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Here is What's Happening This Week:TUESDAY, JUNE 4th: The Astoria Park Alliance's Monthly Meeting 6:30pm Steinway Reformed Church 41st Street & D
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The Astoria Park Alliance's Monthly Meeting
6:30pm
Steinway Reformed Church
41st Street & Ditmars Blvd
Astoria, Queens
The Astoria Park Alliance has a packed agenda for their monthly meeting and items include It's My Park Day in Astoria Park, Shorefest, Summer Fitness Classes and more!
All are welcome to attend. |
8th Annual Taste of LIC
6:30-8:30pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
49th Avenue and Center Blvd
Hunters Point, Queens
The Taste of LIC is The Chocolate Factory Theater’s Annual celebration of LIC’s cultural and culinary excellence in which proceeds raised help to bring artists and performances to the Chocolate Factory Theatre!
Online ticketing is closed but, tickets are still available at the door.
More info here. |
Recycle A Bicycle Volunteer Night
6-8pm
Long Island City Workshop
Corner of 5th Street and 46th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens
Lend a hand, meet others, and learn basic bike mechanics, free of charge. No previous experience necessary! All are welcome!
More info:
http://www.recycleabicycle.org/shop/long-island-city-workshop |
Yoga in Astoria Park!
7pm – 8pm
Astoria Park
Lawn Just North of the Triboro Bridge
Enter at the Parking Lot at 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue North
Astoria, Queens
CITY VIEW PHARMACY presents free YOGA in the Park: WEDNESDAYS, 7pm from June 5, 2013 - August 28, 2013
Stretch with CITY VIEW PHARMACY'S free YOGA in the Park, weather permitting.
Advanced registration is required by calling: 718-545-2550 or by signing up online at:
http://cityviewpharmacy.com/community-news.html
Adults only, all ages and levels of experience, including beginners. Bring a friend! |
Queens Community Board 2 Meeting
7pm – 9pm
Sunnyside Community Services
43-31 39th St., First Floor
Sunnyside, Queens.
Learn about what is happening in your community!
Community Board 2 represents the areas of Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City a portion of West Maspeth. The district is bounded on the north by Queens Plaza North, the northern property line of the Sunnyside Rail Yard and Northern Boulevard; on the east by the Con Rail property; on the south by Calamus, Maurice and Maspeth Avenues and Newtown Creek; the East River to the west.
THIS MONTH'S MEETING INCLUDES A PRESENTATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF THE GREENWAY AND A PROTECTED TWO-WAY BIKE LANE ON THE WEST SIDE OF VERNON BLVD.
All community members are encouraged to attend.
For more information:
http://www.cb2queens.org |
 The garden at the Noguchi Museum. |
First Fridays at the Noguchi Museum
5-8pm
Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road
Ravenswood, Queens
The Noguchi Museum offers extended evening hours on the first Friday of each month from 5:00PM to 8:00PM with pay what you wish admission.
First Friday programming includes "Center of Attention," an extended conversation around a single work of art at 6:00PM, followed by a film.
More info: www.noguchi.org |
6th Annual LIC Bike Parade
Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd & Broadway
Ravenswood, Queens
11 AM - 3 PM: Bike Repairs/Helmet Fitting & Giveaway/Workshops
12 - 4 PM: 1st Annual Northwest Queens Food Day
3 PM: Parade along Vernon Blvd. (leaving from Broadway entrance gate)
3 - 5 PM: Waterfront Celebration at Queensbridge Park
In preparation for the parade, children and families are invited to repair their bikes with Recycle-A-Bicycle; get free helmets and fittings with the NYC Department of Transportation; and decorate their bikes with Socrates artists.
And for the first time, participants are invited to compete in a KINETIC SCULPTURE CHALLENGE!
Let your creativity roll... literally. Enter your moveable, human-powered sculpture-vehicle and parade it down Vernon Boulevard, with awards for Best Engineering, Best Art, and Best Costume.
More info: www.socratessculpturepark.org |
 Groundbreaking of the Queensbridge Seawall Restoration on May 10, 2013. |
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After over ten years of inaccessibility and disrepair, the Parks Department held a groundbreaking for the restoration and construction of the Queensbridge Park Seawall on May 10, 2013.
It is estimated that construction will take a year to complete and we will post photos and updates about the work and its progress here and on our website.
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
2-6pm
Hour Children Food Pantry
36-49 11th Street
Ravenswood, Queens
Tuesday:
8-10am
On the west side of Broadway near the N/Q train
Astoria, Queens
More info: www.bignyc.org/compost
Thursday:
3:30-7:30pm
ARROW Community Center
35th Street btwn 35th & 36th Avenues
Astoria, Queens
4- 7pm
Hour Children Food Pantry
36-49 11th Street
Ravenswood, Queens
Saturday:
10:30am to Noon
Queens Library: Sunnyside
43-06 Greenpoint Avenue
Long Island City, Queens
1-3pm
Queens Library Broadway Branch
40-20 Broadway
Astoria, Queens
Queens Library: Long Island City
37-44 21st Street
Long Island City, 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. |
Recycle A Bicycle Volunteer Night
Wednesdays from 6-8pm
Long Island City Workshop
Corner of 5th Street and 46th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens
Lend a hand, meet others, and learn basic bike mechanics, free of charge. No previous experience necessary! All are welcome!
More info:
http://www.recycleabicycle.org/shop/long-island-city-workshop |
CITY VIEW PHARMACY presents FREE YOGA in the Park
WEDNESDAYS from June 5, 2013 - August 28, 2013
7pm – 8pm
Astoria Park
Lawn Just North of the Triboro Bridge
Enter at the Parking Lot at 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue North
Astoria, Queens
Stretch with CITY VIEW PHARMACY'S free YOGA in the Park, weather permitting.
Advanced registration is required by calling: 718-545-2550 or by signing up online at:
http://cityviewpharmacy.com/community-news.html
Adults only, all ages and levels of experience, including beginners. Bring a friend! |
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 |
Waterfront Greenmarket
SATURDAYS, JUNE 1 - NOVEMBER 16 from 8 AM - 4 PM
Socrates Sculpture Park
Broadway at Vernon Blvd
Ravenswood, Queens
This market will serve the Long Island City and Astoria communities with farm-fresh fruits and vegetables and family-friendly activities every week. For over 30 years, GrowNYC has been working together to promote regional agriculture, preserve farmland, and ensure a continuing supply of fresh, local produce for all New Yorkers. To learn more about GrowNYC's Greenmarket program, visit www.growNYC.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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