6 posts from October

[Photo on 1st Avenue by Carol Carol from East 5th Street]

A mini month in review...

• At the 29th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade (Oct. 21

• Butch Judy's pops up behind Performance Space 122 on 1st Avenue (Oct. 18)

• Three Seat Espresso will close by the end of 2019 on Avenue A; founder blames Starbucks (Oct. 18)

• "Backstage On Stage" — What a Blue Man Group classroom setting looks like (Oct. 11)

• CB Developers pay $59.5 million for an interest in 358 Bowery — current home of the B Bar & Grill and likely a new development (Oct. 9)

• Chinatown murders bring renewed attention to the city’s street homeless (Oct. 7)

Halloween evening at Starbucks on Avenue A

"No candy! :(

Sorry!"

One reader said they were giving away free hot chocolate to kids earlier in the afternoon. Still, the appearance of the no-candy sign gave the appearance of a neighbor who didn't care. Other businesses along Avenue A and the side streets were distributing candy and other Halloween treats.

Photo by Steven

Squall Screaming

Squall Screaming

nothing but the ticking clock

blustering wind colliding ancient branches

she likes the sound she makes

caring nothing as the sleeping child rocks

new moon giving no light to comfort

all around dark as lonely dark can be

a book slowly slides away from brethren

hovers before falling with loud report

child's eyes wide below trembling sheet

chilled silence sweeps about the bed

just ticking of the clock for company

and the cold skeletal hand that lifts the sheet

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peter radley

Grant Shaffer's NY See

Here's the latest NY See panel, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood.

Happy Halloween!

Hot Kitchen closes on 2nd Avenue

That's all for Hot Kitchen at 104 Second Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street...



The no-frills, authentic Sichuan restaurant opened in 2011. Last year, Hot Kitchen transformed its menu and added traditional Sichuan Skewer Hotpot and BBQ to their menu.

Apparently another transformation is afoot. A worker yesterday told EVG correspondent Steven that they'd reopen in a few weeks with a new name.

Your chance to own a meat grinder and commercial juicer from the St. Mark's Market

[Photo by Steven]

St. Mark's Market closed at the beginning of the month at 19-23 St. Mark's Place.

As the top photo shows, the market, which opened in 2003 here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, is mostly cleared out.

Some remaining items will be auctioned off today (Oct. 31) ...



You can find the list of the inventory for sale right at this link.

Previously on EV Grieve:
St. Mark's Market is dead

Looking for information on a hit-and-run from Saturday night

The following information comes via the EVG inbox.

A reader is seeking information about the driver-vehicle who struck his friend on Third Street at First Avenue this past Saturday night and kept going.

The hit-and-run victim, who lives on the Lower East Side, was skateboarding on Third Street around 9:30 p.m. She was crossing the intersection at First Avenue just as the light started to change. She had time to get though the intersection.

Meanwhile, according to the reader, a slate blue Hummer H2 with New York plates heading north on First Avenue — going at what seemed like a high rate of speed — "blindsided" the skateboarder and kept going.

"It is possible the Hummer technically had the light but basically was blowing through the intersection timing the light. The driver did not even stop after they hit her. Not sure if any witnesses might have gotten a license plate or, since it is a unique car/unique color, if someone knows the owner of the car."

And his friend?

"She is home now and honestly it's a miracle she is alive. She suffered a very serious leg injury that required a bunch of stuff that night and the next day and will again require surgery down the road."

He filed a police report at the scene, but is not hopeful after reading articles like this one about hit-and-run drivers getting off scot-free.

Info? Use this email.

The photo on this post is an example of the make and color of the Hummer.

Hitchcocktober concludes with 'Psycho' tonight (Halloween!)

Hitchcocktober concludes tonight with two screenings of "Psycho," 7:30 in the big auditorium — the Jaffe Art Theatre — and 8:30 at City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue and 12th Street.

Refresher...



Find advance ticket info at this link.

The Wild Son is on the gate

[Photo by Steven]

A quickie update to a post from earlier last week about the Wild Son... the coming soon/winter 2020 signage is now on the gate here on the southeast corner of St. Mark's Place and First Avenue.

As we first reported back on March 18, Robert Ceraso and Jason Mendenhall (The Wayland, Good Night Sonny) are opening an outpost of their Chelsea cafe the Wild Son here at 132 First Ave. And now you have the tentative opening date/season.

Wednesday's parting shot

ICYMI: The Halloween window display at The Baroness, the latex designer boutique at 530 E. 13th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

The Baroness enjoys creating the seasonal windows, as you may recall from Easter.

Meanwhile, you can revisit our interview with The Baroness from the EVG archives at this link.

Photo via @latexbaroness!

Police say these 4 suspects beat and robbed a man for $1 last Saturday afternoon on 3rd and C

The NYPD is searching for four suspects who they say beat and robbed a man on Avenue C near the southeast corner of Third Street this past Saturday afternoon.

Here's the narrative via the NYPD:

It was reported to police that on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at approximately 1225 hours, in front of 26 Avenue C, a 35-year-old male victim was walking when two individuals approached him and engaged him in conversation. The two individuals were soon joined by two additional individuals, who then all took turns punching the male victim until he fell to the ground.

The group of four individuals then continued to punch and kick the victim about the head and upper torso, before forcibly removing his property, consisting of his jacket, boots, sunglasses and $1 cash. The victim sustained lacerations and bruising to his head and torso and was treated and subsequently released from Bellevue Hospital.

The individuals are described as three adult females and one adult male, 20s- 30s; the three females have heavy builds, two of them carrying handbags, while the male has a medium build, facial hair and a full head of black hair. The individuals were acting in concert.

Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online. All calls are strictly confidential.

The devil in the details: 'Satanic Panic' at the Anthology Film Archives

If you're looking for some more legit Halloween-related movie fare, then look no further than this upcoming series at the Anthology Film Archives.

Here's more about The Devil Probably: A Century of Satanic Panic:

With so many treating Halloween as nothing more meaningful than an excuse to party till dawn in a half-assed superhero costume, it’s safe to say the holiday has drifted far from its historical roots.

Nevertheless, by virtue of its relationship to various traditions honoring the dead – as well as to ancient festivals marking the onset of the “darker half” of the year, a transitional moment when the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead were thought to become porous – Halloween also conjures up images of the underworld, and by association, notions of Satan, witchcraft, and other dark forces.

Films include Roger Corman's "The Masque of Red Death," Mario Bava's "Black Sunday" and George Miller's "The Witches of Eastwick." The series runs tonight through Nov. 8 at the Anthology on Second Avenue and Second Street. Find more details at this link.