Find A Pops
You can find a POPS by using the interactive map, the photographs, or the address list.
Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
in New York City
Find A Pops
Report A
Pops Problem
Rate A Pops
WRITE A
POPS PROFILE
(Re)Design A Pops
Photograph/
Video a Pops
Propose a POPS Program
COMMENT
ON A POPS
Have a pithy comment about a POPS? Please share it with everyone.
Report A
Pops Problem
Is a POPS closed when it should be open? Are movable chairs missing? You are helping, not squealing, by revealing.
Let the City know through 311 and let us know by posting a comment in the Comment box at the bottom of the POPS profile.
Rate A Pops
Help rate POPS, with five stars for excellent, four for very good, three for good, two for fair, and one for poor. You can rate the POPS at its profile.
WRITE A
POPS PROFILE
Be complimentary or critical, serious or whimsical, theoretical or practical, but do it in 500 words or less.
Go to the POPS you want to write about and submit your thoughts.
(Re)Design A Pops
Propose a new design for a POPS in plan, sketch, perspective, section, or whatever. Maybe it will catch the eye of the owner. Go to the POPS profile that interests you and upload your ideas.
Photograph/
Video a Pops
Get your best Berenice Abbott on and upload a photo or video at the POPS profile.
Propose a POPS Program
We are not programmers of POPS, but your idea may catch the ear or eye of the owner. Music, theatre, dance, visual arts, whatever…please submit your ideas.
Recent News and Announcements
NYU’s Paulson Center atrium surfaces as a POPS. learn more
The POPS at 60 Wall Street learn more
New York Times Publishes Article About POPS Floor Area Bonus Incentives and Compliance with Applicable Legal Requirements learn more
San Francisco is having problems with POPS. learn more
Bad news with regard to POPS at 325 Fifth learn more
Recent Comments
Patricia Clark on 747 Third Avenue:
and in the next year, it was removed! : (Ben on 200 Water Street:
The fish lure is gone, the colored metal seats are gone, and the rectangular pond/fountain has been filled/paved.james deboer on 1345 Sixth Avenue:
Hi - out of curiosity - is the part of the north plaza consisting of cordoned off restaurant seating open to the public? Thank youLucian on 189 Bowery:
The outdoor space is currently blocked off and not open to the public.Lengeling Joseph on 325 Fifth Avenue:
The management of 325 Fifth Avenue has permitted this couple unfettered access every day to sleep, litter, administer drugs and store their growing collection of items now for over two months. I spoke with the staff and the disavow any authority to make them move. NYC badly needs a POPS force to monitor these valuable public amenities. OR the property should be forced to close off the amount of bonus real estate they gained.
40 East 94th Street
When this public open area is public and open, as it is required to be from 8:00 a.m. to sunset daily, then it is a pleasant addition to the neighborhood....continued.
300 Mercer Street
This L-shaped plaza on the east side of Mercer Street and the north side of Waverly Place is replete with built-in concrete seating that is well used during...continued.
900 Third Avenue
This sidewalk widening has the singular virtue of satisfying “truth in advertising.” Unlike the many plazas, produced years ago under the lenient 1961...continued.
300 East 54th Street | Connaught Tower
Public spaces with prominent artworks frequently become identified in the public’s mind as “the space with the such-and-such sculpture.” That is...continued.
301 East 87th Street
The plaza wraps around the street sides of...continued.
235 East 40th Street
Located on the north side of East 40th Street between Second and Third Avenues, the primary space of this well-designed residential plaza subtly allocates...continued.
1 Wall Street
In this pedestrian-congested area of Broadway, the fact that this plaza widens the sidewalk along the new addition to the old Irving Trust building, and...continued.
76 Eleventh Avenue
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
255 East 49th Street
Located at the northwest corner of East 49th Street and Second Avenue, this compact, park-like residential plaza furnishes a welcome physical and psychological...continued.
205 East 92nd Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
Featured Items
Kayden, APOPS, and MAS Announce Their Collaboration
On October 18 and 19 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, more than 1,100 innovative city shapers and thought leaders gathered as the Municipal Art Society presented the third annual MAS Summit for New York City. This forum of ideas featured more than 90 speakers over the two days and highlighted trailblazing initiatives in New York and other cities across the globe. read more
COMMENT
ON A POPS