ABOUT US
The East Brooklyn Business Improvement District (EBBID), was incorporated in the State of New York in 1983 by property owners, business leaders and area residents working in collaboration with the City of New York. Originally conceived as an organization that would complement and expand the real estate assistance, security and structural improvement services provided to businesses under the NYC Industrial Business Zone Program (IBZ), the EBBID’s mission is now more focused on providing core maintenance and supportive services.
This focus has become possible due to the fact that, over the past decades, the East Brooklyn Industrial Park has become a safer, better managed, and more effective place to do businesses. Many of the previously vacant parcels of land and buildings have been purchased and have either been developed or are in the process of being developed for industrial use. The EBBID is a 40-block area in East New York, Brooklyn that is bordered by Powell Street to the West, Atlantic Avenue to the North, Pennsylvania Avenue to the East, and Sutter Avenue to the South. In addition, the objectives of the EBBID are to enhance the business environment of the 40 block area and bolster local economic activity. The EBBID is constantly striving to make the area a safe, attractive, and vibrant place in which to live and do business. |
management
The East Brooklyn Business Improvement District is managed by a Board of Directors which includes owners of businesses located in the EBBID and area tenants. The Board also includes city government officials and non-voting members. EBBID services are provided by the Local Development Corporation of East New York, which is contracted by the BID to provide these services.
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board of directors
Executive committee
Doreen Costanzo
PRESIDENT Greengage Urbanscape 435 Sutter Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11212 Tel: 516-250-1634 doreen@GreenGageNYC.com |
Simon Busano
VICE PRESIDENT SIMTECH 248 Junius Street Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-345-8206 Fax: 718-347-7862 simtechauto@yahoo.com |
John Curcio
SECRETARY/TREASURER Empire State Bus Company 148 Snediker Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-485-8002 Fax: 718-485-4755 captain@alliedempirebus.com |
BOARD MEMBERS
CLASS A - OWNERS OF RECORD OF REAL PROPERTY
Doreen Costanzo President Greengage Urbanscape 435 Sutter Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11212 Tel: 516-250-1634 doreen@GreenGageNYC.com Simon Busano Vice President SIMTECH 248 Junius Street Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-345-8206 Fax: 718-347-7862 simtechauto@yahoo.com John Curcio Secretary/Treasurer Empire State Bus Company 148 Snediker Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-485-8002 Fax: 718-485-4755 captain@alliedempirebus.com Michael Bellovin Legion Lighting Co. 234 Glenmore Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-498-1770 Fax: 718-498-0175 mbellovin@legionlighting.com |
CLASS B – COMMERCIAL
Eric Harrison Trans Union Transport, Inc. 181 Powell Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212 Tel: 718-345-5603 Fax: 718-345-7203 ops@transuniontransport.com |
CLASS C – RESIDENTIAL
OPEN |
CLASS D – GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Rehanna Azimi Project Manager Neighborhood Development Division NYC Department of Small Business Services 1 Liberty Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038 Tel: 917-750-2398 RAzimi@sbs.nyc.gov Jacob Bogitsh Policy Analyst Bureau of Economic Development Office of the NYC Comptroller 1 Centre Street 8 Floor South, New York, NY 10007 Tel: 212-669-7415 jbogits@comptroller.nyc.gov *Position Vacant* Brooklyn Borough Representative Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718-802-3700 Fax: 718-802-3778 William Jourdain Chief of Staff Councilwoman Sandy Nurse 37th Council District 1945 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 646-580-6234 wjourdain@council.nyc.gov Joy Simmons Chief of Staff Councilman Charles Barron 42nd Council District 718 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208 Tel: 718-649-9495 Fax: 718-649-3111 nsimmons@council.nyc.gov |
CLASS E – NON-VOTING MEMBERS
Ms. Melinda Perkins District Manager for A.T. Mitchell Board Chair Brooklyn Community Board #5 127 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-498-5711 Fax: 718-345-0501 bk05@cb.nyc.gov Ms. Viola Green Walker District Manager for Genese Morgan Board Chair Brooklyn Community Board #16 444 Thomas S Boyland St. #103 Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel: 718-385-0323 Fax: 718-342-3714 Bk16@cb.nyc.gov |