Street Lab | We create programs for public space

Pop up that brings New Yorkers together

350+ a year, all five boroughs

Street Lab is a nonprofit that creates and shares programs for public space across New York City. We do this work to improve the urban environment, strengthen neighborhoods, and bring New Yorkers together. We also send kits around the world to help other cities do the same.

When I saw what you created on our street, it was exactly what I dreamed of, but never imagined possible. Somehow you created the dream in my head of what the city can be.

David Estrada

Sunset Park Fifth Ave BID

Street Lab transforms each host site, offering visitors a special urban experience—enjoyable, educational, simple, direct, and out-of-the-ordinary.

Betty Chen

NYC Planning Commission

Since 2011, we’ve deployed our programs 1,511+ times in 326 locations across NYC.

Heat map of Street Lab deployments in NYC

And right now, Street Lab is:

Piloting new public spaces in partnership with NYC DOT and local communities

Activating Open Streets on commercial corridors to support small businesses

Prototyping new designs that activate NYC streets for community use

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Mark your calendars for our first outside event of the spring: Demo Day on Fulton Street! We'll be out in #FortGreene with a special @streetlab cart on Sat., Mar. 25 from 11a - 2p to showcase demonstrations by local businesses!