NYC outdoor dining sheds must come down Friday — before the ‘busiest part of the year’ — per strict new seasonal rules By . Dorian Geiger, Reuven Fenton and Nicole Rosenthal.

Shut down NYC’s outdoor-dining sheds: They boost eatery income but plague the streets By . Steve Cuozzo. Published Nov. 15, 2022. Updated Nov. 16, 2022, 5:56 p.m. ET.

Pandemic-era outdoor dining sheds are soon to be a permanent staple in New York City. Mayor Eric Adams signed Bill 31-C Tuesday, which will allow for permanent outdoor dining sheds. (Photo by ...

A restaurant's pandemic-era outdoor dining, left, extends onto a sidewalk in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, Monday Aug. 7, 2023, in New York.

Outdoor dining sheds exploded in popularity during the pandemic and provided spaces where New Yorkers could eat out while observing social distancing. Now, many of them are set to disappear.

Dining Out NYC is currently the largest permanent outdoor dining program in the United States, according to DOT, and since the program's inception, nearly 3,000 restaurants have submitted license ...

Outdoor dining was a part of the pandemic that many people actually liked — made possible by streetside dining sheds that popped up around New York City and allowed many restaurants to stay in ...

Pandemic-era outdoor dining extensions, left, sit on street parking spaces outside restaurants in mid-town Manhattan, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023, New York City's roadway dining sheds, a pandemic ...