Placemaking News Archive

The Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety and the Center for Court Innovation work to improve the environment in which people live, like better building maintenance, having access to necessary services, engaging in civic life, and the community coming together to collaboratively solve problems. The article quotes engagement coordinator, Karla Alonso, and highlights the Harlem Community Justice Center and St. Nicholas housing complex in photos.

A close look at the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety, which is being employed in 15 public housing complexes in New York City with help from the Center for Court Innovation.

A profile of the remarkable multi-year project—part augmented reality, part oral history—of the young coders at our Brownsville Community Justice Center.

Residents react to a surprising city investment in the historically under-served central Brooklyn neighborhood, and a look at the work re-imagining public spaces, led by our Brownsville Community Justice Center, that helped to make the investment possible.

New York Public Radio profiles the young coders in the tech lab at our Brownsville Community Justice Center in central Brooklyn, using augmented reality to tell real Brownsville stories and imagine new possibilities for the neighborhood.

News 12 Brooklyn reports from the [B] Live Music + Arts Festival, a production of our Brownsville Community Justice Center. 

The Village Voice highlights how the Brownsville Community Justice Center engages its community, and what it does when it hears back.

Patch profiles 'Brownsville Matters,' a year-long outdoor art exhibition in the east Brooklyn neighborhood mounted with the support of the Brownsville Community Justice Center.

DNAinfo reports on the Brownsville Community Justice Center's efforts to help transform a vacant lot into a youth clubhouse.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports on a new kiosk highlighting the "Best of Brownsville." Youth from Brownsville Community Justice Center collaborated in its creation.