Where we work
Our programs pop up in:
Deployments since 2011. Larger dots indicate more visits.
We go to NYC Plazas...
...and NYC Street Festivals
...and NYC Play Streets
...and NYC Parks & Playgrounds
Deployments by Year
Everywhere we go is by request from local groups or city agencies and we prioritize underserved locations. Since 2011, we’ve offered over 750 days of programming in 219 public spaces across New York City.
We also send kits around the world so that other cities can copy our model. So far, we’ve created 47 programming kits for libraries, agencies, and organizations across the globe.
Explore deployments on our blog:
Next Steps
Dear friends and followers, We hope you are healthy and safe. Just six weeks ago, we were poised to launch our biggest season ever, with 157 deployments already scheduled across NYC. All of that is now on hold. The need for everyone to stay home has been a near...
Street Lab at work in East Harlem since 2013
Here's a look at one of the great neighborhoods where we've worked over the years. Since 2013, we've brought community-oriented, pop-up programming 77 times to 17 public spaces in East Harlem, and we're planning much more to come. These are a few of the locations...
Highlights from 2019
Dear Friends, A quick update about what we've been working on, and a thought about where we work—public space. In New York City, public space is often a way to get from point A to point B. Sidewalk means: keep walking, there's someone right behind you here. And it...
BUILD NYC comes inside for the winter—join us at Chelsea Market
BUILD NYC lets New Yorkers build together on the street, and now we're bringing it inside to Chelsea Market for winter. Join us every Sunday through 1/5 from 11am-2pm. (Closed 12/22.) All ages and always free. Build. Together. NYC. Thanks to our host Chelsea...
A residency for DRAW, a pop-up drawing studio, in Washington Square Park
On four Thursday afternoons in this fall (September 19 and 26, and October 3 and 10), Street Lab set up its portable, open-air, drawing studio in the northwest corner of Washington Square Park. The program featured fine art drawing materials, art books, as well as...
A special version of DRAW with The Drawing Center at Johnny Hartman Plaza
This past Wednesday we offered a special version of our DRAW NYC program in partnership with The Drawing Center at Johnny Hartman Plaza, a new pedestrian plaza in Hamilton Heights/West Harlem. Our host was The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), and dozens of Bro/Sis...