The coveted watermelon-toss head shot today outside Westside Market today via Derek Berg... 😍
Thursday, July 2, 2020
News of the world
A variation of the wear-a-mask signage written to the tune of Queen's "We Will Rock You" outside Veselka on Second Avenue and Ninth Street...
Reader report: East Village street-cleaning tickets back in full effect
An EVG reader sends along this story of an interaction with a Department of Sanitation officer this morning.
Alternate Side Parking regulations went back in effect on Monday (lasting through today) after the COVID-19 PAUSE.
The reader got to his car ahead of the time to move on First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. However, he couldn't go anywhere with cars in front of him and a double-parked Con Ed truck next to his vehicle. The street cleaner passed by. The reader was sitting in his car and shared what happened next:
As the clock hit 9:05, I noticed ... a DoS worker writing on a clipboard on the side of my car. 'Is he writing me a ticket?' I thought. I got out of my car, saw his name on his shirt and asked if he was writing me a ticket. To which he laughed and said 'yeah.' I mentioned I was inside my car, the street cleaner had already passed and there was nowhere to move with his truck and a Con Ed truck double parked — plus that no other cars moved. The street was pretty jammed. He laughed and said 'I have six-and-a-half-years experience and know how this works. You must be one of those liberals.'"
The reader also notes the DoS officer was not wearing a face covering. "The lack of mask is just irresponsible."
The reader received a $65 ticket, and estimates another 20 cars on the block also got one.
Sounds as if the city is getting a head start on its 2021 budget goals. According to the Post, "the city's newly adopted budget includes a planned ticket blitz that’s expected to cost motorists some $42 million in the coming months."
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 and NYC.
He offers this background about this week's panel: "The Queer Liberation March, June 28th, 50 years after the first Christopher Street Liberation March. It was a magical day, honoring the trans women of color who started the LGBTQ movement and continuing the fight against systemic racism."
RIP Holly Lane
Holly Lane, a longtime East Village resident who worked in music, died suddenly on June 26. She was 59. A cause of death was not revealed.
A friend shared this information:
A consummate music professional, Holly was the common bond between many groups of people and could always be found networking and connecting friends and colleagues.
Holly was happiest when she was attending a rumba in the city or hearing an indie band perform. She was enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the music genres she adored. She relished talking about drums, sound systems and the record label business — and was always ready to share her passions.
A fierce advocate for artists’ rights, she strived to protect their assets and monetize their talents.
She leaves behind her sister, Jeanine Owen, a brother, nieces, grand nieces and also her beloved cats Porter and Esme, and many devoted friends. Holly was predeceased by her parents and sister Lorraine. Memorial services will be announced at a future date.
You can read more about her career at this link.
Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery returns for takeout on East Houston
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
After being open for curbside pickup for a few days of late, Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery returned to service yesterday... offering their knishes and egg creams to go.
Yonah Schimmel's is at 137 E. Houston St. at Forsyth (since 1910). Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A visit to Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
Lease termination notice at Third Rail Coffee; Future You Cafe has closed
An EVG reader points us to legal documents on the door at Third Rail Coffee on 10th Street just west of Second Avenue ... there is a Notice of Termination...
The paperwork states that rent is due for April, May and June on the storefront, an amount that totals nearly $26,000. Third Rail Coffee had closed at the start of the NY PAUSE in March.
Not sure how all this might play out: Gov. Cuomo announced in May that he had extended the state’s eviction moratorium through August, though critics have said the new version of the order is weaker, and favors landlords.
Per City Limits:
[T]enant and housing advocacy groups say the fine print of that order will allow for eviction proceedings to move forward through the New York courts e-filing system, increasing the burden of proof on tenants to show they could not pay rent because of COVID-19 related financial hardship.
Meanwhile, in other coffee-related news, Future You Cafe is officially closed on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue...
Owner Roberto Levinson, who opened the shop here in November 2018, announced the decision to close at the end of May on Instagram.
As the economy is slowly reopening, I have taken a lot of time to carefully assess the current situation, including the health risks involved, as well as the economic hardships most businesses in our industry are going through. After carefully deliberating for weeks, it is with great sadness I must announce our decision not to reopen.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
A sunflower in the sun
Currently at the most photographed spot in the neighborhood ... a lone sunflower on 10th Street at Stuyvesant...
East Village Vintage Collective has reopened its doors; ditto for 9th St. Vintage and Spark Pretty
After a few weeks of curbside pickups and sidewalk sales, East Village Vintage Collective (EVVC) will open its doors for business today here at 545 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
In an Instagram post, owner Maegan Hayward said they'll test the vintage waters this week to see how it goes. Ahead of the reopening, they've rearranged the shop's displays to make it safer and more accessible for patrons to browse.
Per Instagram:
We’ll have hand sanitizer & gloves available for all customers. We ask that you don’t come in without a mask on and that you observe social distancing while shopping
Can’t wait to see some familiar & new faces and to show you all the work we’ve done to the store!
During the past three months, EVVC closed their Jacksonville outpost to focus on the original shop here. They've also been creative, teaming up with 70 local artists to launch Art Through Vintage, a collaborative online auction.
For now, EVVC will be open 1-6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
In other vintage store news, 9th St. Vintage is now open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday... and on the same Ninth Street block between First Avenue and Second Avenue ... Spark Pretty is open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
[Via @sparkpretty]
At B&H Dairy: 'A Home for Everyone'
[Via @bandhdairy]
Antonio DiMeglio and Lianna Rada, recent NYU grads and East Village residents, are the creators of the food site Eat Tonight NYC.
The two created a 10-minute short titled "B&H Dairy: A Home for Everyone," a love letter of sorts to the 82-year-old lunch counter on Second Avenue between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.
Hear from Ola, Leo and Mike... and get in the mood to order a grilled cheese on challah.
2nd Street post the big sinkhole swallow
[Photo by Il Posto Accanto]
As previously noted, a sinkhole opened up on Second Street between Avenue A and First Avenue late Saturday night... nearly swallowing a parked (and empty!) SUV in the process.
While the block is open to through westbound traffic, a large Con Ed presence remains on the scene...
A cause was never made public. Residents had said there was a sewage problem on the block leading up to the sinkhole's arrival.
The PokéSpot has closed
After nearly four years on the corner of Fourth Avenue and 12th Street, the PokéSpot has closed. A for rent sign hangs in the front window. (Thanks to EVG reader Sheila for the photo!) They had not been open since the COVID-19 PAUSE.
The PokéSpot arrived in the summer of 2016 in a time of NYC's poke-sanity.
The poké market has thinned out a bit since then with the closure of PokéVillage on 14th Street in 2018 and now the PokéSpot.
Previously on EV Grieve:
The PokéSpot set for former Subway (sandwich shop) space on 4th Avenue
[Updated] These 3 dry cleaners have closed
[Photo by Vinny & O]
Three neighborhood dry cleaners have not made it out of the COVID-19 crisis.
Best Ave. B Dry Cleaners has closed on Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street.
There's a sign on the front door instructing customers to call or text 347-833-3400 to pick up any items inside the shop.
Meanwhile, a for rent sign now hangs in the window of the former AAA Cleaners at 216 Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street... they had closed at the outset of the COVID-19 PAUSE...
Exquisite Cleaners on First Avenue at Third Street closed earlier in June.
Updated 5 p.m.
Heads up from a reader... Danny Cleaner's at 159 Second Ave. (on 10th Street) has closed...
...merging their business with Lois Cleaners on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Third Avenue...
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