Third Avenue Business Improvement District News

 

Third Avenue BID Community Survey Each year Third Avenue Business Improvement District uses a survey to evaluate work & identify community priorities to help chart the vision of the organization and deploy resources. Questions focus on services like sanitation, open space, public safety, public health & homeless outreach, & community programming. As neighbors, we are here to listen Take the 2022 Community Survey Testimony: Permanent Outdoor Dining Program There are some genuine concerns to creating a permanent outdoor dining program. Many of which fall on the City of New York and the provision of adequate municipal services; with some concerns falling on business owners, especially those in hybrid commercial and residential areas. View Third Avenue Business Improvement District's Testimony: Read 2/8/2022 Testimony to NYC City Council Where we were. Where we are going. The District has experienced unprecedented public and private investment.  We have grown from burned out buildings and empty lots to seeing hundreds of millions of dollars in investment serving over 300,000 visitors and residents daily.  We have made activating upper floors a priority as well as enhancing the streetscape and lighting. Rain or Sleet or Snow - We got this. Taking care of BIDness. Our team doesn't take a day off because of snow and ice. We were out ensuring public spaces, crosswalks, MTA entrances, catchbasins and pedestrian ramps were cleared and salted. No credit, but super essential to keeping our City safe & running. Conveniently located along the 4, 5, and 6 lines, the South Bronx is currently at a cultural crossroads, where old hip-hop culture blends with a new creative and entrepreneurial spirit. Four neighborhoods make up the southernmost part of the borough—Concourse, Melrose, Mott Haven, and Port Morris—and each offers an abundance of largely undiscovered restaurants, cultural institutions, hotels, and shops. Today, along with the rest of the borough’s thriving Latinx population (currently 54.8 percent), the South Bronx is home to large Puerto Rican and Dominican enclaves, in addition to a growing Mexican community. From blocks lined with murals like a tribute to hometown hero and rapper, Big Pun, to countless Latinx-owned businesses or open mics and talent showcases fostering future creatives, the area is the epicenter to some of the city’s best Latinx culture, and the signature greeting is a loud and welcoming “YERRRR!” Read More Calling All Tech & Transit Entrepreneurs Hey Tech Entrepreneurs! Partnership for New York City has launched two new challenges alongside the MTA, PANYNJ, NYC DOT, and NJ Transit w/ Transit Tech Lab  for solutions that reduce the region’s carbon footprint & restore customer confidence in public transit. Apply at https://transitinnovation.org Get Involved. Upcoming Events & Activities See an overdose? Save a Life.  2/17/22 Join @ThirdAvenueBID @sachr_nyc @AcaciaNetwork @CMSalamancaJr @nycHealthy for the launch of our Spring Public Health series - community health & wellness. Everyone has a role in saving lives & building community. Register: https://bit.ly/3opdVli Arts & Culture 1/29 - 3/20/2022 Current #exhibition 'Storming of the Capitol' features the work of Nina Berman, Gabriela Bhaskar, Victor J. Blue, Balazs Gardi, Adam Gray, Shuran Huang, Christopher Lee, Luke Mogelson, Mark Peterson, & others. Details: https://bit.ly/3FD2wUS