Stephen Rex Brown The incident occurred at the Lower East Side II Houses.Five people taking target practice with a BB gun on Friday night were arrested for accidentally shooting a passerby in the leg, police reported.
The 44-year-old victim told the police that she was walking by 716 East Sixth Street at around 8:15 p.m. when she was struck, according to an NYPD spokesman. Police then canvassed the area and found a broken window on the third floor of the building between Avenues C and D, as well as a bottle on the windowsill, leading them to conclude that an errant BB had struck the woman.
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C Ceres MerryGood morning, East Village.
The Daily News reports that three First Avenue teenagers were arrested for walking across a beam of the Williamsburg Bridge early Saturday morning.
According to The Post’s crime blotter, a man posing as a real estate agent showed off an East Third Street apartment and pocketed $3,575 from two victims who thought they had snagged the digs.
EV Grieve notices a sign indicating that an outpost of the organic hamburger chain BareBurger is coming to the former Sin Sin space.
In addition to the mint trash bags we told you about, a baiting station is now being used to fight the Tompkins Square Park rats, EV Grieve notices.
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Photographer David Schmidlapp shares photos (his own as well as a couple by Marlis Momber) from the archives of El Jardin del Paraiso on East Fourth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D, where he has volunteered for nearly 30 years. His work can currently be seen in the Nepenthes New York Gallery on 38th Street.
Marlis Momber The garden in the winter of 1982 or 1983.They demolished a lot of buildings in the neighborhood around the mid-1970s. This is how it looked east of First Avenue back then. You could see all the way to Seventh Street, and from Seventh Street you could see all the way to the Con Edison plant. There was plenty of parking back then. Read more…
Stephen Rex Brown Bad news for lovers of $3 Schaefer and cigarettes.Falling bricks from a neighboring building have forced the International Bar to close its backyard, eliminating a haven for locals who enjoy cigarettes with their cheap beer.
According to a spokesman for the Department of Buildings, an inspector slapped the bar with the vacate order last month after noting the plummeting masonry from 93 East Seventh Street.
A bartender at the popular dive told The Local over the phone that the blocked backyard was only temporary, and that any barflies who were looking to drink outdoors should go to sister bar the Coal Yard nearby. Read more…
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The barbecue and Southern-grub restaurant that Curtis Brown, a former chef at Bubby’s, is opening with Dov Charney as a backer is set to open for dinner service on Monday of next week, with brunch service launching that Saturday and Sunday. The Local stopped by The Cardinal just moments ago and found artist Sam Meyerson painting the North Carolina flag, a nod to Mr. Brown’s home state. As indicated on the menu below, sandwich and salad service will run from 4 p.m. till 6 p.m. The full dinner menu will be served from 6 p.m. till midnight on weekdays, until 1 a.m. on Saturdays, and till 11 p.m. on Sundays. The bi-level space is still coming together, but the above slideshow should give you a sense of what’s in store. Read more…
Check out Fast Company’s Co.Design blog for some photos that Peter Ross took of possessions that were left, after the death of William S. Burroughs in 1997, inside of the Beat guru’s Bowery apartment, known as “The Bunker.” You may have seen these before, but if you haven’t, they’re on view at the Conde Nast building until Monday.
When rompers started appearing on the runway last spring, we thought they’d be on the clearance rack by now. But boy, were we wrong. In between the rain these last few days, The Local hit the pavement to scope out the East Village’s take on the trend. What we found: The one-piece is here to stay.
First Vandaag loses its chef, and now Northern Spy Food Co.‘s co-owner Christophe Hille tells Eater that chef Nathan Foot has left “to pursue other projects.” So will the interim chef Brittanny Anderson be nicer about cooking the lamb burger medium-well?
People are judging you everywhere you go. Do you have visible panty lines? Are you paying for that in all pennies? Who actually wears those shoes with individual toes?
You’d think in a world full of judgment, that at least the supermarket would be a safe place, but it isn’t. People are peering into your basket left and right and scoffing at your Muscle Milk or chocolate-covered edamame. You can tell a lot about a person based on what is in their grocery basket. I’m not sure what it says about me, but sometimes I look down at my own basket and all I see is various cheese products. While my basket clearly communicates that I like coagulated milk, most baskets tell more of a story about those who carry them. Here’s some baskets and their owners to avoid:
Bomb Shelter Bro (see photo above) – It’s good to date a planner, but dating someone who is always preparing for the next apocalypse is just a bad plan. A good test to know if they’re for you, is to picture them eating canned baby corn. If you’re still attracted to them, then you’re on your own on this one. Read more…
Stephen Rex Brown Only on St. Marks Place.Good morning, East Village.
The Lower East Side’s most deadly street tragically reaffirmed its reputation yesterday, as a cyclist was killed at Delancey and Chrystie Streets. The Lo-Down reports that the rider was turning at around 6 p.m. when he lost control of his bike and fell under a cement truck. Earlier this month, we noted that the Lower East Side has the most dangerous intersections for cyclists of any neighborhood in Manhattan, with most of them on Delancey Street.
The Observer discovers that model and MTV personality Alexa Chung has purchased a one-bedroom apartment on East Third Street.
According to The Villager, two brothers have made a documentary about the neighborhood hip-hop scene during the seventies and eighties. “No Place Like Home: The History of Hip Hop in the Lower East Side” will screen at Clayton Patterson’s gallery next Sunday. A coloring book of Lower East Side personalities is also in the works.
Kristy Leibowitz The Hole, an art gallery at 312 Bowery run by former Deitch Projects curator Kathy Grayson, has hired a “curating duo” to take its art beyond its gallery walls. Yesterday, Laura O’Reilly, 25, and Derrick B. Harden, 30, hosted the opening of what they call “The Hole Pop Up,” at the Cappellini store in SoHo. The show, “Christmas in the Summer,” will be up till at least Monday, and consists of four works of art created by Ms. Grayson. All of them are oil paintings of “pixel distortion” images created from YouTube videos, but that’s not the interesting part: The interesting part is that none of the works are visible, since they are hidden inside of gift wrapping.
Last night, a MP3 audio tour of the show gave attendees a sense of what was behind the wrapping. “This was a painting based on an image manipulated from the 2003 Australian Open,” Ms. O’Reilly explained on one track. “It’s a profile of Serena [Williams] bobbing back and forth, awaiting a serve.” However, buyers won’t be able to unwrap their purchases and see what they’ve bought until they write a check. (The paintings range from $1,800 to $4,000, and Ms. O’Reilly says two of them have already been put on hold.) Read more…
Stephen Rex Brown Robert Campbell. A handicapped resident of the Lillian Wald Houses says his apartment is in such a sorry state that it is literally killing him.
Robert Campbell is a burn victim who sleeps on a couch because his roughly 9-by-11-foot apartment doesn’t have room for an electric bed that would allow him to sleep on an incline, as ordered by doctors. He says odors from a dumpster beneath his 12th-floor studio hurt his lungs, which were severely damaged by an electrical fire in 1988. The blaze burned over 80 percent of his body and resulted in numerous surgeries and the amputation of fingers on his left hand. His doctors have implored the New York City Housing Authority to put him in a three-room apartment since 2003, because even the pilot light in Mr. Campbell’s oven hurts his skin.
“I just want to get in a proper apartment and have this nightmare be over with,” said Mr. Campbell, 58. “I’ve never lived like this before.” Read more…
Two of Frederick Twomey’s neighborhood spots have closed. Zagat reports that the First Avenue location of Bar Carrera, with its tasty cucumber sangria, is a goner (the West Houston Street location remains open) while Grub Street, following intel from EV Grieve and Neighborhoodr, discovers that Veloce Pizzeria is relocating to midtown. Bar Veloce remains open.
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Ajay Naidu uses his St. Marks Place apartment for more than just people-watching: It’s prominently featured in the actor’s directorial debut, “Ashes,” which screens tonight at the New York International Latino Film Festival. The walk-up (Mr. Naidu’s home since 1995) is where the character he plays, Ashes, tends to his schizophrenic brother, Kartik (played by Faran Tahir of “Iron Man” notoriety) and where Kartik awkwardly courts a similarly troubled woman, Bettina (played by another East Village resident, Piper Perabo).
Mr. Naidu said that he decided to set “Ashes” in the East Village circa 2006, in part because at the time “there was a vast dichotomy of wealth distribution that made it possible for people to slip through the cracks.”
Add to that, the character of the neighborhood: “There was a more personal feeling to the Village,” said Mr. Naidu. “It felt more like a neighborhood as opposed to a place where a bunch of young rich people came and bought a piece of the charm.” Read more…
Presenting Neighborhood Appeal, in which Villagers share their go-to spots and we appeal to readers to add their own. Today, Chicago transplant Katie Olson tells us where she likes to take her out-of-town visitors. We’re adding her recommendations to Foursquare, because – that’s right! – The Local is now on Foursquare. Just click the “Follow” button on our shiny new page and every time you “check in” at spots like the ones below, you’ll get tips from notable locals like Rachel Dratch and Christina Tosi; and from our savvy and sundry commenters and contributors, like restaurant guru James Traub. After you’ve pondered Katie’s list below, make your own additions in the comments and we’ll add those to our Foursquare page, too.
I moved to the East Village from Chicago last spring and as soon as summer came around, so did the visitors. Before I knew it, I had the tour down: walk across the Brooklyn Bridge; have a picnic in Central Park; walk through SoHo, the West Village and Little Italy, etc. I still love exploring the city, but my favorite part of having friends visit is showing them the neighborhood that I now call home. The East Village has a lot to offer, of course, and I always make a point of trying new things with out-of-towners; but I do have a few staples I take most of them to. As you’ll soon notice, my friends never go hungry. Read more…
Clint McMahon Good morning, East Village.
EV Grieve reports that roast-beef joint Bowery Beef is likely leaving the Bowery Poetry Club, where owner Bob Holman has taken over booking.
Flaming Pablum shares a clip of Cro-Mags vocalist John “Bloodclot” Joseph leading his tour of the East Village. Mr. Joseph promises, “It’s the only place you can hear about murders, drugs, and vegan food all on the same tour.”
According to East Village Eats, Casimir’s new owner Mario Carta has started a brunch deal that gets you bottomless mimosas and Bloody Marys for $19.95.
An episode of “Let Them Talk” just posted to YouTube features playwright Juan Valenzuela recalling the glory days of the Nuyorican poetry movement. Along with Pedro Pietri, Mr. Valenzuela led the Latin Insomniacs Motorcycle Club.
Tompkins Square Park Playground and Parents’ Association The truck carrying 5,000 mint-scented trash bags arrived at Parks Department offices in Lower Manhattan this morning.A truckload of mint-scented trash bags have been donated to the Parks Department in the latest volley in the ongoing war against the rats of Tompkins Square Parks.
A spokesman for the Tompkins Square Park Playground and Parents’ Association, which secured the 5,000 minty bags, said that Mint-X recently made the offer to donate all the bags after seeing all the publicity the rats were attracting.
“If the rats don’t touch it, the Mint-X guy is looking at a big purchase from the city,” said the spokesman. “I’m hopeful that they’ll work.” He added that the bags should be in trash cans at Tompkins Square Park today. Read more…
If “Lines” doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, ArtsBeat has posted reviews of a couple of other local productions. Andy Webster ponders “Le Gourmand, or Gluttony!”, a “fanciful operetta about the 18th- and 19th-century food critic Grimod de la Reynière”; and Jason Zinoman thinks that, owing to the “majestically silly” performance of Harriet Harris, “Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)” could be the Fringe Festival‘s next breakthrough hit à la “Urinetown.”
Where Should You Take Those Out-of-Towners?
