Nabe News
A handy list of recent restaurant closures in the East Village [EV Grieve]
If you live in the East Village, lock your doors. Apparently there’s a “rash of break-ins in the area,” with criminals using “crowbars to pop apartment locks.” Be careful [Blah Blog Blah]
Brokers are now targeting college students because many “off campus” apartments are cheaper than dorms! [Real Deal via Curbed]
The Scarano condo tower versus the adjacent Salvation Army – it’s not even a match. Ironic that drunks are back on the Bowery (of the yuppie/yunnie nature) and the help is now gone [Vanishing NY]
Cemusa claims that New Yorkers like their new bus shelters. I still think the results are skewed, for the company itself conducted the survey, and not a third party [EV Grieve]
The “pee pee phone” in action [Neither More Nor Less]
Recent Stories
The Push to Save New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Building, as LPC Stalls
With plans to close the 165-year-old New York Eye and Ear Infirmary building on Second Avenue, demolition is likely the next step. Preservation-minded groups have been lobbying the city to save the building from possible destruction. Led by Village Preservation, the organization sent a Request for Evaluation letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission on April […]
Excavation Underway on Affordable Grand Street Guild Towers
Work is officially underway on two new towers adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge. On-site excavation has been ongoing for several weeks at Broome and Clinton Streets, yielding plenty of dust and noise for neighbors. Earlier this year, demolition crews razed the two-story parking garage and Little Star early childhood center in the shadow of the […]
Mr. Fong’s Owner Plans All Day Cafe on Hester Street
Another day, another principal of Mr. Fong’s starting a new Lower East Side venture. Aisa Shelley – who co-founded the Chinatown hotspot with Lucas Moran, Noah Shelley, Daniel Eric Gold and Adam Moonves – is headed to 61 Hester Street. The long-inactive storefront previously occupied by L’estudio. There, Shelley will impart an “all day cafe” […]
Truck Hits ‘OhK Dog’ Dining Shed on Ludlow Street
Ludlow Street neighbors began Saturday with the sound of a large crash. It was the sound of the OhK Dog dining shed collapsing to the ground. From what we gather, a truck driver headed southbound on Ludlow struck the popular restaurant’s outdoor annex. No one was hurt in the incident. This was apparently the second […]
New 21-Story Tower Begins Ascent on Market Street
A former Lower East Side parking lot is meeting its skyscraping destiny. Another tower. The through-block parcel on Henry Street, just west of Market, is already on its upward ascent. The new mixed-use development at 59 Henry will ultimately rise 21 stories (227 feet), with 57,395 square-feet of residential floor area and 40,305 square-feet for […]
