Manhattan Community Board No. 2 – Meeting Thurs, November 21
Manhattan Community Board #2 Manhattan is one of the first community boards to be established in the early 1960’s. One of Soho Broadway Community Neighborhood Resources
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UPDATE 11-11-16: DSNY has just announced that residential trash collection on Friday, November 11th (Veteran’s Day) has been re-instated and will happen as normal. Thank you for your help in making SoHo’s Broadway a welcoming place to live, work and visit.
Corner power-washing continues this month. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For November there will be power washing on: November 7, 8, 21 and 22. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
The City of New York is looking for experienced business owners and working professionals from a variety of industries, backgrounds, and business stages who have achieved success in a particular area to serve as WEConnect Mentors, providing digital and in-person advising to the WE NYC community of women entrepreneurs. WEConnect Mentors will be a diverse […]
The SoHo Broadway Initiative announces a Request for Proposals for Procurement of Website Design, Development and Deployment Date of Issuance: October 12, 2016 1. Submission Timeline and Process RFP Release Date: 10/12/2016 Question Submission Deadline: 10/17/2016 Submissions must be in PDF format and may be delivered via e-mail to: SoHo Broadway Initiative Attn: Mark Dicus […]
New York City is reducing penalties and interest for many violations* issued by the Department of Sanitation, Department of Buildings, and other city agencies. Not including Parking and Real Property violations. Take advantage of the amnesty program before it expires! Amnesty will run from September 12, 2016 – December 12, 2016. Stay informed. Visit www.nyc.gov/forgivingfines […]
Traffic Enforcement Agents Paul Rabinowitz and Lee Brown with Traffic Supervisor Mohammad Rahman There are few things more aggravating than grid lock. Drivers become frustrated when they are moving at a crawl, pedestrians become frustrated when they have to take their lives into their own hand crossing a blocked intersection and neighbors become frustrated when […]
Paul Manzi and John Kaminsky keep SoHo Broadway clean Many of you see the Initiative’s Clean Team during the day sweeping the sidewalk, emptying trash receptacles and removing graffiti. But what about at night? Every other week for two nights starting at around 7pm, the Clean Team breaks out the power washing truck to clean […]
This is a friendly reminder that DSNY residential collection is suspended on Monday, October 11th for the observance of the Columbus Day holiday. Please do not place garbage items out for collection on Monday. DSNY collection on Broadway will resume on Wednesday, October 13. Thank you for your help in making SoHo’s Broadway a welcoming […]
Corner power-washing continues this month. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For October there will be power washing on: October 10, 11, 24 and 25. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
On Friday 9/2 at 10am, the Uniqlo SoHo store at 546 Broadway will re-open to the public. As part of the re-opening, Uniqlo will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Friday, 9/2 and holding special re-opening promotions starting on Friday 9/2 through Monday, 9/5. In addition, the Uniqlo cube will be on display curbside […]
Ronnie Wolf, long time resident, interior designer and SBI Board member In 2015, the City completed a road reconstruction and water main replacement project along Grand Street. As part of the project, several items of street furniture were removed and re-installed once the project was completed…except for two blue USPS mailboxes. These two mailboxes once […]
Corner power-washing continues this month. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For September there will be power washing on: September 12, 13, 26 and 27. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
Did you know that New Yorker’s are throwing out nearly six million tons of waste every year? That is equivalent to 141 billion Twinkies in our landfill. Much of that waste includes items such as clothes, books, and electronics that can be reused. By donating these goods, New Yorkers can help keep waste out of […]
In any discussion about SoHo preservation, the name Jane Jacobs usually comes up almost immediately. But there is another, lesser-known yet hugely influential figure in the saga of saving SoHo and preserving its architectural heritage: Margot Gayle.
This is a friendly reminder that DSNY residential garbage collection is suspended on Monday, September 5 for the observance of the Labor Day holiday. Please do not place garbage items out for collection on Monday, September 5. DSNY collection on Broadway will resume on Wednesday, September 7. Visit NY Department of Sanitaion website for more […]
Researchers at Columbia University are conducting a research project to examine the role of historic districts in New York City’s urban life. The project includes an online public survey to better understand how New Yorkers value the social, environmental, and economic aims of historic district preservation. Recent scholarship and media coverage have examined how the […]
The St. Nicholas Hotel, on the west side of Broadway between Spring and Broome Streets, was a hotel like nothing New York City had seen before.
Here are some more stories about how our neighborhood’s streets got their names.
The NYC Hospitality Alliance is working with the NYC Department of Small Business Services to investigate the impact that scaffolding and sidewalk sheds have on restaurants and other businesses. (A sidewalk shed is a structure constructed to protect pedestrians from falling objects due to construction.) If scaffolding and sidewalk sheds have ever been installed in […]
Corner power-washing continues this month. We generally have cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For August there will be power washing on: August 8, 9, 22 and 23. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later than […]
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has announced the launch of donateNYC, a program designed to make finding and giving second-hand goods easier for New Yorkers. donateNYC provides residents with a website and mobile app to help them search by material and location to find the most convenient place to give or find […]
On June 15, the Initiative met with residents of the SoHo Broadway corridor at our first meeting of the Residential Affinity Group. The Initiative thanks those who attended and Boxed Wholesale for hosting the meeting at their office (and for providing those tasty snacks). An affinity group is a group formed around a shared interest, […]
Karissa Lidstrand joined the SoHo Broadway Initiative in October 2015 as an Outreach Coordinator intern. Hailing from eastern Washington state, in June 2015 she drove cross county from Seattle, Washington to New York. Karissa moved to New York to attend Pratt Institute where she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Urban Placemaking and Management. Karissa […]
Street fairs are annual community events that offer neighbors and visitors an opportunity to purchase food, goods and services. The Mayor’s Office of Citywide Event Coordination and Management wants to hear from you. Whether or not you have visited these community events, your opinion matters!
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 SOHO BROADWAY INITIATIVE CONTINUES EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SIDEWALK CONGESTION THROUGH OUTREACH CAMPAIGN WITH SIDEWALK VENDING COMMUNITY AS STREET VENDOR PROJECT HOLDS MARCH AGAINST INITIATIVE. The Initiative’s efforts to improve sidewalk congestion by providing SoHo Broadway vendors with current rules governing where sidewalk vendors are allowed coupled with City action leads […]
