November 2019
Whose Waterfront? North Brooklyn’s Environmental Justice Saga
How are communities building the future of the waterfront? Fifteen years after the rezoning of the North Brooklyn waterfront, Brooklyn Brewery Co-Founder Steve Hindy moderates a discussion on the Williamsburg and Greenpoint communities as a locus of environmental activism, from successfully fighting what would have been the East Coast’s largest trash transfer station in the 1990s, to halting a massive powerplant in the 00s, to continued advocacy for realizing the promise of Bushwick Inlet Park today. Join us for this conversation on…
Find out more »Garden Celebration Happy Hour
We Designed, We Weeded, We Planted, We Mulched. Time to Celebrate the New Gardens! Join us for Happy Hour at The Diamond. Let's toast to the power of community stewardship! Free RVSP.
Find out more »January 2020
Biology/Art Instruction: Oyster, Watercolor Triptych
Oysters played a big role in the history and ecology of New York City including Bushwick Inlet and its environs. We almost lost our oyster population, but they are now making a major comeback and helping to clean up our waterways. Scientific illustrator Monica Schroeder will guide us through a talk about this subject and and then follow this up with a hands on intro watercolor painting session. We'll start with a 30 minute slide show about these fascinating bivalve…
Find out more »Motiva Site Design Presentation
NYC Parks will be presenting their design of the Motiva section of Bushwick Inlet Park to the Parks & Waterfront Committee of Community Board #1. Come see with your own eyes and provide feedback on this next phase of BIP's development. This precious part of the park lies on the bank of Bushwick Inlet. Your input will be valuable. Please partake.
Find out more »February 2020
Biology/Art Instruction – Wildlife of Bushwick Inlet: Watercolor & Oil Pastel
Bushwick Inlet is a small waterfront area along the East River just north of Bushwick Inlet Park. Despite its small size, it is home to a surprising number and diversity of birds, mammals, crustaceans, fish, and much more. Through a 15-minute slide show we'll explore some of its natural wonder, following the food chain of wildlife down to beautiful and mysterious plankton. This is followed by a brief tutorial on using watercolors and oil pastels. You'll have two relaxing hours…
Find out more »Call to Artists
NYC Parks invites you to submit your work for exhibition in the gallery at the NYC Park and Recreation building at Bushwick Inlet Park. Parks is proud to be New York City’s greenest agency. The LEED Platinum building at Bushwick Inlet Park was designed with sustainability in mind and features a range of green building solutions. Parks is committed to advancing sustainability practices in park design and asks artists to share their interpretation of what it means to be sustainable.…
Find out more »March 2020
FBIP Garden Committee Spring Planning Meeting
With Spring on the horizon the gardens are waiting for us. There is much planning to be done as a couple big gardening events are already on the calendar. Join us for our first-of-the-season planning meeting. We will be addressing and welcoming input on these gardening items (but not limited to): Maintenance lessons learned from last year General gardens needs New focus on planted beds near the BIP building Using ground cover as a way to interrupt the weed growth,…
Find out more »Spring It’s My Park Day at Bushwick Inlet Park
Vernal Awakening at Bushwick Inlet Park BIP Permaculture Garden Tour- Learn about the fungus among us, cluster planting, and resilient ecological planting practices Clean up, mulch and garden prep Ground cover planting BIP Entrance planting Free registration.
Find out more »June 2020
Motiva Site Redesign Presentation
NYC Parks will be presenting their next round of designs of the Motiva section of Bushwick Inlet Park to the Parks & Waterfront Committee of Community Board #1, after receiving feedback on their initial presentation. Come see with your own eyes and provide feedback on this next phase of BIP's development. This precious part of the park lies on the bank of Bushwick Inlet. Your input will be valuable. Please partake. PLACE: WEBEX *Due to the pandemic this is a…
Find out more »July 2020
It’s My Park Gardening Day
Come garden with us! We are happy to announce that we are prepared to start up volunteer events on a scaled back basis with limited numbers of volunteers. Throughout the seasons we usually have many ways to get involved with BIP but with COVID-19 we have had to curtail our programing. We have been working with the Parks Dept to establish safe re-opening protocols and equipment. To keep us all safe during COVID-19, this gardening activity is limited to 15 volunteers…
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