September 11 For many who have been a part of Street Lab over the years—staff, board, partners, friends—September 11 brings difficult memories and emotions to the surface that we now understand will be with us forever. For the two of us (co-founders Leslie and Sam),...
Street Lab Teens 2023 This summer, eleven public high school students participated in Street Lab’s third annual Teens Program, helping to activate Open Streets and other public spaces all across New York City. Over eight weeks, the students joined Street Lab on our...
Street Lab returns to Times Square with a series of pop-ups to serve migrant families Recently-arrived migrant families have received temporary housing near Times Square, and Street Lab has teamed up with Times Square Alliance and NYC Health + Hospitals to reach out...
Danish delegation visits Street Lab at work in Washington Heights Last week, a visiting delegation from the Mayor’s Office in Copenhagen, Denmark, joined us on 164th St in Washington Heights to learn about Street Lab—how we use pop-up to support community groups,...
Watch Leslie on BronxNet TV Street Lab’s Leslie Davol spoke with Kibin Alleyne on Open Tuesday for BronxNet TV about Street Lab’s work across the city, including the expansion of our partnership with NYC Department of Transportation to help community groups create new...
New York Yankees honor Street Lab Thank you New York Yankees for recognizing and supporting Street Lab during Hope Week. Catch a video of New York Yankees players joining us on the street in the Bronx…and then our visit to their house. Go Yanks! View this video...
One Big Bench for the streets of NYC Street Lab uses pop-up to bring New Yorkers together, sometimes with an idea as simple as a place to sit. Here’s One Big Bench, a modular, scalable approach to seating on Open Streets, created with support from NYC Dept. of Small...
Apply to join Street Lab Teens! Street Lab Teens offers New York City public high school students an opportunity to support and shape how Street Lab engages with communities across New York City. Teens work closely with Street Lab staff, helping to lead our Street...
Meet a Small Business on Fulton Street On Saturday, April 1, Street Lab’s Meet a Small Business program landed on Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to showcase local businesses in partnership with FAB Fulton. A new Street Lab-designed cart made its debut,...
