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Consents & Variances

1650 Broadway Associates Inc., 1650 Broadway, application for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 4 tables and 16 seats

WHEREAS, 1650 Broadway Associates Inc.,, has submitted an application for an unenclosed sidewalk café for 4 tables and 16 seats at 1650 Broadway; and

WHEREAS, A member of the Consents & Variances Committee visited the requested location, and notices were posted notifying of the hearing to discuss the proposed request; and

WHEREAS, Based on observation of pedestrian traffic pattern, and also the attached letter from the Times Square Alliance, the placement of an unenclosed sidewalk café at this location will further impede an already crowded pedestrian flow; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the application by 1650 Broadway Associates Inc., for an unenclosed sidewalk café at 1650 Broadway.

The above resolution passed with a vote of 35 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention.  

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