BID Summary

Facts on the Business Improvement Districts influencing/influenced by Columbus Circle, Times Square, and Atlantic Yards.

High Line - Insufficient support for BID

While many transitioning area residents and businesses have organized to manage development, the High Line developers were unable to generate adequate support for a business improvement district (BID).  In 2009, The High Line Improvement District Steering Committee sought community support for the BID with a plan for the BID to cover "park maintenance services on the High Line itself and possibly the access points to the High Line, not the more usual street level, district-wide security and sanitation services that most BIDs focus on." (High Line FAQs)

Times Square Alliance: Happenings since the BID

The Times Square Alliance, founded in 1992 to make Times Square 'clean, safe, and welcoming."  The non-profit:

• promotes local businesses; encourages economic development and public improvements; 
• co-coordinates numerous major events in Times Square (including the annual New Year's Eve and Broadway on Broadway celebrations);
• manages the Times Square Information Center; 
• and advocates on behalf of its constituents with respect to a host of public policy, planning and quality-of-life issues. 

Development in the Times Square Area (Click for more detail.)

• 6,000 Residential Units Built Since 1990 and 6,500 In Development
• 4,863 Units Recently Developed Residential Buildings
• 7,671 Units Existing Large Residential Buildings

[Author] Selected Times Square Happenings Since BID established

Source: Times Square Alliance

Times Square BIDs

As a thriving retail/tourism corrido, Times Square is surrounded by business improvement districts working collectively to keep the area economically and culturally vibrant.

Source: http://gis.nyc.gov/

Fulton Street BID

"Goals are to retain current businesses and improve the atmosphere to make this area of Fulton Street a clean, safe and retail diverse environment that will become a local shopping and civic destination, rather than a thoroughfare."

Top five goals for July 2009 (for FAB, October 2009 start) through June 2010:

1. Sanitation (street cleaning & graffiti removal)
2. Marketing and Promotion (social media, increased merchants association participation, holiday & retail events)
3. Beautification (banners, lighting, street-scaping)
4. Public Safety (staffing)
5. Advocacy for Members (media & civic engagement)

Source: http://faballiance.org/programs-initiatives

Source: http://www.facebook.com/FABFulton

Sources:

Fulton Area Business Alliance

Fulton Area Business Alliance “Annual Report Submission to the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS)” November 5, 2010

Brooklyn BIDs near Atlantic Yards Development

There are a number of business improvement districts (BIDs) in Brooklyn in close proximity to the Atlantic Yards development site.

Source: http://gis.nyc.gov/

Columbus Circle BIDs

Columbus Circle is served by nearby BIDs.

Source: http://gis.nyc.gov/