Ray LeMoine Between Avenues B and C. Just a couple of days after a 52-year-old man, now identified by police as Arnold Cintron, was shot in the stomach in broad daylight Saturday, an arrest was made 200 miles from where the incident occurred on East Third Street. Authorities tracked the alleged gunman, 44-year-old Jose Cintron […]

An 84-year-old woman perished in an apartment fire near Union Square early this morning, the police said. The fire broke out in a fifth-floor apartment of The Petersfield, at 115 Fourth Avenue, shortly before 12:15 a.m. The woman’s lifeless body was discovered after the blaze was extinguished and paramedics pronounced her dead on the scene, […]

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Ray Lemoine A dozen people were evacuated from a five-story apartment building at 28 Avenue B after debris fell from it shortly before 3:15 p.m. today, the fire department said. The building, between Second and Third Streets, was evacuated after a tenant called to say her walls were cracking, according to one of dozens of […]

Beijing, the Chinese takeout joint we gave you the heads-up on last month, is now open and delivering. At left is our lunch-cam shot of the $7.50 sesame-chicken lunch special, which comes with your choice of soup and, of course, a fortune cookie; you can see the menu on Seamless. Beijing, 223 East 14th Street (near […]

Samantha Balaban 117 Second Avenue Picnic, a restaurant serving “simple American comfort food,” is replacing a Korean pub on the corner of Second Avenue and East Seventh Street. Brianna Myers, the manager and designer of the new restaurant, said the menu would include classics such as meatballs, sandwiches, salad and macaroni and cheese, as well […]

Daniel Maurer CAPTION Police were called to the Starbucks at Astor Place this morning after a suspicious package was discovered there, adding to the tense mood in the wake of the Boston bombings yesterday. The situation was quickly diffused when the customer who had walked away from the worrisome item came back to claim it. […]

Sam Lewontin in action. After countless rehearsals and a victory at the Northeast Regional Barista Competition in February, Sam Lewontin of Everyman Espresso vied for the national title this past weekend. Mr. Lewontin’s regional win afforded him a bye in Thursday and Friday’s preliminary rounds, and he showed up at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center […]

NYPD The police are seeking a man who is said to have inappropriately touched a young child. The suspect, a sketch of whom is shown here, approached a nine-year-old girl and touched her on the buttocks around 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, the police said. He’s thought to be in his 30s or 40s, between 5’8” […]

GammaBlog Good morning, East Village. As you can see above, the former Life Cafe space is getting a new restaurant, Maiden Lane. Michael Natale, who posted interior shots to The Local’s Flickr pool, says it’ll open Wednesday. [GammaBlog] More details have emerged about the dormitory Gregg Singer has proposed for the old P.S. 64 building: […]

Bostonians came together at Professor Thom’s today, visibly rattled by news that explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon had killed two and injured dozens more.

Joanna Marshall The East Village will get its eighth Subway tomorrow morning. Mohammed Matin, owner of the sandwich shop coming to 41 Third Avenue, said it was the “proximity to young people” that sold him on the location between East Ninth and Tenth Streets. Okay, but what about not-so-young folks like David Cross, who just […]

Daniel Maurer Daniel Maurer Work at Amato Opera House The Bowery was abuzz this afternoon, as workers installed a new billboard above B Bar. Say hello to Questlove, folks. On the opposite corner of Bowery and East Fourth Street, scaffolding went up at 3 Cooper Square. The application for the construction permit indicates the owner […]

Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong continue sorting through their archives of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at N.Y.U.’s Fales Library.

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Michael Herman Back in August we told you Ruth Marquez, a longtime Lower East Sider, would bring a deli to the space where Kate’s Joint closed after 16 years. Vella Market opened today at 56 Avenue B, offering organic fare, Latin steam-table food, sandwiches and salads. “We want to offer personalized service,” said Ms. Marquez. “When […]

Ray Lemoine Bracetti Plaza A man was shot on East Third Street this afternoon in one of two incidents that brought ambulances to the block between Avenues B and C. The 52-year-old man was shot around 1:15 p.m. by another man who fled the scene; he was taken to Bellevue Hospital and was not likely […]

In honor of National Grilled Cheese Day, here’s the story of one of the cheesiest couples we know. Adam Schneider and Vanessa Palazio In 2011, Vanessa Palazio and her boyfriend, Adam Schneider, bought a 300-square-foot space in the Lower East Side and opened a grilled cheese shop called Little Muenster. Since then they’ve launched a […]

Daniel Maurer Campos Plaza The District Attorney has indicted 41 alleged members of two East Village and Lower East Side drug trafficking rings. The rings, based out of Baruch Houses and Campos Plaza, sold and delivered crack and cocaine to customers throughout Manhattan, the D.A.’s office said. Officials claim that 33 members of the “Blocc […]