Thousands flocked to Chinatown on Saturday to the post-Sandy revival street fair organized jointly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York. As other organizations like the Chinatown Partnership and Chinatown BID are busy planning their own major relief event to establish a grant fund for small [...]

Sandy washed out the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. But Haitian revelers in Brooklyn were still in the spirit to celebrate Gede, voodoo’s version of the Day of the Dead, which falls on Nov. 1 and 2. Gede is known for its infectious drum rhythms and a dance known as banda. The event was held [...]

  Hardwood floors destroyed by Sandy continue to pile up on E. 11th St., above, and elsewhere in the East Village.

Sure, mints taste good — but are they all kiss-worthy? Promoters of Eatwhatever breath mints took to the streets last Thursday to prove that theirs are the best and easiest way to get “kissable” breath. One guy, above, passing through Washington Square Park that afternoon got a firsthand taste of the action. Unlike run-of-the-mill mints, [...]

The Department of Sanitation mega-garage project, at Spring and Washington Sts., is well underway. Much of its steel superstructure seems to already be in place, leading many onlookers to wonder if it will be opening soon. However, there’s still plenty of work left to do on the supersized Sanitation hub. According to department spokesperson Kathy [...]

  Elected officials and local leaders recently gathered for the ribbon-cutting for the renovated Bleecker sitting area, at Bleecker and W. 11th Sts. From left, assisted by a Parks Enforcement Patrol officer, cutting the ribbon were, Bill Castro, the Manhattan borough Parks Department commissioner; David Gruber, chairperson of Community Board 2; Gail Wittwer-Laird, the project’s [...]

Last month, in The Cooper Union’s Great Hall, the Ninth Precinct Community Council held its annual police officer awards for the East Village precinct. Officers were honored for their heroism, hard work, community service and, above all, keeping the neighborhood safe for residents, merchants and visitors alike.

The Cooper Square Committee held its 53rd anniversary gala and awards ceremony at Colors Restaurant, 417 Lafayette Place, on Oct. 25. Above, honoree Tito Delgado, right, a former tenant of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) and a member of the Seward Park Area Redevelopment Coalition (SPARC), received an “Award of Excellence” plaque from [...]

The new office building going up on The Cooper Union’s former Engineering Building site on Astor Place recently “got glassed!” to borrow one of the favorite hype catch phrases of real estate blogs.  

At the square-block Westbeth Artists Housing complex, at West and Bethune Sts., artists whose works had been stored in basement studios made their best efforts to clean and salvage pieces that had been swamped by Sandy’s salt-water surge. Other assorted evidence of the destruction was also laid out to dry and be cleaned in the [...]