About Glen Cove Downtown B.I.D.

The Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District is the heart of Glen Cove. Strategically located adjacent to Glen Cove’s waterfront, encompasses Part of State Route 107/Glen Cove Road, Pulaski Street, Glen Cove Avenue, Brewster Street, School Street, Glen Street, and Bridge Street.

All downtown parking is FREE! In addition to on-street parking, we offer two multi-level municipal parking garages and three municipal lots.

Our downtown is just four tenths of a mile from the Long Island Railroad. http://mta.info/lirr/

The downtown is serviced by Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) Bus. http://www.nicebus.com/

What is a BID?

A Business Improvement District (BID) is a specific geographic area, established under the guidelines of New York State law, which enables local property owners and businesses within the area to finance supplemental services and programs beyond those the local government provides.

The BID is run by a board of directors comprised of those property owners, businesses and resident, who determine the BID budget and the budget priorities. The BID budget is based on a special assessment which is paid by the property owners in the BID area.

WHAT WE DO

In addition to being an advocate for the downtown businesses and property owners, the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District has designed a variety projects, services and events that benefit all within the designated district. The businesses that actively participate benefit the most, and we encourage every BID member to get involved.

EVENTS

The Downtown BID produces the Downtown Sounds free concert series every July and August. Friday nights in July and August in the downtown are alive with music, people, good food and great times. All businesses located within the Business Improvement District are entitled to add to the “goody” bags handed out to the audience at each concert. It’s a free way to get your business name out to the large crowds gathering downtown weekly.

Each year, the Downtown BID holds a Halloween Costume Parade. Children and their parents fill the streets in colorful costume. Following the parade, they trick-or-treat from store to store. More fun is taking place in Village Square, where there are pie-eating contests, costume contest, kids can play on the Fun Bus, and more.

We hold an annual community tree lighting the Saturday following Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday shopping season. Horse and carriage rides, hot chocolate and candy canes, visits with Santa are just a few of the activities taking place throughout the day.

The Downtown BID works along with other organizations that bring events to the downtown.

STREET BEAUTIFICATION

The Downtown BID maintains the landscaping in the public walkways to the municipal lots and garages. Public spaces throughout the downtown are also planted, mulched and maintained throughout the year. Every spring, the BID purchases flower baskets for the downtown light poles. In the fall, cornstalks and bows are purchased for the light poles. In the winter, the BID has holiday decorations throughout the downtown. The BID also purchases light pole banners and street furniture.

BUSINESS SUPPORT

The Downtown BID acts as a clearinghouse for the downtown. The BID maintains a listing of available downtown properties, a member directory and a directory of assistance for small businesses.

The Glen Cove Downtown BID maintains this website as a resource for its members. Each downtown business has the option to have its own (free) page that they can edit themselves – almost a mini website. The Downtown BID is on Facebook to alert friends of timely items.

The BID works with the City of Glen Cove as a partner to keep our members informed, to alert them to programs offered by the City that may benefit them, such as the Façade and Sign grant programs.

The BID holds informative seminars of interest to business owners. Past seminars have included “Window Dressing,” “Emergency Management for the Small Business,” “Guerilla Marketing” and “Morning Coffee Networking” to name just a few.

Marketing Glen Cove is one of the BID’s priorities. We periodically hold “Downtown Open Houses” to invite potential investors to see what Glen Cove has to offer. We also periodically place BID-sponsored advertising.

Glen Cove Downtown BID Board of Directors

Alvin Batista
President
Planet Fitness
44 School St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 656-0515		 Charles E. Parisi, Esq.
Past President
Parisi & Leonick, LLP
58 School St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 674-4100		 James O'Grady
Architect A.I.A.
126 Glen Street
Glen Cove, NY 11542
516-801-6311
Francine Ferrante Koehler
Executive Director
Glen Cove Downtown
Business Improvement District
info@glencovedowntown.org		 Maureen Basdavanos
Deputy Mayor
City Hall, 9 Glen St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 676-2004		 Andrew Piliero
AvalonBay Communities
1100 Avalon Square
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 759-3600
Mary Jirsa
Executive Assistant
Glen Cove Downtown
Business Improvement District
info@glencovedowntown.org		 Sal Lombardi
City Controller
City Hall, 9 Glen St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 676-2789		 Mary Cooper
Resident
Michael Puntillo
1st Vice President
Jobco Realty
277 Northern Blvd, Ste 203
Great Neck, NY 11021
(516) 487-0050		 Nicholas DiLeo
C.A.M. Insurance
18 Village Square
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 609-0444		 Terry Sciubba
Sherlock Homes Realty
116 Glen St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 671-0500
Jennifer Rehm
Secretary
Atria at Glen Cove
146 Glen St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 671-7008		 Jeanine DiMenna
Page One Restaurant
90 School St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 676-2800		 Roberta Cerasi
Mahon & Berger
70 Glen Street, Suite 208
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 671-2688
Leonard Gleicher
Treasurer
Goldberg Bros. Realty
53 Glen Cove Rd
Greenvale, NY 11543
(516) 621-9200		 Brian Mercadante
Accent on the Home
10 Glen St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 674-0726		  

 Glen Cove Downtown B.I.D. Committees

Special Events
Jeanine DiMenna
Maureen Basdavanos
Mary Cooper
Dr. Peter Munda		Economic Development
Maureen Basdavanos
Dr. Catherine Screnci
Capital Improvements
Brian Mercadante
James O’Grady
Jeanine DiMenna
Andrew Piliero
Maureen Basdavanos
Roberto Telese		Marketing
Jeanine DiMenna
Todd Borom

 Mayor

Ralph V. Suozzi
Mayor
City Hall, 9 Glen St
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516) 676-2004
Maureen Basdavanos
Deputy Mayor

City Council Members

Nicholas DiLeo
Michael Famiglietti
Anthony Gallo, Jr.
Anthony Jimenez
Reginald Spinello
Timothy Tenke

 

 

In The Press

Patch- Website Lists Glen Cove on 100 Safest Cities list

Courtesy of Glen Cove Patch:

Glen Cove Rated One of Nation's Safest Cities

Website ranks city twelfth safest in U.S.
    By Micah Danney
        March 19, 2013
Your chances of being the victim of a crime in Glen Cove are less than in most other cities in the country, according to a recent report.

The website NeighborhoodScout released its list of the Top 100 Safest Cities in the U.S. for cities with populations of more than 25,000 people. Glen Cove ranked 12, one spot higher than Greenwich, Conn. and one behind Sammamish, Wash.

The rankings are based on the total number of property and violent crimes per 1,000 residents. Crimes include burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, murder, forcible rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault.

Chances of becoming a victim of violent crime in Glen Cove are one-in-1,504, whereas they are one-in-251 in New York State as a whole, the latter number being on par with the rest of the country.

The property crime rate comparison shows another wide gap, with a one-in-127 chance of becoming a victim in Glen Cove compared to a one-in-52 chance statewide.

Glen Cove experiences a median of 12 crimes per square mile, compared to 47 per square mile for the state and a national median of 39.6, according to the ranking.

The city was rated as having a median of 18 violent crimes and 213 property crimes annually, according to data reported to the FBI.

Det. Lt. John Nagle of the Glen Cove Police Department said having a local police force helps in preventing crime. He said 36 of the department's 45 members are city residents.

"Our officers are out there in the community. We know who the bad guys are," he said
 
Community Tree

COMMUNITY TREE TO SUPPORT DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS

We invite everyone in the Glen Cove community to join us in creating a community tree in Village Square. Holiday ornaments with your family or business name can be purchase from the Glen Cove Downtown B.I.D. The ornaments will be placed on the  tree that stands in Village Square from November through January.

Choose from snowflake, holly leaf, stocking or ornament. They are $20.00 each. Proceeds will go to further beautifying and improvementing downtown Glen Cove.

The Downtown B.I.D. decorates the downtown with seasonal items like hanging flower baskets, banners, cornstalks, holiday lights and decorations, and plantings in public spaces that are neglected and  overlooked, to name just a few of our projects.

An order form can be downloaded here.
 
Participate: Share Your Ideas!

 The City of Glen Cove is working to improve the downtown experience in the Downtown Gateway area, and a market study is underway to guide the planning process. As part of this effort, we seek your participation by sharing your ideas through the survey.

Please help us by taking a few moments to share your ideas. If you live, work or shop anywhere in or near our Downtown, we want to hear from you.

To take the survey, visit:  www.GlenCoveSurvey.com
 

Upcoming Events

"Abandoned Trunks" Exhibit Thru Labor Day

Clothing and Costumes of the Gold Coast Era
Please join us for a special Lecture Presentation by Monica Randall
Wednesday, May 22 at 7:00 pm
At the North Shore Historical Museum
140 Glen Street
Glen Cove, NY
Free for Museum Members - $5 general public
Ms. Randall, guest curator of the museum's "Abandoned Trunks" exhibit, will discuss her collections and research,
illustrating historical figures and estates of the Gold Coast Era. Monica Randall is an author, historian and expert on the mansions and fashions of the 1920s. "Abandoned Trunks" is an exhibit of costumes and accessories of the Gold Coast.
Clothing items on display were worn by notable North Shore women such as the ladies of Woolworth, Tiffany, Hutton, and Woodward families, as well as the Countess of Bismarck.

Please RSVP to attend - call Museum Director Colleen Yoder at (516) 801-1191, email director@northshorehistorcialmuseum.org or visit
northshorehistoricalmuseum.org for more information.
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Journeys of Discovery
Lunch and Lecture Series 2013
The next Lunch & Lecture Series event will be a presentation:
"Oystering on Long Island"
SATURDAY, 15 JUNE 2013 - NOON
A lecture by Nicole Menchise, Librarian Archivist for the Oyster Bay Historical Society

At the Earl Wightman House
20 Summit Street
Oyster Bay, NY
To be followed by luncheon at Jack Halyards Restaurant, Oyster Bay
Museum Members $45
Non-Members $50

Please RSVP to attend - call Museum Director Colleen Yoder at (516) 801-1191,
email director@northshorehistorcialmuseum.org or visit

northshorehistoricalmuseum.org for more information.
 

Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce presents Culinary Delights

Food, Wine, Music and MORE!                                           

Come sample signature dishes from all over the                  Gold Coast area - restaurants, caterers, kitchens               
and chefs offering their best of all food varieties.  
 Enjoy wine tasting and allow the music to set the ambience of a perfect evening.
    Raffle Baskets and Food-Related Vendors for your shopping pleasure!

When: Monday, May 6th
Where: Glen Cove Mansion
  200 Dosoris Lane, Glen Cove
Time:  6:00—9:00 PM
Couvert:  $40 - RSVP Required
                      (516) 676-6666       
                             $45 at Door
 

Exporting: Doing Business Internationally
 
When
Wednesday May 15, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

Stony Brook Small Business Development Center
Stony Brook University
Research and Development Park
Research and Support Services, Room 145
Stony Brook, NY 11794-6016 
 
 Greetings! 
Have you ever considered doing business internationally or exporting your products outside of the US?
Exporting: Doing Business Internationally on May 15th at the Stony Brook Small Business Development Center can help you learn more about exporting and plan to expand your business overseas.  The program will cover market research, compliance issues, patents and trademarks, freight forwarding, and financing. During the program we will walk you through the process step-by-step.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
8:30am - 12:00pm
Stony Brook SBDC
SBU R&D Park
Research and Support Services, Room 145
Stony Brook, NY 11794-6016

Speakers:
Arnold Ceglia
Partner, Aspen Freight Forwarders

Davi Tserpelis
Senior VP of Business Development, Citibank

Pina M. Campagna, Esq.
Carter, DeLuca, Farrell, & Schmidt, LLP

Tanya Cole
Commercial Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce

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