Where we work
Public space, in all five boroughs of New York City.
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
Since 2011, we’ve offered over 740 days of programming in 215+ public spaces across New York City. Everywhere we go is by request from local groups or city agencies and we prioritize underserved locations. To date, over 250 organizations have served as our host partners. We also partner with NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, aligning our work with citywide initiatives focused on resource equity, parks, plazas, community safety, and educational achievement gaps.
Deployments by Year
Explore deployments on our blog:
The Uni reading room at 2017 Weekend Walks
The Uni Project and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) have teamed up so that thousands of New Yorkers can enjoy Uni reading rooms that pop up at “Weekend Walks” across New York City. The initiative is supported by funding from the Charles H. Revson...
Keeping up with the Uni
The Uni is working flat out—visiting up to three NYC neighborhoods a day, and we love it. If you want to tag along, here are some ways to follow the Uni, at your preferred periodicity. Quarterly Try our quarterly email newsletter. Quarterly means only four emails a...
Please support the Uni in NYC Parks
New Yorkers don't just like parks, or even love them. We are parks. Without shared, green spaces, we could not continue this grand experiment in urban density. (Or live next door to the guy with such horrible taste in music.) Parks make New York and New Yorkers...
The Uni is fighting climate change
The Uni Project recently completed our 500th deployment in public space in New York City. (We're celebrating with a group whale watch trip for all staff!) So, I wouldn't call us a big nonprofit, but we aren't exactly small anymore. As we grow, Leslie and I feel...
Street Science: the Uni EXPLORE cart on 125th Street in Harlem
This afternoon, the Uni was hanging out on 125th St at Uptown Grand Central with old friends New Harlem East Merchants Association (our host) and new friends HYPOTHEkids (partners in our new EXPLORE cart, an open-air exploration of science). We wheeled into...
Help the Uni, Help NYC
Here's a copy of our quarterly email newsletter (subscribe) that hit inboxes today:[hr] Dear Friends of the Uni, Sam here. It's my turn to write our quarterly newsletter again. Let me get right to it: I'm writing to ask for your help. This summer, for the first time...