The Grand Opening for Marshalls on East Houston is now Oct. 4

Signs arrived over the weekend next to Katz's on East Houston about the grand opening for Marshalls... now apparently set for Oct. 4, one week later than previously announced...



As we first noted last month, the off-price sellers were set to open on Sept. 27 next door to Katz's in Ben Shaoul's hand-laid, gilded-bronze brick condoplex between Ludlow and Orchard streets.

Before!



Now!



It appears the entrance to Marshalls will be directly next door to Katz's...



This property on East Houston previously housed a single row of storefronts, including Ray's Pizza, Bereket and Lobster Joint.

H/T Mike Stuto!

Previously on EV Grieve:
Making way for Ben Shaoul's new retail-residential complex on East Houston

Katz's is now the last business on East Houston between Ludlow and Orchard

Marshalls opening next month in Ben Shaoul's luxury condoplex on East Houston Street

Convicted felon Steve Croman featured on CNBC's 'American Greed' tonight

"American Greed" — CNBC's true crime series that "examines the dark side of the American Dream" — features disgraced landlord Steve Croman in an episode that airs tonight at 10.

Croman's segment, titled "Lousy Landlord," will be on the second half of the episode. (Watch the trailer here.)



Croman was released from the Manhattan Correctional Facility on June 1 after serving eight months of a one-year jail sentence and paid a $5 million tax settlement following criminal charges brought by the AG's office for fraudulent refinancing of loans and tax fraud.

In a separate civil case, Croman agreed to pay $8 million to the tenants he was accused of bullying out of their rent-regulated apartments.

An independent management company is now overseeing Croman's residential properties — including 47 buildings with 617 units in the East Village — for the next five years.

Getting 511 E. 5th St. ready for new grilled pizza venture from Emmy Squared's owners

Interior renovations started in earnest last week at 511 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

As previously reported, Emmy Squared was originally thought to be taking over the space. (Emmy Squared instead opened on First Avenue at Fifth Street.) And No. 511 remained in a dormant state following GG's departure last December.

Emmy Squared owners Matt and Emily Hyland recently announced that they will serve grilled ­pizza here, as New York magazine first reported.

The Hylands reportedly went to "grilled-pizza mecca" Al Forno in Providence, R.I., on their first date while they attended Roger Williams University.

Eater had more about grilled pizza:

It’s known for being crisp on the bottom but tender inside, with some smokiness from the grill. There’s not a lot of it in NYC, which is something the Hylands are familiar with after making Detroit pizza happen here with their breakout hit Emmy Squared.

The still-unnamed grilled pizzeria, which is expected to open in November, per New York, will also offer non-pizza dishes such as housemade pastas and grilled fish.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Emmy Squared's owners are bringing grilled pizza to the former GG's space on 5th Street

Whatever happened to... Sammy's Halal?

Going on nine months now since the Sammy's Halal signage arrived at 109 First Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.

And not much has seemingly happened with the space. (Chicken remains "Chiken" on the sign.)

The interior has a no-frills, 1970s basement rec room look...



Google lists the location as "permanently closed" even though the place was never actually open (and there's a five-star review!) ...



The address was previously the Polish G. I. Delicatessen, the Eastern European specialty foods shop closed in July 2016 after 21 years in business.

Week in Grieview

[A Saturday night scene on 2nd Avenue]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Stannard Farm pulls out of the Greenmarket; 20-plus year veterans of Tompkins Square Park (Friday)

A 9/11 moment at Engine Company 5 (Tuesday)

City Council to hold public hearing Monday on hotel next to the Merchant’s House (Friday)

A visit to the Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen on 7th Street (Tuesday)

The EVG podcast: Al Diaz on BOMB1, SAMO© and Basquiat (Friday)

This week's NY See (Thursday)

Met Fresh now open on Avenue D (Monday)

A few more details about Madame Vo BBQ, coming soon to 2nd Avenue and 6th Street (Wednesday)

Cholo Noir space now for rent on 6th Street (Monday)

Reader report: New owners for Fine Fare on Avenue C? (Wednesday)

Full reveal at 253 E7 (Monday)

BarBacon opens on 4th Avenue (Thursday)

On 2nd Avenue, signage arrives for Dim Sum Tea House (Wednesday)

Reader report: Avenue B Cleaners Cromanated (Monday)

About Joya Loves Louie, opening soon in the former Café Orlin space on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

Looking at two dormant Bowery storefronts (Tuesday)

Start me up: Waiting on a Friend opens on 1st Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

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Sunday morning with the juvenile red-tailed hawk in Tompkins Square Park

Steven shared these photos of the juvenile red-tailed hawk in Tompkins Square Park this morning... he was calling out for food in hopes that his parents, Christo and Amelia, might drop off something to eat...



The juvenile appears to be fully healthy after battling (possibly) West Nile Virus in recent weeks...





Hawk watchers aren't sure how much longer this juvenile will stick around the area before moving on to start his red-tailed hawk life elsewhere...



Previously on EV Grieve:
The EVG podcast: Red-tailed hawk talk with Laura Goggin

The EVG podcast: More hawk talk with Laura Goggin

The Village View tag sale is today (Sunday!)

The semi-annual sale is in the playground behind 60 Avenue A — at the corner of Fourth Street and Avenue A ... from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The New York City Marble Cemetery is open today for strolling and exploring

There's a Neighborhood Open Day today at the New York City Marble Cemetery on Second Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Via the EVG inbox...

The Cemetery grounds will be open from noon until 6 p.m. Stroll around and explore some New York history, or bring a book and a blanket and hang out under the trees for a while. Free admission, no reservations necessary.

Saturday's parting shot

The Abracadabra Field Trip Mobile jam bus on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place tonight...

Sunday jazz at Albert’s Garden on 2nd Street

Via the EVG inbox...

Join us at Albert’s Garden to listen to the Chromatone Quintet, whose jazz repertoire will help usher in the fall season.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 16 (Tomorrow!)

Time: 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Albert’s Garden, begun in the 1971, is one of the oldest community gardens in Manhattan and offers a serene respite from the stress and noise of the city. It features a goldfish pond and a striking wall mural by the Belgian street artist Roa.

Location: 16 E. Second St. between the Bowery and Second Avenue.

Today at La Plaza: BBQ, the Hallucination Station Market and 'Three Green Suns'

The Loisaida Center continues its third annual Garbagia program today with a performance of "Three Green Suns," based on a story by Rolando Politi, at La Plaza Cultural on the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Avenue C. (Politi created the upcycled art that adorns the La Plaza fence.)

Here's more via the EVG inbox...

Loisaida is proud to bring our community an ongoing summer program, Garbagia, highlighting and revitalizing the migrant experience, our neighborhood's historical inventiveness, and ecological resilience.

2-5 p.m.: Hallucination Station Market — a second-hand and upcycled art market where the creatures and characters of the program will be the sellers and makers of their own products.

5-6 p.m.: "The Three Green Suns" is "the vision of a future that is here — climate change, cleaning planet, Reduce and ReUse, we are becoming Redeemers and Waste Pickers to arrive at Hallucination Station and experience 'The Three Green Suns.'"

There's also mention of a BBQ at 2 p.m.

Find more info at the Loisaida Center website here.

Friday's parting shot

Photo from early this evening on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...

'Future' shock

This is "Future Me Hates Me," from the recently released debut record by the Beths, a quartet from New Zealand.

The 5C Café and Cultural Center hosts the 2018 Dissident Arts Festival tomorrow night

The East Village portion of the 2018 Dissident Arts Festival takes place tomorrow evening at 7 at the 5C Café and Cultural Center.

Here's more from the event website:

On Sept. 15 the action moves to the 5C Café and Cultural Center, long-standing home of avant jazz and bold performance, where funds will be raised for the Alliance of Families for Justice and the NYC Jericho Movement. Both organizations advocate for the unjustly incarcerated and call for urgent prison reform.

The evening opens with a solo performance by renowned drummer William Hooker, and includes 5C’s own pianist/composer Trudy Silver, Ras Moshe’s Music Now! and the Flames of Discontent duo of Festival director John Pietaro and Laurie Towers. The closing act is international songwriter Martina Fiserova.

The 5C Café and Cultural Center is on Avenue C at Fifth Street. Find more 5C Café info here.

The EVG podcast: Al Diaz on BOMB1, SAMO© and Basquiat

Artist Al Diaz joined me in the East Village Radio storefront studio on First Avenue for this EVG podcast.

Diaz grew up in the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D. He started writing graffiti at age 12. As a teen in the late 1970s, he and his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat collaborated on a series of cryptic messages seen around the city signed from SAMO©.

Some 40 years on Diaz remains active (check out his Instagram account here).

We covered a lot in 30 minutes, from the early days of graffiti in NYC to Sara Driver's recently released documentary, "Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat," which features Diaz, to the return of SAMO© after Election 2016.

Take a listen... or download it for later...



His work will also be featured in a new gallery via Adrian Wilson coming to 57 Great Jones St. ... where Basquiat lived and worked at the time of his death in 1988.



Al Diaz image via Instagram

Previously on EV Grieve:
The EVG podcast: Red-tailed hawk talk with Laura Goggin

The EVG podcast: Mike Katz and Crispin Kott on the "Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City."

The EVG podcast: A 'Vanishing New York' conversation with Jeremiah Moss

The EVG podcast: More hawk talk with Laura Goggin

The 47th annual 10th Street block party is tomorrow (on 10th Street)

Happening tomorrow (Saturday!) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 10th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

As the flyer shows, there will be antiques, collectible and music brought to you by the 10th Street and Stuyvesant Street Block Association.

And arrive early for mannequins photo opps...


[Via @evgrieve]

The annual Ninth Street A-1 Block Association Block Party is also tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Ninth Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.

H/T Steven

Tree down on Clinton and Stanton

This is the scene this morning on Clinton Street just south of Stanton... EVG reader @artisanmatters shared these photos. Not sure what happened just yet (other than that it fell some time last night and remains blocking the street this a.m) ... and this Bud Light rig took one on the cab...



And two more views via EVG reader @Section215 ...

Stannard Farm pulls out of the Greenmarket; 20-plus year veterans of Tompkins Square Park

[Photos by Blake Farber]

Stannard Farm, a regular presence on Avenue A and Seventh Street on Sundays dating to 1998, abruptly pulled out of GrowNYC's Greenmarket program this week.



Here's their note to customers:

With a heavy heart, we write this. Due to injustices we have faced with Greenmarket, we will no longer be participating in the Greenmarket Program. Unfortunately, this means we will not be finishing the CSA season.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your faithfulness and loyalty to Stannard Farm.

Please keep an eye out for a letter in your “snail mail” over the next couple of days that will have your refund check for the remaining 10 weeks of your CSA share.

They did not specify what "injustices" they experienced at the Greenmarket.

I asked Michael Hurwitz, director of the Greenmarket program, for a comment about Stannard Farm. To his knowledge, reps from Stannard Farm had not approached Greenmarket officials with these concerns. His statement:

GrowNYC’s Greenmarket Program has been supporting farmers for over four decades and we strive to work with all our Producers to help them succeed and prosper. We also have some of the strictest rules in the country, requiring farmers to grow their own products for sale at our markets.

In addition, we have a Farmer Community Advisory Committee (FCAC) that serves as advocates for farmers who may have concerns with Greenmarket’s operations. Prior to receiving Stannard Farm's notice Tuesday afternoon that they were immediately ending their relationship with Greenmarket, to my knowledge, Standard Farms had not approached Greenmarket Management or the FCAC through the process outlined in our rules, or otherwise, to raise concerns over perceived "injustices."

While it is unfortunate for their customers that they would end their CSA and market operation so abruptly, Greenmarket will do everything possible to replace them at market with a suitable farmer so that customers can continue to access fresh, healthy, local food.

So no official word just yet who will be taking over their space on Avenue A and Seventh Street in the Tompkins Square Greenmarket.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated move, the Greenmarket announced a new vendor for Tompkins Square Park on Sundays. NY Cider Co., located in the Fingerlakes Region, will be selling their hard ciders made from New York State grown heirloom and wild apple varieties.

City Council to hold public hearing Monday on hotel next to the Merchant’s House

[Illustration by SJ Costello]

The 186-year-old Merchant's House Museum continues the fight against the developers of the proposed hotel next door to the city, state and federal landmark on Fourth Street between the Bowery and Lafayette.

Next up: The City Council Zoning Subcommittee meeting on Monday morning.

The eight-story hotel, which has been in the works for several years, would rise 100 feet on a lot to the west — currently housing Al-Amin Food Inc., which stores food carts.

The developers, Kalodop II Park, are seeking a spot rezoning to build the structure that high. The seven-month public review process, the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), began in the spring.

This development is of grave concern to preservationists, not to mention the leadership of Merchant's House, the circa-1832 building that is one of only six residences in NYC that is both an exterior and an interior landmark. (The Merchant’s House has a call to arms, which you can read here.)

However, landmark status does not guarantee protection from adjacent construction, and Merchant's House officials are worried that the ensuing excavation and subsequent work will damage their building.


[Via SRA Architecture and Engineering]

On Aug. 25, the City Planning Commission voted to approve the application, rejecting the denial recommendations of both Community Board 2 and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

The application is now with City Council. A public hearing is set for Monday morning at 9:30 at 250 Broadway, 16th Floor.

As Curbed reported on June 1:

The Council member representing this part of the East Village, Carolina Rivera, seems to be on the side of the museum and preservationists, saying in a statement in May that she would not support the project until the museum was assured of the safety of its building.

The City Council is the final stop for this project, and other City Council members usually tend to side with the Council member representing that particular neighborhood...

Rivera disappointed preservationists and some other residents last month with her yes vote for the 14th Street tech hub without any substantial zoning limitations on neighboring blocks.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Concern again for Merchant's House Museum as developer moves forward with hotel next door

Report: Landmarks Preservation Commission OKs plans for hotel next door to the Merchant's House

Plans filed for new 8-story hotel next to the historic Merchant's House Museum on East 4th Street

EVG Etc.: Hanoi House lawsuit; Second Avenue Deli sign discovery

[New signage for Search & Destroy on St. Mark's Place]

NYCHA deal for market-rate housing on public properties still hasn't closed after 28 months (Daily News)

Prune's Gabrielle Hamilton no longer teaming up to run Spotted Pig, where co-owner Ken Friedman has been accused of sexually assaulting and harassing dozens of women (Eater NY... Eater National ... Grub Street)

Details of the ugly lawsuit involving the owners and former chef of Hanoi House on St. Mark's Place (The Post)

Painter finds old Second Avenue Deli sign in workshop space on 10th Street (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Target plans to hire 6,500 seasonal workers in NYC (Patch)

The plan to rezone Noho and Soho (Crain's)

Some Grand Street sign history (Ephemeral New York)

John and Yoko's "Imagine" screens Monday night at City Cinemas Village East (Official site)

"The Public Image Is Rotten" — the Public Image, Ltd. documentary — opens tonight at the Metrograph (Official site)



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And an EVG reader reports that this cat wandered into her apartment building on 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue last night... no collar. Per the resident, the cat is "clearly domesticated. We are unsure whether it’s lost or abandoned."

Grant Shaffer's NY See

Here's this week's NY See, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's comic series — an observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood — and elsewhere.

The annual 9th Street Block Party is Saturday (on 9th Street)

[Photo by Steven]

The annual 9th Street A-1 Block Association Block Party is coming up this Saturday.

Here are a few details via the EVG inbox...

Resident artists, crafts people, and photographers will be showing and selling their work, and residents will be selling a la "stoop sale" — antiques, bric-a-brac, clothing, accessories, music, jewelry, etc.

Block businesses include:
• Shops: Beetle Bug, Enchantments, Flower Power, Good Beer, Love Only NYC, Mr. Throwback, Ollie's Place, Pink Olive, Polytima, Puppy Love Kitty Kat, Reason Outpost, The Wineshop
• Restaurants/Food Establishments: Cagen, Confectionery!, Dian Kitchen, Mahalo NY Bakery, Poke n Roll, Superiority Burger, Tacos Morelos, Thursday Kitchen, Whitman's
• Hair Salons/Barbers: Classic Man Barbers, Lovemore & Do, Maria Mok Salon, Neighborhood Barber, Tsumiki Hair

Find all this from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Ninth Street between Avenue A and First Avenue. There isn't any rain date. At the moment, though, the weather forecast is looking pretty good.

Today is Primary Election Day

You are getting sleepy... You will vote on Thursday, September 13th in the New York Primary. You will vote on Thursday. You will vote on Thursday. You will get out the vooooote. pic.twitter.com/Tp9N3cTQsD

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 10, 2018

And starting the day off with a cat GIF from Brian Lehrer.

So the state’s primary election is today. (The general election is on Nov. 6.)

Here is the official list of candidates for every race via the Board of Elections.

There are several places to find more reader-friendly primary guides, such as at Curbed ... Gothamist ... The Villager and the Gotham Gazette.

Polls are open today from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You can find your polling site via this link.

And you can bring your "I Voted" sticker over to 99 Favor Taste on St. Mark's Place for your free barbecue and hot pot.

130 E. 7th St. is for sale

[Image via Marcus & Millichap]

From the EVG tip line comes this listing for 130 E. Seventh St., the 7-floor building on the southwest corner of Avenue A.

Marcus & Millichap is the broker, though the link is via Loopnet. Some details:

130 East 7th Street offers investors a unique opportunity to acquire a corner elevator loft mixed-use building in the heart of the East Village with strong in place cash-flow. Miss Lily’s, a popular Caribbean style restaurant occupies the ground floor. There is shared office space occupying the second floor followed by five floor-through loft apartments. All of apartments are three bedrooms aside from the penthouse unit which is a spacious four bedrooms duplex apartment with a 1,300 Square Foot private outdoor space.

And from the investment summary...


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Curiously, the summary notes: "The other ground floor retail (7th Street side) is occupied by Avant Garden. They are on a lease that expires in 2088..." 2088? Helluva lease!

Anyway, the building's asking price: $22.95 million.

And here's part of an EVG post from August 2016 about the address...

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The 7-floor building on the southwest corner has been through a luxury makeover in recent years. The new residential rentals were fetching $16,995 and $14,995. Longtime corner restaurant 7A closed in January 2014... and later replaced by Miss Lily's.

Public records show that the University of the Streets sold the building to Park Corner Development, LLC in September 2011 for $5 million.

After 46 years of music and arts programs here, the University of the Streets cleared out of the second floor in April 2015 and relocated to the Bronx.

The address was home to L.W. Schwenk… and here's a photo dated July 24, 1914, titled "Depositors at failed bank."



Previously on EV Grieve:
Penthouse life above 7A will cost you $16,995 monthly

You may now pig out at BarBacon on 4th Avenue

BarBacon has debuted at 127 Fourth Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street ... an EVG reader shared this photo from last evening.

This is the second NYC location (the other is on Ninth Avenue near 55th Street) for the bacon-centric bar-restaurant that celebrates the whole hog with swine-spiked menu items and drinks. You can find their "chef-driven bacon dishes" here.

This Fourth Avenue space was previously Royal, the lounge-pub place that closed in April 2016.

Previously on EV Grieve:
BarBacon looking to pig out now on 4th Avenue

Wednesday's parting shot

Outside the Regal Union Square on Broadway and 13th Street today... photo by Derek Berg...

Wellness planning for the fall (and beyond)

On Sunday, the House of Physical Therapy, 280 E. 10th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue, is hosting a free day of wellness planning.

The studio will have a physical therapist, registered dietician, personal trainer, chiropractor and other specialists available. (Find a list here.)

The planning takes place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. You can register here.

Today's foggy start

Looking east at the Christodora House from Tompkins Square Park this morning...

A few more details about Madame Vo BBQ, coming soon to 2nd Avenue and 6th Street

As Eater reported back in July, the owners of Madame Vo at 212 E. 10th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue are opening a restaurant specializing in Vietnamese barbecue called Madam Vo BBQ this fall on Second Avenue at Sixth Street.

The Madame Vo team is on tonight's CB3-SLA docket for a new beer-wine license. However, given the method of operation (restaurant) and the owners signing the agreed-upon stipulations, they will not be appearing before the committee this evening.

Their questionnaire (PDF here) on file at the CB3 website provides a few more details about the place. For starters, the listed hours are noon to midnight daily. In total, there 13 tables to accommodate 52 diners as well as a five-seat bar.

As for the food at Madame Vo BBQ, Eater had this to say in a fall preview post:

This barbecue offshoot will have tabletop grills for meat and seafood in various marinades including curry, lemongrass garlic, and honey fish sauce. It’s typically a celebratory food in Vietnam, and here, the barbecued proteins then go into customizable summer rolls.

No. 104 previously housed Wall 88 for seven months until last fall. Previously, the address was the Lions BeerStore — part retail shop, part restaurant — for 16 months.