The Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRI@JB) is a new top-tier science and resilience center located in New York City. The Institute advances innovative thinking about the resilience of urban coastal regions. A key facet of this is facilitating an exchange of information among scientists, managers, policymakers, and community leaders on the capacity of human and natural systems to withstand disturbance from urbanization, natural hazards, climate change, and related pressures.