News

June 2008
"BID to participate in 2008 "Make Music New York Festival"

 

The Make Music New York Festival comes to Flushing

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Various times and locations including:

 

Flushing Town Hall 
137-35 Northern Blvd. 

Mitchell Linden Civic Association 
Playground, 31st Road & Union Street

Queens Crossing 
Promenade, 136-17 39th Avenue 
 

For the Flushing BID performance schedule
Click on the above link or picture above

 

A workshop was held for local musicians and performers interested in participating in the

2008 "Make Music New York" Festival. The workshop was scheduled on Saturday, April 26, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Queens Library located on 41-17 Main Street in Flushing, Queens. The  workshop at the Queens Library in Flushing provided information and helped musicians register for this year's Festival. Language interpretation will be provided in Korean, Chinese, and Spanish.

 

Summer 2008
"Flushing BID distributes the 2008 Edition of the Patriotic Passport to Flushing"

 

Downtown Flushing Transit Hub BID distributes the

2008 Edition of the Patriotic Passport to Flushing

 

 

 

 

 

September 2006
"Flushing BID Sept. Restaurant Week"

3rd Annual Discover Queens

Restaurant Week—September 18 - 26
In celebration of the 1986 New York Mets Championship

For Flushing BID participating Restaurants
View a list of Queens participating restaurants

NY1 News features upcoming Fall 2006 Restaurant

 

NY Mets Announce Fall 2006 Restaurant:

Flushing kicks off Queens Restaurant Week
Borough president to dine in Flushing on first day

 

February 2006
"Flushing BID Shoppers Guide being developed"

 

Announcement that the development of a new shopper’s guide is underway.  It will promote the downtown Flushing business district and will include:

  • directories

  • maps

  • highlight points of interests

February 9, 2006, Queens Courier:
Flushing BID shopper’s guide

 

November 2005

"Holiday lights up from Thanksgiving through the start of the Asian Lunar New Year"

Flushing BID once again lights up the streets of Downtown Flushing with holiday lights.

 

September 2005

"Discover Queens in Restaurant Week celebration"

 

Restaurant Week—September 19 - 23
In celebration of the 1964 World's Fair

For Flushing BID participating Restaurants Click Here
To view a list of participating restaurants Click Here

 

 

July 2005
"First BID to deploy the Big Belly trash compactor"


"
Flushing BID is the first BID in the city to receive and deploy the "Big Belly"

solar-powered trash compactors on its sidewalks"

July 27, 2005, Queens Courier:
Flushing BID Employs 'Big Bellies'
To Clean Up Streets


July 22, 2005, NY Daily News:
In the 'Belly' of the beast
Solar-driven trash cans tested

 

August 2004
"Councilman John Liu & Department of Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty Announce New Street Sweeping & Deodorant Pressure Washing Services to Complement BID Cleaning Operations"

 

Pictured left to right:
(front) State Senator Toby Stavisky; Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik; Councilman John Liu; Mabel Law; DSNY Commissioner John Doherty; (back) Gene Kelty, Chair, Community Board 7; Timothy Chuang, New York Tong Ren Tang; Peter Koo, Starside Drugs & BID Program Services Chair; DSNY official

 

 

May 2004
"BID Street Banner Program Kickoff"

Pictured left to right:
Mabel Law, BID Executive Director; Donald Henton, Representative for Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik; Councilman John Liu; Edna Rutledge, Representative for BID Chair, Jim Gerson

 

 

May 2004
"BID Officials Look into Sidewalk Pressure Cleaning Services"

Pictured left to right:
Patrick DeSimone, Co-Principal from Atlantic Maintenance Corporation; Mabel Law; Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik; Councilman John Liu; Timothy Chuang from New York Tong Ren Tang; State Senator Toby Stavisky; Wellington Chen from F & T International; Peter Koo of Starside Drugs & BID Program Services Chair

 

May 2004

"BID Executive Director, Mabel Law, getting involved with the pressure cleaning on Main Street"


 

 

May 2004
"Councilman John Liu giving a hand installing the Flushing BID banners"


 

 

February 2004
"BID Officials announce plans for Downtown Flushing Streetscape/Pedestrian Project"

Pictured left to right:
(front) Mabel Law; Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik; Councilman John Liu; (back) Donald Henton; Stan Markowitz from Muss Development Company; Gene Kelty, Chair, Community Board 7; Marilyn Bitterman, District Manager, Community Board 7; John Young, Queens Director, NYC Department of City Planning