Seb Gorey

At First Street Green Art Park: Diego 127, Gorey & Curve, Ratchi, Mastro, Optimo, Tony Washington, Hektad & Adam Dare and Bzee

October 30, 2025

Home to a wonderfully diverse range of artworks, First Street Green Art Park continues to bring intrigue and charm to Houston Street and Second Avenue — where the Lower East Side meets the East Village. The bewitching image featured above was painted by stylemasters: Diego 127, Seb Gorey and Curve. What follows is a small selection of murals — curated under the direction of Jonathan Neville — captured on my recent visit to the park.

The playfully lovable Ratchi 

Veteran writer Mastro

The ubiquitous OptimoNYC 

Tony Washington takes us back to KIDS with a tribute mural

Hektad and Adam Dare share a message of LOVE

NSF crew member Bzee

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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NYC Street Art Shutters: Seb Gorey, Katie Reidy, Sharpy, Key Detail, BC and Sebs

March 7, 2025

The shutter featured above was painted by the veteran Parisian stylemaster Seb Gorey in Ridgewood, Queens. What follows are several more images of gates as we resume this occasional series of NYC street art shutters.

Artist and educator Katie Reidy at the BedStuy Walls Mural Festival in Brooklyn

Staten Island-based graphic designer Sharpy

NYC-based Key Detail in Ridgewood

The iconic “Wild Style” logo — originally designed by the late Tracy 168 — at the Bushwick Collective

Veteran writer BC at Boone Avenue Walls in the Bronx

  Sebs in Ridgewood, Queens

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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At First Street Green Art Park: Shev Lunatic, Curve, Gorey & Exacto, Cram & Ratchi, Slash FTR, Sintex, Lexi Bella, Grimace NYC & More

January 22, 2025

Under the curatorial direction of Jonathan Neville, First Street Green Art Park continues to host a wondrously diverse array of local, national and global artists. The elegant image featured above was painted by the Germany-based, Ukrainian artist Shev Lunatic. Several more images captured on recent visits to First Street Green Art Park follow:

Veteran graffiti writer Curve 

  Parisian artist Seb Gorey with multidisciplinary artist Exacto

Cram and Ratchi

Veteran graffiti artist Slash, FTR

Noted Detroit artist Sintex

NYC-based muralist Lexi Bella and graffiti artist Grimace NYC

First Street Green Art Park is located between Houston and First Street off the F train’s Second Avenue stop — just where Manhattan’s Lower East Side meets the East Village

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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