HBD Joe Strummer. A Strummer mural has been up here on 7th Street and Avenue A outside Niagara since 2003. (The original created by Dr. Revolt & Zephyr.)

There have been some unfounded rumors that Astor Place Hairstylists had closed, based on the renovations happening in the ground-floor storefront on the SE corner of Broadway and Astor Place. Yesterday, management put up a 'We Are Open' banner. Hours: Daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lidl, the German supermarket chain with 12,000 stores worldwide, is opening a branch on Grand and Clinton on the Lower East Side. The 23,000-square-foot space at 408 Grand St. previously housed a Rite Aid (and is across the street from Trader Joe's and Target).

East Village sunset 9/7/24

93 1st Ave. in the East Village, once home to 3 brightly lit Indian-Bangladeshi spots, is now down to 1. Panna II stopped using the former Milon dining room last month due to a lack of business. Downstairs, Royal Bangladesh closed in 2022. 📷 on 9/20 Stacie Joy

The Darren Aronofsky-helmed crime thriller 'Caught Stealing' w/ Austin Butler, Bad Bunny & Zoë Kravitz provides some 1990s nostalgia in the East Village w/ set pieces recreating Kim's Video & Benny's Burritos. (There are rumors of a Mars Bar coming too!) 📷 by Stacie Joy

New Plaza Cinema Oct 19th, 5PM ((Saturday)) Make Me Famous / 1980s NYC ART-DOC 100% FRESH on Rotten Tomatoes TIX: fandango.com/make-me-famous… RT:🍅 rottentomatoes.com/m/make_me_famo… Make Me Famous Movie - ART documentary

Me during the last 90 minutes of 'Joker 2'

We're joining the the Ottendorfer Library Library, based in the East Village, to celebrate their 140th anniversary. On 10/24, as evgrieve reports, the library is screening three films about the Bowery from the Reserve Film and Video Collection. evgrieve.com/2024/10/at-ott…

Tonight's NYC sunset is READY FOR HALLOWEEN. 📷 from the East Village by Cecil Scheib.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎃🧛‍♂️👻🎃🧛‍♂️👻🎃🧛‍♂️👻🎃🧛‍♂️👻🎃🧛‍♂️👻 One of the best days of the year, if you ask this Candy Man... BE SURE TO COME BY AND SHOW RAY YOUR COSTUME!!! 📸: Photos outside Ray's Candy Store by Lola Sāenz via @EVGrieve from Halloween 2017

Breaking: I spoke to Beatrice and she said the shed will likely be dismantled on Tuesday evgrieve

“These senseless and reckless shootings left two victims significantly injured and put the safety of many New Yorkers at risk.” – D.A. Bragg. Learn more about Waldemar Alverio’s guilty plea for committing two shootings in Tompkins Square Park in evgrieve: evgrieve.com/2025/01/man-pl…

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The crowd today for the Jonas Brothers Jonas Pizza pop-up at Joe's Pizza on 14th Street & 3rd Ave ... in recognition of the Jonas Brothers' 20th year as a band. 📷 Stacie Joy

Spring weather in NYC this weekend...

This flyer looks like a DIY effort to identify a thief in the East Village. However, it's some guerilla marketing campaign for 'Caught Stealing,' the upcoming crime thriller by Darren Aronofsky. The film stars Austin Butler — shown in here. Pic by Stacie Joy.

As a follow-up to the last X post about @CaughtStealingMovie — the trailer just dropped, showing Austin Butler in a variety of trouble in @darrenaronofsky’s crime-thriller, filmed in part in the East Village. youtube.com/watch?v=6mIvD-…

Tenants Taking Control (TTC), the formidable Lower East Side tenant coalition, is demanding a nonprofit preservation buyer for their buildings after living through a long period of instability. Read more about TTC's campaign in the evgrieve! evgrieve.com/2025/06/east-v…

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