New York, NY
2026
Open Places is a pilot checklist tool that helps you get the right permits and forms for your events and activations - without guessing.
Anyone who's tried to host an event in NYC knows how quickly requirements multiply and how hard it can be to understand what comes first.
Teams bounce between agency sites, PDFs, and permit portals and still worry they missed something critical.
OpenPlaces turns that confusion into a clear, step-by-step process from intake to submission.
Think Place Agency and our partners at Basil Labs built OpenPlaces to make NYC event permitting accessible, actionable, and predictable so more organizers can launch safe events, faster, and keep the city vibrant and full of events.