Local Center: Public Space Events Calendar

Join our Local Center teams as they reclaim and activate public spaces across New York City with creative installations, festivals, markets and more.

Our Local Center teams have been working hard to reimagine public spaces that reflect their communities. This summer and fall, get out in the city with us and experience new public space activations that celebrate culture and bring people together. 

Upcoming

Unveiling: “Brownsville Is” Lighting Installation
Saturday, November 9, 2024
4:30-6:30pm

Join the Brownsville Team unveil a new lighting installation at Zion Triangle in Brownsville with live music and performances.

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Past

Grand Opening: Sunnyside Night Market
Sunday, October 27, 2024
4:00-10:00pm

Join the Sunnyside Team for the grand opening of the Sunnyside Night Market! This vibrant community event will transform Lowery Plaza and nearby parking lots under the 7 train into a lively marketplace filled with food, art, performances, and lighting.

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Tompkinsville Afro-Caribbean Food & Spice Market
Sunday, September 22, 2024
10:00am-3:00pm

The Tompkinsville Team hosts their food and spice market in Tompkinsville Park, which features Abuelita Masala, a functional art structure that will support cultural programming.

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Richmond Hill Arts Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2024
1:00-6:00pm

The Richmond Hill Team will unveil their community-designed and multi-use installation at Lt. Frank McConnell Park.

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Literacy Day “Under the Bruckner”
Sunday, September 8, 2024
12:00-3:00pm

The Soundview Team is celebrating Literacy Day with Bronxites at the opening of Under the Bruckner, an art installation at the future site of the Soundview Economic Hub.

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Ribbon Cutting and Concert
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
4:00-9:00pm

The Capitol District Team will unveil their shade and seating structure at Lou Gehrig Plaza with a kickoff concert and ice sculpture activation.

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The Unveiling of the “Gateway to Sunnyside”
Sunday, August 11, 2024
6:00-9:00pm

Join the Sunnyside team for the unveiling of a new lighting installation at Sabba Park, with Sunnyside Shines, di Domenico + Partners and Queens Li ghting Collective. *Rain Date: 8/11*

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Brooklyn. Black. Utopia.
Saturday, August 10, 2024
2:00-7:00pm

The Flatbush Team will activate the Flatbush African Burial Ground by reclaiming Black space and honoring our ancestors while imagining new futures together.

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