Lower East Side Links

–Here’s an overview of the ongoing Two Bridges environmental review and related efforts to rezone portions of Chinatown. [City Limits]

–Madison Realty Capital is poised to take over Raphael Toledano’s troubled East Village buildings. [The Real Deal]

–Today the mayor will dedicate the city’s new ferry service, which kicks off May 1 with service to the Rockaways, and next year with a stop on the Lower East Side. [NY1]

–Caroline Weaver, owner of CW Pencil Enterprise on Forsyth Street, says people are, “craving the feeling of doing something by hand.” [Channel 2]

–At the Seward Park Library this morning at 11: Classical guitar works composed by Latin American composers, performed by guitarist Josué Pagán. [Facebook]