2012. The events draw residents from across the city and tourists and encourage participation in freestyle hip-hop. Notable local hip-hop artists such as Joey Bada$$ have attended in the past. Union Square Partnership The Union Square Partnership (USP), a business improvement district (BID) and a local development corporation (LDC), was formed in 1984 and became a model for other BIDs in New York City. As of 2006 it had a US$1.4 million budget. Jennifer E. Falk became its executive director in January 2007. The Union Square Partnership provides a free public Wi-Fi network in Union Square. Education The Washington Irving Campus at 40 Irving Place between East 16th and 17th Streets, a block east of Union Square Park, was formerly the location of a comprehensive high school, but now houses Gramercy Arts High School, the High School for Language and Diplomacy, the International High School at Union Square, the Union Square Academy for Health Sciences and the Academy for Software Engineering. In 2012, Success Academy Charter Schools announced its plan to open an elementary school in the building in 2013, but this had not occurred as of mid-2015. Also in the Union Square neighborhood is the original building of Stuyvesant High School at 345 East 15th Street, now known as the "Old Stuyvesant Campus", and housing the Institute for Collaborative Education, the High School for Health Professions and Human Services, and P.S. 226. Gallery See also East Side (Manhattan) Flatiron District Gramercy Park Washington Square Park List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City Madison Square USS Recruit (1917) Macdougal Street References Notes Bibliography External links A History of Union Square, on the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation website Union Square Partnership Union Square Greenmarket GrowNYC Greenmarket Farmer's Markets Official Site 14th Street (Manhattan) 1882 establishments in New York (state) Broadway (Manhattan) Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan National Historic Landmarks in Manhattan Neighborhoods in Manhattan Park Avenue Parks in Manhattan Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City Road junctions in the United States Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Squares in Manhattan