Creating new Open Streets next to NYC schools Catch a video on BronxNet about one of several Open Streets that Street Lab helped create next to NYC schools in 2022. Our goal is to help communities create new public spaces that support kids and families, right in the...
One Big Table for NYC is on the street Our goal is to use pop up to bring New Yorkers together. And we aim to bring these ideas to the street rapidly. To both of these ends, with generous support from NYC Small Business Services, here is One Big Table, which our team...
Getting designs onto NYC streets, learning from New Yorkers We’re prototyping a new pop-up street bench for NYC. And the best place to learn how we’re doing is the street, of course. Designed by our longtime partner Hannah Berkin-Harper with Anushritha Sunil (both of...
Making Thai tea together on Woodside Ave—a closer look at a Street Lab pop-up Yesterday Street Lab landed on the Woodside Avenue Open Street in Elmhurst with a pop-up kitchen where passersby learned how to make Thai Tea from a local shop owner. On any given day, there...
Street Lab will land at four Open Streets to support Car-Free Earth Day in NYC This Saturday, April 23, we’ll land on four separate Open Streets across NYC to make a point: we believe that the transformation of urban streets is critical for the health, safety,...
Barnard students volunteer with Street Lab across NYC Street Lab and Barnard College have teamed up to activate Open Streets in neighborhoods across New York City, with students leading our Street Marker program to create chalk murals with New Yorkers of all ages....
Residency launched to support Avenue B Open Street, Lower East Side We’re out to support New York City neighborhoods that are hosting newly-created Open Streets, and here’s an example of how we’re doing it. We’ve committed our PLAY and Street...
Transforming streets for kids, PLAY at 34th Ave Open Street, Queens We’re starting our outdoor season several months early, creating a residency for our PLAY program in support of 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. PLAY offers safe, hands-free...
Homework Hub in Chinatown, supporting NYC Students As part of our COVID response in 2020, we launched pop-up, open-air meeting places for NYC students called Homework Hubs. Thanks to support from the Paul and Phoebe Bock Activism Fund and individuals who made...
