Location Profile: Beverley Road
Kensington, Brooklyn
In 2022, Street Lab piloted an Open Street at Beverley Road, which ran every Sunday for 11 weeks. During the pilot, Street Lab’s collaboration with local community groups showed the potential of this Open Street as a permanent community space: one Sunday it was a bike repair station led by the Mechanical Gardens Bike Coop, and another Sunday it was an outdoor sewing classroom with the Bangladeshi Ladies Club. In fall 2023, the Open Street became a permanent plaza and Street Lab returned with programming on five days to keep up the momentum.
More from our work at Beverley Road:
Pilot Overview
Community Feedback Summary
Beverley Rd between Church Ave and E 2nd St
Our Community Partner
Council Member Hanif (Brooklyn District 39) is a strong advocate for more public spaces in the Kensington neighborhood and has been Street Lab’s partner for the Beverley Road Open Street. In addition to the Council Member’s office, the Horticultural Society of New York, local Kensington community groups, and small businesses are active collaborators at Beverly Road.
Look back at our work at Beverley Road…
Pop-up helps make a new public space in Brooklyn
Since 2022, Street Lab has been activating the Beverley Road Open Street in Kensington, Brooklyn, to help the community explore the potential of pedestrian public space in a traffic-congested commercial area. Today, the road became a permanent pedestrian plaza, with a...
Street Lab Teens taking the lead on the street
Sixteen talented public high school students just wrapped up their work with us, closing a remarkable season of Street Lab Teens where they helped lead Street Lab activations across the city. They collaborated beautifully with each other and our community partners,...
