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Sweat equity Homesteading- Work on housing find one particular case in the LES: we should contact Margarita Lopez (case study) Look also: Housing co-ops in existence - Identify buildings (city owned)...

As people get older together incorporating mutual peoples housing association (NORC program) – find one particular case in the LES [ALSO UNDER CARE] Henry Street Settlement's NORC (Naturally Occur...

A healthy mostly organic and local bulk dry goods/organic products shop. Anyone can shop here and the coop offer discounts to members (depends on amount of hours worked) seniors, low income, students,...

ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism. We are known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture. ABC No Rio was founded in 1980 by artists committed to political and soc...

An Outpatient Mental Health Clinic It provides counseling and psychotherapy services with an emphasis in family counseling and family therapy. Other services provided are: individual therapy, group th...

The club trains local youth and created bakery business management models for teens. They also work with green cleaning products, girls make products label. They also work within NYCHA to swap produc...

Non-Profit group that seeks to raise awareness through theatre and an annual procession. Forms partnerships with schools, community centers, gardens and parks. Founded in 1991 to fight for the preserv...

New York City-based not-for-profit direct-action environmental group that uses events and educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city. Check out bike repair coop at La Plaza Cu...

A "Radical Book Store" that also serves fair trade food, and functions as an activist center. Support and serve as a meeting space for "movements that challenge; hierarchy and all syste...

East Village Community Coalition

A non-profit organization incorporated in 1998, NYC CGC's mission is to promote the preservation, creation, and empowerment of community gardens through education, advocacy, and grassroots organiz...

(dumpster divers and scavengers). What do they do: Bring stuff to flea markets, Informal flea markets • Urban Foraging / Dumpster Diving – The practice of recovering useable items from dumpsters or...

This is the very first Community Garden in NYC! It was started by Liz Christy in 1974 and was named in her memory. Liz Christy Community Garden has always been run by volunteers. ...

School Garden tended by students (not so easy in this shady spot).

Up to 50 regular gardeners including community groups maintain individual beds, and contribute to the upkeep of communal areas. There are cultural festivals, children’s and senior’s gardening programs...

Community Garden

9th Street Community Garden and Park was created from multiple plots that cover much of its block. In the 1990’s the city tried to reduce the size of the garden. For those in the neighborhood who came...

Founded in 1976 by local residents to take back "vacate city lots piled high woith rubble and trash"

Founded in 1990. Lot was city owned and filled with rubble. LESEC started a compost program in the area. Location now serves as a drop off point for community compost. The garden hosts a "Arts Ex...

Community Garden

Started in 1981 Normand Valle and Reynaldo Arenas began cleaning the garden. mission is to "provide a safe, green haven for all people, but especially for children who lived in an inhospitable en...

Community Garden

Community Garden

Community Garden

Community Garden