Roni Jacobson A 26-year-old man was struck by a Brooklyn-bound F train at the Second Avenue station this morning. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he is “conscious and alert,” according to a police spokesperson. At about 10:30 a.m. the man was walking along the platform when he fell between two cars as the train pulled […]

Daniel Maurer Here’s a bright spot on this gloomy day: the Papaya King we broke news of in March and told you more about last month just got its neon signage. Hot dog!

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Frank Mastropolo Jimi Hendrix There wasn’t any fanfare about it, but the Fillmore East would’ve turned 45 last month. On March 8, 1968, the 2,700-seat concert hall opened its doors with the first of two shows featuring rockers Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, folk singer Tim Buckley and blues guitarist Albert […]

joelogon’s Flickr A toy gun, modeled after the Tec-9. Police confiscated two Tec-9 machine guns from an apartment at 377 East 10th Street and arrested three residents of the building early in the morning on April 1, a police source told The Local. The building on East 10th Street, between Avenues B and C, is a […]

The creators of the “Saved By the Bell” musical are back, and taking aim at the worst movie of all-time.

Scott Lynch Good Morning, East Village. Fifteen people from 13 countries became new U.S. citizens at the Tenement Museum on Tuesday. [The Lo-Down] Sunday night’s season premier of Mad Men portrayed 1960s St. Marks Place as “seedy, home to abandoned buildings, litter-strewn sidewalks and sketchy characters.” [NY Times] Travelers reacted with indignation to a Community […]

Hair Design Ampersand has moved from 240 East Fourth Street to 102 Suffolk Street, doing exactly the opposite of what Spin Hair recently did when it moved from the Lower East Side to the East Village.

Once again, Odessa is cinematic fodder: “Mania Days,” directed by Paul Dalio, was being filmed at the diner earlier today.

Laura Entis Patrick (Paddy) McCarthy Shortly after 2 p.m. today, Nevada Smiths reopened a mere one block from the location that closed nearly a year and a half ago in order to make way for luxury apartments. The exile is finally over. As you can see from our photos, the “football” mecca, now at 100 […]

With warm weather upon us, we asked East Villagers about their spring looks and what winter wear they couldn’t wait to bury in their closet.

Jenifer Rajkumar is running against first-term council member Margaret Chin in the District 1 City Council race. We sat down with her to discuss affordable housing, business improvement districts, and stop & frisk downtown.

Scott Lynch Good morning, East Village. Four young people from Yonkers have been sentenced to between five and 15 years for beating up a person on the Lower east Side in 2010. [The Lo-Down] Previously unseen photos of Madonna at her Lower East Side apartment will be screened at a traveling exhibition scheduled to arrive […]

Michelle Rick The Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved a proposal to add a penthouse to Anshei Meseritz Synagogue, but current and former congregation members remain steadfastly opposed to the plan. At a hearing today, architect Joseph Lombardi presented a proposal that would preserve the facade of the East Sixth Street synagogue, conserve its stained glass, […]

Daniel Maurer During the next days, we’ll be celebrating Spring Things. First up: the return of Manhattan Special to South Brooklyn Pizza. It’s finally iced coffee weather! Strike that: espresso-soda float weather! Back when South Brooklyn Pizza opened its First Avenue location a few years ago, we were gripped by the ultimate sugar rush/caffeine high when […]

Samantha Balaban Town hall meeting last week. New York University trumpeted another “important legal victory” Friday as the New York Supreme Court rejected a request for discovery that brought Matthew Broderick and others to a court hearing in February. As you’ll recall, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the East Village Community Coalition, and […]

Daniel Maurer Haile Bistro Suffering Bastard, indeed? The name of Richard Boccato’s proposed Polynesian spot may have taken on new meaning last night, as the owner of PKNY, a self-declared “native son” of New York, failed to win over Community Board 3’s SLA committee. The storefront at 172 Avenue B has been vacant ever since […]

Joseph Neighbor Alder, chef Wylie Dufresne’s latest venture, has now been open 12 days. That’s a little less than two weeks of frenetic Internet buzz, of outlets like The Local trying to take pictures and ask questions, and long lines of foodies eager to have their conception of pub grub and cocktails deconstructed in delectable […]

NYPD A woman fought off a purse snatcher during the wee hours of St. Patrick’s Day, the police said. The would-be thief, thought to be in his 20s, is said to have confronted the 31-year-old victim as she entered her East Eighth Street building around 3 a.m. on March 17. He forcibly swiped her purse […]