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A generous donation to Street Lab, in memory of Helen and Michael Shields
The support of individual donors goes directly to Street Lab’s work in low-income and underserved neighborhoods across NYC, which now represents over 81% of our work overall. Simply put: individuals let us do our best work where it is needed most. Below is the...
School Streets in 2024: a year-end letter from Street Lab’s co-founders asking for your support
Dear friends and followers, We’re writing to ask for your support as we commit ourselves to activating the streets of New York City in 2024, using pop-up to bring people together and offer positive, new ideas for NYC neighborhoods. In 2023 we completed 431 pop-ups in...
What does Street Lab do in winter?
As winter approaches, Street Lab shifts our focus from a heavy schedule of supporting outdoor public spaces, to designing, developing, and planning everything that we’ll bring to the street in the upcoming year. At the same time, we also ramp up our work serving...
Creating a safe place to celebrate Halloween on the street in the Bronx
On Halloween, Street Lab hosted a special Open Streets event on Jackson Avenue in the Bronx as part of the NYC Dept. of Transportation's “Trick-or-Streets” celebration, which created nearly 100 safe streets for communities to gather and celebrate citywide. Located...
New video about Street Lab
Catch a new short video about Street Lab created by filmmaker Rachel Klein. You can see more videos here and photos here.
A visit to Street Lab’s office and warehouse
This past weekend, Street Lab opened up its studio and warehouse to the public as part of Open House New York Weekend. Visitors had a chance to see prototypes for the street and an exhibit about our work that included writing and drawings made by New Yorkers at our...