Latest News from Street Lab
We make Street Lab benches for other cities too
Street Lab benches are lightweight, stackable, and seat people of all ages. We deploy them 500+ times a year in NYC, and we fabricate the same design for other organizations and cities. Learn more and join our next fabrication run!
Run the 2025 NYC Marathon for Street Lab
Street Lab is an Official Charity Partner of the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. Learn more and apply now to join our team of runners!
Cast a vote online and help Street Lab secure $75,000 for six Bronx School Streets
Street Lab is in the running for a grant that will help us temporarily close streets next to six Bronx schools and fill them with portable play equipment, seating, greenery, and more, for students, families, and the whole neighborhood. Your vote can make it happen!...
First-time donors to Street Lab will have donations matched though Dec 31
We're excited to announce that Street Lab’s Board of Directors will match donations from first-time donors up to $15,000 through the end of the year. This means that your contribution will go twice as far, helping us reach our ambitious goals to serve more...
Street Lab’s co-founders ask for your support
Dear friends and followers, Street Lab has been out there on the streets of New York City 535 times this year—a record for us—and we’ll soon pass the 20th anniversary of our first pop-up, a film festival in a vacant lot that is still going strong. On the ground, our...
Looking back at 2024
Street Lab is out there on the streets of New York City, nearly every day, across all five boroughs. Here’s the year in review. 535 Pop-ups. 73 Community partners. 93 Locations in NYC. 98% in low-moderate income areas. 10
New public spaces launched…