BID will encompass 149 properties and address sanitation and security needs. The Planning Commission unanimously approved an application by the Flatbush-Nostrand Junction District Management Association and the Department of Small Business Services to create a Flatbush-Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District. The proposed BID will allow an annual assessment on businesses and residents for improved sanitation and security and will encompass 149 properties containing 235 businesses. The BID area is roughly bounded by Flatbush Avenue, Glenwood Avenue, Hillel Place and portions of Glenwood Road.

The BID would focus on remediation of sanitation, graffiti and security issues by employing a six-day weekly sanitation crew and added security to supplement the NYPD. Of the $200,000 first-year budget, $50,000 will be allocated to sanitation, $64,500 to security and $57,500 to administration. The budget will come from an assessment on commercial properties of $21 per-linear-front-foot and $.005 per dollar of assessed valuation. Residents and vacant property owners will pay an annual $1 assessment. Government and notfor- profits, including Brooklyn College, would be exempt. (read more…)