Lounge on Feb. 20.
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
[St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery]
More about the death of East Village Farm & Grocery employee Akkas Ali (DNAinfo)
East Village resident acquitted in cold case murder from 1987 (The Post)
NYC’s historic music venues are becoming history (The Observer)
... and look at what might be replacing the Roseland Ballroom (Curbed)
Keshav Music leaves East Fourth Street (BoweryBoogie)
Pizzicato Five takes to the streets of Soho in 1994 (Flaming Pablum)
About the Tenement Museum's $8 million expansion (The Lo-Down)
Changes coming to Caffe Dante on MacDougal (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Grotto has closed on the LES (Eater)
... and Greg Matherly at Reciprocal Skateboards told us that someone tagged Ryan Smith's artwork on the the store's rolldown gate on East 11th Street...
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