ABOUT 596 ACRES
596 Acres champions resident stewardship of land for just and equitable cities.
We believe that residents should be central to deciding how the land in their neighborhoods is used.
Decisions about land use in our city tend to exclude the average resident. The murkiness of how place-
making decisions are made arises out of a history of biased land use policy. Our work of Community Land
Access Advocacy takes direct aim at this murkiness and this bias, and changes the narrative.
Community land access advocates illuminate pathways for community members to take part in shaping their
neighborhoods and their cities. We encourage broad participation in the process of making our cities and
work to place control of the process in the hands of residents, particularly centering the voices of long-time
neighborhood residents and people of color. As a result of our work, neighbors and decision-makers at all
levels are thinking differently about vacant urban land.
596 Acres
540 PRESIDENT STREET #2E, BROOKLYN NY 11215
(718) 316-6092
[email protected]
WWW.596ACRES.ORG
Photo Credit - Maple Street Garden photo by Inspired Storytellers via Brooklyn
Community Foundation. Additional photos by Murray Cox or 596 Acres.