{"id":144686,"date":"2026-02-25T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144686\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:28:18","slug":"mayor-announces-new-coney-island-bid-to-be-operational-by-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144686\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor announces new Coney Island BID to be operational by July"},"content":{"rendered":"

CONEY ISLAND \u2014 Coney Island officially has a Business Improvement District (BID).<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the announcement with local businesses and leaders, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso, NYC Department of Small Business Service (SBS) and the Coney Island Beautification Project at Deno\u2019s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe formation of the Coney Island Business Improvement District is about investing in the small businesses and working families who make this iconic neighborhood all year long,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cBy strengthening sanitation, public space and business support along Mermaid and Surf Avenues, we\u2019re building a Coney Island where local commerce thrives, corridors are cleaner and safer, and economic opportunity is rooted in the community.\u201d\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/a>Dennis Vourderis. Photo: NYC Mayor\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

The Coney Island BID will have a first-year operating budget of up to $1 million. It is expected to be operational by July and will be Brooklyn\u2019s 24th BID. Speakers said they hope it will deliver supplemental services to strengthen small businesses around the amusement district, improve neighborhood livability, promote growth and create new public spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family and I are very excited about this BID,\u201d said Dennis Vourderis, vice president of Deno\u2019s Wonder Wheel Park. \u201cI look forward to all of the benefits that it will bring, not only to the Amusement District but also to Mermaid Avenue, which it richly deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing that the BID will provide is consistent supplemental sanitation, which is so important,\u201d Vourderis added.\u00a0\u201dServices will be five days a week during the season and three days a week in the off-season. Right now, the Alliance for Coney Island is providing sanitation based on funds that we get from the grants funding cycle from our council members and local politicians, of course. BID services will be more consistent throughout the year with this funding that we\u2019re going to generate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Councilmember<\/a>Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso. Photo: NYC Mayor\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

The newly formed BID will include storefronts and properties along Mermaid Avenue and Surf Avenue. Services, along with sanitation and maintenance, will include public space programming and beautification, along with district marketing and events.<\/p>\n

\u201cConey Island is iconic around the world, but it\u2019s the year-round residents and small business owners who make this neighborhood truly special,\u201d said Santosuosso. \u201cThis new Business Improvement District means cleaner streets, stronger commercial corridors from Surf to Mermaid, and real, sustained investment in the community that Coney Islanders deserve.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe creation of the Coney Island Business Improvement District is the culmination of a multi-year process of research, community consultation, pilot programs and demonstrated local support,\u201d said SBS Commissioner Dynishal Gross. \u201cThis self-sustaining entity will build on Coney Island\u2019s global reputation as the \u2018People\u2019s Playground\u2019 while delivering shared prosperity for the small businesses that line Mermaid and Surf Avenues. The Department of Small Business Services is proud of the role its Neighborhood Development Division played in this effort and congratulates the Alliance for Coney Island and all members of the BID steering committee.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CONEY ISLAND \u2014 Coney Island officially has a Business Improvement District (BID). Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the announcement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[16869,288,119,18444,9,24,63,122,124,123,82],"class_list":["post-144686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-bids","tag-business","tag-coney-island","tag-jaime-dejesus","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}