Featured
Parisi Bakery Building on Elizabeth Street Listed for $5.99M
Posted October 29, 2020 at 5:07 am
The NoHo building housing Parisi Bakery is up for sale, and the store may not survive. Robert Parisi – building owner and former head baker of the family business – listed 290 Elizabeth Street on the market. He’s seeking $5.99 million for the seven-unit, mixed-use tenement. Parisi purchased the property in 1983 for $200,000, property […]
Filed Under
Streets
When a Rat Skeleton Falls through Your Ceiling
Posted October 28, 2020 at 5:00 am
This is not a Halloween story, but may as well be. As reported yesterday, deaf and hearing-impaired tenants living at 174 Forsyth Street are demanding remedy for deplorable living conditions. Those affected allege years of neglect that led to extreme disrepair and lack of security, and are holding a press conference this morning to train […]
Filed Under
Streets
Deaf Tenants Allege Years of Neglect and Poor Living Conditions on Forsyth Street
Posted October 27, 2020 at 5:00 am
Deaf tenants in HUD housing on the Lower East Side are organizing to demand better living conditions after years of purported neglect. The buildings comprising 174-184 Forsyth Street were constructed in March 1994 specifically for low-income deaf and hearing-impaired tenants. New York Society for the Deaf owns the six-story, half-block complex, which was financed by […]
Filed Under
Streets
Advertisement
Advertisement
The Shadow of Rezoning Looming over SoHo and NoHo
Last modified October 26, 2020 at 7:23 am
The battle lines are drawn. As Mayor de Blasio embarks on a last-minute gambit to rezone the historic districts of SoHo and NoHo before his term ends, a coalition of community groups and activists are preparing for a battle to prevent the city from pitching the proposal in the name of affordable housing under the […]
Filed Under
Streets
COVID Has Taken Fineline Tattoo, a Lower East Side Institution
Last modified October 23, 2020 at 10:37 am
Oh, COVID/2020, you’re an evil bitch. Come Monday, you will no longer be able to walk into Fineline Tattoo shop. But the owner and legacy keeper, Mehai Bakaty, wants you to know: We are not closing, we are moving. LES STRONG. We will be going back to a private studio next door. Appointment only. Rest […]
Filed Under
Streets
Pandemic Pitch: Essex Crossing Tries to Lease its Office Space
Last modified October 22, 2020 at 9:38 am
One of the crown jewels of the Essex Crossing mega project – namely, 350,000 square-feet of Class A commercial space – is also an Achilles Heel of sorts. And now, a first look. The Commercial Observer spilled ink this week on the challenges of renting this office space during pandemic times, even referring to the […]
Filed Under
Streets
Start of $1.45B East River Park Resiliency Project Delayed
Last modified October 22, 2020 at 9:37 am
The planned demolition of East River Park for the new coastal resiliency project is delayed, the city recently revealed. The initial scope of the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project pegged a start date of September 2020, when areas of the coastline would be roped off ahead of construction. That was the plan through […]
Filed Under
Streets
Elderly LES Woman Lived with Husband’s Corpse for Weeks
Last modified October 21, 2020 at 7:40 am
An elderly woman in the Seward Park Co-op on the Lower East Side had been living with her husband’s rotting corpse for the last two weeks, cops said. Alarmed neighbors yesterday noticed the foul stench wafting through their apartment building at 383 Grand Street and notified the authorities. Police responded at 11:30am and found the […]
Filed Under
Streets
Looking at the Luxury Conversion of the Former Bialystoker Nursing Home
Posted October 20, 2020 at 5:00 am
Conversion of the former Bialystoker Nursing Home is well underway on East Broadway. Work commenced a year ago, but visible progress is now palpable. The landmark building – designated as such in 2013 – is encased in scaffolding, elevator shaft, and cranes, and windows busted out. In the near future, it will yield more luxury […]
Filed Under
Streets
CB3 Committee Approves Grassroots Plan to Save Historic East River Park Buildings
Last modified October 19, 2020 at 5:13 pm
An ambitious grassroots proposal to rehabilitate two endangered East River Park structures received backing from Community Board 3 last week. As previously reported, two Art Deco gems rooted in East River Park were recently deemed eligible for the State and National Registers of Historic Places by the New York State Historic Preservation Office. Both the […]
