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Plans Revealed for 100 Essex Street: 99 Apartments, Elevators for Delancey Street Train Station

We’re inching closer to the start of construction of a new residential development at 100 Essex Street, on the site that was ...
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The Ridge Street Apartments, a senior housing development behind St. Mary's Church, is starting to make progress toward its full 16-story height. The project at 145 Broome St. was undertaken by the ...
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Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty

This stunning 2-bedroom apartment that’s ready to be your new home! Bathed in natural light, it boasts breathtaking views of the East River, Williamsburg Bridge, and FDR Park from the living room, ...
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New Museum Announces New Expansion Building to Open March 21, 2026

The New Museum announced today that its 60,000 sq ft building expansion, at Bowery and Prince St., will open to the public on March 21, 2026. They also announced free admission for that weekend. The ...
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Lower East Side Remembers Beloved Bike Shop Owner Frank Arroyo

We’re sad to hear the news that Frank Arroyo, one of the most beloved members of the Lower East Side community, has passed away. There’s been an outpouring of support from the neighborhood on social ...
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Fontana’s Bar is Closing After 12 Years on Eldridge Street

After more than a decade in business on the Lower East Side, the owners of Fontana’s, the Eldridge Street bar and performance venue, have decided to call it quits. Here’s what they told us: We would ...
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Elevator Service for Delancey Street Subway Station; New Housing at Essex Crossing

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber with city officials April 4, 2025 on the Lower East Side. (MTA/Trent Reeves) The local community has been advocating for many years for an elevator at the Delancey ...
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Nonhuman Teachers and Cactus Store Bring HORT/CULTURE Series Back For a New Lower East Side Season

HORT/CULTURE, the salon style “happenings” curated by Cactus Store and Nonhuman Teachers is back on the LES with their monthly live events at Nine Orchard. The Cactus Store is a landscape design ...
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Chinatown’s Chu Family Goes Public With 50 Bowery Hotel Plans

The new 22-story Joie de Vivre Hotel taking shape at 50 Bowery is hard to miss. According to developers, it’s the biggest building to rise in the historic heart of Chinatown since Confucius Plaza was ...
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Lidl Set to Open Discount Grocery at 408 Grand St.

The German discount grocer, Lidl, will be opening a new location at 408 Grand St., in the space previously occupied by a Rite Aid store. Lidl and Grand Street Guild, the nonprofit housing operator ...
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Good Morning!

Andrea DiFiore @andreadifiore62 sent us this photo declaring spring has arrived on the LES. She writes: “The sky always displays drama during and after a rainstorm. Our beautiful Magnolia trees ...
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Memorial Plaques and Other Items From Bialystoker Home Safely Removed For Preservation

Memorial plaques displayed inside Bialystoker Center. Photo by Rich Caplan. The Bialystoker Nursing Home on East Broadway closed more than five years ago, but even after the last patients were ...