The City Reliquary

Ah, yes the City Reliquary is quaint, alright, but it is also relatively charming to look at and informative. From the chipped stones collected from buildings of New York past to the displays of Statue of Liberty memorabilia, like a beer bottle with our little lady in it, this small storefront historical society off the Lorimer “L” is worth checking out. Although the non-for-profit is only open on the weekends, it's a pretty fantastic place. Local neighbor volunteers run the 370 Metropolitan Avenue stop and are surprisingly pleasant to chat with. Somehow the year-old-museum, which originally was located in a smaller venue on Grand Street, managed to get its civic minded hands on the old sign from the dearly missed 2nd Avenue Deli. The piece of Lower East Side lore now hangs in the back room parallel to a projected film screen. Dave, a young worker at the museum, said a local by chance caught construction workers removing the sign and held on to it. But besides the reminder of the once delicious matzo ball soup, a fairly interesting Bicycle-centric gallery showing there currently entitled "Bicycle Fetish". Check it out.