Flatiron Business Improvement District Just Got Twice As Big

FLATIRON, NY — The City Council voted on Thursday to expand the Flatiron/23rd Street Business Improvement District, which will bring added services to a new area of Lower Manhattan.

The expansion will nearly double the size of the district, bringing with it supplemental sanitation and safety services, homeless outreach, public space management and beautification, marketing, business support, and advocacy to a new set of blocks.

The new area will include a small part of Chelsea.

In a visual representation below of the new district area, the orange represents the original BID boundaries, and the blue represents the expansion areas.

The expansion of the Flatiron/23rd Street Business Improvement District is set to be completed by 2022.

“For 15 years, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership has helped cement the reputation of Flatiron and NoMad as two of New York City’s most vital and exiting neighborhoods and now we look forward to having the same impact in an expanded footprint,” James Mettham, executive director of the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership, said in a news release. “Our new stakeholders can look forward to cleaner streets, more inviting public spaces, and more support for small businesses."

The streets joining the Business Improvement District include 1,384 properties, 344 of which are commercial, and more than 20 existing or under-construction hotels.

"Congratulations to the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership on their concerted effort to make this expansion possible," New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said in a news release. "It has been a pleasure working with the Flatiron Partnership and Steering Committee over the last few years to help them realize this expansion. I am very proud of the City Council's vote today to expand the boundaries of the BID, which will ensure important services can be provided to the local businesses and residential community who call Flatiron home."

You can find out more about the Flatiron/23rd Street Business Improvement District on its website.