A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID) FOR ALLERTON
There are 93,00 businesses in NYC organized within 77 BIDs. They all can’t be wrong!
A Business Improvement District (BID) is being considered for the Allerton business corridor along Allerton Avenue and White Plains
Road.
In 2018, BIDs in NYC invested $158.9 million in supplemental services back into their communities. Grant money alone accounted
for $41,340,000 of this amount. They served 283 miles of commercial and industrial districts, home to 93,000 businesses.
On an average day, BIDs collect over 10,000 bags of trash from 6,200+ sidewalk trash containers; distribute 8,833 Marketing
materials; remove 386 incidents of graffiti; hold 14 public events and add 680 new social media followers. (Statistics from FY18
NYC BID Trends Report)
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, SEPTEMBER 2 BTR 7-OCTOBER 3, 2019 7
A primary BID goal is to assist small businesses in as many ways as possible:
Merchant Resource Guides connect businesses to resources that exist to assist them
Compliance consultations to raise awareness about common business violations and how to avoid them
Zoning seminars assist property owners in better developing their properties
Provide homeless outreach and workforce development to lessen vagrancy problems
Conduct seminars to increase digital business savvy
Promote small business shopping events
Power wash sidewalks to make storefronts more attractive
Work with the City to add back in parking to increase parking on wider streets
Promote and market calendars and street banners to feature district businesses
For more than 40 years, BIDs have been a valuable force in the NYC business community. 93,000 businesses say YES to BIDs.
They all can’t be wrong.
The Allerton BID Development program is made
possible by a generous grant to the Allerton Business
Community by Councilmembers Ritchie Torres and
Mark Gjonaj.
Councilman Ritchie Torres Councilman Mark Gjonaj