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Substack post November 2026

Board votes on sidewalk and roadway cafés fell from 100 in 2018 to 15 in 2022, then rose to 246 in 2025

Resolutions whose subject is a sidewalk or roadway café, 12 boards with records every year from 2018 to 2025.

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Board votes on sidewalk and roadway cafés fell from 100 in 2018 to 15 in 2022, then rose to 246 in 2025

Resolutions whose subject is a sidewalk or roadway café, 12 boards with records every year from 2018 to 2025.

    Source: Block Party resolutions database (live database as of Nov 13, 2026), built from public community board minutes and resolutions. Analysis by NYCuriosity.

    1. The 12 boards with at least 20 resolutions in every year from 2018 to 2025: Manhattan CBs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11, Brooklyn CB 8, Bronx CBs 8 and 10, and Queens CB 9. A fixed set of boards keeps the trend from reflecting how far back each board's records go.

    2. Counts resolutions whose title names a sidewalk café, roadway café, unenclosed or enclosed café, outdoor dining, Open Restaurants or Dining Out NYC; liquor license letters that only note whether an applicant plans a café are excluded.

    3. Three boards account for 221 of the 246 in 2025: Manhattan CB 4 (112), Manhattan CB 1 (55) and Manhattan CB 6 (54). Manhattan CB 7, which passed 39 café resolutions in 2019, passed 1 in 2025.

    4. Open Restaurants launched in 2020 as a temporary program; Dining Out NYC, its permanent successor, permits seasonal roadway cafés from April 1 to November 29 (diningoutnyc.info).