
About the Project
Pitkin Avenue BID will work with Studio Cooke John Architecture and Design to transform Zion Triangle Plaza and other public spaces along Pitkin Avenue into a welcoming destination for residents, shoppers and visitors of Brownsville.
The team will engage Brownsville’s multigenerational community to develop a vision plan for the district’s public spaces. They will also activate Zion Triangle Plaza and its surrounding areas with interactive art, lighting, markets and events. Their goal is to increase economic opportunities and provide access to arts, culture and community celebrations for Brownsville residents and businesses within their own neighborhood.
Team
Pitkin Avenue BID is a nonprofit community development organization that serves businesses and property owners on Pitkin Avenue and creates programming for the entrepreneurs and residents in Brownsville. They work to make Brownsville a better place to live, work, shop and visit.

Tiera Mack

Dasia Jenkins
Studio Cooke John is a multidisciplinary design studio that values placemaking as a way to transform relationships between people and the built environment. They see public space as places to build community and strengthen the bonds with those whose backgrounds might be different to ours.

Nina Cooke John

Deena Darby

Dhruva Lakshminarayanan
Phillips Lytle LLP is providing legal support across the project teams.

Molly Brennan

Shengkai Xu

Jocelyn Ng

Flora Donovan
Images credit: Cameron Blaylock and partner organizations
Support
Connected Corridors projects are made possible with support from National Grid’s Project C, NYC Department of Small Business Services, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Deutsche Bank, the NYC Green Fund, administered by City Parks Foundation, and Lily Auchincloss Foundation. The Local Center is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Urban Design Forum programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

To learn more about supporting the Local Center, please contact Katherine Sacco, katherine@urbandesignforum.org and Lauren Nye, lauren.n@anhd.org.