Next year’s proposed street fair calendar was just released, and it looks like there will be fairs on the same number of dates as this year — 13.
Community Board 7 will vote on the calendar at a meeting on January 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Rodeph Sholom on 83rd Street. Despite some effort by the mayor’s office to limit these larger street fairs, it looks like there are few changes so far.
DATE SPONSOR NAME LOCATION PRODUCER
4/15/18 Veritas, Inc. Bway, West 96th -102nd E Mort & Ray
4/15/18 Duke Ellington Blvd. Neighborhood Association Bway, 102nd -106th Mort & Ray
4/15/18 24th Precinct Community Council Bway, West 102nd -106th E Mort & Ray
4/29/18 Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center Col, West 66th – 72nd Clearview Festival
5/06/18 Broadway Mall Center Bway, West 86th- 93rd E Mort & Ray
5/13/18 Committee for Environmentally Sound Development Bway, 60th-65th Clearview
5/20/18 West Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Amst, West 77th –88th WMCC
5/27/18 Coalition for a Livable West Side Bway, West 72nd -82nd W Mort & Ray
5/27/18 Safe Haven West Side Basketball League Bway, West 82nd -86th W Mort & Ray
6/03/18 Project Open at Lincoln Center Towers Bway, West 65th -72nd W Mort & Ray
6/03/18 Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition Bway, West 65th -72nd W Mort & Ray
6/09/18 Valley Restoration, LDC Col, West 96th –106th Mardi Gras Festival
6/10/18 West Side Federation of Neighborhood & Block Assoc. Bway, 73rd-82nd Mort & Ray
6/10/18 The Broadway Mall Association Bway, West 82nd -86th E Mort & Ray
8/19/18 Goddard Riverside Amst, West 79th -86th Clearview Festival
9/16/18 West Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Col, West 68th –86th WMCC
10/14/18 Bloomingdale Area Coalition Bway, West 96th –106th W Mort & Ray
10/21/18 NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch Bway, West 86th – 90th W Mort & Ray
10/21/18 Symphony Space Bway, West 90th – 96th W Mort & Ray
I cannot stand these fairs. They disrupt traffic in the surrounding areas, and the huge amounts of trash left over at the end of the day are a blight on the neighborhood. The day these get banned will be good day!
Getting ready for spring already!!! Got to think positive 75 days until spring !
Can’t wait! Said no one ever.
empanadas! empanadas! empanadas! empanadas!
Has any city agency or investigative reporting/journalistic group ever looked into the finances and/or business model of “Mort and Ray”? Would be interested to know what their business model is, where the money comes from and goes, etc. And how they got the franchises for the bulk of these lookalike street fairs that seem to have no local involvement…
Really. How much irregular underwear do we need?
“How much irregular underwear do we need?”
Ask the Baker Street Irregulars?
I can’t believe the pissing and moaning has gone on for over 36 hours and no one has yet mentioned TUBE SOCKS!!!
C’mon people … you’re losing your edge!
Perhaps you can just remain inside during “Fair Days”. Most of us seem able to cope.
One of the best things the city has to offer. Love ‘em!
I called the offices of Mort & Ray Productions once, and though I can’t remember if it was Mort or Ray that answered the phone (it’s apparently a small operation), he had terrible phone manners…
So much negative talk about something you could choose to ignore if you want to. For those of us who enjoy walking through the fairs and purchasing items from the people who make a living working at them; they are a part of what makes New York City a great place to live.