Uni brings reading to Jamaica Play Street.

Uni brings reading to Jamaica Play Street.

Play Streets across New York City are transforming neighborhoods, providing new, car-free spaces for kids and families to gather. In Jamaica, Queens, residents have developed a play street adjacent to their already-thriving community garden, and kids are provided an...
Uni returns to West Harlem Play Street with Harvest Home

Uni returns to West Harlem Play Street with Harvest Home

This summer we’re starting to develop a circuit through NYC neighborhoods so our pop-up reading room can begin to have a deeper impact. We’re relying on partnerships with organizations like Harvest Home—the city’s largest operator of farmers...
Uni reading room returns to East Harlem farmers’ market

Uni reading room returns to East Harlem farmers’ market

The Uni returned to East Harlem to create a reading room at Harvest Home’s farmers’ market and play street. Uni volunteers Emily Jacobson and Katherine Plater were joined by Chris, intern at La Casa Azul Bookstore. Our library partner was NYPL Aguilar...
Uni reading room returns to Lyman Place, Bronx NY

Uni reading room returns to Lyman Place, Bronx NY

As part of a run of ten Play Street deployments in partnership with Transportation Alternatives, the Uni returned for a second time to Lyman Place in the Bronx. There are fewer children passing through Lyman Place compared to some of our other locations, but we noted...