CityBridge

CityBridge is the New York City based consortium that owns, operates and oversees LinkNYC, the network of digital kiosks installed across the city's sidewalks. Established in 2014, CityBridge is a joint venture between Intersection, a media and technology company, and Boldyn Networks, a wireless infrastructure provider. Under an agreement with the City of New York, CityBridge installs and maintains Link kiosks on the public right of way, providing free public Wi-Fi, phone calls, device charging, emergency access and local information while generating advertising revenue that is shared with the city.

The kiosks function as digital street furniture, carrying large vertical screens on both sides that display advertising and public service messaging to pedestrians and passing traffic throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. Since launching in 2016, LinkNYC has grown into one of the largest municipal Wi-Fi networks in the world, serving millions of users and hundreds of millions of sessions, and CityBridge has continued to deploy newer Link5G structures that expand both connectivity and advertising capacity. The advertising inventory is a form of digital out-of-home media sold to brands seeking high-frequency exposure in dense urban environments.

CityBridge's website describes the consortium, its public benefit commitments and the LinkNYC program, and it provides information for the city, communities and prospective partners. As the operator of this street furniture network, CityBridge combines public infrastructure with a citywide digital advertising platform reaching millions of residents and visitors.