Avenue A Copy Center & Shipping Outlet has closed

After three-plus years, the Avenue A Copy Center & Shipping Outlet has closed at 47 Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street (in one of the retail spaces of the Ageloff Towers).

As you can see, workers have started clearing out the space...



The Copy Center was an annex run by the owners of Essex Card Shop at 39 Avenue A. You can now head there a block to the south for your copy and shipping needs in this part of the neighborhood...

New restaurant alert for the former Kambi Ramen House on 14th Street

A quick note about an incoming restaurant... there's a taker for the former Kambi Ramen House on 14th Street just west of First Avenue... EVG regular Pinch pointed out this Community Board notice on the front door last week...



This is in the jurisdiction of CB6 (and not CB3 per our usual coverage)... and their website doesn't appear to have a detailed account of the applicants. So all we know is this: New Wine, Beer & Cider License for Trad Japan Co LTD.

We'll keep an eye on this for further developments here.

Kambi Ramen House closed in July 2018 after 10 years in service. The Kambi family also operates the popular Minca Ramen Factory on Fifth Street near Avenue B.

April 28

Spring Cleaning continues... and more people apparently feel as if it's time to toss the Christmas tree... EVG reader Melissa spotted this one today on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...

Week in Grieview

[Spring in Tompkins Square Park]

Posts on EVG this past week included...

A visit with Steven Antonelli, director of Bank Street Head Start on 5th Street (Friday)

More about the return of the 14th Street busway; 12th and 13th street bike lanes now permanent (Thursday) ... M14 mystery abounds as SBS ticket vending machines arrive (Wednesday)

A CVS is coming to the corner of Houston and Orchard in Ben Shaoul's luxury condoplex (Monday)

This week's NY See strip (Monday)

It looks as if 264 E. 7th St. won't be demolished after all (Thursday)

The SUNSHINE leaves the marquee at the former Sunshine Cinema (Tuesday)

About the NYPD cracking down on bikes without bells in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

Report: First red-tailed hawk egg hatches this year in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

San Loco plotting an East Village comeback? (Friday)

Explosion-site condoplex rising quickly (Friday)

An Earth Day message from East River Park (Monday)

On 9th Street, Cha-an Bonbon to serve as a to-go outpost for Cha-an Teahouse (Tuesday)

In sight: Block's Vision Care relocates inside Block Drugs next door (Tuesday)

The Tribeca Film Festival arrives in the East Village (Wednesday)

2 down, 98 to go: Work starts on the 100 Gates Project at East Village shops (Thursday)

Bright Horizons bringing child care to EVGB (Wednesday)

Reader report: About East Village Acupuncture & Massage on 2nd Street (Wednesday)

East Side Gourmet Deli has closed on 4th and B (Monday ... and Thursday)

When the door is open at the incoming H Mart (Monday)

Green days: How to become a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden (Saturday)

The line for the Jay-Z show on the first night of the Webster Hall reopening (Friday) Union Rat makes first appearance outside Webster Hall (Wednesday)

Cocoa Grinder is closed for now on 1st Street (Monday)

What the F? New subway stop arrives on 4th Street courtesy of 'Mr. Robot' (Wednesday)

And as noted on Thursday, the Wisteria vine on Stuyvesant at 10th Street is in bloom... here are more photos from yesterday...





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Today's mackerel sky sunrise

Thanks to EVG reader Jeanne Krier for sharing this photo taken today at 6:30 a.m. ...

Saturday's parting shot

It was quite pleasant out today, though it was still sweater weather for some ... photo from the Tompkins Square Dog Run this afternoon via Bobby Williams.

Lil' Kim Evil on the Bowery

On the side of the Bowery Mural Wall at Houston... art by SacSix...

'A Great Day on 9th Street' this Sunday

Via the EVG inbox...

On Sunday (April 28), the merchants of East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue are gathering on a local stoop for "A Great Day on 9th Street," a quasi recreation of the famous Art Kane photo "A Great Day In Harlem."

Afterwards, stroll down both sides of the street and check out the various specials the stores are offering.

Come celebrate our community of small businesses.

#shopthe921

First 2019 Jazz in the Garden!

It's the first Jazz in the Garden at Green Oasis this year... there'll be snacks, plants and the Eric Paulin ensemble tomorrow (Sunday!) from 3-5:30 p.m. The Green Oasis Community Garden is on Eighth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D.

Green days: How to become a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden

The 6BC Botanical Garden is hosting a series of membership orientations over the next few weekends, starting tomorrow (Sunday). The above flyer has the details. The sessions start at 11:30 a.m. in the community garden on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

You can find more details about becoming a garden member at this link.

Also, starting on Monday, you can check out "Whispers in the Grove," an interactive, multimedia sculpture on view through June 7...

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Do you love gardens and art? Come visit "Whispers in the Grove", an interactive, multimedia sculpture at 6BC Botanical Garden in the East Village, on view from April 29 through June 7. . . Artists: Kathy Creutzburg, Natalia Lesniak, Mirabai Kwan Yin and Nicola Anderson. Follow on @nightmultimediaart . . Regular hours: Sat & Sun, noon- 6pm, Mon-Fri, 6pm-dusk. The sculpture will also be visible from the sidewalk. . . Come for refreshments and a talk about tree communication by Samuel Bishop, master arborist and educational director of Trees NY. . . Free lecture by Trees NY about mycorrhiza: Day: Friday, May 17, 2019 Opening time: 6:00 pm, with the lecture starting at at 7:00 pm Location: 6BC Botanical Garden, 630 E 6th St between Ave B & C . . Did you know trees communicate through underground networks of roots and fungus? Visit this woman-made forest of interconnected, neuron-like, steel forms that rise to support bulbs, the leaf canopy. Each bulb is enveloped in found materials and illuminated, like fireflies who express through their flicker. Hear "Whispers in the Grove". . . "Whispers in the Grove" is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.

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Friday's parting shot

The view downtown earlier today from the East Village ... photo by Bobby Williams

The line for Jay-Z this evening

EVG reader Doug shared these photo this evening a little after 7 ... showing the line for the grand reopening of Webster Hall with Jay-Z.

The venue is on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue... the line forms back to Third Avenue and north to 12th Street...



... running alongside Westside Market...



As the top photo shows, 11th Street is also closed to through traffic. (Not sure where the line forms for people seeing "Avengers: Endgame" at the Loews Village 7.)

Webster Hall reopens tonight after nearly 18 months of renovations. Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment and The Bowery Presents bought the landmarked building from the Ballinger family for $35 million in a deal announced in the spring of 2017.

Most of the first shows at the venue in the coming week, including Rosalía, Patti Smith, Sharen Van Etten, TroyBoi and Vampire Weekend, are sold out.

'Wasted' away

Here's the video for “Wasted Nun" from the recently released new record by the L.A.-based trio Cherry Glazerr.

EVG Etc.: L-TRAIN SLOWDOWN TIME; Webster Hall grand reopening night

[Taco time, 2nd and A]

Streetsblog has more on the NYPD's crackdown on bikes without bells Saturday in Tompkins Square Park and Union Square — aka the "misplaced priorities and racist policies" of the de Blasio administration. Find follow-up stories here and here. Meanwhile, the police commissioner's bike does not have a bell (Gothamist)

There are plenty of L-train slowdown guides to choose from, including at Town & Village ... Curbed ... and NY1

And obviously someone was going to make a parody song about the L-train slowdown (via the Post) ...



A look inside the revamped Webster Hall, which reopens tonight with up-and-comer Jay-Z (Billboard ... previously on EVG)

Politicos want Trader Joe's to deliver again (The Villager ... previously on EVG)

More private, market-rate apartments are coming to a tower planned within a Lower East Side public housing complex (The City)

Farewell old Essex Street Market (Gothamist)

Sietsema liking the smørrebrød over at Smør on 12th and A (Eater ... previously on EVG)

Cash-free places rethinking the cash-free thing (Grub Street)

History of the doomed Sunshine Cinema (Ephemeral New York)

A look at the Keith Haring X Barbie® "who looks as if she fell headfirst into a bin of Keith Haring attire at UNIQLO" (Filthy Dreams)

... and spring in the yard at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery via riachung00...