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Consents & Variances
2016 Street Fair and Block Party Applications
WHEREAS, Community Board Five has received the following applications for renewal of street fairs with the following notations; and
WHEREAS, Community Board Five encourages SAPO to continue the open dialogue with Mardi Gras and Clearview to limit neighborhood impact; and
WHEREAS, Community Board Five is in favor of expanding the city's event calendar so that the neighborhoods will not have their streets dominated with events during the warmest and most desirable months of the year; and
WHEREAS, Community Board Five encourages SAPO within the next 6-9 months to revise the rules for both events on plazas and street events using objective criteria and data, taking into account (a) the impact, both positive (e.g. promotional, civic benefit) and negative (e.g. traffic congestion; economic effect on local businesses; environmental impact) on each neighborhood and pedestrian plaza; (b) the degree of indigenous community involvement and/or sponsorship of such event and (c) for larger events, the collective recommendations of the Community Board, Council Member, Borough President, and relevant Business Improvement Districts
2016 Street Fair and Block Party Applications
MADISON AVENUE STREET FAIRS/BLOCK PARTIES
1. March of Dimes, on Madison Avenue, between 23rd and 26th Street, on Sunday, April 24th, 2016.
2. National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Inc., on Madison Avenue, between 42nd and 57th Streets, on August 6th.
3. American Diabetes Association and St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Madison Avenue, bet. 42nd and 57th Street on Saturday, November 5. Mardi Gras Festival
BROADWAY STREET FAIRS/BLOCK PARTIES
4. The Sierra Club and Children's Leukemia Research Assoc. Fair, on Broadway, bet 35th and 39th Streets on Saturday, May 7th. Mardi Gras Festival
5. St. Francis of Assisi Church, on Broadway, between 31st and 32nd Street, on Sunday, May 15th.
6. NY Young Republicans and CORE – Times Square Expo, on Broadway, bet. 47 and 57 Streets on Saturday, May, 21st. Mardi Gras Festival
7. Union Square Community Coalition and Kidney Urology Foundation, on Broadway, bet. 17th and 23rd Streets on Sunday, July 3rd. Clearview Festival
8. Midtown North Precinct/Midtown South Explorers Club/St. Francis Food Pantry, on Broadway, bet. 47th and 57th Street, on Saturday, July 16th. Mardi Gras Festival
9. The Motion Picture Club, on Broadway, bet. 47th and 57th Street on Sunday, July 17th. Clearview Festival
10. The Alliance of Guardian Angels and St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Broadway, bet. 47th and 57th Street on Sunday, September 25th. Mardi Gras Festival
11. Holy Innocents Church and Coalition of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E), on Broadway, bet. 47 and 57 Streets, on Saturday, October 15th. Mardi Gras Festival
12. Gramercy Park Block Assoc. and Gramercy Park Neighborhood Assoc., on Broadway, bet. 17th and 23rd Streets on Saturday, November 12th. Mardi Gras Festival
AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS/6TH AVENUE STREET FAIRS/BLOCK PARTIES
13. St. John the Baptist Church and Gramercy Park Neighborhood Assoc., on 6th Avenue, bet.42nd and 34th Streets on Sunday, June 5th. Mardi Gras Festival
14. Avenue of the Americas Association, on Ave of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 54th Streets on Saturday, June 18th. Mardi Gras Festival
15. The Workmen's Circle and St. Patrick's Cathedral Young Adults, on 6th Avenue, between 42nd and 56th Street on Sunday, June 26th. Mardi Gras Festival
16. McBurney YMCA, on 6th Avenue, bet. 14th and 23rd Streets on Saturday, July 16th. Clearview Festival
17. Avenue of the Americas Assoc. and St. Bartholomew's Church, on Ave. of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 56th Streets on Saturday, July 30th. Mardi Gras Festival
18. Ancient Order of Hibernians and St. Bartholomew's Church, on Ave. of the Americas, bet.42nd and 56th Streets on Saturday, August 20th. Mardi Gras Festival
19. Brazilian American Cultural Center and National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations N.E.C.O, on Ave of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 56th Street, on Sunday, September 4th. Mardi Gras Festival
20. Big Apple Performing Arts and Innovative Community Enterprises Inc., on 6th Avenue, bet. 42nd and 56th Streets on Saturday, October 1st. Mardi Gras Festival
21. Global Role Models, on Avenue of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 56th Streets on Sunday, October 9th. Mardi Gras Festival
22. USO of Metropolitan NY, on Avenue of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 56th Streets on Saturday, October 22nd. Mardi Gras Festival
23. Midtown South Community Council and Gramercy Park Neighborhood Assoc., on 6th Avenue, bet. 34th and 42nd Street on Sunday, November 6th. Mardi Gras Festival
24. St. George Association NYPD, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School PTA and Children's Leukemia Research Assoc. Inc, on 6th Avenue, between 42nd and 55th Streets on Saturday, November 19th. Mardi Gras Festival
MISCELLANOUS LOCATIONS
25. Fashion Institute of Technology, Block party on 27th bet. 7th and 8th Avenues on Saturday, May 7th.
26. American Diabetes Block Party, West 41st Street bet. 6th and 7th Avenues on Sunday, May 8th. Mardi Gras Festival
27. School of the Future, on 22nd Street, bet. Lexington and Park Avenue South on Saturday, June 11.
28. National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Block Party, on 52nd Street, bet. 7th and 6th Avenues on Sunday, May 22nd. Mardi Gras Festival
29. The Church of Scientology, on 8th Avenue, between 42nd and 50th Streets on Monday, May 28th. Mardi Gras Festival
30. Taste of Times Square, on West 46th Street, bet. 6th Avenue and 9th Avenue, Broadway, bet. 46th to 47th Streets, 8th Avenue, bet. 46th and 47th Streets, on Monday, June 6th.
31. Midtown North Precinct Community Council and National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, on 8th Avenue, bet. 42nd and 57th Street, on Saturday, July 9th. Mardi Gras Festival
32. Grand Central Social Services, on West 41st Street, bet. 6th Avenue and Broadway, on Sunday, July 10th. Mardi Gras Festival
33. St. Bartholomew's Church, on West 52nd Street, bet. 6th and 7th Avenues, on Sunday, July 17th. Mardi Gras Festival
34. Midtown South Community Council Fallfest, on 8th Avenue, between 42nd and 54th Streets on Saturday, August 6th. Mardi Gras Festival
35. Midtown North Precinct Explorers Club Block Party, on 50th Street, bet. 7th and 6th Avenues on Sunday, August 21st.Mardi Gras Festival
36. 47th -48th Street Block Association and National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, on 8th Avenue, bet. 42nd and 57th Street, on Saturday, August 27th. Mardi Gras Festival
37. Holy Innocents Church Restoration Block Party, on 52nd Street bet. 6th and 7th Avenues on Sunday, August 28th. Mardi Gras Festival
38. C.E.R.T. Block Party, on West 52nd Street, bet. 5th and 6th Avenues, on Monday, September 5th. Mardi Gras Festival
39. Midtown North Community Council Birthday Block Party, on 52nd Street, bet. 7th and 6th Avenues on Sunday, September 11th. Mardi Gras Festival
40. United War Veterans and Children's Leukemia Research Assoc., on 53rd Street, bet. 5th and 6th Avenues on Friday, November 11th. Mardi Gras Festival
WHEREAS, The sponsors of these events have an indigenous relationship to Community Board Five; and
WHEREAS, The sponsors are all not-for-profit entitled entities and abide by Community Board Five's Street Activity Permit Policies; therefore be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of 2016 permit applications for street fairs and block parties.