Learn how BetaNYC’s Innovation Fellows, undergraduate students from different academic backgrounds have created a comprehensive public space data playbook that empowers community organizations & individuals to collect, verify, and analyze public realm data. Fellows used OpenStreetMap to identify public amenities, from public bathrooms to wheelchair-accessible play equipment to benches, with a focus on creating more equitable public spaces in New York City. BetaNYC partnered with North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, a local community organization, and Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez’s District 34 office on this project to use OSM to engage in digital and data literacy.
Speaker
Jazzy is an educator, community builder, and artist with deep cross-sector experience spanning academia, K–12 education, the nonprofit sector, and the arts. She brings a strong foundation in operational knowledge and a people-centered approach to systems-building, always guided by a commitment to equity and inclusion.
