Morris Park Business Improvement District
Newsletter Year II, Issue 9 - June 7, 2021

  • NYC Restaurant Week 2021 - registration deadline June 11
  • New York State provides eligible small businesses with over 800$ million in recovery aid
  • Morris Park's Big Deal Supermarket fundraises over 7,000$ for local church
  • City Stage Dance Academy summer program
  • MPBID Fresh produce distribution program
  • RAIN's founder Beatrice Castiglia Catullo street renaming
  • NYPD 49th Precinct Build the Block Meeting on June 10th, 6:30pm
NYC Restaurant Week 2021 is back!
Registration deadline for all interested participating restaurants is June 11. There is no cost to participate this season. Program Dates:
  • Mastercard Exclusive Pre-Booking: July 7–11
  • Reservations Open/Press Announcement: July 12
  • Program Live: July 19–August 15
  • Monday–Friday mandatory; Sunday optional; Saturday excluded
  • Restaurants may opt in for 1, 2, 3 or all 4 weeks of the program
  • Restaurants may opt to offer lunch only, dinner only or both
Participants must offer at least one of the following three price tiers:
  • $21 per person Lunch OR Dinner 
  • $39 per person Lunch OR Dinner 
Please check https://business.nycgo.com/nyc-restaurant-week-sign-up/ for more information.
New York State's Business Pandemic Recovery Initiative
New York State is providing eligible small business owners with over $800 million in recovery aid. Find out if you qualify for help.
Small business or for profit arts & cultural organizations that have experienced economic hardship and has been in operation on or before March 1st, 2019 could qualify for Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program. Find out more information here https://esd.ny.gov/pandemic-small-business-recovery-grant-program
Morris Park's Big Deal Supermarket on the cover of Bronx Times Reporter
We are proud of Morris Park businesses engagement with the community! Big Deal Supermarket donated over $7,000 this year for St. Claire and St. Francis Church - Congratulations and thank you for your leadership. Thank you Bronx Times Reporter for this beautiful cover!
Fun summer activities for the kids on Morris Park
Did you sign up the kids for any fun summer activities? Check out the 6 weeks program starting July 12th to August 21 at City Stage Dance Academy at 997 Morris Park Avenue.
MPBID helping our neighbors with free fresh produce
The MPBID continues to provide fresh produce to the Morris Park community every Thursday afternoon, until June 30, 2021. In the past month we have partnered with local businesses Van Nest Hardware and MC Floral, to distribute fresh fruits and vegetables to local residents. As always we are sincerely thankful to 'Loving The Bronx' for their partnership and access to boxes of fresh farmers market quality produce. Some weeks we were able to distribute double the amount of fresh produce, helping over 100 families in the neighborhood! Thank you Nilka Martell and all 'Loving the Bronx' volunteers!
Street renamed in honor of RAIN's founder Beatrice Castiglia Catullo
Congratulations to the RAIN team, non profit leaders in the Bronx, celebrating the legacy of RAIN Total Care, Inc. founder Beatrice Castiglia Catullo and renaming today a section of Morris Park Avenue in her honor - a legendary woman showing the world how to make a difference.
Morris Park Avenue - spring cleanup and beautification
We thank our horticulture partners The Horticulture Society of New York for helping clean, mulch and plant with beautiful spring plants the guarded tree pits lining Morris Park Avenue. We appreciate the support of all residents, especially pet owners, in maintaining our tree pits clean, free from litter and pet waste - thank you all!
NYPD 49th Precinct 'Build the Block' June meeting
Your Neighborhood Coordination Officers for Sector A will host the NYPD 49th Precinct #BuildTheBlock meeting on June 10, at 6:30 PM via Zoom. Tune in have your voices heard to support safety in Morris Park.
NYPD 49th Precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers contacts
Officer Patrick Nicewicz (917) 327-6298   Patrick.Nicewicz@NYPD.Org
Officer Stephen Brancatelli (917) 826-9562 Stephen.Brancatelli@NYPD.org
Sign up for the NYPD 49th Precinct email notification list: Businesses that would like to be added to the NYPD 49th Precinct email notification list, please send your information (business name, contact person and email) to one of the emails above, to receive direct notifications from NYPD.
Morris Park Business Improvement District
morrisparkbid.org
966 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY  US  10462
Morris Park Avenue News, Year II, Issue 9, June 7, 2021