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Last week, 47 government actions were filed near Manhattan restaurants. New liquor license applications. Health inspection sweeps. Construction permits that will block your sidewalk.

How many did you know about?

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City Council · Liquor Authority · Dept. of Buildings · Dept. of Health

3,185+ government filings analyzed

How it works

Simple. Because running a restaurant is hard enough.

01

Tell us your address.

Share your restaurant location and the licenses you hold. Takes 2 minutes.

02

We monitor every morning.

Our system checks 4 government agencies at 6am for filings near your block.

03

You get what matters.

A plain-English weekly email. Only items that affect your business. Urgent things flagged immediately.

What changes when someone's watching your block.

Without BlockAlert
With BlockAlert

A competitor files for a liquor license on your block

You find out when the new sign goes up. By then it's approved and there's nothing you can do.
You find out the week it's filed. You show up at the community board and have your objection heard before it's approved.

A major construction permit is filed next door

Scaffolding appears one morning. Foot traffic drops. Deliveries get rerouted. You had no time to prepare.
You know weeks before they break ground. You adjust signage, reroute deliveries, and warn your regulars.

Health inspectors close a restaurant on your street

They sweep your block next. Your prep cook forgot to log temperatures on Friday. You get cited.
You get a same-day alert. You double-check temp logs, posted permits, and expired certs before inspectors reach you.

City Council holds a hearing on a bill that affects your lease

The bill passes. Nobody from your block showed up to testify. Your rent goes up and you had no say.
You knew about the hearing two weeks out. You submitted written testimony. Your voice was on the record.

Your liquor license renewal deadline is approaching

The notice gets buried in your mail. Three weeks without liquor revenue while you refile from scratch.
You're tracking your renewal timeline alongside everything else. No surprises, no lapsed license, no lost revenue.

A zoning change is proposed for the building next door

A developer converts it to mixed-use. You find out from a neighbor after the vote already happened.
You had 60 days notice. You organized your block and got conditions added at the community board meeting.
The product

Here's what lands in your inbox.

This is from an actual digest. Every item is real government data.

Built for restaurant owners who are tired of surprises.

You have a liquor license and no time to attend community board meetings.
You found out about construction on your block when the scaffolding went up.
You got a health inspection violation because you didn't know inspectors were sweeping your area.
You want to know about a new competitor before they open, not after.

Don't find out from the scaffolding.

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