It’s been 26 years since Mayor David Dinkins founded the Beacon program, so what better time to celebrate that achievement than now! This year, 11 new locations will be added, bringing the total number of sites to 91 in all five boroughs. Beacon programs are school-based community centers serving young people ages six and older, and adults. The Department of Youth and Community Development and a grateful City of New York thank Mayor Dinkins for his vision of providing safe places that New Yorkers could call their own since 1991.