Lower East Side News

Hedy Page – Lower East Side Chronicler – Dies at 96

We first met Hedy Page (also known as Hedy Pagemanski) one fall afternoon in 2014. She had set up a folding chair and easel across from 400-402 Grand St., twin century-old tenements where Trader Joe's and Target are now...

Demolition for Former Essex Street Market Building Draws Closer

You may have noticed some activity in the past few weeks inside the former Essex Street Market building on the north side of Delancey Street. Workers are removing debris from the 1940s-era single story structure, apparently in advance of...

Vladeck Park to Receive City Funding For Much-Needed Face Lift

Mayor Mamdani announced March 5 that 10 neglected New York City parks, including Vladeck Park on the Lower East Side, will receive a total of $50 million for capital improvements. The reconstruction projects are part of the Community Parks...
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Landmarks Commission Will Hear Church of St. Mary Application March 10

Next Tuesday, March 10, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC) will hear an application to designate the Church of St. Mary on the Lower East Side as an individual landmark. Local residents, in partnership with the Lower East Side...

CB3 Will Take Up Future of Essex Market Once Again, This Time with Vendors in Attendance

Last month we reported that Community Board 3 (CB3) had drafted a resolution urging the Mamdani Administration to overhaul management of the Essex Market. The resolution was advanced by CB3's land use and housing committee, but at the full...

CB3 Considers Plea to Overhaul Essex Market Management

Members of Community Board 3 (CB3) next week will be asked to support changes in the management of the Essex Market.
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Met Fresh Supermarket Opening at 7 Madison St. in February

A new Met Fresh Supermarket is opening in a few weeks on the Lower East Side/Chinatown.

Campaign to Landmark Church of St. Mary Inches Ahead

A two-year-old campaign to protect Church of St. Mary (440 Grand St.) as a New York City landmark is picking up momentum. In December, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to add an application for designation to its...

Bistrot Ha Appears to be Close to Opening at 137 Eldridge Street

Local hotspot Ha's Snack Bar looks like they are just about ready to open their new location, at 137 Eldridge (formerly occupied by Lena Wine Bar). They recently teased the new name, "Bistrot Ha" and that it's "coming extremely...
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Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty

Address: 575 Grand Street, #E506 Price: $550,000 Maintenance: $1229.00 Open House: Sunday, September 21, 12:00p-1:00p **All appointments - including Sunday Open Houses - are by appointment only. If you are working with another agent, that agent needs to reach out to make the appointment and is required...
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LES Film Festival’s Summer Series Concludes with Free Screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild

Our friends at the Lower East Side Film Festival have another free and fun film screening coming up at...