Neighbors Working Together for a Safer and More Beautiful Block!

Stay tuned for our Spring Celebration!
at Grace & St. Paul's Church at 123 West 71st Street


at Grace & St. Paul's Church at 4pm

123 West 71st Street

Our next meeting: Saturday March 23rd at 4M. Come meet your neighbors and share and your concerns for our block!

Join us for refreshments,

Block Association T-shirts,

literature, and more.

Children are welcome!


The West 71st St Block Association covers the blocks between Central Park West and Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

West 71st Street is a great place to live and we are working together to make it even better!

Current issues we are looking into are: Stopping the proposed e-bike charging station for the bow-tie intersection (sign petition below!), beautifying the tree wells,
rats, trash/litter on the sidewalks, scaffolding, nighttime noise and illegal behavior, working with the 20th Precinct and outreach groups to help the homeless, and replacing the newspaper bins with newer and fewer ones.

We work on the above issues by collaborating with local legislators, city agencies, police, both churches on the block, local businesses, outreach to the homeless, Sanitation and Health Departments, landlords, neighbors.


How to help:

1. Tell your neighbors about our block association and have them e-mail us to add them to our list.

2. Call 311 or e-mail 311 at http://www.nyc.gov/apps/311/about.htm to report block issues. Or call the 20th police precinct at 212.580.6411.



Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Art installation on Broadway Malls

From October 2011 to April 2012, the Broadway Mall Association, the NYC Parks Department and the Morrison Gallery are sponsoring works by artist Peter Woytuk on Broadway.  Eighteen sculptures have been placed on the Broadway Malls from Columbus Circle to West 168th St.  The sculpture at on the south side of the 72nd St subway station is entitled "Kiwi."

For an Audio Tour dial 212-901-3310 for English and 212-901-3311 for Spanish. http://www.woytuk.com/

DOT improves Broadway and West 71st St intersection

NYCDOT has improved conditions at Broadway, Amsterdam and West 71st Street by:
* Widening sidewalks and medians with markings and delineators;
* Adding two new crosswalks
*Improving signal timing
* Adding a left-turn lane at northbound Amsterdam Ave. approaching W 71st St.