According to the Brooklyn Paper, a group of merchants are proposing that Seventh Avenue between Flatbush and Prospect Avenue become a BID or “Business Improvement District.” Some building owners may find that hard to swallow as they would be asked to pay a tax in order to supplement existing city services like sanitation and policing.

“Through the BID, we would be able to do familiar services like street cleaning, security, decorative lighting and more,” said Bob Kalb, the owner of the Park Slope Copy Center, told the Brooklyn Paper. He is in favor of the BID bid. “But we’d also be able to do other, more-expensive things like a Web site, blogs, advertising and sponsorship of special events — things that promote local business.”

Kalb told the Brooklyn Paper that Seventh Avenue six landlords and 10 to 15 merchants are already on board and in favor of the BID.