Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Members of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver’s Mobile District Office made their annual trip to Ahearn Park, at the corner of East Broadway and Grand Street yesterday afternoon. Residents let the speaker’s representatives know what issues they face in the neighborhood and get information that may be useful to them or their fellow neighbors.

You might not realize it, but you owe quite a debt of gratitude to Schott Brothers.  Next time you zip up one of your jackets, know that it was Schott who pioneered the concept.  The American clothing company first planted roots in the Lower East Side in 1913, and has quite a unique history.

At roughly 9:15 pm on May 14, 2009, a fire sparked to life inside the Hong Kong Supermarket at 109 East Broadway.  Hours later, the beloved neighborhood marketplace and two tenement buildings – 107 and 109 – were consumed by the flames.  In those ensuing weeks, the blaze site was quickly cleared away, and has [...]

One unit inside the Jewish Daily Forward condo building at 175 East Broadway is now available…to rent.  Just last week, a listing recently surfaced on Halstead via Craigslist for a one-bedroom apartment on the fourth floor.  And we’re still scratching our heads at the asking price – $3,300!

Police are searching for a forty-something man wanted for sexually assaulting a young girl (age 9) in the New York Public Library branch at 192 East Broadway.  The crime reportedly occurred last Thursday at approximately 5 pm.

With a surefire name like Kung Fu Bing, and a kitchy panda mascot to boot, we figured the fast food franchise would last longer than just eight months.  Especially given their delusions of grandeur about opening eighteen more outposts citywide.  As it happens, the Chinatown location at 79 Division Street recently shuttered.