Helping NYC bounce back in 2021 Dear friends, We hope you are healthy, safe, and finding your way forward as we look to a new year. We’re writing to ask for your support as we commit ourselves to help New York City bounce back in 2021, better than before. Since the...
Street Lab expanding programs for safe play on NYC streets PRESS RELEASE 2020-10-12 Street Lab expanding programs for safe play on NYC streets NYC nonprofit organization Street Lab will bring new opportunities for safe play for children to city streets throughout the...
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...
Rolling out PLAY NYC, hands-free play for the street. Since the day we suspended our public programs in March, we’ve been working behind the scenes on how to return to the street and help New York’s public spaces bounce back. The time has come to get back out there....
Dear Friends, A quick update about what we’ve been working on, and a thought about where we work—public space. In New York City, public space is often a way to get from point A to point B. Sidewalk means: keep walking, there’s someone right behind you...
This past Wednesday we offered a special version of our DRAW NYC program in partnership with The Drawing Center at Johnny Hartman Plaza, a new pedestrian plaza in Hamilton Heights/West Harlem. Our host was The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), and dozens of Bro/Sis...
Many NYC kids who live in low-income neighborhoods report that there is little to do over the summer, especially when camps and cultural institutions are out of reach. To help fix that, for six weeks this summer, we created a safe place to hang out and learn next to...
Dear Friends of the Uni, We’re writing with news of the Uni Project and to ask for your support. In 2018, we blew past a milestone—600 deployments in public space—and our work continues to expand beyond portable reading rooms. Through it all, we try to stay focused on...
The Uni Project has brought learning to NYC play streets since 2013, and this year we deployed our newest program BUILD NYC to play streets at Butler and Forest Houses (NYCHA) hosted by the Police Athletic League (PAL). One of our goals was to work with play street...
