ST woman wins teaching award from New School
Linda Farhood-Karasavva (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel When Stuyvesant Town resident Linda Farhood-Karasavva began teaching English in the 1970s, she spent more of her time...
View ArticleWoman attacked, another robbed in separate incidents near Stuy Town
By Sabina Mollot Cops are hunting two thugs who preyed on women in separate incidents, one an assault, the other a robbery, in the East Village near Stuyvesant Town. In the most recent incident, on...
View ArticleMeet Your Local Farmers: Acevedo Farm at ST Greenmarket
Alexis Acevedo mans the booth for the Goshen-based farm. (Photo by Maya Rader) By Maya Rader Acevedo Farm is the definition of a family farm. The entire operation is run by 16-year-old Alexis Acevedo,...
View ArticleMeet Your Local Farmers: Valley Shepherd Creamery
Daego Albero at the Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket (Photo by Maya Rader) By Maya Rader Daego Albero has been working for the past three months at Valley Shepherd Creamery, a 120-acre sheep farm and cheese...
View ArticleCo-owner of Sigfrido’s retiring after nearly 50 years on First Ave.
Andy Evangelista will retire at the end of this month, after working at his family’s barbershop for almost half a century. (Photos by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel It’s the end of an era...
View ArticleEast 14th Street Target slated to open in 2018
Rendering of Target slated for East 14th Street at Avenue A By Maria Rocha-Buschel Target representatives confirmed this week that a store will be opening in the retail space at the Extell Development...
View ArticleResidents mixed on plan for Target to open on East 14th
Target has signed a lease for a space at what is now a construction site across from Stuyvesant Town. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot Recently, a plan to open a Target store on East 14th...
View ArticleResidents get warning after Stuy Town package thefts
By Sabina Mollot StuyTown Property Services is warning residents to be mindful after a few “isolated incidents” of packages being rifled through and going missing from building hallways. The warning...
View ArticleTenants tell tourists: Take your picnic somewhere else
By Sabina Mollot Last Friday, after word got out about an article suggesting places to visit in New York included a mention of Stuyvesant Town as “a secret picnic location,” a handful of residents...
View ArticleMY DOG SAVED MY LIFE
Cheryl Krist with her husband Joseph and disability dog Bocci, pictured at a Dog Days event in Stuyvesant Town in April (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot For Stuyvesant Town resident Cheryl...
View ArticleMCIs for façade work at Peter Cooper buildings approved
ST-PCV Tenants Association President Susan Steinberg, pictured at a Rent Guidelines Board hearing in June, describes the ways stabilized rents are legally padded until they’re unaffordable. (Photo by...
View ArticleStuy Town’s sports tent won’t return next year
Management cites environmental reasons, but will partner with PSLL on alternate practice location The sports tent at Playground 11 a.ka. The Courts at Stuy Town (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Maria...
View ArticleST service roads getting repaved
The service road along East 14th Street (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot As Town & Village reported last month, the service roads around Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village will be...
View ArticleStuy Town flea market will return on October 1
Stuyvesant Town’s flea market By Sabina Mollot In May, Stuyvesant Town general manager Rick Hayduk said the community’s flea market, last held over a decade ago, would return, though in a much more...
View ArticleCon Ed driver who fatally hit woman from Stuy Town found guilty of careless...
Driver sues DMV over agency taking too long to restore license Four days after Stella Huang was hit by a Con Ed truck in 2013, the area at 16th Street and Avenue C was coned off. At that time, a...
View ArticleThis explosion scared everyone we interviewed, at least a little
Neighbors Ted Goldman and Marshall Blass had differing views. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot After the explosion in Chelsea that injured 29 people, and the arrest of a man believed to be...
View ArticleStuy Town flea market will be postponed until spring
Stuyvesant Town flea market The long awaited return of the Stuyvesant Town flea market will be delayed by several months, management announced on Friday, due to expectations it will rain on Saturday....
View ArticleCrowd comes out for Taste of Stuy Town
Dan and John’s Wings (Photos by Maya Rader) By Maya Rader Last weekend, the weekly Stuyvesant Town greenmarket wasn’t the only way to get fresh food on the Oval. On Saturday, September 24, about 450...
View ArticleStuyvesant Town woman wins ‘Hamilton’ lottery four times
Stuyvesant Town resident Kim Ball takes a selfie with Lin-Manuel Miranda, former “Hamilton” star while waiting on line for the lottery, prior to the line turning virtual. By Kim Ball The genesis of my...
View ArticleLocal pols, Rick Hayduk will speak at Oct. 22 ST-PCV Tenants Association meeting
ST/PCV General Manager Rick Hayduk The Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association will hold an open tenants meeting on Saturday, October 22, at 1 p.m. in the auditorium of IS 104, 20th...
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