The asylum seekers check-in center at the former St. Brigid School on E. 7th St. is the only reticketing center in the five boroughs. Several council members are urging Mayor Adams to alleviate the crunch and open up new centers. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Rivera, 2 Others, Urge City to Open New Migrant Reticket Centers The following letter was sent to the Commissioner of Emergency Management Zach Iscol and copied to Mayor Eric Adams: We write... Voices 26 Jan 2024 | 07:22
A community center called Charas/El Bohio was banished when Gregg Singer bought the former PS 64 for $3.1 million in 1999 and said he wanted to build dorms for Adelphi University on the site. But it never happened and many local activists agitate to bring back the community center. Photo: Brian Berger What’s Next Now That Singer’s Out at Former Charas/El Bohio Center? And Who’s New Owner? It’s the East Village real estate saga that seemed like it would never end: P.S. 64, later the beloved CHARAS / El Bohio... Home 07 Jan 2024 | 07:21
Advocates say that LinkNYC’s futuristic 32-foot tall 5G towers will disrupt the character of historic districts and buildings. ( Credit: NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications) 32-Foot LinkNYC 5G Towers Get Pushback from Historic Preservation Advocates New Yorkers may have seen a new fixture on their sidewalks as of late. At 32 feet tall, with metal columns and slightly translucent... News 24 Nov 2023 | 07:35
Edward Brezinski was a controversial neo-realist artist who was famous in the gritty 1980s downtown art scene in the East Village–but never became a breakout star. Will the indie documentary “Make Me Famous”–directed by Brain Vincent and produced by Heather Spore, a husband/wife theatrical couple–change that outlook posthumously? ( Kathy Dumas) Couple Behind Indie Hit “Make Me Famous” Captures Gritty, East Village Art World of the ‘80s Brian Vincent remembers the first time he saw Heather Spore, the woman who would eventually become his wife and partner,... News 18 Sep 2023 | 12:25
Lorcan Otway and his wife Genie Gilmore in one of their last days behind the counter at the William Barnacle Tavern inside Theatre 80. After running the establishments for decades and living in an apartment upstairs, they were evicted last month by a developer intent on auctioning off the #78 and #80 St. Mark’s Place to satisfy the loan it picked up when the theater filed for bankruptcy. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Curtain Ringing Down on Beloved Theatre 80 as Bankruptcy Auction Begins The final curtain rang down on Theatre 80 last month and the second generation owner Lorcan Otway and his wife were evicted... News 10 May 2023 | 09:03
St. Brigid’s Church, which opened in 1849 and nearly closed in 2007 after the Archdiocese of New York sought to sell it to a developer due to declining parishioners, is holding a Good Friday, stations of the cross procession to the Most Holy Redeemer Church, also in the East Village. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Historic St. Brigid Church holds Stations of Cross Service Across East Village on Good Friday The church of St. Brigid on East 8th Street and Avenue B, which was build by Irish immigrants in 1849 and saved from a wreckers... News 03 Apr 2023 | 09:56
Police shut down an entire city block on East 4th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D on March 23 after a police cruiser was shot at, shattering its windshield. Cops said a suspect was taken into custody and charged but it was not clear if he was the shooter. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Bullets Fly in East Village Triggering Massive NYPD Response, Suspect ID’d There was a massive police response in the East Village March 23 shortly after 8 p.m. after someone fired on a police cruiser,... News 25 Mar 2023 | 09:35
Neighborhood resident Josh Bowen stopped by Ray’s Candy Store the day after he heard of the attack on owner Ray Alvarez, whose store has been an East Village fixture for nearly 50 years. “He’s the equivalent of a saint,” says Bowen as he holds his daughter Billie after stopping by to check up on Alvarez. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Outpouring of Love for 90-year-old East Village Candy Man After Attack by Two Thugs There’s been an outpouring of love from the neighborhood in the days since Ray Alvarez, who has run Ray’s Candy Store in... News 09 Feb 2023 | 04:12
Mikhail Turovsky, “Sunflower Suite 17,” n.d., oil on canvas. On loan from the artist. Photo by Volodymyr Gritsyk. © Mikhail Turovsky. Image courtesy of The Ukrainian Museum The Ukrainian Museum “#Stand with Ukraine!” “Save Ukraine” read two paper signs at the entrance to the Ukrainian Museum, located in the East Village’s... City Arts 21 Apr 2022 | 10:31
Three kids ride their tricycles down a Lower East Side street (1980). Photo courtesy of Alex Harsley Alex Harsley and the 4th Street Photo Gallery Alex Harsley, 83, knows this city. He’s been photographing and documenting life here for most of his life and has even captured... City Arts 19 Feb 2021 | 10:11
After the fire at Middle Collegiate Church on Second Avenue. Photo: Benjamin Morse Fire Damages Historic Church, Women’s Shelter Ash-tinted brick. Scattered, cracked stained glass. Nearly two dozen women, displaced. When the 128-year-old Middle Collegiate... News 11 Dec 2020 | 10:16
The American Folk Art Museum is a destination for ornaments. ( Photo: Christine Wise) Neighborhood Stores Best grocery store GRACE’S MARKETPLACE 1299 Second Ave. 212-737-0600 www.gracesmarketplace.com For more than 30 years, Grace’s... Best of Manhattan 03 Dec 2019 | 05:01
