Film Screening: Changing Lanes + Panel Discussion
Thursday, June 11
6:15 – 8:30 PM
Van Alen Institute
303 Bond St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
1.5 AIA LU
Streets are our collective public space.
Join us June 11th for a screening of Changing Lanes — a riveting documentary tracking the grassroots campaign to transform McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint. It’s a story about power, pavement, and who the city is actually built for.
The film moves across NYC’s street safety landscape, with appearances by David Byrne, former DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and Pulitzer-winning journalist Henry Grabar — proof that this conversation is local but also important throughout all neighborhoods.
Then we go live. Five panelists pushing the edge of what public space can be:
- Ben Wolf — director of Changing Lanes
- Bronwyn Breitner — architect and lead force behind Make McGuinness Safe
- Boris Santos & Debra Ack — advocates reimagining the public realm in East New York
- Jim Burke — co-founder of the 34th Ave Open Streets Coalition, the people behind Paseo Park in Jackson Heights
Moderated by Julie Torres Moskovitz & Casandra Jones of AIA Brooklyn’s Housing and Urbanism Committees.
One film. Three neighborhoods. A city worth it.