Neighbors Working Together for a Safer and More Beautiful Block!

Please join us for our next meeting Saturday Nov. 23rd at 4PM!
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 will be announced shortly. 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.



Tuesday, October 22, 2024



June 26, 2024 Newsletter

Dear Neighbors & Friends,

Thank you all for joining us at our Summer Celebration last Saturday.  Welcome to our new members, including Two Boots Pizzeria, our new neighbors!  (Please see our Community Resources and Events list attached below.) This party was our biggest ( and most fun) event so far and here are some photos and highlights:

Honoring our longtime member and “Mayor of 71st Street”, Theo Dixon, who will be 99 in August!   Theo was presented with an award and was inducted into the NYS Veterans’ Hall of Fame by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a great advocate for our community.  We were also joined by our amazing public servant Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal who presented Theo with a special Proclamation in honor of his upcoming 99th Birthday - see photos below!  Thank you to aides Evan Lieberman and Griffin Must of Hoylman and Rosenthal offices, respectively.  We were thrilled to welcome lots of Theo's friends and neighbors, including his brother.  Theo’s bio is attached below.  (Thanks, Susan!)

Voter Registration Drive: Thank you to the League of Women Voters of NYC and volunteers who signed up new voters and helped others change to their new address.  We would love to have them back to register more voters in the near future. 


Our Music Sponsor:  Thank you to our generous music sponsor, Mike Lubin, of Brown Harris Stevens, (a West 71st Street resident) who once again generously donated funds for our talented musicians,  bassist Tristan Waife and guitarist Kai Eumura.  

Restaurants and other  Donations:  Thank you to The Muffins Shop Cafe who donated coffee and Theo’s favorite lemon cake.  Also to Felice Restaurant who donated delicious vegetarian lasagna once again.  Thanks to Upper Westside Copy (on 72nd Street) who continue to donate printing for us.  We appreciate past donations by Metro Cafe and Little Italy Pizza. 

We thank Hargrave House residents and Project Find, especially Damaris Ramirez, who helped publicize this event. 

Special thanks once again to Pastor Martin Hauser and Grace & St. Paul’s Church who have given us a home to meet for many years and who are invaluable partners as we strive to nurture our community!  

Stay tuned for our future meetings and events and feel free to reach out with ideas, questions, concerns!

Warmly,
Katina & Friends

Katina Ellison 
Founder & Co-Leader
West 71st Street Block Association
New York, NY 10023
(917) 796-7350

Mike Scully, Andrea Fondulas, and Karen Raschke - block association members


The party is underway!


Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal presents Theo with special NYC Veteran’s award.     


Theo with his brother.



League of Women Voters of NYC at our voter registration drive


Katina, Andrea and Karen outside Grace & St Paul’s Church, our meeting place


Pastor Martin Hauser and core member Mike Scully


Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal presents Theo with a 
Proclamation in honor of his upcoming 99th Birthday!

Friend, Theo, Theo’s brother and Susan Wands, great friend of our block!

Our musicians, sponsored by  Mike Lubin of Brown, Harris Stevens 



 
Our music sponsor: 


Katina Ellison 
Founder & Co-Leader
West 71st Street Block Association
140 West 71st Street
Apt. 2EF
New York, NY 10023
(917) 796-7350


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