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Crowdfunding effort moves to guard a tree around Tompkins Square Park

Construction watch: 231 Bowery

Openings: Mag New York City on Avenue A

Did you know? There’s a Pizza Hut on the Lower East Side now

Tuesday's parting shot

Noted

The East River shows off a rare winter look

Virtual meeting set for Tompkins mini-pool and basketball courts redesign

Sunday's parting shot

An early close for Key Food

Sunday, snow day

Week in Grieview

Sunday's opening shot

Tompkins Square Greenmarket CANCELLED for tomorrow

Report of a fire last night at 325 E. 12th St.

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting line shots

Today in gushers on 1st Avenue at 14th Street

Line 'Item'

The Village East marquee goes full Oscar mode (plus some $5 seats)

D.A. Bragg announces guilty plea in fatal East Village stabbing spree on 14th Street

Thursday's parting shot

'The Big Johnson' brings an East Village legend to the Quad

New construction remains paused at 88 E. 2nd St.

ICYMI: Wayne & Sons has left the East Village for Williamsburg

Kissaki has closed on the Bowery

Signage alert: NYC Convenience on Avenue A

Wednesday's parting shots

A visit to Afterword Bookshop on 6th Street

Signage alert: Baba Doner on Avenue A

We're still wondering about the brief, mysterious reopening of Burgers on B

Tuesday's parting shot

Paulie Gee tells us more about his slice shop opening on 1st Avenue in the East Village

The 2nd Avenue/2nd Street lot saga may have a new chapter

Reaching the top of the parking-garage-replacing condoplex on 9th Street

Signage alert: SKWR on 1st Avenue

Noted

Most Holy Redeemer hit with DOB 'failure to maintain' violation

Sunday's parting shots

Week in Grieview

Passengers now have leaning rails at these East Village bus stops

Most Holy Redeemer briefly reopens for Mass honoring longtime parishioner

Saturday's parting shot

A 'cleanup only' operation on 11th Street and 1st Avenue

Saturday's opening shot

Start me up

Friday's opening shots

Thursday's parting shot

ICYMI: Tom Verlaine’s Downtown legacy enters the New York Public Library

Signage alert: Drāvida Indian Diaspora by Chef Aarthi Sampath

Saba Candy & Grocery comes and goes on Avenue B

Signage alert: Mag New York City on Avenue A

Wednesday's parting shot

A look inside the sidewalk stations that test the East Village’s drinking water

Petition seeks to rename Tompkins Square Park skate area for Harold Hunter

D.A.'s office announces indictment in fatal hit-and-run last month on Clinton and Stanton

Tuesday's parting crime report

Community gathers at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery for a 'Vigil of Lament and Hope'

Inside the film 'Irregular,' a love letter to Sophie’s

Paulie Gee’s appears headed for former Dunkin’ space on 1st Avenue

Emmy Squared is now temporarily closed for a construction 'glow-up'

Monday's parting shot

This morning on 14th Street: Vehicle fire, no injuries

From Katinka to a back entrance on 9th Street

Original 16 Handles outpost closes ahead of move to new 2nd Avenue home

Signage alert: Visit Sicily NYC on 7th Street

$1 slice Pizza Hub up next at 59 First Ave.

Taverna East Village has been closed now for 13 months

Sunday's parting shot

Week in Grieview

OK, this is the first EVG newsletter plug of 2026

At Mulchapalooza 2026

Sole focus: At the opening night of 'Feet Pics' at Ruby/Dakota on 2nd Street

Feeling the 'Need'

The Parks Department will be mulch obliged if you bring your Christmas tree to Tompkins this weekend

Vigil and planned for Renee Nicole Good at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

Noted

Punjabi Grocery and Deli Is back, serving on 1st Street

Bowery Electric space to reopen as the Bowery Palace; Jesse Malin up first in new theater

After raids, fines and silence, is Green Line finally done on Avenue B?

Punjabi Deli and Grocery reopens TODAY

Activity at a historic 2nd Avenue address

Ahead of its opening, Lazy Bulldog brings Turkish coffee to this 6th Street stoop

'50 Years of PUNK' this January

Veselka looks to add full liquor license at longtime East Village home

What will be the 12th establishment in 12 years for 334 Bowery?

First signs of retail (Sephora) life at 1 St. Mark’s Place

Monday's parting shot

An update on Evelyn, the East Village restaurant worker arrested by ICE agents on Christmas Eve

Punjabi Grocery and Deli hasn't been open in weeks, and people are starting to worry

The classic Japanese restaurant Beron Beron has closed on 1st Avenue

The retail space at 95 2nd Ave. is for rent

Sunday's parting shot

Noted

CBGB audio doc gets another spin on WBAI

Week in Grieview

Reading the signs: An art show opens at Psychic Readings on 5th Street

Saturday's parting shot

A look at 2nd and B in 1986

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting shot

The killing moon

Bands we like: Homade

Openings: Justin's Salt Bread on 2nd Avenue

Jan. 1's parting shot

Jan. 1's opening shot

The most-viewed EVG stories of 2025

Metro Acres Market confirmed for former East Village Rite Aid

6 posts from December

Stocking up for New Year's Eve

Hazy shade of winter

Stella of Ray’s Candy Store, remembered by the neighborhood

Openings: Moon Coffee Lab on 1st Street

Week in Grieview

Saturday's parting shot

At play in the fields of the snow

Saturday's opening shots

It's a sin

Stella Soltowska, a fixture at Ray’s Candy Store since 1977, has died

A ghostly parade for long-lost local music venues

ICYMI: Fire disrupts operations at Norwich Meadows Farm, a Tompkins Greenmarket regular

Scenes of the season, lately

Dec. 24

On Christmas Eve morning, ICE agents take East Village restaurant worker into custody on 7th Street

Noted

Dec. 24's opening shots

Dec. 23's parting shots

NYC retrospective for No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe opens Jan. 3 at Metrograph

RIP Stanislawa 'Anna' Sulkowska

Remembering Joe Strummer

NYPD searching for the hit-and-run driver who killed pedestrian on Clinton and Stanton

The former Rite Aid is looking more like a grocery store every day

Openings: Barryville General on Avenue A

Openings: Burgerhead on 2nd Avenue

Signage alert: Matcha and coffee for 68 Avenue A

Sunday's parting shot (MulchFest Edition)

Quiz show: NYC Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions taking place at the Brindle Room

Week in Grieview

Santa delivers again at the 9th Precinct’s annual holiday visit

EVG at 18

Friday's parting shot

A very Banshee Christmas

The final Saturdays of Bluestockings

Art where you can find it

Final day of Howliday shop at Howl! Arts

The former Spice Brothers space is for rent on St. Mark's Place

Last days for ‘Cancel This Show!’ at the Clemente

Dec. 18

Wednesday's parting shot

The secret life of Key Food’s holiday decorations

Mark Bittman’s Community Kitchen wraps up Lower East Side pilot

UZ Grill House, in grand-opening mode, has not been opening lately

A coffee shop percolating for 22 St. Mark's Place

Tuesday's parting shot

Timeline for reopening northern section of East River Park pushed to end of 2027

Signage alert: Justin's Salt Bread on 2nd Avenue

Monday's parting shot

Fallen tree blocks sidewalk along Avenue B in Tompkins Square Park

SantaCon 2025 recap: A quieter crawl through the East Village?

Marky Ramone visits ¡Adios Amigos! for Bowery Beat coffee launch

PureGym officially takes over Blink Fitness

Scenes from tonight’s 34th annual Tompkins Square Park tree lighting

Week in Grieview

Day 1 of the Cookie Walk

Bridge views

Sundays at 11

Sunday's opening shot

Saturday's parting shot

Afterword Bookshop set to debut TODAY

MoRUS celebrates 13 years today

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting shot

Hearing 'Aidan'

About the ‘Vape TY Deposit Box’ on 6th Street

Bluestockings Cooperative hosting final closing sale Saturdays through December

At the Romy & Michele Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance at Club Cumming

Thursday's parting shot

SantaCon 2025 arrives Saturday. Prepare accordingly.

Wednesday's parting shot

Dec. 10

Trinity's SAFH launches winter coat drive

Invader's Lou Reed mosaic was stolen — an East Village resident brought it back as a wheatpaste

La Salle Academy unveils NBA-designed court at its newly dedicated Dan Buckley Memorial Gymnasium

Smashed Express moves into to the Time Out Market

Tuesday's parting shot

Residents push to save historic Most Holy Redeemer church

People keep sending us photos of Afterword Bookshop, opening soon on 6th Street

Lori Jayne moves out of the Time Out Market on 14th Street

Monday's parting shot

East Village venue Drom hopes to keep their beat alive with a 2-night fundraiser

Residents say ‘do not disturb’ to Holiday Inn rooftop bar proposal on the Lower East Side

Soft openings: Himawari Café on 1st Ave.

New Korean–Italian restaurant seeking beer & wine license at former Black Seed bagels space

Another short-lived stint on St. Mark's: Chocolate DIP appears to have closed

Sunday's parting shot

Instagram post of the day

Week in Grieview

Turns out Green Line's latest 'shutdown' on Avenue B was self-inflicted: Witnesses

Saturday's parting shot

A Department Store Christmas at Night Club 101

Neighbors to rally Sunday to protect Most Holy Redeemer Church

First frost fallout on 1st Avenue

Snowfall reports from the last 24 hours

A 'Star' is worn

Holidays at Metrograph

'A Little Bit Fat' takes flight at All Street Gallery tonight

A holiday pop-up sale returns to ILevel on 7th Street

A sauna-and-cold-plunge pop-up returns to La Plaza Cultural this weekend

Friday's opening shots

The annual Sirovich Holiday Art Sale returns today and tomorrow

Thursday's parting shot

Behold the last full moon of 2025, as seen from Tompkins Square Park

Harvey Epstein to be sworn in this morning as City Council District 2 representative

2nd man sentenced for East Village assault spree that included Ray's Candy Store

A new chapter on Avenue A: Café-bookstore proposed for the former 7-Eleven

Surprise Scoop closing on 1st Avenue; skewer concept next?

Supermoon prep

Cookie Walk returns — with a centennial twist

Openings: Godunk on the Bowery

Tuesday's parting shot

Bill Rice’s East Village on view uptown

The Brant Foundation to host major Keith Haring exhibition next spring on 6th Street

Tuesday's opening shot

Noted

When is the tree lighting in Tompkins Square Park this year?

Why neighborhood staple Casa Adela will be closed this week

Top Secret Comedy Club makes its U.S. debut tonight on Avenue A

Game over for 8-Bit Bites on 2nd Avenue

6 posts from November

Week in Grieview

Saturday's parting shot

Catch 'Caught Stealing'.now streaming on Netflix

Saturday's opening shots

Friday's parting shots

To here knows when…

A look at '50 Years of PUNK,' opening tonight at the Ki Smith Gallery

Former Bluestockings space now on the market on Suffolk Street

A benefit concert this evening at Mercury Lounge for ABC No Rio

Poco is now closed for good, though freebies remain

Thanksgiving day view of Tompkins Square Park

Wednesday's parting shot

How to see the world premiere of this 1989 Keith Haring documentary next month

Fresh paint at First Street Green Art Park

Harvey Epstein, Loisaida Center team up for 2,600-meal Thanksgiving giveaway

Evil Katsu announces Dec. 14 closure

Pig & Butter is moving from Avenue B to Montclair, N.J.

Under-renovation former Rite Aid on 1st Avenue now with plywood

City Council weighs big roadway-dining changes; opponents cry bill-burying

A standing-ovation moment: The wild project now owns its longtime East Village home

Signage alert: Tipsy Village on Allen Street

Openings: S&S Bliss on 3rd Street

remedy

Week in Grieview

Poetic justice: 6th Street building calls out a 'package-stealing fuck'

Sunday's opening shot

New menu alert outside Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen on 7th Street

Saturday's opening shot

Your star will shine

Long-delayed Canal Street redesign up for discussion Monday night

Friday's opening shot

Thursday's parting shot

What's next for the Soda Club space on Avenue B

A bar proposal emerges for the former Petco Unleashed space on 2nd Avenue

Openings: Boongs Grab & Go on 3rd Avenue

Thirty Love Sports & Leisure calls game over

Openings: Oddball on Avenue B

Yubu hasn't been opening lately

Cancel This Show!’: Artists take aim at repression in new exhibit at the Clemente

Sophia is missing

Tuesday's parting shots

Green Line busted again on Avenue B — third time since April

Noontime cloud check

At the grand opening of Banshee

The openings, reopenings and temp closures on one stretch of 1st Avenue

Retail condo at former Streit’s site hits the auction block

Monday's parting shot

Opening the Edge: A new green space for residents along Avenue D

Ground-floor retail now leasing at The Houston (on Houston)

Signage alert: Slik, a Copenhagen-inspired candy and soft-serve shop on 12th Street

Sunday's parting shot

Week in Grieview

Saturday's parting shots

The Tacos Nachos truck on 7th and B

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting shot

Gut check

Openings: B-Side on Avenue C

If it's the middle of November, then it must be time for Christmas trees at Whole Foods Market® Bowery

Friday's opening shot

Thursday's parting Instagram post

Glitter, Grover and good stories: Drag Story Hour returns to the Tompkins Square Library

The Marshal takes legal possession of Baar Baar on 1st Street

TikTok-famous dancers up next at the Orpheum Theatre on 2nd Avenue

This evening in news alerts

Today in craft services

About Banshee, the Irish-leaning bar debuting on 1st Avenue

Signage alert: Afterword Bookshop on 6th Street

Getting to know... Daniel D. Tompkins

Group show 'Persevere' featured now at Theater for the New City

Pop-up food market at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery tomorrow amid SNAP uncertainty

Tuesday's opening shot

Monday's parting shots

No water on 7th Street (but plenty of DEP notices from the de Blasio era)

Get Ready for a 'Furious' week on Avenue A

Jazz landmark alert: The Charlie Parker Residence is for sale on Avenue B

About the new development coming to 20 Great Jones St.

B&H Barber Shop makes the cut on Avenue A

A cafe for 206 E. 6th St.

The Union Square Holiday Market opens (gulp) this week

Sunday's parting shot

Sunday's other parting shot

Week in Grieview

Smash it up: A post-Halloween tradition in La Plaza Cultural

Today in discarded rat heads

A look at 'Loose Change' at C-Squat

Last night's full moon over 2nd Avenue, plus talk of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Friday's parting shot

Another unlicensed smoke shop shuttered after multiagency raid on Avenue B

Blade runners

2 films to see with East Village conncections — 'Bunny' and 'Peter Hujar's Day'

Friday's opening shot

Thursday's parting shot

Thursday's parting Instagram post

'Loose Change' opens Friday at C-Squat

Another collison on Avenue A: Car slams into 2A

Election Day 2025

Planned Parenthood closes its Manhattan Health Center on Bleecker Street

Cauz for Pawz has opened in its new home on Avenue B

After years of dormancy, activity stirs again at 89 1st Ave.

Ramen by Ra returning with a reservation-only space on 1st Street

Pecking order on St. Mark's Place

Reminders: It's Election Day

Monday's parting shot

A bold Merlot theft on Halloween night with notes of mischief

Guilty plea announced in 2023 assault spree that included attack outside Ray’s Candy Store

ABC No Rio's new building reaches the top on the Lower East Side

Sunday's parting shot

Scenes from the final Show Brain concert of 2025 in Tompkins Square Park

Noted

Week in Grieview

Treat yourself to the weekly EVG newsletter this Halloween weekend

Sunday's opening shot

An East Village Halloween — nighttime edition

An East Village Halloween — daytime edition

Campos Community Garden hosts annual Día de los Muertos celebration this weekend

Dig in: A-1 Record Shop rolls out the records for a weekend sidewalk sale

Saturday's opening shots

Friday's parting shot

In 'Season'

There's a Halloween afternoon show in Tompkins Square Park TODAY

Another look at last night's collision on 4th Street and Avenue A

Friday's opening shot

Thursday's parting shot

A close call on Avenue A as a car jumps the curb at 4th Street

Nai to close on Nov. 8 after 15 years in the East Village

Saba Candy & Grocery opens tomorrow (Friday!) on Avenue B

Signage alert: UZ Grill House on 1st Avenue

Wednesday's parting shot

Splints, Scotch tape, and a very determined sunflower on 1st Avenue

Tis the season at Trash & Vaudeville

Farewell to NYC Convenience Gifts (and the hot nuts)

Today in ads for Chanel on Astor Place

Search & Destroy is still Search & Destroy on St. Mark's Place; plus, free babies

About the cardboard graveyard outside Tompkins Square Park

'Ginger Twinsies' ends its run at the Orpheum Theatre

Monday's parting shot

Spider-Man takes a wall on Avenue A

A look at the new housing for Barrier Free Living on 2nd Street

Closings: Paradis To Go on 4th Avenue

Man indicted for random slashing last October on Astor Place

Signage alert on Avenue A

Sunday's parting shot

The horror! The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black in Tompkins Square Park

Week in Grieview

Having a Halloween ball in the schoolyard

Cynthia Nixon and Zohran Mamdani drop by the Meow Mix reunion last night

East Village artist hmac at Orchard Paint Supply

This weekend in free Halloween shows in Tompkins Square Park

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting shot

Night moves

Where to carve and paint pumpkins tomorrow

A voting FYI

Saturday brings fall fairs to 3 East Village schools

Friday's opening shot

All the vendors have left The Bowery Market; future new development in the works?

Free compost giveaway in Tompkins Square Park this Sunday

A Brussels-based nut-butter coffee bar is opening on the Bowery

Meow Mix returns (for a few nights) to the Lower East Side

Giving thanks: A final word on the stranded East River Park squirrels

Great Jones Street co-named in honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Housing lottery underway at 644 E. 14th St.

Japan’s Taishoken Ramen opening 1st NYC location at 92 2nd Ave.

Looking for what's next at the former Rite Aid on 1st Avenue

Monday's parting shot

'Samo Lives' in Tompkins today

At the 35th edition of the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade

After 16 years, Poco is closing on Avenue B and 3rd Street

‘Jean-Michel Basquiat Way’ to be unveiled on Great Jones Street

Marufuku Ramen closes on 2nd Avenue

Signage alert: Coffee Roastery + Workshop on 14th Street

Sunday's parting shot

Photos along 14th Street from yesterday's 'No Kings' protest

Week in Grieview

About a new art show — at a laundromat on 5th Street

Inspiration from a former 7-Eleven storefront

Sunday's opening shot

A day of Honk NYC at La Plaza Cultural

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting shot

Pour some Sugar on me

Aout the Lower East Side Arts & Culture Open House tomorrow

These East Village streets will be closed Sunday for the Halloween Dog Parade

Thursday's parting shot

RIP Spaceman

Stepping into her power: East Village native Laurice Fox brings Big Foot Energy home

The Sabieng Thai won't be reopening; Nounou Noodle Bar on the way

The Bowery gears up for more core work

Wednesday's parting shot

Owner of former P.S. 64 shares first public comments on building’s future

On the CB3 SLA docket in October: A country buffet from the C as in Charlie and Kisa team

Cue the next track: Hi-Note bids farewell (for now) on Avenue B

Signage alert: QQ Nails & Spa on 2nd Avenue

Tuesday's parting shots

Revisiting Britain’s late-night weirdness at Various/Artists on the Lower East Side

CB3 to consider street co-namings honoring Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Jack Kirby

Openings: Shifka on the Bowery

Openings: Zesty Tabbouleh on 2nd Avenue

Monday's parting shot

Work stops, plans change for new building on 1st Avenue and 2nd Street

The last of the East Village Juice Press outposts has closed

Basquiat biopic 'Samo Lives' returns to film in Tompkins Square Park

Former Good Beer space 0n 9th Street may yield a cafe-bar

Signage alerts: More convenience for Avenue B

Week in Grieview

ICYMI: Time Out Market debuts on 14th Street

Saturday's parting shot

Saturday's opening shot

To whom it may 'Concern'

About the annual Garden Party Fundraiser at El Sol Brillante on 12th Street

Thursday's parting shot

Family affair: 30 Years of Exit9 on Avenue A

First wave of artists announced for the 2026 New Colossus Festival

Picture this: A museum devoted to vintage photobooths opening in the Lower East Side

Wednesday's parting shot

New interactive map helps tenants check for lead risks in their buildings

Meet Rhaenys, the new kitty at MJay Convenience

Harvey Epstein seeks feedback on the future of the large dog run in Tompkins Square Park

Signage alert: Jungle Bowls on 6th Street

Here's Jimmy Carter Way

Fundraiser launched for man seriously injured in 9th Street fall

A supermoon warmup

Sixth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D to be co-named Jimmy Carter Way

Workers clear out Chris French Cleaners as demolition looms for corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street

You’ll hardly recognize the former Crocodile Lounge on 14th Street

Kobano has not been open lately on the Bowery

Sunday's parting shots

Oct. 5

Week in Grieview

Save these election 2025 dates

Saturday's parting shot

Diorama season! Miniature magic returns to the corner of 9th Street and Avenue C

Saturday's opening shot

Friday's parting shot

'Begin' the begin

Harvest Fest returns to 6&B Garden for its 42nd year

Pierogi Day returns to East Village Meat Market on Oct. 11

City Fun expands into new 2-story space on 1st Avenue

Thursday's parting shot

At the Francis Kite Club, an evening of music hosted by Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio

Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade returns for its 35th year on Oct. 19

About a book sale outside the George Jackson Academy on St. Mark’s Place

Worker-stewards push back after Bluestockings’ abrupt closure

Rossy’s Bakery & Café is still open (for now) on 3rd Street

Catching up with Bella McFadden of iGirl

Vendors say goodbye to The Bowery Market

Closings: Chakra on 5th Street

Openings: Seald Cafe on 9th Street

6 posts from September

'Bowies Back' history runs through the East Village

Community meeting on the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center

Monday's parting shot

Corner Bistro opens East Village outpost TODAY on Avenue A

Surprise! 10-story condo planned at the former home of Chris French Cleaners

Updated: The Starbucks on 1st Avenue and 13th Street has closed

Hubani, we hardly knew ye