Yonah Schimmel, 137 East Houston.
Here’s a follow-up on the situation at Yonah Schimmel, the century-old knishery at 137 East Houston Street. Co-owner Ellen Anistratov told us the big East Houston Street reconstruction project has been devastating to her business, which is heavily reliant on customers driving to the store. Now we hear the city has worked out a temporary solution.
As we reported yesterday, City Councilmember Margaret Chin’s office has been trying to help Yonah Schimmel and had been in contact with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Design and Construction, which is overseeing the street project. . A short time ago, her communications director, Kelly Magee, told us the city plans to establish two temporary 8 a.m.-6 p.m. “no parking” spaces on the east side of Forsyth, just a few feet from the shop’s Houston Street storefront.