New 'Neighborhood Passport' Will Help Soccer Fans Explore NYC During World Cup

NEW YORK CITY — New York City has launched a World Cup "passport" to help New Yorkers and visitors explore the five boroughs and find free and low-cost ways to celebrate the world’s biggest sporting event.

The “NYC Neighborhood Passport” will be a citywide program that encourages people to explore the city’s immigrant communities, cultural institutions, small businesses and community events throughout the tournament.

Participants will be able to collect stamps from hundreds of community organizations and public events across the city while also sharing stories about what the World Cup means to them as part of a nationwide storytelling initiative.

“Whether you’re arriving at JFK for the first time or you’ve lived in the five boroughs your whole life, we want every New Yorker and every visitor to experience the full breadth of this city during the World Cup. The NYC Neighborhood Passport, events calendar and digital map will help people discover fun, free and accessible ways to explore New York through the world’s game," Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani said.

Beginning June 11, NYC Neighborhood Passport booklets will be available at every public library branch across the five boroughs and at select events.

Each stamp has been designed by New York City-based artists with roots in India, Colombia, Iran, Korea, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Vietnam, Ghana, Mexico and Argentina, reflecting both the countries participating in the World Cup and the cultural diversity of New York City.

Stamps will be distributed across designated locations throughout the city, encouraging participants to explore dance performances, film screenings, art exhibits, book talks, block parties and more across all five boroughs in order to collect every stamp. Locations were also selected to highlight immigrant communities, including Little Senegal, Little Colombia, Little India and others.

Stamps will be available at participating organizations, including:

• 651 ARTS

• American Museum of Natural History

• BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn

• Bronx Children's Museum

• Bronx River Art Center

• Brooklyn Public Library

• Carnegie Hall

• Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District

• El Museo del Barrio

• En Garde Arts

• Fifth Avenue Committee

• Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc)

• Franklin Furnace

• Gotham Football Club

• Historic Richmond Town

• I AM CARIBBEING/Little Caribbean NYC

• International Center of Photography

• Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning

• Juneteenth NYC

• Kensington Cultural Council

• King Manor Museum

• Korean Community Services

• LA VICTORIA FOUNDATION

• Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

• Lewis Latimer House

• Make the Road NY

• Mark Morris Dance Group

• Mexican Coalition

• MOCADA

• Museum of Chinese in America

• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

• New Victory Theater

• New York African Chorus Ensemble, Inc

• New York Botanical Garden

• New York Hall of Science

• New York Public Library

• NONGKI NYC

• Project New Yorker

• Prospect Park Alliance

• Queens Botanical Garden

• Queens County Farm Museum

• Queens Museum

• Queens Public Library

• Queens Theatre

• Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

• Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. (aka Repertorio Español)

• Staten Island Children's Museum

• Staten Island Museum

• Street Lab

• Sundog Theatre

• The Bronx Museum

• The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center

• The Haitian Americans United For Progress, Inc.

• The Laundromat Project

• The Morgan Library and Museum

• The Museum of the City of New York

• The New York Historical

• The Public Theater

• Wave Hill

• West Indian American Day Carnival Association

For a full and updated list of participating organizations and stamp locations, visit team-wonder.com/alreadyhome