WHIDC has been operating the year-round La Plaza De Las Americas street vendors market on West 175th Street between Wadsworth and Broadway since 1993. La Plaza serves as a micro-business “incubator” for between 20 and 50 individuals (depending on the season). In 2016, the City permanently closed off the street to vehicular traffic and converted it into a park-like plaza that includes a fountain, trees, information kiosk, and a coin operated public toilet (the first one north of 42nd Street!). The plaza accommodates the vendors market, a NYC Greenmarket as well as cultural and community events.