Bed-Stuy Public Bench Request Form

As part of the Bed-Stuy Aging Improvement District, the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant (CIBS) in partnership with the New York Academy of Medicine and LISC NYC and in generous support by the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, is working to bring more public benches to Bedford-Stuyvesant. If you would like to request a bench in Bed-Stuy, please fill out a short survey here.

Requirements from the DOT state that all bench locations must have:

• Sidewalk width must be a minimum of 12 feet wide from building to curb
• Proposed location cannot be directly opposite a building entrance or cellar door
• Benches cannot be placed within:
  • 25′ of an intersectios
  • 15′ of a subway exit, newsstand or fire hydrant
  • 8′ of a bicycle rack
  • 7′ of a driveway
  • 5′ of a sidewalk cafe, tree or stand pipe
  • 4′ of a phone booth, mailbox, street light, parking meter, news rack or utility poles
  • 3′ of a canopy, utility hole, grate, vent, sign pole or tree pit

Please submit a request by Mar 10, 2012. If you have any additional questions please email CIBS at: cibsbedstuy@gmail.com