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
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Uni EXPLORE cart returns to Chinatown
The Uni Project was back in Chinatown's Sara D. Roosevelt Park this weekend with our EXPLORE cart created in partnership with the Harlem-based HYPOTHEkids. The portable science lab and biological drawing activity is a runaway hit in this location. Made possible with...
New EXPLORE cart brings STEAM learning to NYC Chinatown
The Uni Project returned to Chinatown's Sara D. Roosevelt Park this weekend and brought something new: an EXPLORE cart created in partnership with the Harlem-based HYPOTHEkids for their STEAM the Streets initiative. People gathered around microscopes and magnifying...
The Uni at the Central Park Zoo with The Drawing Center
Every Saturday in May, the Uni DRAW cart will transformed into a field station of the Department of Tropical Research at the Central Park Zoo, where visitors can draw from specimens and learn how ecologist William Beebe and his team of scientists worked with...
Uni reading room on the street in Elmhurst Queens
The Uni Project teamed up with NYC DOT to vist a Weekend Walk hosted by Thai Community USA NYC. We were also honored to give a tour of the Uni to librarians from Aarhus, Denmark—they have launched their own mobile library project called MobiBiblioteket, making use of...
Uni Project partners with HYPOTHEkids to launch new STEAM cart in the Bronx
This week, the Uni portable reading room landed at a NYC DOT Weekend Walk hosted by SOS South Bronx and Morrisania. People gathered around to look at ants and other specimens through microscopes and magnifying glasses at a portable science lab that we developed with...
Uni at Westchester Square in the Bronx
Uni portable reading landed at the first of many NYC DOT Weekend Walks this season, this one hosted by the Westchester Business Improvement District. Despite a little April rain, we met some great folks and hope to return on a sunny day! Uni Project participation made...