INFOGRAPH REFLECTING THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS RUN BY HARLEM GALLERY OF SCIENC

NEW YORK STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS: NEW YORK CITY 2018

The Regional Economic Development Council initiative (REDC) is a key component of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's transformative approach to State investment and economic development. The Councils are public-private partnerships made up of local experts and stakeholders from business, academia, local government, and non-governmental organizations.

REDC awarded New York State commitment for one million dollars in capital funds to build out permanent home for the Harlem of Science in the Taystee Lab Building located at 450 West 126 Street. In addition, the New York State Council of the Arts awarded SAENY $75,000 to hire a project manager for the Gallery.

DUNK! THE SCIENCE OF BASKETBALL®

A Preliminary Assessment

July 14, 2018

Attendance at DUNK! totaled 618 individuals, including 496 who came with school groups and 122 walk-ins. A survey questionnaire was provided to visitors to the exhibition with 457 (74%) completing the survey.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND ARTS ENGAGEMENT NEW YORK, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CCNY, STEAM INITIATIVE

July 17, 2017

Over a ten-year period the “science gallery” will result in 33 temporary and 63 new on-going jobs, cumulative added wages of $37.2 million and economic output of $74.5 million. During the same period, SAENY estimates (probably conservatively) that the “science gallery” will host over 2 million visitors of which nearly 550,000 visits will be by the young New Yorkers it is designed to serve.

THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR SCIENCE GALLERY NEW YORK

October 3, 2014

Based on benchmark data for comparable venues in New York City and our assessment of penetration rates for each of the different visitor segments to be served by SGNY, we estimate Science Gallery New York’s annual attendance at 215,000 visitors on a steady- state year if it were located on 125th Street.