Section 17-315. Restrictions on the placement of vehicles and pushcarts; vending in certain areas restricted or prohibited

a. No pushcart  shall  be  placed  upon any sidewalk unless said sidewalk has at least a twelve
  foot clear pedestrian path to be  measured  from  the  boundary  of  any
  private  property  to any obstruction in or on the sidewalk, or if there
  are no obstructions, to the curb. In no  event  shall  any  pushcart  be
  placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.
    b.  No  vending  vehicle  or pushcart or any other item related to the
  operation of a food vendor's business shall touch, lean  against  or  be
  affixed   permanently  or  temporarily  in  any  building  or  structure
  including, but not limited to, lamp posts, parking meters,  mail  boxes,
  traffic  signal  stanchions,  fire  hydrants,  tree  boxes, benches, bus
  shelters, refuse baskets or traffic barriers.
    c. All items relating to the operation  of  a  food  vending  business
  shall  be  kept in or under the vending vehicle or pushcart, except that
  samples of the non-perishable items sold may be displayed on the vending
  vehicle or pushcart. No items  relating  to  the  operation  of  a  food
  vending  business  other  than  an  adjoining acceptable waste container
  shall be placed upon any public space adjacent to the vending vehicle or
  pushcart, and no food shall be sold except from an authorized vehicle or
  pushcart.
    d. No vending pushcart shall be located  against  display  windows  of
  fixed  location  businesses,  nor shall they be within twenty feet of an
  entranceway to any building, store, theatre, movie house,  sports  arena
  or other place of public assembly.
    e.  No  food vendor shall vend within any bus stop, within ten feet of
  any driveway, any subway entrance or  exit,  or  any  crosswalk  at  any
  intersection.
    f.  Each  food  vendor  who  vends  from  a pushcart or vehicle in the
  roadway shall obey all traffic and parking laws, rules  and  regulations
  as  now  exist  or  as  may  be promulgated, but in no case shall a food
  vendor vend so as to restrict  the  continued  maintenance  of  a  clear
  passageway for vehicles.
    h.  No food vendor shall vend on the median strip of a divided roadway
  unless such strip is intended for use as a pedestrian mall or plaza.
    i. No vendor shall vend within areas under  the  jurisdiction  of  the
  department of parks and recreation unless written authorization therefor
  has  been obtained from the commissioner of such department, but nothing
  therein contained shall exempt any vendor from obtaining a  license  and
  permit in accordance with this subchapter.
    j.  Where  exigent  circumstances  exist and a police officer or other
  authorized officer or employee of the city gives notice to a food vendor
  to temporarily move from a location such vendor shall not vend from such
  location. For the purpose of  this  subdivision,  exigent  circumstances
  shall  include  but  not  be  limited  to, unusually heavy pedestrian or
  vehicular traffic, existence of any obstructions in the public space  at
  or near such location, an accident, fire or other emergency situation at
  or  near  such location, or a parade, demonstration, or other such event
  or occurrence at or near such location.
    k. No food vendor shall vend on any street at any time where and  when
  the  operation  of  any  food vending business is prohibited pursuant to
  either local  law  or  section  20-465.1  of  the  code  and  any  rules
  promulgated  pursuant  thereto.  No  food  vendor shall vend in the area
  including and bounded on the east by the easterly side of  Broadway,  on
  the  south  by  the southerly side of Liberty Street, on the west by the
  westerly side of West Street and on the north by the northerly  side  of
  Vesey Street.

    l.  Food  vendors  shall  be  prohibited from vending on the following
  streets at the following days and times:
                            BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
    Third  Avenue: East 40th to East 57th Street, Monday through Friday, 8
  am to 6 pm; East 58th to East 60th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am
  to 9 pm; Lexington Avenue: East 40th to East 57th Street, Monday through
  Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; East 58th to East 60th  Street,  Monday  through
  Saturday,  8  am  to 9 pm; East 61st to East 69th Street, Monday through
  Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm; Park Avenue: East  34th  to  East  42nd  Street,
  Monday  through  Friday,  8  am  to 7 pm; East 55th to East 59th Street,
  Monday through Friday, 10 am to 7 pm; Vanderbilt Avenue:  East  42nd  to
  East  45th  Street, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 7 pm; Madison Avenue:
  East 34th to East 45th Street, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm; East
  46th to East 59th Street, Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm;  Fifth
  Avenue:  32nd  to  59th  Street,  Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm;
  Avenue of the Americas: West 32nd to West 59th  Street,  Monday  through
  Saturday,  8  am  to  7  pm;  Broadway:  West  32nd to West 52nd Street,
  Everyday, 8 am to 8 pm; Seventh Avenue: West 33rd to West  34th  Street,
  Monday  through  Saturday,  8 am to 6 pm; West 35th to West 45th Street,
  Monday through Saturday, 8 am  to  midnight;  West  46th  to  West  52nd
  Street,  Monday  through  Saturday,  2  pm  to  7 pm; Fourteenth Street:
  Broadway to Seventh Avenue, Monday through Saturday, noon to 8 pm;  West
  Thirty-fourth  Street:  Fifth  Avenue  to Seventh Avenue, Monday through
  Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; Forty-second  Street:  Third  Avenue  to  Eighth
  Avenue,  Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; West Forty-third Street:
  Broadway to Eighth Avenue,  Wednesday  and  Saturday,  noon  to  11  pm;
  Sunday,  noon  to  6  pm;  Other  days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-fourth
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenue, Wednesday and Saturday,  noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon  to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-fifth
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenue, Wednesday and Saturday,  noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon  to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-sixth
  Street: Seventh to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday,  noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-seventh
  Street: Fifth to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11  pm;
  Sunday,  noon  to  6  pm;  Other  days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-eighth
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon  to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-ninth
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon  to  6  pm;  Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fiftieth
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon  to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fifty-first
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fifty-second
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon  to  11
  pm;  Sunday,  noon  to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fifty-third
  Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon  to  11
  pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm.