To elevate and support existing Black-owned businesses across New York City, including several that reside here in Flatiron and NoMad, we have compiled a list that you can support. The Partnership recognizes that our neighborhood should be home to many more Black and minority-owned businesses and wants to help change that. To this end and as an immediate starting point, the Partnership will be making an initial contribution to the New York Urban League to further the empowerment of Black New Yorkers through education, employment, and entrepreneurial training.

In addition to the list of Black-owned businesses in Flatiron and NoMad, we have linked other resources that focus on highlighting Black-owned businesses as well.

Accelery | Business development firm for innovators

Apples & Oranges Public Relations | Corporate communications, community outreach, direct response, and event production boutique agency

Bar 263 | A speakeasy bar with a cozy, family-like atmosphere

BLKBOX | Brand development and techonology creative agency

Blooni Designs & Contracting | High end design, consulting and management service provider within the public and private sectors

Brooks Alliance | Accounting firm

Burrell Law | Law firm

Crystal McKenzie Inc. | Brand and marketing communications consulting 

D Patrick Consulting Inc | Management consulting firm

Fastsigns | Signage and advertising specialties business

GVATE | Marketing and advertising agency

Iconoclast Fitness | Personal training and fitness center

iTX Blue | IT and telecommunications software, planning, and consulting firm 

Layer 7 Data Solutions | Full life-cycle technology services company

Lenox Park Solutions | Investment management consulting firm

Liu Electric | Electrical contracting firm

Massage for Health and Fitness | On-site chair massage company that offers office massages, corporate wellness programs, and fitness training

Molaprise | IT solutions provider

Noir et Blanc | Contemporary boutique for the fashion-conscious shopper 

Tanis Management and Co | Janitorial, office, and residential cleaning service

The Associates Incubator | Incubator made of creators, entrepreneurs, innovators, and thought leaders

Trainstation NYC | Personal training and fitness center

Transcendent Enterprise | Video production services company

True Role Dynasty | Real estate and life insurance agency

Walton Issacson | Advertising agency

Resources:

• A spreadsheet of New York City's Black-owned restaurants compiled by The New Yorker's food critic, Hannah Goldfield and Bon Appétit's social media manager, Rachel Karten.
• EatOkra, a downloadable app that helps you find local, Black-owned restaurants through their use-friendly map of over 2,500.
• ShoppeBlack is a resource that has compiled lists of Black-owned businesses to shop from by ocassion, features and interviews with Black entrepreneurs, and resources for aspiring Black business owners.

If you'd like to be added to the list, please email klynch[at]flatirondistrict.nyc

• 15 garlic cloves
• 2 jalapenos
• 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom (You can make your own cardamom spice by combining 1/4 tsp of cinnamon + 1/4 tsp of nutmeg)
• 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
• 2 cups of cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Method:

1. Core the jalapenos and coarsely chop them with the garlic.
2. Put the garlic, jalapenos, cardamom, and cumin into a food processor or blender.
3. Grind/blend for 30 seconds.
4. Add cilantro, salt, and oil into the food processor and grind/blend for another 30 seconds.
5. Scoop out and spread in a bowl. Top off anything with this sauce, and enjoy!

Chef Einat Admony pictured below:

Breakfast returns to the Flatiron South Plaza! Flatiron Plate, home of the available-all-day Classic Egg Sandwich and healthy smoothie options, reopened for the season on May 18th.

In addition to the classic breakfast sandwich combo (add coffee, of course), Flatiron Plate features a full all-day menu featuring baked goods, Greek yogurt creations, sandwiches and wraps, salads, smoothies, fresh-squeezed juices, and a full array of hot and cold drinks. They also have a beer and wine license, and offer to-go drinks!

FULL MENU

Flatiron Plate is open from 7 am to 5 pm every day.

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership has decided to postpone our 2020 Annual Meeting & Community Reception.

The ~200 person event, held each year at Grey Group, invites community members and stakeholders to gather, vote on BID business, and connect on topics and issues. Originally scheduled for June 10th, the Annual Meeting will be rescheduled for September, likely in a modified and virtual format. More details on the time, date, and format will be shared over the summer.

Despite the postponement, the Partnership plans on releasing the FY20 Annual Report digitally at our June virtual board meeting and via our website, email newsletter, and social media channels. 

For questions or more information, please email the Partnership team at COVID19@flatirondistrict.nyc.

For COVID-19 related information and updates, visit our COVID-19 Resources Page.

After a full month of quarantine and social distancing, April's news media updates revolve around the hard-hitting effects of the pandemic on local restaurants, businesses, and real estate. Stay up-to-date with the latest Flatiron District News with our monthly roundup of notable highlights.

Restaurants & Bars

• Flatiron businesses give back to New Yorkers in need who are working in healthcare during the pandemic (via amNewYork). 
• Neighborhood Eats: HALL by Odo at 17 West 20th Street is now delivering sushi (via ABC 7 NY).
• For the first time ever you can now get high-end grub from the likes of COTE and others delivered right to your binge-watching party (via Thrillist).
• Recognizing how much stress frontline workers were under, Patisserie Chanson decided to make a small sacrifice and set aside some of their goods for the hardworking people who need a lift (via Thrillist).
• Chef Hooni Kim of Hanjan discussed his new book "My Korea: Traditional Flavors, Modern Recipes" with The Korea Society through a public live webcast (via Restaurant News).
• Another reason to love Shake Shack: They just returned a $10 million loan back to the Feds (via Forbes). 
• Eleven Madison Park makes Hoodline's list of "4 best spots to splurge on New American eats" (via Hoodline).  
• Falafel chain, Taim, is listed on Crain's "10 spots to order from while you stay in" lineup (via Crain's New York). 
• Recent Cornell graduate, Max Aronson, shares what his role as an assistant server at Eleven Madison Park entails (via The Cornell Daily Sun). 
• Restauranteur, Marc Glosserman of Hill Country, awaits rebirth in a new reality, but now feeds health care workers during the COVID-19 shutdown (via amNY). 

BID Businesses

• 22 Flatiron studios offer online fitness and wellness experiences (via Patch). 
• To help those scrambling to set up pandemic-related online tools, Flatiron-based software company Bubble is offering its "no code" technology free of charge (via Crain's New York).
• Why blue is the no-fail quarantine hair color to DIY: Jaxcee, co-founder of The Coily Collective at Riccardo Maggiore Salon in the Flatiron District, put it simply: The darker your hair, the deeper the shade of blue (via Refinery 29).
• Storefronts may now be shuttered, but before closing, many shop owners and employees decorated window displays with funny and inspiring messages. This window display comes from Fishs Eddy, a Flatiron District emporium of unique and edgy mugs and dishware (via Roadtrippers).
• Mendel Mendlowits, a Holocaust survivor who founded Adorama, a famed camera store in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, has died at 76 (via NY Daily News).
• If you’re looking to give back to the community around Fordham Lincoln Center, The Xavier Mission in the Flatiron District continues to run a soup kitchen and a food pantry (via Fordham Observer).

Real Estate & Commercial

• As construction across the city screeches to a halt, developers reckon with how to keep their projects funded while the pandemic rages on (via The Wall Street Journal).
• Last summer Jeff Bezos spent approximately $80 million combined on a three-story penthouse and two units directly below at 212 Fifth Ave. Now he’s rounding out his footprint in the building by buying the $16 million unit that is adjacent to the two sub-units (via Forbes).
• ABS Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 5,000-square-foot office lease for Canadian trade union Unifor in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. The company’s new space includes the entire eighth floor at 152 Madison Avenue, an approximately 98,000 square foot office building constructed in 1929. (via ReBusiness Online). 

In the Neighborhood 

• Trash collection map reveals how less waste is being collected in Manhattan as well-heeled New Yorkers flee the city - but more is being picked up in the outer boroughs from people working at home (via The Daily Mail).

Photo Credit: Rethink of Eleven Madison Park's commissary kitchen via New York Times 

Support local businesses while thanking our Flatiron/NoMad first repsonders! 

Help the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership fund delivery orders to directly support neighborhood restaurants and feed our local first responders, who are still being heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.  

We are committing an initial $10,000 to kick-start this program, and then we will match every donation dollar for dollar up to $10,000.  We're setting our initial goal at $5K, but hope to blow past it to reach $10K and maximize our match. 

>> DONATE HERE

Starting Monday, May 4th, the Flatiron Partnership is buying meals at Flatiron and NoMad-based restaurants to deliver to the first responders that are there for us every day. We are buying 100+ meals daily to deliver to the EMS Station at Bellevue Hospital, two local FDNY Stations, and the NYPD 13th Precinct. If we maximize our match, we will be able to continue the daily food deliveries for the full month of May.

While doing so, we are supporting our much-loved neighborhood restaurants by purchasing the meals at a price that allows them to generate revenue. They're working hard to keep their doors open providing takeout and delivery, and are thrilled to provide these meals for our EMS, Fire and Police.

Follow us on our GoFundMe Charity page and on our social channels (@FlatironNY on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook) for regular updates and pictures of the participating restaurants and meals delivered to first responders through May.

>> DONATE HERE