Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park

Weeding Wednesdays 2023
2023-04-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-04-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-04-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Bushwick Inlet Park (86K), 86 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249, United States
Join us every week as we weed, mulch, tend bushes and blossoms, sometimes plant and water (if necessary). We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring a water bottle. Everyone welcome but please note in your sign up if you are bringing others. Unless otherwise noted, meet at 86 Kent Ave at beyond the soccer field. See you there!
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Weeding Wednesdays 2023
2023-04-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-04-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Bushwick Inlet Park (86K), 86 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249, United States
Join us every week as we weed, mulch, tend bushes and blossoms, sometimes plant and water (if necessary). We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring a water bottle. Everyone welcome but please note in your sign up if you are bringing others. Unless otherwise noted, meet at 86 Kent Ave at beyond the soccer field. See you there!
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Drawing Landscapes: Pencil, Ink, Watercolor & Gouache - Techniques & Tips
2023-04-22 14:00 - 16:30 | NY
Join us on Earth Day at the Bushwick Inlet Park Community Center for an afternoon of sketching.
Brooklyn will be gaining many new trees – you can even request a tree to plant yourself! Following a big push to plant many more street trees in the neighborhood, we will focus this month on landscapes, especially how to represent trees in their surroundings. After an introductory slide presentation, we’ll practice techniques with a few exercises, each focusing on a different aspect of a landscape: trees, waterways, the sky, and clouds.
We’ll discuss principles such as focal point, atmospheric perspective, simplification, using space in a composition, and the importance of planning. We will practice recognizing shapes and scale, mark making, using thumbnail sketches for composition and light, and choosing colors. Tips on putting together an outdoor art kit for drawing, watercolor, or gouache for those who would like to paint and draw outdoors will also be touched upon. Bring your own travel art kit if you’d like to share what tools work best for you.
Then we will create pieces using some of these skills. Weather permitting, we might head outside to draw or paint together.
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park will provide art supplies, but feel free to bring your own (if you have!) for this guided art project for beginners and artists of all levels. Materials provided will include paper, watercolors, colored pencils, and other basic drawing supplies.
If you’d like to bring your own supplies, we recommend:

multimedia or watercolor paper
watercolor paints and brushes
pencil, eraser, ruler, tape (for masking edges)
colored pencils, markers, or pens

No experience necessary.
Registration required.
Instructor Monica Schroeder is a professional scientific illustrator. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, countless textbooks, natural history museum exhibitions, and on the TV Show Jeopardy.
She has been an adult art instructor since 2018.
monbertkayak@gmail.com
* Please register only if you plan to actually attend. The class size is small to ensure an intimate hands-on learning experience.
Children 14 and over (high school students) are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

It's My Park Day Spring 2023
2023-04-30 10:00 - 13:00 | Bushwick Inlet Park (50 Kent Ave), 50 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249, United States
Join Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park to help wake up the gardens in Bushwick Inlet Park.
Come lend a hand weeding, mulching and planting the garden beds in BIP’s 50 Kent Ave section (map: 41 N 11th St). We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them)! Wear clothes that can get dirty and a bring a water bottle. It’s lots of fun- meet other garden aficionados, identify plants, discuss best weeding practices :).
Please register.
We are grateful for support from NYC Parks, Partnerships for Parks and North Brooklyn Parks Alliance.

12th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep at Bushwick Inlet Park
2023-05-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Bushwick Inlet Park (86K), 86 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249, United States
Come clean your River! We welcome you to take part in the 12th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, our annual day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries.
Join Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and Riverkeeper for a park clean-up at Bushwick Inlet Park
Volunteers will meet at Bushwick Inlet Park, 86 Kent Ave, Brooklyn NY, at the Bushwick Inlet Park Building. There is street parking but it is easier to arrive by bike, public transit or ferry!
Registration is required.
We ask all Sweep volunteers to wear sturdy shoes or boots, clothing that they can get dirty, and to bring a hat, sunscreen, a full reusable water bottle, and a face mask, work gloves and hand sanitizer.
This site is not suitable for elementary-aged children.
Questions? Contact Riverkeeper at sweep@riverkeeper.org or Katherine Thompson at bushwickinletpark@gmail.com.
*IMPORTANT! To ensure the safety of volunteers, Sweep Site Leaders, park staff, and our communities, we ask that volunteers adhere to the following guidelines:

Volunteers are required to pre-register for Sweep, and bring their own masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, and water.
Volunteers should not participate if they have ANY signs of illness or if they have potentially been exposed to COVID-19 within the previous two weeks.

Movies Under the Stars: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023-05-11 20:00 - 22:30 | Bushwick Inlet Park (50 Kent Ave), 50 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249, United States
Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in a neighborhood park or playground! This summer, NYC Parks and The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment will host family-friendly movie showings across the five boroughs.
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
Movies begin at dusk. This event is FREE and open to the public. Glass bottles and alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited. In the event of heavy rain or extreme weather, the screening may be canceled. The decision to cancel the event will be made prior to the screening and will be promptly posted on our website.
For more information visit nyc.gov/parks or call 311. Contact (212) 360-1430 or accessibility@parks.nyc.gov for more information regarding accessibility.

FBIP Spring Fun🌼raiser
2023-05-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Brooklyn Brewery, 79 N 11th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11249
♦PARKY HARD WITH FBIP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT BROOKLYN BREWERY!!!

Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park is an all-volunteer organization that serves the community in getting this extraordinary 27 acre park FINISHED and ACTIVATED.
Help support park programming like our
Summer Music Series (jazz by the water),
Gardening (planting 100’s of flowers & shrubs annually),
Oyster Research in Bushwick Inlet,
Art Classes….
And, Relentless Advocacy to get the park FINALLY BUILT.
It’s a Park-ay with a purpose!
Enjoy craft beer from Brooklyn Brewery!
And, artisanal pizza from Fornino!
Come support us!

OUR HOST

SPONSORS

PARK BUILDER

SHORELINE PROTECTOR

PARK ADVOCATE

Evan & Melanie Thies
Robin Ottaway

OYSTER REEF BUILDER

In Memory of Seamus Wood
Sara Conklin
Ward Dennis

SUPPORTERS
