On March 23, 2021 FBIP hosted via Zoom a what’s going on with our organization and the park talk, AND a moment for candidates running for city council district 33 to speak about BIP and themselves. Check out the playback.
If you’ve been by Bushwick Inlet Park lately, you may have noticed that not even a year after the park opened, all the grass on the sloping roof and along the walkway is dead and the paving on the pathway up to the rooftop is badly degraded. So why has this 2014 American Institute of […]
A call for volunteers for the May 10th Riverkeeper SWEEP @ Bushwick Inlet Park shoreline. The goal is to clean the shoreline below the soccer field (between North 9th and North 10th Street) and also the public sidewalk alongside the fence that faces the inlet itself (along Kent Avenue). The cleanup will be from 10:30 […]
Friends of East River State Park have applied for funding through the Participatory Budgeting Program (PBNYC) for design and construction of a state of the art dog run accessible on Kent Avenue. If you care about dogs and dog runs – spread the word! Friends of East River State Park needs your vote. Only the […]
The City is giving our elected officials the brush off in response to their call for action on Bushwick Inlet Park. In a letter penned by Parks Commish Adrian Benepe he tells State Assemblyman Joe Lentol, State Senator Dan Squadron and City Councilman Steve Levin that there is no money to make good on their […]
Join Fellow North Brooklyn Parks Lovers at the OSA Public Parks Forum and make some noise in support of our 28 acre waterfront park. Let the Bloomberg Administration know its NOT OK to reneg on their promise to this community! AUGUST 17, 2011 AT 7:00 PM POLISH AND SLAVIC CENTER 176 JAVA STREET BETWEENN MCGUINESS […]
On March 14th, the Bloomberg Administration announced the release of “Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan”, a 10 year vision for the future of our city’s shoreline. Along with it came the “New York City Waterfront Action Agenda” which lists a set of key projects to begin within the next three years. Among […]
Brooklyn’s got a new parks commissioner and in an encouraging sign he is talking about Bushwick Inlet Park as one of his priorities. Kevin Jeffrey, 51, of Crown Heights, officially starts work as borough commissioner on Tuesday, October 12th, taking over from Julius Spiegel who held the post for nearly three decades. From the NY […]
The Department of City Planning’s Draft Comprehensive waterfront plan, also known as Vision 2020, is out. That vision, at least with regards to North Brooklyn, reiterates many of the same promises from the 2005 rezoning, including aquisition and development of Bushwick Inlet Park, but there’s also some new stuff for North Brooklyners to get excited […]