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09/08/2022

The “great” one returns to the Bowery after months under renovation.

Chinatown mainstay, the iconic Great N.Y. Noodletown, reopened this week after months of extensive renovations. The local eatery now sports a newer, modern look at the corner of Bayard Street and the Bowery. Yet, despite the makeover, the menu remains unchanged, still dishing up wonton noodles with....

09/07/2022

Tracing the evolution of the Hell Square nickname on the Lower East Side.

These days, the “Hell Square” nickname has a pretty firm footing in the Lower East Side lexicon. There’s simply no other way to describe the physically exhausted real estate bounded by Houston/Delancey and Allen/Essex. True, we did not coin the designation, but admittedly employ it...

09/06/2022

The Delancey Street Burger King is back … and scrubbed.

Burger King on Delancey Street is back. Talk about a whopper of a 180. This Lower East Side outpost had been a devolving eyesore ever since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. It all started when a westbound SUV ended up in the dining room of the establishment. Boards went in, and graffiti [&he...

09/01/2022

An impressive milestone for the Lower East Side Ecology Center, even while in exile.

The Lower East Side Ecology Center this month marks a major milestone. Thirty-five years of urban sustainability in the neighborhood. The nonprofit began life in Alphabet City, 1987. For the last year, however, the Ecology Center has been headquartered inside the original park house in Seward Park,....

08/31/2022

Not too surprising if proven true.

It’s a game of pharmacy switcharoo at 408 Grand Street. The Rite-Aid at the corner of Clinton Street closed back in May. Its replacement is likely more of the same. Word on the street is that Walgreens is set to take over the vacated pharmacy. Which would also make sense given that prescriptio...

08/30/2022

Essex Crossing gets a vet clinic.

Bond Vet – a female-led veterinary urgent care option for pets – is nearing debut on the Lower East Side. The company signed a lease at 242 Broome Street in Essex Crossing, a space that had been predominantly vacant since the fourteen-story host building was erected five years ago (with the exce...

08/24/2022

The results are in.

A coveted congressional seat in the heart of New York City – the 10th District, which includes the Lower East Side – attracted six contenders to run in the Democratic primary yesterday. The victor in the contest for the party nomination is Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who hel...

08/23/2022

J. Crew for the Bowery!?

Mall fashion is headed to the Bowery. Drying a corner spot that’s been a bar for decades. An informant spoke to contractors at 316 Bowery – last occupied by Saxon + Parole – who together confirmed that J. Crew is readying the space for a new store. Build-out just recently began ons...

08/22/2022

What’s becoming of Forlini’s on Baxter Street.

With old-school red sauce joint, Forlini’s, gone nearly six months, the proposed nightclub taking its place is already ruffling local feathers. According to liquor license application materials on file at Community Board 3, the incoming restaurant at 91-93 Baxter Street will be helmed by two D...

08/19/2022

Bilingual signs returning to Chinatown.

The Department of Transportation yesterday began replacing bilingual street signs around Chinatown that had been removed for reasons such as damage or construction projects. Crews showed up early on Mott Street to install a missing sign at the corner of Mosco, then proceeded to other spots in the ne...

08/19/2022

The preservation push is heating up.

With plans to close the 165-year-old New York Eye and Ear Infirmary building on Second Avenue, demolition is likely the next step. Preservation-minded groups have been lobbying the city to save the building from possible destruction. Led by Village Preservation, the organization sent a Request for E...

08/17/2022

Broome Street is becoming a canyon of glass.

Work is officially underway on two new towers adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge. On-site excavation has been ongoing for several weeks at Broome and Clinton Streets, yielding plenty of dust and noise for neighbors. Earlier this year, demolition crews razed the two-story parking garage and Little S...

08/15/2022

Some major heft coming to Henry Street.

A former Lower East Side parking lot is meeting its skyscraping destiny. Another tower. The through-block parcel on Henry Street, just west of Market, is already on its upward ascent. The new mixed-use development at 59 Henry will ultimately rise 21 stories (227 feet), with 57,395 square-feet of res...

08/10/2022

The space has been vacant for years.

Stanton Social has been in the grave for nearly four years. Now, its former home is back on the market. The two-story building – located at 99 Stanton Street in Hell Square – carries an asking price of $5.9 million. B6 Real Estate Advisors is listed as the exclusive brokerage for the pro...

08/10/2022

Some changes on Orchard Street.

The Tenement Museum is amidst a preservation project at 97 Orchard Street, but will continue its programming with replicas not too far away. The 1863-era tenement this past Sunday embarked on “vital” restoration work to preserve its walls, floors, roof, as well as the installation of a n...

08/09/2022

Owners behind Gertie are headed to Market St. for a new restaurant.

Huertas and Gertie meet for Jackie. That is the narrative for a new restaurant in Two Bridges that features the owners behind both aforementioned establishments. Indeed, Nathan Adler and Rachel Jackson (principals behind Brooklyn’s Gertie) are planning a new Italian-American restaurant at 42 M...

08/08/2022

Trash everywhere you look.

The Lower East Side, whose residents are struggling amidst sanitation budget cuts, under-maintained restaurant sheds, and absent landlords and/or vacant leaseholders, suffer the scourge of refuse. One Rivington Street resident walked much of the length of the east-west stretch to find...

08/05/2022

MLS star Kyle Martino want to open a soccer bistro on Chrystie St.

A former professional soccer player for Major League Soccer is planning a nightspot inspired by the sport on Chrystie Street. Kyle Martino, who split seven seasons as a midfielder for both the Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy, is currently reading No One Home. The principal describes the busines...

08/05/2022

Kids packing heat at the PUBLIC.

Four teens were busted with three loaded guns inside the PUBLIC Hotel this week. Jarell Swan (19), Anton Philips (18), Linwood Spruill (18), and an unidentified 15-year-old boy were arrested at the swanky, 28-story Chrystie Street lodge on Wednesday, and charged with weapons possession. The four fri...

08/03/2022

Hotel Chantelle is here to stay.

Twelve years later, Hotel Chantelle is solidifying its presence on the Lower East Side. The popular nightclub just bought its longtime home. We’re told that the lease on the space expired, and Hotel Chantelle decided to purchase 92 Ludlow Street outright. Price tag for the acquisition, includi...

08/02/2022

A new legal challenge to end the “temporary” Open Restaurants program.

A contingent of New Yorkers last week filed an Article 78 lawsuit to end renewals of the emergency executive orders that authorize the temporary Open Restaurants program, and to end its operation altogether. On the heels of news last spring that the State Supreme Court nullified any path to permanen...

08/01/2022

Zarin’s old basement storeroom might become a 2-lane bowling alley nightspot.

An element from the crew behind Mr. Fong’s is planning to impart a subterranean bowling alley nightspot on Grand Street. In the basement of the Zarin building at Orchard. Application materials submitted to Community Board 3 for a liquor license reveal a concept called Two Snakes. The converted...

07/29/2022

The candy store celebrates 85 years on the Lower East Side. Celebration is tomorrow.

Economy Candy this year celebrates a big birthday, and it’s joining a host of local businesses and candy brands to fete itself. The iconic candy shop returned from its pandemic slumber in the fall of 2021, along with a store reconfiguration. And now, at 85-years-old, throwing a huge block part...

07/28/2022

A casualty on Clinton Street.

After a near-two-year run, Ooh La La is saying ta-ta to Clinton Street. The cafe, which initially opened at Clinton in December 2020, officially closed back on July 10. Done in by the coronavirus, and but a small blip in the retail history at this address. Its predecessor was Cocoa Bar, the local fa...

07/28/2022

A lot to live up to with that name.

The other half of the former Friedman’s on Grand Street is now occupied. Earlier this month, a generic Italian ices operation took hold in the eastern half of the 357 Grand storefront. And soon, you’ll have an opportunity to pair that dessert with fried chicken, as the vacancy adjacent w...

07/27/2022

In case you were wondering.

You may have noticed the arrival of several anti-gun advertisements on Lower East Side bus shelters of late. The output – all being fake – is the product of one rebel-rouser. Over the last several years, these seemingly accurate ads have provided commentary on controversial mainstream st...

07/26/2022

Russ & Daughters revives its Orchard Street cafe.

After teasing a return for the better part of the last three months, Russ & Daughters finally relaunched the cafe. The Orchard Street eatery reopened yesterday for business, capping a two-year stint on the pandemic-fueled sidelines. The cafe is accommodating walk-ins only. No reservations. & #822...

07/25/2022

A domestic dispute turned violent on Delancey.

A man shot his pregnant girlfriend’s sister during an argument outside the Holiday Inn on Delancey Street, police said. The shooting transpired Friday evening near the corner of Suffolk Street. The man and a woman were reportedly arguing outside about her recently learning she was pregnant, an...

07/22/2022

Man was slashed several times in the station.

A male straphanger was slashed in an early-morning attack yesterday at the Delancey-Essex Subway Station. Cops said that the Transit Bureau received a call at approximately 5:30am after a man was reportedly slashed multiple times in the station. The victim sustained severe, albeit non-life-threateni...

07/21/2022

Deaf tenants on Forsyth are suing over audio only alarm systems.

Deaf tenants in HUD housing on the Lower East Side are filing a class action lawsuit after years of purported neglect. The crux of the complaint – which will reported be filed this week in Brooklyn’s federal court on behalf of Elewood Torres – is the alarm systems in the buildings....

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