You can read more about the meeting and the proposed plan by following this link or visiting our website.
Here is What's Happening This Week:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3rd:
The Greater Astoria Historical Society Presents: Charles Dickens-The Man Who Changed Christmas
7pm
Greater Astoria Historical Society
35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor
Long Island City, Queens
The Greater Astoria Historical Society invites you to their annual holiday party and to celebrate Charles Dickens – marking the 200th Anniversary of his birth.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest storytellers of all time, Dickens left an indelible mark on how Americans celebrate the Holidays.
The party will include music, fun and special raffles. Fun for everyone!
Recycle-A-Bicycle's 18th Birthday & Hurricane Sandy Bike Relief Benefit
6:30-9pm
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street (btwn Houston & Prince Streets)
Soho, Manhattan
Hurricane Sandy was devastating. Recycle-A-Bicycle's Queens warehouse and job training center received 3 feet of water in the storm surge that came with the hurricane and caused an electrical fire in the building.
This year their annual benefit will focus on Sandy relief efforts for NYC's coastal neighborhoods.
Join them in celebrating and honoring:
Jon OrcuttPolicy Director for the New York City Department of Transportation
Carolyn SzczepanskiDirector of Communications for the League of American Bicyclists
The Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road
(at Vernon Boulevard)
Long Island City, Queens
The Noguchi Museum is making their First Friday summer tradition a year-round event!
Join them for the First Friday of each month and enjoy pay-what-you-wish admission with a cash bar with wine and beer.
First Friday programming includes, Center of Attention, an extended conversation with a Museum educator about a single work in the collection at 6pm, followed by a film series curated by ART21 in their video room.
BIG! NYC Presents: HOLIDAY PARTY & CRAFTED at the CANAL
6-10pm
Build it Green! NYC's Reuse Center in Gowanus
69 9th Street
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Kick off the holiday season by celebrating with your friends at BIG! Start your holiday shopping at Crafted at the Canal which features local artisans who incorporate reuse in their creations.
CRAFTED AT THE CANAL continues on Saturday, December 8th from 10am to 5pm!
Both days are free to attend, craft sales are cash only.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8th:
FINAL DAY OF LEAF FEST 2012!
10am to Noon
Astoria Park (meet at the Field House)
19th Street & Hoyt Avenue North
Astoria, Queens
Rake leaves with friends! Get some exercise! Care for your waterfront!
Join Green Shores NYC, The Astoria Park Alliance, Partnerships for Parks, the Friends of Queensbridge Park and BIG! Compost for our 4th Annual LEAF FEST!
Help ready our waterfront parks for the winter and cleanup after Hurricane Sandy!
Leaves collected will be composted BIG! Compost.
All materials & refreshments will be provided for volunteers.
In addition to raking and collecting leaves, we will also be planting bulbs and doing a dog supply drive with Arf Arf who will bring donations to storm-impacted pet owners in the Rockaways.
To celebrate the last day of Leaf Fest and to thank all of the volunteers that helped to make it so successful, there will be a holiday gathering in the park from NOON to 1pm.
Meet at the Forest Hills Post Office
106-28 Queens Boulevard
Forest Hills, Queens
Join TA Queens Volunteer Committee for a Transportation Alternatives themed scavenger hunt on Queens Blvd!
This is a walking/transit taking event. Bikes are welcome but not necessary. Everyone is welcome! There will be prizes!
During the Scavenger Hunt you will, for the most part, take pictures (digital cameras or camera phones will be fine) of what you find, there will also be a few items to collect.
You can play alone or as part of a team of up to 3 people (only one person per team will take photos).
It is likely that you will walk several blocks during the course of the game and use two swipes of your Metrocard (though it might be possible to win without doing so).
Did you read the part about the prizes?!
At 3:45PM judges will check scorecards and award prizes. When it is all over the group will toast the winners and console the losers at Martha's Bakery on Austin St.
Rain, snow or sub-freezing temps will cancel. RSVP is not necessary, but it is helpful.
WATER QUALITY ALERTS AND THE FUTURE OF PROGRAMMING AT HALLETS COVE!
There are high levels of bacteria in Hallets Cove that may hamper future public programming there-including the much loved COASTAL CLASSROOM and PUBLIC PADDLING DAYS with the Long Island City Community Boathouse.
Click HERE to learn how more and how you can help.
FRIENDS OF GANTRY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WANT YOUR INPUT!
The small playground on Southeast corner of 48th Avenue and 5th Street in Hunters Point has been padlocked for a couple of years now for safety reasons.
The playground included a sandbox for toddlers and is right next to a handball court.
Friends of Gantry has secured the pro bono services of a landscape architect to develop a new design for that area.
What would you like to see there? It is a small area compared to other parts of the park and measures approximately 31' x 47' and is gated.
PROGRESS & Construction Continues on the Queens East River North Shore Greenway!
New bike lane and bike racks on the north side of Rainey Park.
A new paved waterfront esplanade in Rainey Park.
Phase 2 and 3 of the Queens East River North Shore Greenway is making its way north through Rainey Park, the Astoria Houses Esplanade, Shore Boulevard and Ralph DeMarco Park.
Rainey Park is still closed due to greenway construction and you will notice sections of Shore Blvd and DeMarco Park are in various stages of pre-construction and construction.
Click on image above to see the Queens East River Greenway Master Plan.
What is the Queens East River Greenway?
The Queens East River and North Shore Greenway is a proposed 10.6-mile urban shared-use trail, intended to provide access to the shoreline in Queens and improve non-motorized commuter options.
The proposed East River and North Shore Greenway follows the natural boundaries of the western and northern shorelines in Queens.
When completed, the Greenway will connect the neighborhoods of Long Island City, Hunters Point, Ravenswood, and Astoria in western Queens with Steinway, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in northeastern Queens and connect four parks on the East River shoreline.
Segment 2 of the Greenway includes the stretch of waterfront from Queensbridge Park to Hallets Cove.
We will be sure to keep you updated on construction in Rainey Park and let you know when the park will be open again.
If you have additional questions, concerns or thoughts about the greenway, please email us at: greenshoresnyc@yahoo.com
Waterfront Vision Plan for Astoria & Long Island City, Queens
On Thursday, June 16th, we celebrated the release of The Waterfront Vision Plan for Astoria & Long Island City, Queens at the Noguchi Museum!
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.
BIG! COMPOST with the WESTERN QUEENS COMPOST INITIATIVE
The Western Queens Compost Initiative (WQCI), a program of Build It Green!NYC, works to increase the capacity of local communities to create and manage composting efforts in Western Queens. Their overall goal is to (1) provide sustainable local composting infrastructure; (2) educate New York City residents on the composting process and encourage them to compost organic materials; and (3) reduce the amount of waste sent to distant landfills. Their compost is used to grow food, feed trees, and beautify public spaces. .
Instead of adding your food scraps to the landfill, you can drop them off at the Western Queens Compost Initiative's weekly drop off locations:
Sunday:
9am to Noon
Jackson Heights Greenmarket
34th Ave at 77th Street
Jackson Heights, Queens
Monday:
7-10am
Queens Library Steinway Branch
Through March 22, 2013
21-45 31st Street
Astoria, Queens
Saturday:
9am-12pm
Sunnyside Greenmarket
June 2 to December 22
Skillman Ave between 42 & 43 Streets
Sunnyside, Queens
10am to 2pm
Long Island City CSA, Hour Children
Nov 7, Dec 1, 15, Jan 5, 19 & Feb 2
36-49 11th Street (btwn 36 & 37th Aves)
Long Island City, Queens
To learn more about BIG! Compost and to get involved, email: louise@bignyc.org
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.
Socrates Sculpture Park
Broadway & Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, Queens
Socrates Sculpture Park presents the opening of EAF12: 2012 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition.
EAF12 features new works by the Park's current resident artists. Each year, Socrates Sculpture Park selects artists to produce outdoor artworks within the Park. Reflective of our time, these artists are making public sculptures that are subtly mysterious, visually compelling, and, at times, provocative. The economy, spirituality, Americana, language, and our built/natural world are subjects explored in this presentation of emerging artists to watch. Rather than being a zeitgeist or thematic exhibition, each artist has a distinct artwork (and in some cases performance) that embodies his or her individuality, passion, and exploration of art in the public sphere. Projects include a 1965 Ford Mustang painted white with corn rowed racing stripes, slabs of cast concrete snapped from compression, a transparent Buddha and a stunning 30 foot flag pole woven with security straps are among the sculptures in the exhibition.
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: greenshoresnyc@yahoo.com and put "EVENTS" in the subject line.
