Suggested Locations for Leafletting THE BRONX * Simpson Street Stop (2/5 Trains) * Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse * Outside the Fordham Library Center of the New York Public Library at 2556 Bainbridge Avenue, near Fordham Road (11am-7pm Tue-Sat) * Bedford Park Blvd and Lehman College * 139th St. and the Grand Concourse * Yankee Stadium Area (near subway station) BROOKLYN * Boerum Hill, call Brooklyn Parents for Peace at 718-624-5921 for suggestions on where to distribute in the area and to pick up leaflets. One busy street with foot traffic is Smith Street. * Park Slope Brooklyn Public Library at 6th Ave. at 9th St. (9am-10pm Tue-Sat) * Intersection of Court St. and Montague St. * Fulton St. mall starts at intersection of Adams Street and Joralemon Street * Train station stop at Bedford and N 7th in Williamsburg * Atlantic Avenue Stop * Along 5th Avenue and 7th Avenue, Park Slope * Grand Army Plaza/Prospect Park Entrance * Eastern Parkway?Museum, Gardens, Brooklyn Public Library * Brooklyn College/Flatbush Ave Area * Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 1000 Washington Avenue (Tuesday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Monday) QUEENS * At the 21st Street ? Van Alst Subway Station * LaGuardia Community College (7 train stop 33rd street and Rawson). * Shea Stadium (near Willets Point-Shea Stadium stop on 7 train) * Roosevelt Ave/74th St. station (7, E, F, R, G, V trains) * 71st St. & Continental Av in Forest Hills. * Continental Av. & Austin St. site of a weekly vigil Sat 11AM - Noon. * Main St. #7 station in Flushing * Main St. & Kissena Bd. in Flushing, the site of a weekly vigil, Sat 11AM - Noon MANHATTAN * 116th Street & Broadway (Morningside Heights by Columbia) * 110th Street and Broadway * Union Square: under the canopy outside the Union Square Subway Station, especially Monday, Wednesday, Friday (farmer?s market days), 15th Street and Broadway * Herald Square: 34th and Broadway * Grand Central Terminal: 42nd & Lexington Avenue * West 4th Street SubwayStation * Penn Station: 33rd between 7th and 8th * Astor Place Subway Station Stop: 8th St. and 4th Ave. (6 train) * 72nd Street Subway Station (1,2,3 trains) * 96th Street Subway Station (1,2,3 trains) * 116 Columbia U Stop (by Kym?s Video/Falafel Spot) (1 train) * Dykman St Subway Station (A train) * Washington Square Park: Waverly Place and Fourth Street (Call the Greenwich Village Coalition at 212-989-3123 to ensure turnout) * 86th & Broadway, * Beacon Theatre: 74th Street & Broadway before and after shows * New York Public Library in Mid-Manhattan: Fifth Avenue at 40th Street, 41st Street and 5th Ave (11am-7pm Tue-Sat) * Rockefeller Center, 49th St. & 5th Ave. * Columbus Circle, 59th St and 8th Ave. * Discount Theater Tickets Booth: Broadway and 47th * Staten Island Ferry Terminal * 137 St. City College (1 train) * Traverse 125th Street with Leaflets * John Jay College in front of the main building 899 Tenth Avenue STATEN ISLAND * Staten Island Ferry, Staten Island Side. MUSEUMS (on the sidewalk outside) * Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street (Tue-Thu and Sun 9:30am-5:30, Fri-Sat. 5:30am-9:30pm, closed Mon.) * Museum of Natural History: Central Park West at 79th Street (10:00am-5:45pm Mon-Thu. and Sunday, 10:00am - 8:45pm on Fri. and Sat.) * Guggenheim Museum: 1071 5th Ave at 89th St. (Sat-Wed. 10-5:45, F 10-8, closed Thu). * Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design: 2 East 91st Street and 5th Ave. (Tuesday?Thursday: 10 am?5 pm, Friday: 10 am?9 pm, Saturday: 10 am?6 pm, Sunday: noon?6 pm) * The Jewish Museum: 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street (Sunday through Wednesday, 11 am - 5:45 pm, Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm, Friday, 11 am - 3 pm, Closed Saturday and major Jewish holidays) * International Center of Photography Gallery: 1133 Avenue of the Americas @ 43rd St. (Tu-Th 10AM - 6PM $10.00 Gen. Admission F 10AM - 8PM $ 7.00 Students + Seniors Sat + Sun 10AM-6PM Members Free Closed Mondays) * Museum of the City of New York: 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St (Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed Mondays.) * El Museo del Barrio: Heckscher Building 1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street (Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Closed) * National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts: 1083 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street (Wed-Thu 12-5, Fri-Sun 11-6, Mon and Tues closed) * Museum of Modern Art: 11 West 53 Street ( Sat. ? Mon 10:30-5:30, Wed-Fri 10:30-5:30. closed Tue) ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Tips for Handing Out Leaflets Hand out leaflets in a busy area, preferably somewhere that is narrow so that people won't avoid you. Don?t just stand still. Approach people to offer them a leaflet. Hold out the leaflet and give people plenty of time to take it. When you hand out the leaflets, tell people what you are giving them. You can say things like ?End the war in Iraq? or ?Anti-war rally in Washington D.C.? If you say something, people will be more likely to take the leaflet and less likely to throw it away without reading it. Speak loudly and be animated so that people will pay attention to you. Make eye contact. Be polite and don?t force people to take leaflets if they don?t want to. If you have a sign, more people pay attention to you. Avoid lengthy political conversations while leafleting, as they will reduce your efficiency at spreading the word. Most pedestrians are friendly and sympathetic to [lefty flyering]. However, if someone antagonizes you, kindly inform him/her that you do not want to have a political debate. If the person does not relent, try to move to a different crowded area, and eventually threaten to call the police. Do not tape leaflets on lampposts, subway stations, bus stations, or private property. It is illegal, and [your org] could get in legal trouble if you do this. Have fun leafleting! -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Know Your Rights: Demonstrating in New York City Information from the New York Civil Liberties Union about your legal rights Know Your Rights: Demonstrating in New York City by The New York Civil Liberties Union New Yorkers have the right to engage in peaceful, protest activity on public sidewalks, in public parks, and on public streets in New York City. This includes the right to distribute handbills or leaflets; the right to hold press conferences, demonstrations, and rallies; and the right to march on public sidewalks and in public streets. The City can and does impose certain restrictions on these activities, and in some instances one must obtain a permit before engaging in certain activity. This brochure is intended to inform New Yorkers of the basic rules governing demonstration activity. Do I Need a Permit? It depends on what you want to do. If you want to distribute handbills on a public sidewalk or in a public park, have a demonstration, rally, or press conference on a public sidewalk, or march on a public sidewalk and you do not intend to use amplified sound, you do not need any permit. If you want to use amplified sound on public property, want to have an event with more than 20 people in a New York City park, or wish to conduct a march in a public street, you will need a permit. If you wish to have an event on the steps of City Hall or in the plaza in front of the steps, you need to make special arrangements with the Police Department. If I Want to Distribute Handbills; Have a Demonstration, Rally, Press Conference; or March on a Public Sidewalk, What Do I Need to Do? Nothing but plan your event. If you want, you can notify the Police Department, but that is not required. If you do notify the Police Department, officers may appear at the event; if your event involves a significant number of people, the Police Department may set up a ?pen? in which they will ask you to stand. In conducting your event, you cannot block pedestrian passage on a sidewalk, and thus should leave at least one-half of the sidewalk free for use. You also cannot block building entrances. What if I Want to March on a Public Street? You may be able to march in a public street (as opposed to on a sidewalk) in some circumstances. In every instance, you must apply (for) and obtain a permit from the Police Department. If you expect to have fewer than 1000 people in your march, you can apply for a permit at the precinct in which the march will originate. If you expect 1000 people or more, you must apply at Police Headquarters (1 Police Plaza, Room 1100A) in lower Manhattan. There is no fee to apply for a parade permit. As a general rule, the Police Department will only allow marches to take place in the street if the group has enough people so that it is not safe or otherwise reasonable for the group to march on the sidewalk. In those instances in which a group is allowed to march in the street, the police will close a portion of the roadway for the group. (1) What If I Want to Use Amplified Sound? If you want to use amplified sound in a public place, you must receive a permit from the Police Department. You apply for the permit at the precinct within which you wish to use sound, and in most precincts you obtain the application from the precinct?s Community Affairs Office. The fee for a one-time permit is $45.00. Though City rules specify that permits must be sought at least five days before the event, you are entitled to receive a permit even if you apply less than five days before your event. City rules prohibit the use of amplified sound within 500 feet of a school, courthouse or church during hours of school, court or worship, or within 500 feet of a hospital or similar institution. In many instances, the permit may specify a decibel limit on the level of permissible sound. City rules also prohibit the use of amplified sound between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. in nonresidential areas; in residential areas, amplified sound is not permitted between 8:00 p.m. or sunset (whichever is later) and (9:00 a.m. on weekdays, and between 8:00 p.m. or sunset (whichever is later) and 10:00 a.m. on weekends. Finally, if you intend to use amplified sound that requires electricity, you are not allowed to tap into public power (e.g. a light pole) unless you have made specific arrangements with the City to do so. (2) What If I Want to Have a Rally, Press Conference or Demonstration in a City Park? You are entitled to distribute expressive materials or to have a rally, press conference, or demonstration in a City Park. If the event will include more than 20 participants, you must obtain a Special Events permit from the Parks Department. You can obtain a permit application, which contains the general rules governing the permit process, from the Department?s main office in the borough where the park is located or from the Parks Department?s website (nycparks.completeinet.net). The fee for applying for a permit is $25.00. You also are entitled to use amplified sound at an event in a City park. As with amplified sound in other public places, you must obtain a permit from the Police Department to use amplified sound in a public park. Generally, the Police Department will not issue a sound permit until you obtain your Parks Department permit. (3) Footnotes (1) The official rules governing parades can be found at section 110 of title 10 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York and at section 19 of title 38 of the Rules of the City of New York. (2) The official rules governing the use of amplified sound can be found at section 108 of title 10 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York and at chapter 8 of title 38 of the Rules of the City of New York. (3) The official rules governing demonstration activity in City parks can be found at sections 1-05 and 2-07 of Chapter 56 of the Rules of the City of New York.