For two decades, if you lived on or near 10th Avenue and needed something — toilet paper, batteries, a birthday card, lottery tickets, helium balloons, hot sauce, Brillo pads or a single roll of paper towels — chances are you found it at Mr Zhang’s Grocery & 99 Cent Store, and later at Everyday Convenient Store.
Customers taking advantage of Everyday Convenient’s buy one get one free sale ahead of their closure. Photo: Catie Savage
Now, the packed-to-the-ceiling shop at 661 10th Avenue is preparing to close.
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As a Hell’s Kitchen resident since 2005, I have lived in both the W30s and W50s. After a 15 year career in the luxury fashion industry, I made a pivot to community advocacy in 2020. In addition to my role as Deputy Editor at W42ST, I am founder of the local non-profit cleanup group Litter Legion, co-chair of HK49-54 Block Alliance and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. I’m deeply committed to improving my neighborhood and serving the people who call it home.