Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLPProposed changes to the north side. After an initial disapproval from the Department of Buildings, a plan to turn the former P.S. 64 building into dorms has gotten its first nod of support from Community Board 3. On Wednesday the Landmarks subcommittee voted to support developer Gregg Singer’s application for a Certificate of […]

Konstantin Sergeyev The cause of a fire that totaled a 2012 Volvo and a 1990s Honda Civic early Saturday is still unknown, according to a police source. The blaze in front of 606 East Ninth Street (the former P.S. 64 building) was called in at 1:24 a.m. Saturday and extinguished by 1:45 a.m., according to Jim […]

An outpost of Organic Avenue, a chain with several locations around town, is setting up shop at 30 Third Avenue, which was vacated by STA Travel last summer.

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Mel Bailey Mel Bailey Maybe you noticed that red-and-white truck blaring music at Astor Place today? Uniqlo launched its “UT 2013” campaign this week and its “truckshop” made a pit stop in the East Village. The truck houses the brand’s limited-edition spring “collab” t-shirts, and a changing area where customers can try on the goods. […]

Lila Selim Rosie Mendez (center) at press conference. Members of the city council are calling on the New York City Housing Authority to submit to a standardized public review process as it moves ahead with its plan to lease parking lots and playgrounds to private developers. But today the agency rejected that idea, fueling accusations […]

When the seventh annual Anarchist Book Fair kicks off tomorrow at Celemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, interviewers will ask attendees “What does anarchy mean to you?” so their answers can be compiled into a zine or book. “The vision is to understand what anarchism means to the individual as well as groups of people. Because […]

Why did the pizzeria move from its longtime home on Avenue B. You guessed it: the rent went up.

Scott Lynch Good morning, East Village. Jim Gaffigan, no stranger to the neighborhood, made a surprise appearance at EastVille Comedy Club last night. Among other things, he spieled about Whole Foods: “There should just be a garbage can at the entrance with a $ sign on it.” Todd Barry returns to the club’s stage tonight, […]

Kavitha Surana SLA offices The State Liquor Authority has denied a full liquor license to an East Villager hoping to open a Latin bistro on the Lower East Side, handing another victory to a group fighting rampant nightlife in the neighborhood. About 30 people appeared at the liquor authority’s Harlem offices today to support Jose Rodriguez […]

Elderly residents are worried they’ll be left in the lurch when Peter Stuyvesant Station Post Office moves to a smaller location next year.

Rosie Mendez and Margaret Chin are calling on the New York City Housing Authority to improve community outreach as it goes forward with a plan to lease land to private developers. At a press conference tomorrow, the City Council members will demand more time before a Request For Proposal is released, so that residents can […]

Furious renovations are taking place as Chef John Daley aims to open his first solo venture, New York Sushi Ko, in about five weeks.

“The neighborhood has been gone already,” says the president of CHARAS, an East Villager since 1958. “It’s been gentrified.”

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Developer Gregg Singer says it’s “just part of the process.”