Trash can-swallowing sinkhole keeping 8th Street entrance to Tompkins Square Park shut down

The entrance to Tompkins Square Park on Avenue B at Eighth Street is still blocked off... last week, a sign, since removed, noted that the entrance is closed "due to repair."

No repair yet... and either the sinkhole is getting larger or the trash can is getting smaller... Or both! And hopefully the Parkgoer will finish his newspaper before the hole expands...



Flashback to last Sunday!

Peonies at the Park

EVG regular Daniel notes that the Briscoe Flower Farm will be at the Tompkins Square Greenmarket today and next Sunday ...



...selling fresh peonies...if this is of interest...







Briscoe was stationed on A near St. Mark's Place last Sunday, when Daniel took these photos.

Saturday's parting shot

Tompkins Square Park this afternoon ... photo by Derek Berg

Juvenile hawks in Tompkins Square Park learning to fend for themselves

As you probably know, there are two juvenile red-tailed hawks in Tompkins Square Park now. One is the lone offspring (this year!) for resident hawks Christo and Dora... the other is Flatbush, the juvenile rescued after a spill in Brooklyn.

Anyway, the juveniles are getting quite large already. Here's Flatbush, who learned how to use Seamless...


[Photo yesterday by Derek Berg]

Meanwhile, there's Christo and Dora's kid. (Some hawk watchers are calling her Manhattan or 10, for being Christo and Dora's 10th hawklet.)

Earlier this week, she was learning how to remove bottle caps, as these photos by Steven show...


[Click on image for more detail]



... and getting some pointers on flying...



If this helps...



Visit Goggla's site here for a much more comprehensive hawklet update.

P.S.

A bonus photo of Manhattan/10 learning to ignore the squirrels back on Sunday...


[Photo by EVG reader Cheyenne]

Metropolis Vintage unveils new signage designed by Punk magazine co-founder John Holmstrom

[Image via Instagram]

The sign went up today at the shop, 43 Third Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.

And to commemorate the new design...

Come in and get a FREE button and sticker with our new redesign logo by #johnholstrom of @thepunkmagazine

A post shared by Metropolis Vintage (@metropolisnycvintage) on Jun 24, 2017 at 9:25am PDT

Metropolis Vintage has been in this spot since 1995 ... Richard Colligan first opened the store in 1990 at 96 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street...

[Courtesy of Richard Colligan]

Read an interview with Colligan here. Read more about John Holmstrom, an East Village resident, here.

At the 2017 Drag March

The annual Drag March departed Tompkins Square Park this evening for the walk to the Stonewall Inn.

Participants tonight were asked to remember Gilbert Baker, the creator of the Rainbow Flag and co-founder of the Drag March in 1994 (with Brian Griffin aka Harmonie Moore Must Die).

Here are photos from EVG contributor Stacie Joy...

Swan song

"Goodbye Goodbye" by Oingo Boingo has always reminded me of prom and the end of the school year. (Oh, wait – I'm thinking about the ending of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High.")

This version was recorded live at the Ritz (now Webster Hall) from April 1987.

Free show in Tompkins Square Park tomorrow includes a Black Flag tribute

Here are the bands leading up to the Black Flag tribute at 5:

Silence Equals Death — 4:30pm
Yo!Scunt — 4 pm
Jump For The Sails — 3:30 pm
None Above All — 3 pm

EVG Etc.: Pride March starts at Tompkins Square Park tonight; Bicycle Film Festival continues

The annual Drag March starts in Tompkins Square Park this evening (Facebook) Find more Pride activities here.

Art on A Gallery's 2nd Annual Summer Group Art Show is underway (Official site)

A member of the Hells Angels arrested for allegedly slashing a tire on a delivery vehicle double parked near the Third Street clubhouse (PIX 11)

Highlights from the Mayor's LES Town Hall (The Lo-Down)

Fire-damaged Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue will likely require a full demolition; rabbi vows to rebuild (DNAinfo)

Police looking for suspect who groped woman in Stuy Town elevator (Town & Village)

East Village resident who booked a massage via Backpage.com was robbed and beaten instead (The Post)

Writer-blogger Jeremiah Moss, an East Village resident, unmasks himself (The New Yorker) Details on the Vanishing New York book party (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Check out Crumb's cover art for the forthcoming East River String Band album (Twitter)

More about the cream cheese shop coming to Seventh Street (Gothamist ... previously)

An interview with East Village-based singer-songwriter Fiona Silver, whose debut record is out today (East of 8th)


[Remember the Titans! Photo by Derek Berg]

The 17th annual Bicycle Film Festival continues through Sunday at the Anthology Film Archives (Official site)

Closing reception tomorrow for the 90s Group Show at Studio 26 on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B (@Hektad_official)

4th Annual Bedside Confessionals storytelling event is tonight at the Sixth Street Community Center (Twitter)

Birthday wishes for longtime housing activist Frances Goldin (Off the Grid)

A look at the large exhibition of work by the artist John Giorno across the city, including Howl! Happening on First Street (artNEWS)

Diversions: Were the Troggs the very first punk band? (Dangerous Minds)

...and here's a clip from earlier this week showing Ranger Rob lending a hand to Flatbush, the new red-tailed juvenile in Tompkins Square Park...

Flatbush the 7-week-old hawk being put to a tree for the night. Since he can't fly the park ranger @rob_mastrianni has to move him by hand. #coolestparkrangerever #dreamjob #Flatbush #redtailedhawk #urbanwildlife #nycwildlife #birdsofprey #tompkinssquarepark #hawksoftompkinssquarepark #nycbirder #cbgb #rangerrob

A post shared by FireMonkey 🔥🐒 🇺🇸🇰🇷🇩🇪 (@firemonkey_69) on Jun 17, 2017 at 7:57pm PDT

Take part in Tiki on 12th tomorrow (Saturday)

The East Village Independent Merchants Association (EVIMA) is presenting Tiki on 12th tomorrow (Saturday!) from noon to 5 p.m.

Participating business along (or near!) 12th Street from First Avenue to the east will be taking part... including Au Za'atar, Ciao for Now, Harry & Ida's and the East Village Vintage Collective, where there's a tiki party from 4 to 5 p.m.


[East Village Vintage Collective co-owner Maegan Hayward yesterday prepping for Tiki time]

Find the rest of the participating merchants at the EVIMA site here. There's a post-tiki party at Lucky, 168 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street.

Traveling on

In our post about San Loco closing Tuesday on Second Avenue, the comments turned to a discussion on the group of travelers who have been camped out under the Orpheum marquee on this block between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place these past few months...


[Photo from May]

The travelers were one of the topics discussed at the 9th Precinct's Community Council meeting in May.

The 9th Precinct rather cryptically tweeted this out on June 14... "Sector D keeping the #EastVillage clean" ...

Thanks to our #community partners 4 working with our #NCO Sector D keeping the #EastVillage clean #NYPD #WorkingTogether pic.twitter.com/8ANlX9xefP

— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) June 14, 2017

Last October, the 9th Precinct started a new initiative called the Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCO) program. The precinct is split up into four sectors, with two officers assigned to each sector.

Per an interview with the 9th Precinct's newish commanding officer, Vincent Greany, from The Villager in February: "They’re in charge of quarterbacking any issues in their area — quality of life, homelessness, drugs, nightlife — in addition to crime."

Sector D (aka David) covers the 9th Precinct’s northwest corner of First Avenue to Broadway, and Seventh Street to 14th Street.

Anyway, since that June 14 tweet, I can't recall seeing any travelers hanging out at this spot in the late evenings or early mornings...



They're around, though ...


[Photo on Cooper Square at Seventh Street from Saturday]

Veteran Japanese restaurateurs bringing Dokodemo to 4th Street

Two Japanese restaurant veterans are opening Dokodemo at 89 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Here's more on the place via the restaurant's website:

Okonomiyaki, is among the most popular foods in Japan. Visitors to Japan are often pleasantly surprised to disover the variety of bistro-style foods on offer in Japan. Ramen, Onigiri, Tempura, and Okonomiyaki are often discovered and beloved by travelers on their first visit to Japan.
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DOKODEMO specializes in Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki, and Yakisoba. We combine fresh local produce with specialty sourced ingredients imported directly from Japan to provide a uniquely authentic, casual Japanese dining experience.
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Restauranteurs Shin Takagi and Kazu Kamehara have over thirty years of experience operating restaurants in Japan but DOKODEMO is a passion project conceived after many visits to New York in which the two were blown away by the culinary variety of the city. DOKODEMO is their first restaurant outside Asia.

This space used to be part of Cucina di Pesce at 87 E. Fourth St. As we reported in May 2016, Cucina di Pesce gave up this room next door at No. 89, which belonged to a different landlord. Cucina di Pesce remains open in a slightly smaller space these days.

Thanks to EVG reader Roxanne Schwartz for the photo!

1st sign of the Old Monk on Avenue B

The Old Monk awning and signage has arrived at the northeast corner of Avenue B and 11th Street ... where Sushil Malhotra, founder of Curry in a Hurry, Akbar Dawat and Café Spice, among others, is opening the Indian restaurant. We haven't heard anything else about the project just yet.

Babu Ji, the previous tenant, closed in March following the disclosure of a second wage-theft and overtime lawsuit against owners Jessi and Jennifer Singh. (Babu Ji later reemerged at 22 E. 13th St. between Fifth Avenue and University Place.)

Thanks to EVG regular Daniel for the photo!

12-story condoplex set for this corner of Bleecker and Mulberry

Leaving the neighborhood for a moment... where demolition is set for two nondescript apartment buildings on Bleecker and Mulberry.

Broad Street Development is tossing up a 12-story, 61-unit condoplex here at 40 Bleecker St., part of a new development that encompasses 304 Mulberry and 298 Mulberry.

The teaser site for the project is now live ... noting that this place is for "a new generation of connoisseurs."


[Rendering Williams New York]

Curbed, who first reported on this back on Monday, has more details here. This is just the latest upscale housing complex to crop up around here, joining next-door neighbor the Schumacher, among others.