Bowery
Services Now Offered to Chinatown Seniors at Confucius Plaza
Posted December 12, 2019 at 5:09 am
A new retirement community program is headed to Confucius Plaza on the Bowery. Earlier this week, Councilwoman Margaret Chin joined Confucius Plaza Management, Hamilton-Madison House staff, and local seniors at the 44-year-old complex to unveil the new Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) entity. The facility is aptly named The Joy Peace Center, and offers social […]
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Bagatelle Managers Seek ‘Highlife’ for the Bowery
Posted December 9, 2019 at 5:08 am
GupShup owner Jimmy Rizvi isn’t headed to the Bowery, after all. His bid for another Indian restaurant at 245 Bowery failed this fall. Rizvi’s application for full liquor was heard by Community Board 3 back in September, but was instructed to return as the application was incomplete and further outreach needed. His no-show one month […]
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Croman’s Amato Opera Building on the Bowery Welcomes ‘Kissaki’ Sushi Next Month
Posted December 6, 2019 at 5:05 am
The onetime Amato Opera on the Bowery – renovated and upscaled years ago – will get a high-end sushi restaurant called Kissaki. Eater reported this week that former Gaijin chef-owner Mark Garcia is behind the 26-seat Omakase venture at 319 Bowery. The Omakase menu will cost $160 for twelve pieces of Nigiri and four kaiseki-style […]
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Burlesque Bar ‘Mister French’ Takes Over Former Rebelle on the Bowery
Posted December 3, 2019 at 5:04 am
A burlesque bar is coming to the Bowery courtesy of a celebrity chef. Iron Chef contestant David Burke is launching Mister French this week at 218 Bowery, in partnership with Redefine Hospitality. The venue takes over from Rebelle, a critics’ favorite which shuttered in 2017 after two short years in business. For the last several […]
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Fourth Fatality in Chinatown Homeless Beatings is Identified
Posted November 25, 2019 at 5:04 am
The city medical examiner last week released from the morgue the final body rendered lifeless in the massacre of homeless men on the Bowery. He was identified as Florencio Moran Camano, whose family in his native Mexico signed off on the release, according to published reports. Camano, 39, was the youngest victim of Randy Santos, […]
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Bowery Building Razed for New Office Development
Posted November 21, 2019 at 5:02 am
The old Bowery tenement that previously housed a restaurant supply company is coming down. In its place, a new five-story office building. Passing by 216 Bowery this week, we spotted half the structure eliminated behind a Black death shroud. Approved permits on file with Department of Buildings indicate that the stout brick tenement at 216 […]
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Construction Resumes at 139 Bowery, Awaiting 14-Story Payload
Posted November 13, 2019 at 5:09 am
There is finally construction activity to report at the 139-141 Bowery development site. The spot has been largely dormant ever since the double-wide walk-ups were summarily razed three years ago. With the area now buzzing, the march toward a fourteen-story future continues. Plans to redevelop the properties, in one form or another, date back to […]
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Homeless Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charges in Chinatown Beating Deaths
Posted November 1, 2019 at 5:02 am
The homeless man accused of bludgeoning to death four other homeless men on the Bowery last month returned to court Monday for the arraignment. Investigators charged 24-year-old Randy Santos with four counts of murder, and one charge of attempted murder (one man survived the beating), for attacking his victims with a three-foot piece of scrap […]
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B Bar on the Bowery Now a Development Site as Owner Sells $59.5M Interest
Posted October 16, 2019 at 5:00 am
Seems fitting that the bar integral to the Sex and the City story will fall victim to the forces of gentrification. B Bar & Grill (aka Bowery Bar) owner Eric Goode – whose hospitality credits also include the Bowery Hotel, Ludlow Hotel, and the Jane Hotel – is apparently co-developing the site for a much […]
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Who will Bury the Unidentified Homeless Victim Murdered on the Bowery Last Weekend?
Posted October 15, 2019 at 5:10 am
New Yorkers awoke ten days ago to shocking news that four homeless men on the Bowery were brutally beaten to death while sleeping by an attacker with a three-foot piece of scrap metal (and another seriously injured). It later came out that 24-year-old Bronx native, Randy Santos, himself homeless, perpetrated the attack, and boasts a […]
