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NYC ID Enrollment Site Pops Up in East Village, Hit It Before the Goodies Are Gone

idnyc_frontIf you’re a downtowner who’s been lazy about trekking uptown to get a city ID card, heads up: an IDNYC enrollment site is popping up at Middle Collegiate Church during the last three weeks of December.

You’ll want to move on this, too: December 31 is the last day you’ll be able to sign up for free year-long memberships at 33 museums and cultural institutions. After you’ve snagged the card, you’ll have to apply separately with each place for membership, but it’s worth it. Perks include discounted tickets at the Public Theater, 20% off food and drink at Joe’s Pub and The Library, half off movie tickets and same-day tickets to performances at BAM, and free admission to The Met, MoMA PS1, and Brooklyn Museum.

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Shane Covey Opens a New Seafood Spot, Down the Block From Upstate

The bar at Edwin and Neal's. (Credit: Joshua Alvarez)

The bar at Edwin and Neal’s. (Credit: Joshua Alvarez)

“Before opening a new restaurant you need a bottle of aspirin and your wife’s permission, which can take a few weeks and is sometimes harder to secure than a loan,” Shane Covey said to laughs. Covey was seated at Edwin and Neal’s, a seafood restaurant he’s opening on East 6th Street, just a shell’s throw away from his First Avenue oyster bar, Upstate.

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Bushwick Gets a ‘Generator’; Turkey’s Nest Pranks Patrons

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

Yesterday morning a man suffered a broken arm when he was hit by an M22 bus while crossing Madison Street on the Lower East Side. [DNA Info]

Five warehouses clustered around 215 Moore Street will become a collection of office spaces known as the “Bushwick Generator.” [The Real Deal]

Turkey’s Nest Tavern on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg pranked patrons into thinking that is would soon be replaced by a restaurant called Fu-Manchu’s Sushi Palace. [Gothamist]

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Stabbing Near Wilson Ave Station; Woody Allen Mosaic on the LES

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

Yesterday afternoon a 27-year-old man was stabbed multiple times near the Wilson Avenue L train station. He was hospitalized in stable condition. [NY Daily News]

Police officers, FBI agents, medics and more staged an anti-terrorism drill at the Bowery subway station yesterday, observed by Mayor de Blasio. [The Lo-Down]

Bushwick has witnessed a recent increase in gun violence, according to police. [The Brooklyn Ink]

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Sheldon Silver Asks For Acquittal; $2.1 Million Condo in Greenpoint

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

Yesterday former state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver submitted paperwork asking a judge to acquit him of corruption charges. [NY Daily News]

A developer who paid $10 million for 260 Bowery plans to build this eight-story condominium in it’s place. [Commercial Observer]

On West Street in Greenpoint, the forthcoming condominium The Gibraltar will have the one of the most expensive penthouses in the nabe. [Curbed NY]

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Richard Kern Revisits New York Girls, Feels ‘a Little Pervy Now’

Amy With Cigarette, 1993 photo by Richard Kern (Courtesy of the Artist and Marlborough Broome Street, NY)

Amy With Cigarette, 1993 photo by Richard Kern (Courtesy of the Artist and Marlborough Broome Street, NY)

To honor the 20th anniversary of New York Girls and the re-release of Richard Kern‘s first book, the East Village photographer and Cinema of Transgression filmmaker is running two concurrent gallery shows– one is in Chelsea and the second opens tonight at Marlborough Broome on the Lower East Side. I stopped by the gallery yesterday to check out the photos and speak with Kern.

“It was so long ago, almost seems like somebody else did it,” he laughed. “It was definitely a different time period.” When I arrived, I found Kern sitting quietly at the front desk. I was late but, as he explained later, I’d given him a chance to catch up on Instagram.

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La Esquina Is Cornered By La Esquina, Changes Its Name

East Village Burrito and Bar. Formerly known as La Esquina Burrito and Bar. (Credit: Joshua Alvarez)

East Village Burrito and Bar. Formerly known as La Esquina Burrito and Bar. (Credit: Joshua Alvarez)

We definitely did a double take earlier this year when Cafe Figaro became La Esquina Burrito & Bar. The logo of the new Mexican joint on the corner of 10th Street and First Avenue had a red-and-green color scheme similar to that of La Esquina, the perennial Nolita hotspot.

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4 St. Marks, Home of Alexander Hamilton Jr. and Now Trash & Vaudeville, Is For Sale

(Courtesy Eastern Consolidated)

(Courtesy Eastern Consolidated)

The former home of Alexander Hamilton’s son, which (for now) houses punk couture shop Trash & Vaudeville, can be yours for a mere $11.9 million. The four-story Federal-style building at 4 St. Marks Place promises “significant future upside,” according to a press release that touts the East Village’s new dorms, offices, and “wide array of hip restaurants and retail shops.”
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Oil-Spill Money Goes to Eco-Schools; French Bakery Opening On E 13th

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

A Williamsburg pedestrian was seriously injured last night after he was hit by a cab. [JP Updates]

Yesterday employees from around Brooklyn gathered in Williamsburg to march on National Wage Theft Day. [News 12 Brooklyn]

The five-story tenement building at 281 Grand Street recently sold for $12.3 million. [Bowery Boogie]

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