Our neighborhood is great! 30th Avenue is a thriving and vital shopping street chock full of cafes and nightspots. 30th Avenue is so popular, people come from all over NYC to hang out, party and be seen. The new cafes and clubs have much to recommend them but there has also been a serious fall out, impacting the lives of those who live here.
Visitors to 30th Avenue cafes are not always very conscientious and show no respect towards the neighborhood or those who live here. Cars are emptied of fast food containers, beer bottles, cigarette butts and trash. Late night fighting and yelling wake people at 3 am, 4 am and 5 am - arrests have been made. Cars travel at dangerous high speeds, especially for our quiet residential streets. In the past year, 36th and 37th Streets have recently experienced a number of serious accidents involving cars and at least one involving alcohol.
Norwood residents seek a return to a more balanced and enjoyable quality of life. With that aim in mind, we invite cafe owners to recognize their responsibility to the community and pitch in. NNA hopes to initiate a "clean up" task force on 35th, 36th and 37th Streets, those hardest hit by litter and hope the cafes will participate in picking up after their patrons. In addition we ask that cafe owners abide by the law and close their club according to the hours stated on the liquor license. Above all, we ask that clubs not serve intoxicated and belligerent guests as many will be driving home in their car after a night out in Astoria.
NNA urges the NYSLA to investigate and open up its eyes to the effects of cafe and club overload in a residential neighborhood.
