{"id":189005,"date":"2026-04-08T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189005\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:00:07","slug":"first-of-its-kind-deliverista-hub-opens-outside-of-nyc-hall-heres-what-it-provides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189005\/","title":{"rendered":"First-of-its-kind Deliverista hub opens outside of NYC Hall. Here&#8217;s what it provides."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new hub in New York City is up and running that affords delivery workers a place to rest, escape extreme weather and recharge themselves and their bikes and scooters.<\/p>\n<p>The first-of-its-kind Deliverista hub outside City Hall was transformed from what was a newsstand. It&#8217;s open 24\/7 and for the public, too.<\/p>\n<p>Its primary goal is helping the estimated 80,000 delivery workers who crisscross the city on mopeds and electric bikes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a place to safely recharge your bike and recharge your energy,&#8221; NYC Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura said.<\/p>\n<p>Gustavo Ajche, organizer of Los Deliveristas Unidos, said construction on the hub was fast tracked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Deliverista hub is a space made by workers for workers, not controlled by any corporation,&#8221; Ajche said.<\/p>\n<p>Food delivery worker Idiou Barry on Tuesday demonstrated the battery-charging feature. Using a QR code, he activated the opening of a small locker, which is where he put the spent battery. Then, another door opened with a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>One amenity the hub does not have is restrooms. Aboubacar Ki of the Bronx said he hopes they will be added to future hubs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first one. If we have more, we&#8217;ll think about adding a restroom,&#8221; Ki said.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say what will be added to the City Hall hub soon is more bike racks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new hub in New York City is up and running that affords delivery workers a place to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-189005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189005","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=189005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}