Street Lab’s PLAY NYC at NYCHA public housing this year
Here’s a look at our work at NYCHA public housing in 2020, offering a pop-up environment for safe play and learning for kids and families living in areas included in the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety. PLAY NYC is a new program that support safe, hands-free play for children on the streets, and we deployed where kids gather in and around five public housing developments with support from the Mayor’s Office for Criminal Justice.
Van Dyke II Houses, Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Tompkins Houses, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Bushwick Houses, Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Pleasant Ave Open Street at Wagner Houses, East Harlem, Manhattan.
DrawNow!DibujaAhora!, an open-air art workshop in collaboration with The Drawing Center.
Pleasant Ave Open Street at Wagner Houses, East Harlem, Manhattan.
West 9th St Open Street near Red Hook Houses, Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Street Lab’s pop-up, open-air reading room,
West 9th St Open Street near Red Hook Houses, Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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Street Lab in Times Square with NYC DOT
Yesterday we landed in Times Square with our PLAY and READ programs to help announce 2022 Car-Free Earth Day (April 23) in partnership with NYC Dept. of Transportation.
We’ll be expanding our longtime partnership with NYC DOT in 2022—stay tuned!
Residency launched to support Avenue B Open Street, Lower East Side
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