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Here is What's Happening This Week:SUNDAY, MAY 19th: Long Island City Community Boathouse Volunteer Orientation Day 11am – 4pm LIC Boathouse 46-0
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Long Island City Community Boathouse Volunteer Orientation Day
11am – 4pm
LIC Boathouse
46-01 5th Street
Hunters Point, Queens
The Boathouse welcomes new and experienced volunteers to get involved in the 2013 season.
Participants will review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for signing in, gearing up and readying boats. If the weather allows, the group will take a beginner-friendly paddling trip on the East River.
Wear clothing and shoes you don't mind getting wet! Bring a light jacket - it can be windy on the water.
Must be 18+ to paddle and be able to swim.
More info: www.licboathouse.org |
Gantry Plaza State Park 15th Anniversary Celebration
Noon to 2pm
Meet on the Peninsula Park just north of the main plaza off of 48th Avenue and Center Blvd.
Hunters Point, Queens
Come enjoy light refreshments and meet the Friends of Gantry and your neighbors to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the opening of Gantry Plaza State Park.
Everyone is invited to this free event!
www.friendsofgantry.org |
Community Board 1, Queens Meeting
6:30pm
Astoria World Manor
25-22 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, Queens
Learn about what is happening within your local community board. Community Board 1 includes the following neighborhoods: Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay and Woodside.
THIS MONTH WILL INCLUDE A PRESENTATION BY THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED HALLETS POINT DEVELOPMENT. ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND GIVE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
For meeting agenda and additional information, call: (718) 626-1021
Or visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/qnscb1/html/home/home.shtml |
Long Island City Community Boathouse Volunteer Orientation Day
11am – 4pm
LIC Boathouse
46-01 5th Street
Hunters Point, Queens
The Boathouse welcomes new and experienced volunteers to get involved in the 2013 season.
Participants will review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for signing in, gearing up and readying boats. If the weather allows, the group will take a beginner-friendly paddling trip on the East River.
Wear clothing and shoes you don't mind getting wet! Bring a light jacket - it can be windy on the water.
Must be 18+ to paddle and be able to swim.
More info: www.licboathouse.org |
After over ten years of inaccessibility and disrepair, the Parks Department held a groundbreaking for the construction of the Queensbridge Park Seawall on Friday, May 10th.
This construction project is estimated to take a year.
We are waiting for copies of the new seawall design and will share them with you as soon as we get them.
Questions?
Email us at:
mail@greenshoresnyc.org |
BIG! COMPOST
BIG!Compost, a program of Build It Green! NYC, is a community-scale composting network, that works to increase capacity for, acceptance of, and participation in composting in western Queens. We serve the public by hosting weekly and event-specific food scrap drop-offs, training community members in urban composting best practices, and providing high-quality compost to amend our city’s soils. The finished compost is used in community gardens, on street trees, and in public beautification projects.
Instead of adding your food scraps to the landfill, you can drop them off at one of BIG! Compost's weekly drop off locations:
Sunday:
9am to Noon
Jackson Heights Greenmarket
34th Ave at 77th Street
Jackson Heights, Queens
Monday:
8-10am
Queens Library Steinway Branch
21-45 31st Street
Astoria, Queens
Tuesday:
8-10am
On the west side of Broadway near the N/Q train
Astoria, Queens
More info: www.bignyc.org/compost
Saturday:
1-3pm
Queens Library Broadway Branch
40-20 Broadway
Astoria, Queens
To learn more about BIG! Compost and to get involved, email: compost@bignyc.org
Times and schedule are subject to change. For up-to-date information, visit: http://bignyc.org/drop-sites |
Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Visitor Center General Public Visiting Hours
Saturdays
9am to 3pm
Visitor Center at Newtown Creek
329 Greenpoint Avenue
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
The Visitor Center at Newtown Creek tells the story of New York City’s water and wastewater systems. Located at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WTP), one of New York City's 14 treatment plants, the Visitor Center features DEP employees who narrate the cycle of water from water supply to distribution, wastewater treatment, and harbor water quality. This fascinating new facility will help you learn about the one billion gallons of water New Yorkers use every day, the thousands of miles of pipes, aqueducts, and water mains, and the responsibilities, through the eyes of our dedicated workforce, to serve New Yorkers.
For more information, go here. |
do it (outside)
Daily through July 7, 2013
Socrates Sculpture Park
Broadway & Vernon Blvd
Ravenswood, Queens
In collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI), Socrates Sculpture Park presents do it (outside), an exhibition conceived of and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. With historical antecedents in Dada and Fluxus, do it (outside) is a selection of artists' instructions interpreted by other artists, performers, community groups, and the public. In the last 20 years, versions of do it have been presented in over 50 venues worldwide, giving new meaning to the concept of the “Exhibition in Progress.” do it (outside) at Socrates Sculpture Park will be the first presentation of the exhibition in New York City and the first to be presented completely outdoors in a public art venue.
More info: www.socratessculpturepark.org |
YOGA & TAI CHI in the Park
Socrates Sculpture Park
Broadway at Vernon Blvd
Ravenswood, Queens
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, MAY 11 - SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
Weather permitting. Classes are free and designed for all experience levels.
Participants should wear comfortable clothing and, for yoga, bring a mat or a towel.
YOGA
Saturdays, 9:30 - 10:30 AM & 11 AM - 12 PM
Sundays, 10 AM to 11 AM
Kripalu Yoga is a system of Hatha Yoga that integrates body postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation. Taught by Monique Schubert and Yojaida Estrella, participants are encouraged to integrate their yoga practices with this very special waterfront environment of nature and art.
TAI CHI
Sundays, 11 AM - 12 PM
Led by certified instructors from the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, these classes offer the opportunity to learn Taoist Tai Chi, improve one's health, relax, and exercise in an outdoor setting among changing exhibitions of contemporary sculpture.
www.socratessculpturepark.org |
The Waterfront Vision Plan was created for the community and by the community with Green Shores NYC & The Trust for Public Land.
In the summer and fall of 2010, hundreds of Western Queens residents came together to participate in seven neighborhood listening sessions, two area-wide brainstorming sessions and a waterfront bus tour generating more than a thousand comments, ideas and solutions for creating a more connected, useful and beautiful waterfront.
You can view the Waterfront Vision Plan by visiting: www.greenshoresnyc.org
Copies of the plan can be picked up at the Noguchi Museum.
Stay tuned for information about how we will work to make the ideas in the Plan a reality!
For more information, email: greenshoresnyc@yahoo.com |
IT'S YOUR WATERFRONT!
Green Shores NYC works to enliven the Astoria-Long Island City waterfront by caring for and advocating for safe public parks, green spaces, street trees, waterways and a waterfront greenway. Visit us online at: www.greenshoresnyc.org
To include your event on our updates and calendar, please email: mail@greenshoresnyc.org
and put "EVENTS" in the subject line. |
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