Save the Date for our 22nd Annual Meeting & Women's History Month

Photo of guests at the Lincoln Square BIDs 21st Annual Meeting

Save the date for our Annual Meeting!

On Tuesday, May 21 at 8:15am the Lincoln Square BID will host its 22nd Annual Meeting to review the year's accomplishments, elect Directors to our Board, adopt the upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 budget, and present awards. More details will be available, including speakers and location information, as the event nears, but mark your calendars now!

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

A Community Event with Deputy Inspector Timothy Malin

On Wednesday morning March 6, The Lincoln Square BID partnered with TD Bank for a Community Breakfast event featuring Deputy Inspector Timothy Malin, the Commanding...

Business Spotlight: Chateau Drug & Homecare

As the line goes, some people want to go where everybody knows your name, and this is exactly the kind of service you'll get at a local neighborhood drugstore...

Artist Nestor Madalengoitia paints a portrait of Josefina Howard

Honoring Rosa Mexicano's Josefina Howard

In honor of Women's History Month, a local Lincoln Square restaurant is celebrating the legacy of its founder. In 1984, chef and entrepreneur Josefina Howard introduced...

Graphic of WHAM abbreviated and explained--Women History Artist Month

Women History Artist Month at Goddard Riverside

In celebration of Women's History Month this March, Goddard Riverside is bringing back WHAM (Women History Artist Month) a celebration of women in the arts...

Australian International Screen Forum 2019

The Australian International Screen Forum in New York City is hosting an Australian-focused film festival in Lincoln Square between Tuesday, March 19 and...

New To The Team: Ian Hartz

We are excited to welcome new staff member Ian Hartz to the Lincoln Square BID team! Having joined us in February 2019 as Senior Project Manager, Ian will be responsible for...

UPCOMING EVENTS

Lou Reed celebration at the Library for Performing Arts

Special piano recital event at Kaufman Music Center

2019 Finalists compete for cash prizes and the chance to launch a major operatic career at the Met Opera

COMMUNITY ALERTS

Affordable Lines of Credit for Women Entrepreneurs

The Mayor's Office has launched a new program designed to help women entrepreneurs access affordable lines of credit to start, grow and sustain their businesses. The program, called WE Credit, will provide up to 250 women entrepreneurs with lines of credit averaging $50,000 at below-market interest rates. Click here to read more about the new WE Credit program.

Commercial Waste Zones Implementation

The NYC Department of Sanitation has released a Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Commercial Waste Zones Implementation Plan. Details regarding the DGEIS and the following documents can be found on the CWZ website: Notice of Completion and Hearing; Scope of Work; and Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement. The City will hold two public hearings to discuss the DGEIS--M onday, March 11, 2019 from 9:00am - 12:00pm and Thursday, March 14, 2019 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. Both meetings will be held at 125 Worth Street on the Second Floor.

E-Waste Recycling Event: Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Lower East Side Ecology is hosting a free electronic recycling event on Sunday, March 31, 2019 , at the Marlene Meyerson JCC (Amsterdam Avenue between West 75th and West 76th Streets). Click here for more details about the event.

NYC Tax Prep

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has an interactive map which outlines all of the spots around the City where New Yorkers can get help filing taxes. Services include online filing and in-person filing with an IRS certified VITA/TCE volunteer preparer at more than 150 NYC Free Tax Prep sites for New Yorkers who earned $66,000 or less. Click here to view the DCA map and get more information about filing sites and eligibility.

Business Organics Rules

Certain New York City businesses are required by law to separate their organic waste such as food scraps, food-soiled paper, and compostable serviceware. Enforcement of the new organics rules went into effect on February 15, 2019. If your business meets the minimum requirements outlined here, you must comply with the business organics rules.