Each year, Village Preservation honors neighborhood institutions at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This community event highlights and celebrates the invaluable people, places, and organizations that make our neighborhoods some of the most interesting and exceptional in the city. The night also includes a review of Village Preservation’s activities and accomplishments over the last year. 

This year’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 10 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union. The event is free and open to all. Registration required.

Our 2026 Village Award winners are:

• Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition — Regina Kellerman Award 
• 11th Street Bar — 510 East 11th Street 
• Tavern on Jane — 31 Eighth Avenue 
• Carlos “Chino” Garcia — Co-founder, CHARAS/El Bohio 
• Jane’s Exchange — 191 East 3rd Street
• St. Joe’s Soup Kitchen — 12 West 12th Street