West 71st St Block Association: September 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, September 13, 2012

Next Meeting: Sunday, Sept. 23 at 4 pm!

Please join us for our next West 71st Street Block Association meeting at 4 pm on Sunday, Sept. 23rd at Grace and St. Paul's Church. We will give an update on the rat issue on our block, which has been improving, thanks to the efforts of neighbors, building owners and building supers! We will also discuss a plan to combat nighttime noise and develop a schedule to make over the tree pits on our block.

And then, join us at the NYPD Precinct Community Meeting at the 20th Precinct on Monday, Sept. 24th at 7pm.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Upcoming Police Precinct Meetings

Join us at the monthly 20th Police Precinct Community Meetings. Its a great way to let the police know about our block concerns (like nighttime noise!) and to meet other neighbors. The meetings take place at 120 West 82nd St (Columbus and Amsterdam) at 7pm. They are as follows:

2012:
September 24
October 22
November 26
December - no meeting
2013:
January 28
February 25
March 25
April 22
May 20
June 24

Description of meeting from the NYPD:
The 20th Precinct Community Council is the New York Police Department’s community affairs forum for residents and businesses in the 20th Precinct. The Precinct runs from West 59th to West 86th Streets, from Central Park West to the Hudson River. The Council regularly meets at 7:00 PM on the fourth Monday of each month, except July, August and December. At the Council’s monthly meetings, area residents and business owners can bring their questions and concerns to the Precinct’s Commanding Officer. Everyone who lives and/or works in this neighborhood is welcome. Please join us!