Sunday, January 26, 2025
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Mulchfest at Owl's Head Park 2025
Drop off trees: December 26, 2024 - January 12, 2025
Chipping: January 11-12, 2025
Please bring discarded trees to the park house.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest?mc_cid=343edd0028&mc_eid=356329620a
Citizens Committee Grant Opportunity Workshop
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
With José Dobles and Carlos Santiago at Citizens Committee NYC
Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC) has a long tradition of providing micro grants to support local greening and other community-based projects. Join CitizensNYC staff to discover how their grants can empower you—grassroots leaders and local businesses—to drive meaningful change in your communities. Whether you’re interested in the Community Leader Grants or Neighborhood Business Grants, this session will provide all the details you need to get involved. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with CitizensNYC staff and take this important step toward strengthening your community!
Visit: https://www.bbg.org/classes/citizensNYC_grant_opportunity_info_session
NYC Parks Electric Micromobility Pilot
As an initiative of Mayor Adams' "Charge Safe, Ride Safe: Electric Micromobility Action Plan ," NYC Parks is piloting a new rule to allow electric bikes (e-bikes) and electric scooters (e-scooters) to use park drives and greenways. The pilot program is in effect from June 20, 2023 through May 31, 2025. NYC Parks are spaces shared by everyone in our city; all park users must be respectful of others and operate their vehicles in a safe manner.
To ensure that all park users share the road safely and respectfully, we’re asking you for your thoughts on the conditions of NYC Parks’ greenways and drives. Use the map tool below to find and share any specific locations you’ve encountered with the flow of bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters, pedestrians, or other park users. We’ll use your feedback to create better experiences and help manage the flow of traffic.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/nyc-parks-e-pilot-map-input-tool
Make Music New York's Mobile Hallelujah
Saturday, December 21, 2024
12:00-2:00pm
Throughout Midtown Manhattan
Visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEEto9CqyfAUcKZuuERrHo800Og2ce4c2773TnCLiKgQ9wbw/viewform
Conductor Douglas Anderson and producer Melissa Gerstein again team up to lead “Mobile Hallelujah,” bringing the oldest continuously performed piece of Classical music to the streets of NYC. Participating singers will gather at seven popular midtown locations to sing the famously uplifting “Hallelujah Chorus” from George Fredric Handel’s Messiah, surprising passersby with seemingly spontaneous outbursts of the most famous choral piece in history.
Any singer who knows their part to the chorus is welcomed and encouraged to participate simply by showing up to their preferred location by the start time, but we encourage you to register ahead of time via the Google document at this link:
https://forms.gle/dqUXazYccJBDWipS9
Pop-up locations and approximate performance start times
(travel time is worked into the schedule):
o 12:00pm at the main branch of the New York Public Library, 476 5th Avenue (on Fifth Ave between the lions)
o 12:15pm at One Vanderbilt Ave (in front, next to the exit from Grand Central Terminal)
o 12:30pm at St. Patrick’s front steps
o 12:45pm at Duffy Square (7th Ave and 46th St, in front of the George M. Cohan statue)
o 1:00pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue (On 57th St., in front of main entrance)
o 1:15pm in the 59th St. Subway Station (At Turnstyle Underground Market)
o 1:30pm at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza (In front of the fountain, facing east]
In preparation, prior to the evening of the vocal parade, you can also download the sheet music for free at < http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/af/IMSLP41602-PMLP90564-Hallelujah_Chorus_Chorus_and_Piano_Only.pdf > . And if you want to practice your part ahead of time, free files are available on Cyberbass < https://cyberbass.org/ >
Questions? Reach out to Melissa at: mmnymobilehallelujah@gmail.com
Bay Ridge Ballet is dancing at the Bay Ridge Library
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Location: Bay Ridge Public Library -- Meeting Room
7223 Ridge Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Event/ Performance Time: 5:00-6:00pm
Visit: https://www.bayridgeballet.com/nutcracker
Meteor Showers
Seba Playground in Marine Park
On Gerritsen Avenue across from Seba Avenue, Brooklyn
Friday, December 13, 2024
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
The Geminids (meteor shower) are due this evening. Join troop #396 to view 100-120 expected meteors per hour. Dress warm in layers, and bring binoculars and a telescope if you have them.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/12/13/meteor-showers
Christmas Tree Lighting at Dyker Beach Park
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Begins at 6:00pm
Location at 86th St & 14th Avenue in Dyker Beach
Featured participants include: The Guild for Exceptional Children, Xaverian Choir and Band, Narrows Community Theater, and NIA Carolers
Visit: https://www.niabklyn.org/events/2024/12/3/christmas-tree-lightings
Christmas Tree Lighting at John Paul Jones Park (Cannonball Park)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Begins at 6:00pm
John Paul Jones Park is at 101st Street & 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge
Featured participants include: The Guild for Exceptional Children, Xaverian Choir and Band, Narrows Community Theater, and NIA Carolers
Visit: https://www.niabklyn.org/events/2024/12/3/christmas-tree-lightings
The 68th Precinct located at 333 65th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is holding a Toys for Tots drive. Donate a toy from now until December 9, 2024 and drop off at the 68th Precinct.
Free Fall Gardening Workshops at Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Visit: https://www.bbg.org/learn/community?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=BBG+Community+Classes&utm_campaign=Cozy+up+with+a+free+gardening+workshop+at+BBG+this+fall
Seeing the Forest in Your Street Tree
Saturday, November 9 | 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
With Nina Browne and Jibreel Cooper, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Trees thrive when they are part of a diverse, interconnected forest community of life above and below ground. Yet trees in cities must rely on people to co-create healthy urban ecosystems. As your street trees go dormant for the winter, learn best practices to help garden more like a forest, so that next spring your community’s trees can thrive. Take home a native plant to try in your street tree bed!
Register for Seeing the Forest in Your Street Tree:
https://www.bbg.org/classes/seeing_the_forest_in_your_street_tree?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Register+for+Seeing+the+Forest+in+Your+Street+Tree&utm_campaign=Cozy+up+with+a+free+gardening+workshop+at+BBG+this+fall
Wollman Rink at Central Park
Visit: https://www.centralpark.com/things-to-do/attractions/wollman-rink/
Roebling Rink at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Open November 25, 2024 to February 2, 2025
Visit: https://www.roeblingrink.com/?utm_source=Brooklyn+Bridge+Park+Events+Newsletter&utm_campaign=56d0282109-EMAIL_2024_11_02_Roebling+Rink&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-cc60b15515-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=56d0282109&mc_eid=6e4cd2e432
2025 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest
Submit your original design to the 2025 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest based on the theme: Seeds of Resilience / Semillas de Resiliencia. Pick up a pen, crayon, pencil, or whatever you use to draw, and submit your artwork to our t-shirt design contest! The winning design will appear on GreenThumb t-shirts, worn by hundreds of gardeners all over the city. Applicants may submit up to three entries. Submission deadline: Sunday, January 19, 2025
Visit: https://newsletters.nycgovparks.org/index.php?action=social&c=2c3f7b90ec5a9e809f4ada4bcf2f9cb5.112000
Denyse Wharf cleanup
Saturday, November 9, 2024
9am to 12 noon
Location: Denyse Wharf off the Shore Road Parkway Promenade, 100 yards south of the Verrazano Bridge
Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Experience
the magic of Lightscape!
The after-dark, illuminated trail returns to Brooklyn Botanic
Garden with brand new works of art, taking visitors on an otherworldly
nighttime journey through light-splashed landscapes and luminous installations
specially curated for BBG. Explore the Garden under moonlight while enjoying
seasonal treats and festive music. Make plans to experience this contemporary
classic that will enchant visitors of all ages—there is no better way to
celebrate winter and the holiday season in Brooklyn!
Location
Pier 3 Plaza at Brooklyn Bridge ParkDate
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Join for a free all-ages Halloween dance party with Sounds from Herbert Holler!
Visit: https://brooklynbridgepark.org/event/big-halloween-get-down/
We are cancelling tomorrow’s (Saturday, September 28) greenup at Owl’s Head Park due to the rain from Hurricane Helene coming our way. Please consider joining us for our October greenups.
Volunteers meet at our tables located inside Owl's Head Park across from 68th Street and Narrows Avenue. See map below
NYC’S MOST DAZZLING LIGHT SHOW
November 22, 2024–January 5, 2025
Experience the magic of Lightscape!
The after-dark, illuminated trail returns to Brooklyn Botanic Garden with brand new works of art, taking visitors on an otherworldly nighttime journey through light-splashed landscapes and luminous installations specially curated for BBG. Explore the Garden under moonlight while enjoying seasonal treats and festive music. Make plans to experience this contemporary classic that will enchant visitors of all ages—there is no better way to celebrate winter and the holiday season in Brooklyn!
44th Annual GreenThumb Harvest Fair
Saturday, September 28, 2024
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/09/28/45th-annual-greenthumb-harvest-fair
The Daffodil Project℠
2024 Daffodil Project registration is CLOSED
Due to high demand and limited supply, registration for the 2024 Daffodil Project is closed.
New Yorkers for Parks will opened the waitlist on Friday, August 16. They encourage you to join the waitlist if you were not able to register.
https://www.ny4p.org/the-daffodil-project?emci=e5ae05b5-ac59-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=f362bd7a-b759-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=1066035
Looking for work? Develop your job skills with NYC Parks - Parks Opportunity Program (POP): A Workforce Development Program!
The Parks Opportunity Program (POP) allows you to participate in job training while working to keep the city’s parks, playgrounds, and other facilities clean and green!
Visit: https://nycparks.my.salesforce-sites.com/InterviewScheduler/OutreachSurvey
Parks Committee Meeting with Community Board 10 (serving Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, parts of Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and McKinley Park)
In person, over zoom, and on youtube
Monday, September 9, 2024
Meeting begins at 5:30pm
CB10 will be discussing capital projects scheduled for parks located within the perimeters of CB10 including Owl's Head Park. If you would like to participate over zoom or in person, please email CB10 at bk10@cb.nyc.gov
View meeting on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/@brooklyncb1021
Join the Owl's Head Park Volunteers on Saturday, September 28, 2024, weather permitting, from 10am to 12 noon to work in Owl's Head Park in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Activities will include spreading mulch, planting, and bagging litter and fallen leaves.
Volunteers will meet at our table located across from 68th Street and Narrows Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. See map below.
NYC’S MOST DAZZLING LIGHT SHOW
November 22, 2024–January 5, 2025
Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn, NYC
Entrances at: 150 Eastern Parkway, 455 Flatbush Avenue, and 990 Washington Avenue
The after-dark, illuminated trail returns to Brooklyn Botanic Garden with brand new works of art, taking visitors on an otherworldly nighttime journey through light-splashed landscapes and luminous installations specially curated for BBG. Explore the Garden under moonlight while enjoying seasonal treats and festive music. Make plans to experience this contemporary classic that will enchant visitors of all ages—there is no better way to celebrate winter and the holiday season in Brooklyn!
Back in Brooklyn Feat. The Platters former lead singer Frank Pizarro / Charlie Thomas' Drifters with Jeff Hall / The Marvelettes / Bill Haley Jr’s Comets / Johnny Farina / The Excellents / The Chiclettes / Vinnie
Sunday, July 14, 2024
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
GOLDEN OLDIES ON THE BOARDWALK: Oldies is Back in Brooklyn Feat. The Platters former lead singer Frank Pizarro / Charlie Thomas' Drifters with Jeff Hall / The Marvelettes / Bill Haley Jr’s Comets / Johnny Farina / The Excellents / The Chiclettes / Vinnie Medugno
Saturday, July 13, 2024
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Come enjoy the Colonial Garden at the Historic Conference House located in Conference House Park with a live Guitar and Keyboard Performance brought to you by the Conference House Association.
Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers
Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park at 3301 Avenue U, Brooklyn
Sunday, July 28, 2024
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/28/family-camping-brooklyn
Total Body Burn
Sunday, July 14, 2024
9:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
Location: Dance Room in St. John’s Recreation Center, 1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/14/total-body-burn
Marine Park
Marine Park Alliance Presents: Just for Kids - Summertime Sillies
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Location: Fillmore Avenue & Madison Place, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/marine-park/events/2024/07/14/marine-park-alliance-presents-just-for-kids-summertime-sillies
or
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/14/marine-park-alliance-presents-just-for-kids-summertime-sillies
Celebrate Marine Park’s History
Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park at 3301 Avenue U, Brooklyn
Saturday, July 13, 2024
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/13/celebrate-marine-parks-history
Community Science Seining
Pier 4 Beach in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, July 13, 2024
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/13/community-science-seining
Kayaking
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 to September 29, 2024
Visit: https://brooklynbridgepark.org/series/kayaking
Movies With A View Presented By Pluto TV
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free outdoor movies
Thursday evenings from July 11, 2024 – August 29, 2024
Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn
Visit: https://brooklynbridgepark.org/events/movies-with-a-view
Pilates with Dodge YMCA
Brooklyn Bridge Park - Central Lawn
Sunday, July 7, 2024
10:30am to 11:30am
Visit: https://brooklynbridgepark.org/event/pilates-with-dodge-ymca-5/2024-07-07
Tick Talk with the Urban Park Rangers
Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park located at 3301 Avenue U, Brooklyn
Saturday, July 6, 2024
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for this educational talk about ticks in New York City. Learn more about tick habitats, hosts, predators and best practices for protecting yourself as you enjoy the outdoors.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/06/tick-talk
Magnetic Archery with the Urban Park Rangers
Owl's Head Park
Saturday, July 27, 2024
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Location: Entrance - 68th Street and Colonial Road (in Owl's Head Park)
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/27/magnetic-archery
Shakespeare in the NYC Parks
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/shakespeare
Silent Disco Fun at American Veterans Memorial Pier!
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
New York City Department of Transportation
Projects & Initiatives
Truck Route Network Redesign
Feedback map here: https://nycdotprojects.info/project-feedback-map/feedback-map-12
44th Annual GreenThumb Harvest Fair
Saturday, September 28, 2024
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/09/28/45th-annual-greenthumb-harvest-fair
Committee on Parks and Recreation at NYC City Council
6/10/2024 @ 11:00 AM
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 16th Floor
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1202134&GUID=82DE05BB-876D-492A-807C-0F2EFD7FA65F%20
Working with Rain: A Rain Garden Workshop
Monday, June 17, 2024
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/06/17/working-with-rain-a-rain-garden-workshop
Historic New York: Coney Island
Saturday, June 8, 2024
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/06/08/historic-new-york-coney-island
Dance Fitness- Upbeat Pop!
Saturday, June 29, 2024
10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/06/29/dance-fitness-upbeat-pop
Seth Low Playground
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/06/26/kim-seth-low-playground
It's My Park at Owl's Head Park
Saturday, June 15, 2024
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/06/15/its-my-park-at-owls-head-park
Where to meet:
Marine Park Forest Restoration
Friday, June 14, 2024
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/06/14/marine-park-forest-restoration
Job Opening: Fiscal Sponsorship Manager at City Parks Foundation
