Business Improvement Districts

Queens is a borough filled with emerging businesses and economic development. The City of New York helps new store owners get their feet planted and clean up underdeveloped areas at the same time by setting up Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) all over town.

Today there are 51 current BIDs in New York City, one of the newest just established in Long Island City this fall, and more are expected to form in the coming years.

The following is a list of the Queens BIDs and their contact information.

82nd Street
Ernest J. Cury, President
Sharada Devi,
Executive Director
37-06 82nd Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Tel: (718) 335-9421
Fax: (718) 507-2977
Email: sdevi82dma@verizon.net

165th Street
Aaron Schwartz, President
Derek Irby, Executive Director
c/o Jamaica Arts Center,
161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432
Tel: (718) 298-5489
Fax: (718) 658-7922
Email: mall165@hotmail.com

180th Street
Steven Dorf, President
Derek Irby, Executive Director
c/o Jamaica Arts Center, 161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432
Tel: (718) 298-5489
Fax: (718) 658-7922
Email: mall165@hotmail.com

Downtown Flushing Transit Hub
Jim Gerson, Chairperson
Mabel Law, Executive Director
39-01 Main Street, Suite 507
Flushing, NY 11354
Tel: (718) 888-1805
Fax: (718) 888-1248
Email: mlaw@flushingbid.com
Website: www.flushingBID.com

Jamaica Center
Claude Brodwell, President
Janet Barkan, Executive Director
90-50 Parson Blvd., Suite 402
Jamaica, NY 11432
Tel: (718) 526-2422
Fax: (718) 526-0215
Email: jamaicabidnyc@aol.com

Myrtle Avenue (Queens)
Herman Hochberg, Chairman
Theodore M. Renz, Executive Director
c/o Ridgewood LDC, 60-82 Myrtle Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Tel: (718) 366-3806
Fax: (718) 381-7080
Email: myrtleavenuebid@aol.com
Website: Ridgewood-NY.com

Queens Plaza/Court Square DMA
David Brause, Chairperson
Gayle Baron, Executive Director
29-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Tel: (718) 786-5300
Fax: (718) 937-1799
Email: gaylebaron@licbdc.org
Website: www.licbdc.org

Steinway Street
Sam Pirozzolo, Chairperson
Marie Torniali, Executive Director
28-27 Steinway Street
Astoria, NY 11103
Tel: (718) 728-7820
Fax: (718) 728-7413
Email: steinwaystbid@aol.com
Website: www.steinwaystreet.org

Sutphin Blvd
Norman Burak, Chairman
Melva Miller,
Executive Director
89-00 Sutphin Boulevard, Suite 305
Jamaica, NY 11432
Tel: (718) 291-2110
Fax: (718) 291-2109
Email: sutphinblvdbid@verizon.net
Website: www.sutphinblvdbid.org

Woodhaven
Matthew Xenakis, President
Maria Thomson, Executive Director
84-01 Jamaica Avenue
Woodhaven, NY 11421
Tel: (718) 805-0202
Fax: (718) 805-2929
Email: gwdcbid@hotmail.com

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