Newsstand Application # 1273866, S/W/C of Broadway & West 52 Street.

February 2008, Consents & Variances Committee

Newsstand Application # 1273866, S/W/C of Broadway & West 52 Street.

WHEREAS, The applicant seeks a permit to install and operate a newsstand on Broadway near 52nd Street; and

WHEREAS, The sidewalk at the site of the proposed newsstand is 22.2 ft wide; and

WHEREAS, The area is very heavily congested with pedestrian traffic; and

WHEREAS, Community Board Five feels the proposed newsstand would negatively impact the pedestrian traffic flow; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the proposed newsstand at the South West Corner of Broadway and 52nd Street.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 26 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.