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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 Neighborhood Safety. PLAY NYC is a new program that support safe,...
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Activating an Open Street in East Harlem
Today Street Lab went to East Harlem to join our friends at Uptown Grand Central to: activate an Open Street, provide a place for community, and encourage passersby to support local restaurants. We brought PLAY NYC, our program for safe, hands-free play on streets,...
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...
NYC Mayor highlights Street Lab and announces 2020 Play Streets
Mayor Bill de Blasio highlighted Street Lab's new no-touch obstacle course and announced the return of Play Streets this summer in a press conference. In partnership with the Mayor's Office for Criminal Justice and NYC Dept of Transportation, Street Lab will...
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...
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. Yesterday, we partnered with Red Hook Initiative to...
A new, communal table for the streets of NYC
When you offer programming on the streets of New York, inches can make all the difference. For many years we have struggled to find tables of different heights, so that we can make good on our promise to serve people of all ages and abilities. Now, with the help of...
Press Releases:
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 fall, supported by Spin. Street Lab will offer its PLAY...