NYC Open Data Week, the annual citywide festival celebrating the transformative power of public data, is around the corner. Organized by the NYC Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data Through Design, the event brings together civic technologists, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders to explore and innovate with municipal open data.
From March 22-30, 2025, Open Data Week features a packed lineup of events showcasing how NYC Open Data can shape decision-making, fuel community-driven storytelling, and drive policy innovation. Highlights include the Data Through Design art exhibition, neighborhood data walks, and in-depth workshops on using data for advocacy and funding.
For this year’s Open Data Week, the Culture & Arts Policy Institute presents DATA, POWER, and JUSTICE: The State of Open Data for Culture and Arts in NYC—a critical conversation on how open data influences funding, visibility, and equity in the cultural sector. This event will bring artists, policymakers, and advocates together to examine how data can empower communities rather than reinforce institutional barriers. Featuring a presentation of a recent Culture & Arts Policy Institute study, the discussion will unpack the challenges and opportunities of using open data to strengthen the sector, enhance data literacy, and promote best practices citywide.
Explore our highlights of NYC Open Data Week 2025, featuring hands-on learning opportunities and critical conversations about the future of open data in New York City.
Fri 03/21 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM | Data Through Design 2025 Opening Reception | An art exhibition exploring “Corpus: Bodies of Data,” reimagining datasets as living, evolving entities. 📍BRIC, Brooklyn, NY.
Tue 03/26 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Discovering NYC Open Data: An Introductory Class. Learn how to navigate NYC Open Data, filter datasets, and create visualizations with expert guidance.📍 Virtual Event
Sat 03/22 | 12:00 – 2:30 PM | NYC Trash Can Data-Driven Walk of the Lower East Side. A walking tour showcasing how unexpected data sources reveal social and economic trends. 📍Starts at Kossar’s Bagels & Bialys, 375 Grand St, NYC
Mon 03/24 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Unlocking Economic Opportunity with Data. A demo of DataKind’s Economic Opportunity Datascape, providing financial and economic insights. 📍 Virtual Event
Tue 03/25 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM |The People Behind Named Places: Getting Creative with Civic Data. Explore how civic data and storytelling uncover the history of NYC-named places.📍 Virtual Event
Tue 03/25 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Decoding NYC’s Linguistic Diversity. A workshop on leveraging language data to improve access to services for NYC’s 700+ language communities. 📍 Virtual Event
Wed 03/27 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Numbers & Narratives: Unlocking Data for Public Good. Discover how data storytelling can drive social impact and make public data more accessible. 📍 Virtual Event
Wed 03/26 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Critical Data Literacy. A session on the philosophy of data reasoning, exploring how to avoid common fallacies in data interpretation. 📍 Virtual Event
Fri 03/28 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Census Data for the Grant Writing Win. A training session on using Census data to strengthen grant proposals.📍 Virtual Event
Full event schedule and registration: Visit NYC Open Data Week Website
