On Tuesday, Community Board 7 will hash out several issues, including a proposed rehabilitation to a small park called Septuagesimo Uno on 71st street, changes to Strangers’ Gate at Central Park, liquor license applications for new restaurants and bars, and a few changes to buildings in historic districts. See the full agenda below, and consider showing up if you’d like to speak out about these issues or anything else:
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 6:30 PM
David Rubenstein Atrium
Broadway between West 62nd and 63rd Streets.
Proposed Agenda Subject to Change
Approval of minutes from previous full board meeting
Chair’s Report: Elizabeth R. Caputo
Community Design Working Group Presentation: Ethel Sheffer, Chair
Community Session – We welcome all members of our community (residents, businesses, CBOs) who would like to speak on issues of interest to them. Please limit remarks to two minutes and, if possible, provide a written copy for the record.
Manhattan Borough President’s Report
Reports by Legislators
Business Session
Land Use Committee
Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
Resolution Re:
1. 2724 Broadway (West 104th-105th Streets.) 384(b)(4) approval for a lease between NYC and The Nut Box, LLC, a retailer of nuts, dried fruits, trail mixes, snacks, spices and coffee.
Parks & Environment Committee, Klari Neuwelt, Chairperson
Resolutions Re:
2. NYC Department of Parks & Recreation proposal for the renovation of Septuagesimo Uno, West 71st Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues.
Transportation Committee
Andrew Albert and Dan Zweig, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
3. Strangers’ Gate (Central Park West and West 106th Street.) Proposal to open view corridor to historic Strangers’ Gate entrance and plaza in Central Park, at Central Park and West 106th Street, by removing three parking spaces.
Joint with Parks & Environment Committee, Klari Neuwelt, Chairperson
4. Manhattanhenge Event. Application by the American Museum of Natural History to the Mayor’s Office for a permit to close West 79th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues on July 11, 2014.
5. West End Avenue and West 97th Street. Request by Council Member Helen Rosenthal to name secondarily the northwest corner of West End Avenue and West 97th Street in honor of 9-year-old Cooper Stock, who was struck and killed by a taxi on January 10 at this corner.
6. Intro 171. Council Member Helen Rosenthal’s bill that would take away the taxi licenses of drivers who kill or critically injure a pedestrian or bicyclist while failing to yield.
Business & Consumer Issues Committee
Michele Parker and George Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
7. 2756 Broadway (West 106th Street.) Renewal application to the SLA for a two-year liquor license by Five Lamps Corp, d/b/a Five Lamps Tavern.
8. Applications to the SLA for two-year liquor licenses:
- 1871 Broadway (West 62nd Street) NY Institute of Technology, d/b/a NYIT Auditorium on Broadway.
- 165 West 72nd Street (Amsterdam Avenue) LD & CJ Corp., d/b/a Kumo.
- 507 Columbus Avenue (West 85th Street) Flex and the City, d/b/a Flex Mussels.
- 625 Columbus Avenue (West 90th Street) Lefkada LLC, d/b/a Korali.
- 235 Columbus Avenue (West 71st Street) Parm Upper West LLC, d/b/a To be Determined.
- 898 Amsterdam Avenue (West 103rd Street) Primavera Mexicana Inc., d/b/a To be Determined.
9. 410 Amsterdam Avenue (West 79th Street.) Application to the SLA for a two-year liquor license by 317 Amsterdam Corp., d/b/a Tolani.
10. 2588 Broadway (West 98th Street.) Application to the SLA for two-year liquor license by Triti USA Inc., d/b/a VARQ.
11. 2791 Broadway (West 108th Street.) Application to the SLA for two-year liquor license by Lornick Hospitality LLC, dba To be Determined.
12. Unenclosed Café Renewal Applications:
- 1900 Broadway (West 63rd-64th Streets.) Renewal application #1422807-DCA to the Department of Consumer Affairs by TS3 Hospitality, d/b/a The Smith, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 24 tables and 54 seats.
- 163 Columbus Avenue (West 68th-69th Streets.) Renewal application #1216111-DCA to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Yunhua on Columbus Inc., d/b/a Empire Szechuan, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 12 seats.
- 566 Amsterdam Avenue (West 87th -88th Streets.) Renewal application #1312628-DCA to the
Department of Consumer Affairs by Jos Concept, LLC, d/b/a B Café West, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 7 tables and 14 seats.
13. 718 Amsterdam Avenue (West 95th Street.) Renewal application #1277777-DCA to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Iano Corp., d/b/a Acqua, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 18 tables and 36 seats.
New Unenclosed Café Applications:
14. 2418 Broadway (West 89th Street.) New application #2375-2014 -ASWC to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Bukefal, LLC, d/b/a Cibo E Vino, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 26 tables and 52 seats.
15. 2170 Broadway (West 76th-77th Streets.) New application # 2986-2014-ASWC to the Department of Consumer Affairs by RF Broadway, d/b/a Red Farm, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 11 tables and 22 seats.
16. 483 Amsterdam Avenue (West 84th – 85th Streets.) New application # 2999-2014-DCA to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Nicky Meatballs, d/b/a Polpette, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 15 seats.
Modified Unenclosed Café Application:
17. 416 Amsterdam Avenue (West 80th Street.) Application to modify # 1420049-DCA to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Hummus Kitchen Amsterdam Avenue Inc, d/b/a Hummus Kitchen , for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 14 tables and 33 seats.
Preservation Committee
Jay Adolf and Gabrielle Palitz, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
18. 305 West 72nd Street, Apt. 2B (West End Avenue – Riverside Drive.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the replacement of four windows on the front façade.
19. 110 West 78th Street (Columbus –Amsterdam Avenues.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for replacement of front façade windows.
20. 476 Amsterdam Avenue (West 83rd Street.), d/b/a Fred’s. Application #152290 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to install four canvas awnings on the Amsterdam Avenue façade.
21. 31 West 84th Street (Central Park West – Columbus Avenue.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to construct a cellar rec room below the rear yard with a 5-foot planted buffer at the rear property line, and to reconstruct a deteriorated one-story masonry extension using brick to match the existing building.
22. 15 West 86th Street, SAJ Synagogue (Central Park West – Columbus Avenue.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for new front doors.
23. 580 West End Avenue (West 88th-89th Streets.) Application #152120to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for replacement of windows.
If there were any way I could attend, I would — I encourage those who do to speak out against the ridiculous cancellation of the small arts and crafts fair on Columbus.
Councilmember Helen Rosenthal will be speaking on the issue of saving the Crafts Fair. Other people who support this position should attend and get on the speaker’s list. It comes right at the beginning of the meeting.
I can’t even imagine how Cibo E Vino thinks it can accommodate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 26 tables and 52 seats within the tiny footprint they occupy without clogging pedistrian traffic. I hope CB7 is paying attention.
Re: “…Parm Upper West LLC, d/b/a To be Determined….Primavera Mexicana Inc., d/b/a To be Determined.”
Well, “To Be Determined” IS a pretty cool name for a restaurant…but they both can’t have the same name, can they??
🙂
p.s.: WORST restaurant name ever was probably that place called “Aged”. One was never sure if name referred to the meat…or to the clientele.
Maybe Next would be more appropriate. Unfortunately, it’s already been taken.
I spoke to one of the workers this morning at the future VARQ at 2588 Broadway (formerly Alouette) it will be an Indian restaurant.
Thanks for posting the agenda – very helpful.
agreed
Anyone with any insights on the liquor license application for the old Indian Cafe space at 2791 Broadway? Walked past the other day and looked like something was happening.
Planning to write on it soon. We hear it’s going to be an Italian restaurant.
Avi