Dyckman Street Set To Get Heaters For Outdoor Dining This Winter

INWOOD, NY — With the winter months now upon us, Dyckman Street is set to get new space heaters to help restaurants with outdoor dining.

The warming devices are part of an initiative from the design and architecture firm Rockwell Group to place heaters in community spaces around New York City.

And there are few livelier gathering spaces for residents across New York City than the festivities of Dyckman Street.

The Rockwell Group announced Monday that the Pershing Square Capital Management signed on as the first funding partner to help install the winterized dining equipment.

Dyckman Street will be one of the first two streets in New York City to get the space heaters, along with Mott Street in Chinatown.

The Rockwell Group will work with the New York City Department of Transportation to also insert heating systems in the following places:

• Woodside Avenue, Elmhurst: Queens
• 37th Road, Jackson Heights: Queens
• Alexander Avenue, Mott Haven: Bronx
• Willis Avenue, Melrose: Bronx
• Avenue Corridor, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Park Slope: Brooklyn
• Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Harlem: Manhattan
• Minthorne Street, Tompkinsville: Staten Island

“Outdoor dining has been a tremendous success in New York City,” said David Rockwell, in a news release. “But we have failed our restaurants and communities by not identifying ways to help these establishments offset the costs of winterizing these installations. The private and public sectors, along with others who can assist, must come together to help these establishments survive the winter months.”

The news release did not specify when exactly the heaters would be installed.