Tony's DiNapoli's old location on 83rd Street

Tony’s Di Napoli, the Upper East Side pizza restaurant that appeared vanquished by the Second Avenue Subway, will rise from the ashes, DNAinfo reported.

The Italian family-style eatery shut due to construction for the new subway’s planned 86th Street entrance last month, after 20 years at its location, at Second Avenue and 83rd Street. [more]

Construction on the Second Avenue Subway

Rents are falling even further on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side as the ongoing construction for the Second Avenue Subway has made residing there less desirable and doing business there substantially more difficult, Our Town reported.

Businesses between 62nd and 96th streets on Second Avenue report decreased sales and some have closed, Andre Soto, director of management at Salon Realty, a property manager, told the paper. Soto said two of the four businesses in buildings his firm manages have closed up shop. The remaining businesses had their rent lowered by 40 percent to account for plummeting sales due to construction and blocked frontage signs on the blighted avenue. [more]

Italian restaurant Tony’s Di Napoli closed yesterday, due to construction for the planned Second Avenue Subway, said Bruce Dimpflmaier, the restaurant’s general manager. The Upper East Side eatery, at 1606 Second Avenue and 83rd Street, will eventually become a stop on the subway route. “This place has been slated as a stop for the station for many years,” Dimpflmaier said. “We tried to fight and keep it from happening, but we knew it was an inevitable situation.”
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