What we’re about
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## What is BetaNYC
BetaNYC envisions an informed and empowered public who can leverage technology, design, and data to address their problems and hold government accountable.
We are dedicated to civic technology, smart communities, & open government. We are a nonpartisan good government community using technology, design, and data to empower individuals and local communities, provides for an honest and efficient government, and build a civically‐engaged ecosystem.
BetaNYC is building a connected NYC, by the people, for the people, for the 21st Century.
## Important Community Resources
Slack - BetaNYC has an active Slack community.
The Message - BetaNYC’s Newsletter
Reddit - our Public Interest NYC Reddit group to share and gather ideas for Public Interest projects and issues in NYC.
Videos of previous events and instructional videos.
Upcoming events
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Open Data Week Fall Meetup! 🍂
Sound + Fury Brewery, 141 Lawrence Street, Kings County, NY, USPlease RSVP for this event at https://www.beta.nyc/event/e251016/.
Join the Open Data Week and Data Through Design teams at Sound + Fury Brewery and Kitchen in Downtown Brooklyn to receive tips from people who have organized Open Data Week events and exhibits in past years. You’ll also be able to meet other folks interested in sharing their work using public data for next year’s Open Data Week, taking place from March 22 – 29, 2026!
Please RSVP so we can gauge how many people to expect.
1 attendee
Mapping for Equity: Data Entry Class with BetaNYC: October 2025
David N Dinkins Municiple Bldg, 1 Centre St, New York , NY, USJoin BetaNYC for part two of its Mapping for Equity series! This in-person event teaches the public how to enter data into OpenStreetMap. Bring your own laptop, charger, and mouse!
This event will be delivered in English and all ages are welcome to attend (provided that anyone under 18 years old is present with a parent or guardian).
This class will be offered in a 2-hour workshop period at the BetaNYC office at 1 Centre Street.
Please RSVP by Thursday, October 23: beta.nyc/event/e251024.
2 attendees
NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus
The Oculus at the World Trade Center , 1 World Trade Center, New York , NY, USVisit https://www.beta.nyc/event/nyc-pit-pop-up/ to learn more!!
The NYC PIT Pop-Up (aka NYC Public Interest Tech Pop-Up) is a temporary, immersive, pop-up event where technology, art, science, and community converge. For ten days, a storefront space in the South Concourse of the iconic Oculus/World Trade Center Transit Hub will become part gallery, part workshop, and part future commons. This shared space for co-creation and imagination will showcase how technology can be designed to serve justice, equity, and community empowerment. This event has been organized by the CUNY PIT Lab in partnership with BetaNYC and the support of the Public Interest Tech University Network (PIT-UN).
This event is free to the public. The space will be open Monday through Friday from 2pm to 8pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 8pm.
3 attendees
Mapping for Equity: Mapping NYC’s Public Amenities with The Better Block Project
Herbert von King Park, 670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY, USPlease RSVP for this event at https://www.beta.nyc/event/e251115/.
BetaNYC is excited to share a new way to map NYC’s public realm with The Better Block Project!
BetaNYC will present the Mapping for Equity project and how to create more equitable and accessible mapped spaces. We will show you how we’re mapping parks and public spaces into OpenStreetMap.
Through this activity, we are making sure there’s equal representation in data while quantifying and mapping our public realm. Together, we will site, count, and map community assets such as street lamps, benches, water fountains, trash cans, and picnic tables.This event will be delivered in English and all ages are welcome to attend (provided that anyone under 18 years old is present with a parent or guardian). We will be moving about the city and on uneven terrain. Plan on wearing appropriate footwear and environmental attire.
2 attendees
Past events
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