Street Lab’s PLAY NYC at NYCHA public housing this year

Oct 5, 2020

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.

You can download these images share them for non-commercial and educational use. Read more about our image use policy here.

More posts about PLAY NYC:

Have fun, stay safe—new signage for PLAY NYC

Have fun, stay safe—new signage for PLAY NYC

Here's a preview of new signage for PLAY NYC, which hits the streets tomorrow, starting a four week run across New York City. Designed for Street Lab by Alex Ching, these signs will help our staff and our community partners guide kids and families to stay safe, while...

read more
Adding reading to Open Streets in Red Hook

Adding reading to Open Streets in Red Hook

Every Tuesday this summer, Red Hook Initiative is organizing activities for kids and families on the West 9th St Open Street in Brooklyn. We’re supporting this community effort by deploying PLAY NYC, our program to support safe, hands-free play for children on the...

read more