Yume Kitasei
Community Liaison
CB1
1 October, 2009
Dear Yume,
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
We assumed Mardi Gras Production to be the entity responsible for the nasty detritus, and unsanitary conditions to our block between Broadway and Church in the aftermath of the 9/25/2009 street fair.
You so kindly researched and pointed out that this past street fair was the production of the Clearview Co. This makes sense as we generally do not see this amount of trash on the block.
We submit photos of the various areas covered with grease, on which many neighbors and passing pedestrians slipped, an abundance of scraps of food and the most appalling, a huge pile of animal flesh in an area which is a non-parking segment of the block, visible to all. As you will see in the photos most of the filth is at yellow lined curb areas, absolutely not blocked by a parked car; assessable to cleaning apparatus.
Our area has had an increase in a variety vermin which then immediately penetrate our buildings. The Department of Health eventually come after our local restaurants, fines them and has shut them down for periods of time when they are not able to control conditions that are outside of their establishments.
This has occurred numerous times.
We are appalled by this lack of concern for the health of our neighborhood by outside businesses.
As you mentioned this group does not have the NYC Dept of Sanitation clean after their event.
We recommend that production companies with such a large food presence be required to work with the Department of Sanitation.
Until that is agreed we request that you suspend their right to use our block for future events.
Sincerely,
Suellen Epstein
Murray Street Block Association
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
6 Murray Street
Submit any news you have for this new establishment.
http://eater.com/archives/2009/06/plywood_36.php
So far license 'inactive' belongs to NYC UK Hospitality Consultants, LLC
Is that you Arthur Gregory?
http://eater.com/archives/2009/06/plywood_36.php
So far license 'inactive' belongs to NYC UK Hospitality Consultants, LLC
Is that you Arthur Gregory?
Murray Street in the news
From the Battery Park Broadsheet today 6-29-09
Downtown in the news: Drunk at WTC
Construction workers are lunchtime regulars at Downtown bars
"WTC Hard Hats get Hammered," New York Post, June 28 - Last week, New York Post reporters observed World Trade Center construction workers on several successive days spend their lunch hour at Murray Street pubs, where they downed enough beer and whiskey to make them legally drunk. " One group of three workers threw back eight drinks each in less than an hour before returning to the job," the Post said. "Their power drinking is a violation of the Port Authority's zero-tolerance policy - and escaped the notice of the agency's safety investigators, who have conducted dozens of sweeps since taking control of Ground Zero construction in 2006. Reporters watched hard hats for a week as they walked from the pit for their hourlong meal break, typically at about 11:45 a..m. Many headed north on West Broadway to Murray Street, which is lined with bars and pubs." For the complete article, click the following.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06282009/news/regionalnews/manhattan/wtc_hard_hats_get_hammered_176474.htm
Downtown in the news: Drunk at WTC
Construction workers are lunchtime regulars at Downtown bars
"WTC Hard Hats get Hammered," New York Post, June 28 - Last week, New York Post reporters observed World Trade Center construction workers on several successive days spend their lunch hour at Murray Street pubs, where they downed enough beer and whiskey to make them legally drunk. " One group of three workers threw back eight drinks each in less than an hour before returning to the job," the Post said. "Their power drinking is a violation of the Port Authority's zero-tolerance policy - and escaped the notice of the agency's safety investigators, who have conducted dozens of sweeps since taking control of Ground Zero construction in 2006. Reporters watched hard hats for a week as they walked from the pit for their hourlong meal break, typically at about 11:45 a..m. Many headed north on West Broadway to Murray Street, which is lined with bars and pubs." For the complete article, click the following.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06282009/news/regionalnews/manhattan/wtc_hard_hats_get_hammered_176474.htm
Thursday, April 30, 2009
154 Church St. Wine and Beer License
A new Wine and Beer license for Donna Bella Pizza at the corner of Church and Chambers St. AKA 154 Church St. was approved for a 1 AM from Sunday - Wednesday night and 2 AM Thursday - Saturday night. This was a concession presented by the lawyer for the owner and was approved by the Tribeca Committee, at the April 28th full board meeting.
This means they are to cease selling beer at those hours but the establishment will remain open selling pizza until????
Suellen Epstein
This means they are to cease selling beer at those hours but the establishment will remain open selling pizza until????
Suellen Epstein
Monday, April 27, 2009
New 3 AM Liquor license in the Neighborhood
April 23, 2009
Neighbors,
The new pizza parlor on the NW corner of Church and Chambers (154 Church) just applied to the Community Board for a wine and beer license, with a 3 A.M. closing time on weekends, 2 A.M. Wednesday and Thursday.
They have a very small space, few tables, NO BATHROOM and already attract a lot of people from the Patriot Bar across Chambers Street. Some of us already have a history of our doorways being used as urinals and worse by Patriot customers and the old Blimpie’s. And this can only increase the late night noise.
The Tribeca Committee just approved these hours (on a split vote). The full Board votes on Tuesday the 28th and will probably go along with it unless neighbors speak up.
We don’t want to stop the business from getting a liquor license, but we are hoping to persuade the Board to limit the liquor-serving hours to 12 A.M. on weekends, 1 A.M. at the latest. That’s apparently the traditional time used for new wine and beer licenses in the area.
If you support our effort and oppose these late hours, please contact us at samiraebrahimi71@aol.com
The best way to let CB 1 know how you feel is to show up and speak at this Tuesday’s public session. (Sign up at the door before 6.) If you can’t do that, at least let us know of your support.
CB #1 Monthly Meeting April 28 6:00 PM
St. John’s University, 101 Murray Street (Btwn West
Side Highway and Greenwich Street)
Neighbors,
The new pizza parlor on the NW corner of Church and Chambers (154 Church) just applied to the Community Board for a wine and beer license, with a 3 A.M. closing time on weekends, 2 A.M. Wednesday and Thursday.
They have a very small space, few tables, NO BATHROOM and already attract a lot of people from the Patriot Bar across Chambers Street. Some of us already have a history of our doorways being used as urinals and worse by Patriot customers and the old Blimpie’s. And this can only increase the late night noise.
The Tribeca Committee just approved these hours (on a split vote). The full Board votes on Tuesday the 28th and will probably go along with it unless neighbors speak up.
We don’t want to stop the business from getting a liquor license, but we are hoping to persuade the Board to limit the liquor-serving hours to 12 A.M. on weekends, 1 A.M. at the latest. That’s apparently the traditional time used for new wine and beer licenses in the area.
If you support our effort and oppose these late hours, please contact us at samiraebrahimi71@aol.com
The best way to let CB 1 know how you feel is to show up and speak at this Tuesday’s public session. (Sign up at the door before 6.) If you can’t do that, at least let us know of your support.
CB #1 Monthly Meeting April 28 6:00 PM
St. John’s University, 101 Murray Street (Btwn West
Side Highway and Greenwich Street)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Info for filing complaints: 311 and ABC website
This is from Ro Sheffe of CB1 and chair of the Financial District:
... let everyone concerned about Remix know that each infraction of SLA rules can now be reported directly to the SLA. People should still call 311 about a disturbance, but ALSO fill out an online report. I'm told every report will be reviewed by SLA enforcement personnel, and retained for review when renewal applications are filed.
[ always get a 311 service request # to send to CB1: cb1@cb1.org ]
SLA complaint form:
http://www.abc.state.ny.us/
(click Register A Complaint > Complaint Registration Form)
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And the following is information you will need for your reports to ABC about our worst offenders.
Remix - Lic.# 1157658
27 Park Place, 24 Murray Street
License up for renewal 2/28/11
Biddy Early - Lic. # 1143382
43 Murray Street
License up for renewal 10/31/09
Lilly O’Brian - Lic. # 1024572
67 Murray Street
License up for renewal 2/28/10
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
This is an email I sent to Community Board 1 on January 30th, 2009 regarding the stabbing incident that occurred in and in front of Biddy Early's on January 23rd, 2009 at approximately 2am EST:
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From: <name removed>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 5:29PM
To: cb1@cb1.org
Subject: Biddy Early's Complaint
To Whom It May Concern,
Biddy Early's (43 Murray Street) has become too rowdy and too dangerous and needs to be shut down. Multiple nights per week, there are dozens of underage drinkers loitering on the sidewalks, urinating and vomiting on doors, and often bar brawls break out and spill onto the streets. The drunken fights not only regularly generate noise that disrupts sleeping children and infants living at 50 Murray Street, but worse leaves all tenants vulnerable to being caught in the violence that has been regularly occurring throughout its existence.
On January 23rd, 2009, at approximately 2am, I watched in horror as a 30-person brawl spill onto Murray Street and two people were stabbed. Cops swarmed the block and cordoned it off with police ribbon as they went on a neighborhood manhunt for the perpetrators. Several dozen cops arrested the drunken brawlers and ambulances took away the victims of the stabbings. On one hand I was happy to hear that one of the victims (who I thought at the time had been killed) has survived and is in stable condition. On the other hand, the violence regularly occurring at Biddy Early's has gone way too far and must be stopped.
Please urgently use your power as representatives of our community to resolve this problem. The owners of Biddy Early's regularly advertise at Pace University. It is known as a destination where underage drinkers can go and order pitchers of beer and play "beer pong" until they are too drunk to stand. In addition, there have been health code violations, and tenants at 50 Murray Street regularly file complaints with the city via 311. These issues alone should be enough to shut them down. With the above incident having occurred, we ask that you immediately do what you can to stop the drunken violence from continuing to escalate, perhaps eventually resulting in not just serious injury, but in the death of a human being.
Our community is full of parents who choose to raise young children here because of the many parks, services, and excellent schools that are available in the neighborhood. The existence of Biddy Early's casts a dark cloud over it, serving as a regular source of stress, sleep deprivation, and anxiety. Worse, with last week’s incident, it has now become a threat to the safety of community members who are now more vulnerable than ever to injury or death if caught in the wrong Biddy Early’s bar brawl. Please make it stop.
Best Regards,
<name removed>
50 Murray Street
New York, NY 10007
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From: <name removed>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 5:29PM
To: cb1@cb1.org
Subject: Biddy Early's Complaint
To Whom It May Concern,
Biddy Early's (43 Murray Street) has become too rowdy and too dangerous and needs to be shut down. Multiple nights per week, there are dozens of underage drinkers loitering on the sidewalks, urinating and vomiting on doors, and often bar brawls break out and spill onto the streets. The drunken fights not only regularly generate noise that disrupts sleeping children and infants living at 50 Murray Street, but worse leaves all tenants vulnerable to being caught in the violence that has been regularly occurring throughout its existence.
On January 23rd, 2009, at approximately 2am, I watched in horror as a 30-person brawl spill onto Murray Street and two people were stabbed. Cops swarmed the block and cordoned it off with police ribbon as they went on a neighborhood manhunt for the perpetrators. Several dozen cops arrested the drunken brawlers and ambulances took away the victims of the stabbings. On one hand I was happy to hear that one of the victims (who I thought at the time had been killed) has survived and is in stable condition. On the other hand, the violence regularly occurring at Biddy Early's has gone way too far and must be stopped.
Please urgently use your power as representatives of our community to resolve this problem. The owners of Biddy Early's regularly advertise at Pace University. It is known as a destination where underage drinkers can go and order pitchers of beer and play "beer pong" until they are too drunk to stand. In addition, there have been health code violations, and tenants at 50 Murray Street regularly file complaints with the city via 311. These issues alone should be enough to shut them down. With the above incident having occurred, we ask that you immediately do what you can to stop the drunken violence from continuing to escalate, perhaps eventually resulting in not just serious injury, but in the death of a human being.
Our community is full of parents who choose to raise young children here because of the many parks, services, and excellent schools that are available in the neighborhood. The existence of Biddy Early's casts a dark cloud over it, serving as a regular source of stress, sleep deprivation, and anxiety. Worse, with last week’s incident, it has now become a threat to the safety of community members who are now more vulnerable than ever to injury or death if caught in the wrong Biddy Early’s bar brawl. Please make it stop.
Best Regards,
<name removed>
50 Murray Street
New York, NY 10007
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