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:
NYC architects and designers: help design a communal table for the streets!
Calling NYC architects and designers! Join a charrette hosted by Open Architecture New York on Thursday, May 16 and help design a communal table that we'll use in public spaces across the city to bring New Yorkers together. We're constantly rolling out new programs...
READ and EXPLORE on Woodside Ave with Drag Queen Story Hour
Our pop-up reading room and urban nature exhibit returned to Woodside Ave to help celebrate Songkran (Thai New Year) at a terrific Weekend Walk hosted by Thai Community USA NYC / Qi Will. People held birds from Washington Square Park Eco Projects, and the amazing...
Our 2019 partnership with NYC DOT gets underway in East Village
In 2019, our collaboration with NYC Department of Transportation will keep expanding, as we work together to activate plazas, street festivals, and other public spaces and encourage residents to come together on neighborhood streets. This weekend, we kicked things off...
Testing a new program for the street WRITE
READ, DRAW, BUILD are a few of the programs we've put on the street since 2011—each one based around a simple activity that New Yorkers can do together in public space. In 2019 we're launching WRITE, and we offered a taste to folks in Chelsea Market on Sunday. People...
Our residency at Chelsea Market wraps up as we head outdoors
This weekend we gathered around an elegant still life created with local shop Pearl River and ended our residency at Chelsea Market in style. Thanks to Chelsea Market for hosting us this winter. We now head outdoors—see you on the street! [ngg src="galleries"...
Pop-up drawing studio for all at Chelsea Market
Our residency at Chelsea Market is in the home stretch as we prepare for our outdoor season! This weekend we gathered around a still life from local shop Chelsea Market Baskets. Catch us one final time in the market next Sunday, April 14, from 11am-2pm. Check our...