Freelance Puppets NYC

 is a puppet design, fabrication and production company based in. The company was founded by puppeteer, artist and designer Kevin Hammarberg, a native who previously worked for  during the 1980s. In 1998, Hammarberg founded Freelance Puppets NYC. The company's studio has a workshop, woodshop, storage unit, and casting facilities.

Since 2015, has been under contract with Seagrounds Financial Group to maintain the characters of and build characters created for Between the Lions and Lomax, the Hound of Music. They are also under contract to to maintain the full-body characters of Barney & Friends.

built the Gary and Plankton puppets used by VEE Corporation's SpongeBob SquarePants Live! shows, and, since 2000, has worked with Fuse Special Effects in the design & assembly of many of Fuse's walkaround characters.

The company has been subcontracted by Jim Henson's New York Creature Shop in the past to build characters for Sesame Street international co-productions, including the redesigned Bluki for the Barrio Sésamo revival.