Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Business Improvement Districts

The Meatpacking Business Improvement District turned Little West 12th Street between Washington and Greenwich streets into a true open street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District

By Eve Kessler | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments

See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.

The shared street on Broadway between 21st and 23rd streets in the Flatiron district. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Adds to ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Areas of Broadway

By Eve Kessler | Oct 25, 2021 | No Comments

The DOT unveils six blocks of its mostly pro-pedestrian "Vision" for a people-centered boulevard.

The Fifth Avenue Busway Is Stalled Exactly Where It Was Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 23, 2021 | No Comments

It’s deja-vu on Fifth Avenue.

Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn is a successful open street, but too many others have challenges. It will take a city focus on public space management to ensure that people-centered placemaking thrives. File photo: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management

By Eve Kessler | Jun 8, 2021 | No Comments

A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.

Police stop a delivery rider on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Doug Gordon

Park Slope BID Asks NYPD For ‘Help’ with Delivery Cyclists Then Quickly Regrets It

By Dave Colon | Jun 7, 2021 | No Comments

A business improvement district that had asked the NYPD to get delivery cyclists to slow down on a popular restaurant open street now says it will not invite the cops back after they spent much of Saturday ticketing the mostly immigrant and low-income workers trying to do their job.

Street vendors want New York's next mayor to recognize their contribution to the city's economy. Photo: SVP

OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor

By Street Vendor Project | Apr 19, 2021 | No Comments

The Yang dust-up was only the latest in a long saga of slights. Here are the policies these small businesses demand.

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