FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2025

SBS CELEBRATES THIRD ANNUAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DAY BY ANNOUNCING NEW GRANT RECIPIENTS, RESULTS OF HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS

$40 Million Total Invested in Neighborhoods Since Start of Administration

BIDs Invest More than $200 Million into Commercial Corridors, Collect Nearly 4 Million Bags of Trash, Clean Nearly Half a Million Instances of Graffiti in FY24

NEW YORK – New York City Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Dynishal Gross today celebrated the third annual New York City Business Improvement District (BID) Day by announcing the recipients of the latest round of Small BID Grant recipients as well as key findings and results from the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) New York City BID Trends Report. The observance of BID Day – part of the larger New York City Small Business Month celebration – serves as a day for BIDs to conduct business outreach, neighborhood clean-up events, and open street and public space activations. BID Day recognizes and celebrates the positive impact the city's 76 BIDs have on diverse, vibrant commercial corridors citywide.

"New York City's BIDs play a vital role growing our economy, supporting our storefronts, and strengthening our neighborhoods," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. "Whether its investing tens of millions of dollars into our BIDs or conducting outreach through our annual BID Day, we are proud to uplift our city's BIDs and work with them every day to create a safer, more affordable city, together."

"New York City's growing and unparalleled network of BIDs are key partners in making our city safer, more livable, and more vibrant," said SBS Commissioner Dynishal Gross. "BID Day celebrates all the ways BIDs contribute to the fabric of our commercial corridors and uplift small businesses. From our first-ever Public Realm Grants and Commercial District Lighting Grants to the combined $40 million we've invested in our communities, we're proud to be BIDs' neighborhood development partners."

Historic Investment in BIDs

Commissioner Gross also announced the recipients of the city's latest round of Small BID Support Grants, which support existing BIDs with up to $100,000 for staffing, planning, and commercial corridor revitalization projects. This year, 45 small BIDs received a combined $3.2 million in grants to expand and develop new programs and services in their neighborhoods.

In addition, SBS awarded more than $800,000 in new BID Formation Grants to BIDs, CBDOs, and other neighborhood-based organizations that have already established formal BID formation steering committees. These grants can be used for staffing, planning, and the implementation of BID formation or expansion plans.

This year's grant recipients appear further below.

With the inclusion of this latest round of grants, the Adams administration has invested a record $40 million since January 2022 in BIDs, merchants organizations, and Community-Based Development Organizations (CBDOs). This includes committing — for the first time — to annual funding of $5.3 million for BIDs and CBDOs starting in FY26. This baselining of funds for community development will ensure continued support in future years, and will make BIDs and CBDOs more efficient, effective, and impactful as they help revitalize the city's commercial corridors.

The FY24 New York City Business Improvement District Trends Report

To kick off BID Day, SBS Commissioner Dynishal Gross announced key findings of SBS's annual BID Trends Report for FY24. The report found that:

• BIDs invested more than $207 million into their neighborhoods – a 6.7 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) – supporting more than 300 miles of commercial corridors and nearly 25,000 storefront businesses;
• BIDs provided supplemental public safety staffing across 218 miles, including through neighborhood patrols, security cameras, additional lighting, pedestrian traffic management, and other supportive services, while BID public safety officers recorded nearly 500,000 interactions with visitors;
• The city's family of BIDs expanded from 75 to 76 with the creation of the new Cypress Hills Fulton BID; BIDs held 4,092 public events drawing an estimated 14.7 million participants, including street fairs and pedestrian-focused experiences through the Open Streets program;
• BIDs collected nearly 4 million trash bags of litter, cleaned 448,000 instances of graffiti, and maintained 6,292 garbage receptacles;
• BIDs invested $18 million in neighborhood beautification by maintaining 26,303 streetscape elements, including 7,964 tree pits and 4,464 planters, and sponsoring 159 public art installations;
• 66 BIDs maintained 255 miles of creative, vibrant holiday lighting.

"I am proud to join the Department of Small Business Services for this year's Bronx BID Appreciation & Networking Breakfast as part of NYC's third annual BID Day," said Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson. "Our BIDs play a vital role in strengthening Bronx neighborhoods—they support local businesses, build community, and help our commercial corridors thrive. Today, we honor their impact and the everyday work they do to keep the Bronx moving forward."

"From delivering streetscape improvements, to hosting engaging public events, and providing networking opportunities for business owners, BIDs make our communities stronger and more vibrant," said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. "I am happy to see so many Brooklyn-based BIDs benefiting from the latest round of Small BID Grants, just one of the many ways SBS supports our local entrepreneurs and communities."

"I want to congratulate all Business Improvement Districts throughout New York City, as we celebrate their achievements and impact," said New York City Council Member Oswald Feliz. "BIDs do vital work in our local communities through their numerous initiatives that support our small businesses, by ensuring that our commercial corridors are well maintained to welcome members of the community."

"The NYC BID Association is thrilled to celebrate BID Day 2025 with SBS and all of the small businesses in our communities," said BID Association Co-Presidents Bob Benfatto and Erin Piscopink. "We are representative of all five boroughs, working to enhance the unique assets of our districts and to solve the difficult challenges present in our neighborhoods. Much of the work that BIDs do is invisible – a dirty street is noticed but a clean street everyday fades into the background. Thank you for acknowledging the work that we love to do!"

Small BID Grant Recipients

This year's recipients are:

• 82nd Street Partnership, Jackson Heights, Queens
• 86th Street Bay Ridge BID, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
• 161st Street BID, Capitol District, Bronx
• Atlantic Avenue BID, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn
• Bay Ridge 5th Avenue BID, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
• Bayside Village BID, Bayside, Queens
• Bed-Stuy Gateway BID, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
• Belmont BID, Belmont, Bronx
• Brighton Beach BID, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
• Castle Hill BID, Castle Hill, Bronx
• Church-Flatbush Community Alliance, Flatbush, Brooklyn
• Columbus Amsterdam BID, Upper West Side, Manhattan
• Columbus Avenue BID, Upper West Side, Manhattan
• Cypress Hills Fulton BID, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
• Downtown Flushing Transit Hub BID, Flushing, Queens
• East Brooklyn BID, East New York, Brooklyn
• FAB Fulton, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
• Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID, Flatbush, Brooklyn
• Forest Avenue BID, West Brighton, Staten Island
• GatewayJFK BID, Springfield Gardens, Queens
• Graham Avenue BID, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Grand Street BID, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Hub Third Ave BID, Melrose, Bronx
• Jerome Gun Hill BID, Gun Hill, Bronx
• Kings Highway BID, Midwood, Brooklyn
• Montague Street BID, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
• Morris Park BID, Morris Park, Bronx
• Myrtle Avenue BID, Ridgewood, Queens
• Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
• New Dorp Lane District, New Dorp, Staten Island
• NoHo NY BID, NoHo, Manhattan
• North Flatbush Avenue BID, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
• Park Slope 5th Avenue BID, Park Slope, Brooklyn
• Pitkin Avenue BID, East New York, Brooklyn
• South Shore BID, Eltingville, Staten Island
• Southern Boulevard BID, Hunts Point
• Steinway Street BID, Astoria, Queens
• Sunnyside Shines BID, Sunnyside, Queens
• Sunset Park BID, Sunset Park, Brooklyn
• Throggs Neck BID, Throggs Neck, Bronx
• Washington Heights BID, Washington Heights, Manhattan
• West Village BID, West Village, Manhattan
• Westchester Square BID, Westchester Square, Bronx
• White Plains Road BID, Pelham, Bronx
• Woodhaven BID, Woodhaven, Queens

BID Formation Grant Recipients

This year's recipients are:

• Alliance for Coney Island, Coney Island, Brooklyn
• Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Upper East Side, Manhattan
• Community League of the Heights (CLOTH), Washington Heights, Manhattan
• Davidson Community Center, University Heights, Bronx
• Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Gowanus, Brooklyn
• Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
• Little Haiti BK, Little Haiti, Brooklyn
• North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Rockaway East Merchants Association (REMA4US), Far Rockaway, Queens
• Staten Island Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Bay Street, Staten Island
• Sunnyside Shines BID, Sunnyside, Queens
• Uptown Grand Central, East Harlem, Manhattan

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