West 71st St Block Association: June 2012

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.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Some information shared by Council Member Gale Brewer

Several block associations recommend Curb Allure Modular Tree Guards. This is a West Side company. Info: Kim Johnson at http://www.curballure.com/ or 212-769-CURB (2872).

-The West Side Federation of Neighborhood & Block Associations launched its street beautification project Adopt A Tree Pit, featuring kits for protecting, maintaining and nurturing street trees. Each kit contains metal tree guards, gardening tools, "curb your dog" signs, tree care instructions, and more. Federation is giving out kits FOR FREE! Info: 212-969-8047, westsidefed@aol.com and http://www.wsfed.org/

-West Side block associations that want to paint over graffiti should contact Beacon Paint and Hardware. This wonderful business is very supportive of community projects

- Block associations on the West Side are meeting regularly. Contact: Dee Rieber of West 75 Street DRieber@Halstead.com

-Did you know the Department of Sanitation will lend tools for your neighborhood cleanup project? To reserve brooms, shovels, rakes, work gloves and trash bags, contact (646) 885-DSNY at least four weeks in advance. Info:http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/downloads/pdf/contact/requests/misc_request/vol%0Acleanup.pdf

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Next meeting: Sun, June 24th at 4pm

Join us for our next block association meeting at 4 pm on Sunday, June 24th at Grace and St. Paul's Church at 123 West 71st St.

We will give you an update on working with CM Brewer and the Community Board on our block's rat issues, as well as discuss ways to curb dog waste and beautify the block.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Remember to e-mail 311

Please file a complaint with 311 when you want to report any problem on our street (noise, rats, trash, other violations).

Note that you can now lodge complaints to 311 online at: http://www.nyc.gov/apps/311/about.htm Click on the left side of the page under "I want to: make a complaint"

It is very quick and easy (no long wait on the phone) and you can include photos, video or audio. You will receive a complaint number and email confirmation. You can then track your complaint online."

For information about Community Board 7, please visit: www.nyc.gov/mcb7