The Astor Place cube, which has been stationary since 2021, is headed to Connecticut for some loving restoration. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Tuesday. The Astor Place cube disappeared ...

Tailgaters. TV crews. Cheering fans. The unusual buzz on Astor Place in the East Village Wednesday morning was for Wegmans, the Rochester-based supermarket chain making its long-awaited Manhattan ...

Residents of the neighborhood petitioned to keep it, and—aside from brief absences—it has lent its solidity and precarious poise to the Astor Place crossroads ever since. In May, 2023 ...

When the popular suburbian grocery store chain Wegmans opened its very first Manhattan location on Astor Place back in 2023, where K-Mart used to be, New Yorkers rejoiced: here was a massive new ...

The Astor Place spot was the chain’s largest location when it opened in 1995 at 4,000 square feet. After Astor Place, Starbucks opened in Times Square in 1996, then the Upper West Side in 1998.