NYC Service’s Love Your Block initiative invites eligible New York City resident-led groups to apply for a block beautification project. Love Your Block provides a unique opportunity for resident-led groups to transform and beautify their neighborhood while leveraging City services. Resident-led groups (grantees) may receive a grant of up to $3,000 to transform a city block in their neighborhood. In addition to the funding, grantees receive support with City services, including, but not limited to: trash collection, providing woodchip mulch for gardening projects, repair of and installation of street signs and street lights, and more.
Since 2009, NYC Service has supported over 400 resident-led groups that have engaged more than 11,500 volunteers and leveraged a total of $390,000 dollars to revitalize over 21 miles of public space in New York City through LYB.
Below are the qualifications and expectations for grantees. All applicants must have a detailed action plan for engaging residents to carry out a physical transformation of the public community spaces on their block. Eligible groups include, but are not limited to:
Eligibilty Criteria:
The 2025 Love Your Block application deadline is Monday, May 5, 2025 at 5 PM
To expand the Love Your Block network of unique resident-led groups in high-need neighborhoods
To fund specific community revitalization activities through an annual mini-grant competition
To educate the Love Your Block network on City agency services, resources, and local civic engagement opportunities through social media posts, periodic emails, trainings/presentations, etc.
To facilitate the activation of City agency services (mulch delivery, trash collection, bike rack survey, etc.)
To increase the quality of life through the improvement of public and community spaces
To engage Love Your Block volunteers in organized, one-day events that aim to beautify their blocks
NYC Service appreciates the support of our agency partners NYC Department of Environmental Protection, NYC Parks, New York City Department of Sanitation, and NYC Department of Transportation for providing Love Your Block grantee services.
April 7, 2025 – Application Launch
April 10, 2025 – Virtual Love Your Block
May 5, 2025 – Application Deadline
May 15, 2025 – Grantee Announcement
June to September 2025 – Love Your Block Project Implementation
If you have any questions, please email communityprograms@nycservice.nyc.gov.
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