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For 20 years, Hester Street has worked to ensure that cities, towns, and regions are shaped by the people who live there. Combining technical planning, design, and development expertise with deep, meaningful community engagement, Hester Street’s work results in concrete community benefits; builds community power; and ensures community members are decision-makers in the policy and […]


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113 Hester Street New York, NY 10002 917.265.8591 info@hesterstreet.org  


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About

Hester Street is an urban planning, design and development nonprofit that works to ensure neighborhoods are shaped by the people who live in them. We offer planning, design and community development technical assistance to community-based organizations, government and other agencies. Our goal is equitable, sustainable and resilient neighborhoods and cities.  


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What Drives NYC’s Health Disparities?

CITY LIMITS: Take Care New York 2020 – Linking health to violence, violence to jobs Aiming to address the fuller health context in which neighborhoods exist, this past February Mayor de Blasio announced the opening of three new Neighborhood Health Action Centers in Brooklyn – seven are planned overall around the city — that will […]


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Cypress Hills Brownfield Opportunity Area: Implementation Strategy

Hester Street is developing an Implementation Strategy for the Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) in Cypress Hills and East New York, Brooklyn. The BOA is approximately 461 acres of brownfield studied and planned for development. HST has partnered with Cypress Hills Local Development Center (CHLDC) and BJH Advisors to ensure an Implementation Strategy to maintain and […]