West 71st St Block Association: August 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.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Rodent Academy on August 15th

Learn to safely and effectively manage rats and mice around your property. Everyone is welcome to attend a FREE Rodent Academy on Wed, August 15 from 2-4 pm at 250 West 87th St, 2nd Floor. In English and Spanish.

Contact Community Board 7 to register at office@cb7.org or call (212) 362-4008.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Rat Control

As a result of our block walthrough with the Department of Health on July 12, 2012, letters signed by Council Member Gale Brewer and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer were mailed to property owners last week, advising them of potential violations. The owners were advised to make repairs to their property. In the early fall, the Department of Health will schedule another walkthrough to examine the repairs. If the issue has not been corrected, the property owner wil be issued a violation and be ordered to pay a fine. Fines can be up to $2,000 for repeat offenders.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Block Association Outreach Day

The above are photographs from our very successful Block Association Outreach Day on August 1, 2012. We enjoyed being able to meet so many of our neighbors. We now have over 150 members! We also appreciated NYC Council Member Gale Brewer, NYS Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal and representatives from the office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer joining us.
Thank you also to Tasty Cafe and Magnolia Bakery for providing treats and to Pastor Martin from Grace and St. Paul's Church for providing us with tables.