It combines a thriving commercial and retail presence, many cultural institutions and entertainment facilities, and a large residential community. Lincoln Square, the gateway to the Upper West Side, is a vibrant part of New York City that draws millions of visitors from all over the world.
Entertainment venues abound, as do state of the art health facilities and related shops.
Street life bustles with an energetic vitality. ABC, with its headquarters at Lincoln Square, Fordham University, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Mayflower Hotel, Millennium Partners, Milstein Properties, The Empire Hotel, The Trump Organization, O'Neals', a West side legend, and the West Side Chamber of Commerce. Now more than ever, good management will be necessary to maintain and improve its quality of life. That is why the people who do business here and who own property here decided to create a BID to make the neighborhood even better. Launched in 1997, the Lincoln Square BID runs from West 58 th Street at Columbus Circle on the south up to West 70 th Street, running along Broadway, the east side of Amsterdam Avenue, and parts of Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.