Mulch Fest 2026

 

Mulch Fest 2026 
Drop off begins on December 26, 2025 through January 11, 2026 in the designated area within the park.  NYC Parks staff is looking for volunteers to help stack discarded trees and move them to the chipper trucks.

Drop off sites include:
    Amazing Garden
    Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5 
    Brooklyn Bridge Park (Dock Street Entrance and Jay Street Entrance)
    Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    Brower Park
    Coffey Park
    Green Space @ President Street
    Herbert Von King Park
    Myrtle Village Green
    Prospect Park (Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue)
    Sunset Park
    Washington Park

Chipping Locations
    Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 3 - Outboard Plaza
    Cobble Hill Park
    Domino Park
    Fort Greene Park
    Maria Hernandez Park
    Marine Park
    McCarren Park
    McGolrick Park
    Owl's Head Park
    Prospect Park (2 locations: Park Circle at Parkside Avenue and 3rd Street/Prospect Park West)

Make Music New York, Pilgrimage 2025

 

Pilgrimage Make Music NY Winter 2025 RSVP

Led by conductor James John, artistic director of the Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble, singers will walk a route along Riverside Park making stops at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument and other landmarks to sing medieval melodies once sung on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. 

3pm, Gather at TBD location near southern end of Riverside Park

3:30pm, Depart for Caroling

4:30pm, Arrive at Destination for indoor sing-through

5pm, Depart 

 

Visit:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEw51GRcn6f_xbwaEMciZQM9Y0-ztaX7PNoUDX7Qwsgumc0Q/viewform

 

Make Music New York - Mobile Hallelujah 2025

 

MMNY - 2025

Mobile Hallelujah - Dec 21st

 

Producer Melissa Gerstein and conductor Douglas Anderson team up again 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, using their smartphones to keep in sync and in tune and surprising passersby with seemingly spontaneous outbursts of the most famous choral piece in history. New time updated to 2:00 PM Start Time.

 

Visit:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec1CXBMdFKGvMoPpxBLC7yPMeHytS8MAjHlwtJpQuSsrnDfA/viewform

 

Make Music New York, Dec. 21, 2025

Program list for Make Music New York

Sunday, December 21, 2025 

Visit:  https://makemusicny.org/make-music-winter-2025-events 

Webinar: Advanced Stewardship Training

 

Become an Advanced Stewardship Volunteer

Super Steward Orientation/Intro Webinar

Date: 12/10/2025

Meeting Location: This is a REMOTE webinar. You will need access to a computer, tablet, or electronic device as well as stable internet. Please disregard language in this registration regarding location.

Description: The Super Steward Orientation/Intro Webinar is Step 2 in the process of becoming a Super Steward, following attending a volunteer event with the Stewardship team. Learn how to join the network of advanced, independent environmental stewards working to keep NYC green. 

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/18471 

 

 

Ecology Park Restoration and Tour, Bergen Beach, Brooklyn

 

Ecology Park Restoration and Tour

Date: 12/06/2025

Location: BROOKLYN
Brooklyn, Brooklyn

Meeting Location: Ecology Park: Bergen Ave & Avenue T, Bergen Beach, Brooklyn

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9wPmZzxaNsYzAYcx9

Description: Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to learn more about and protect the forested areas in Ecology Park! Volunteers will contribute to ongoing restoration work and learn the importance of species diversity to ecosystem health. The event will include a tour of the park. Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes, long sleeves, long pants, and clothing that can get dirty. Face masks may be worn at your discretion. Space is limited and registration is required. Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by a chaperone. This event has been funded in part by NYC Service. To sign up a group of 10 or more volunteers please reach out to stewardship@parks.nyc.gov

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/18416 

Seed Cleaning Workshop

 

PECaN Seed Cleaning Workshop

Date: 12/04/2025

Location: Greenbelt Native Plant Center (Staten Island) (opens in new tab)
Victory Blvd. bet. Ridgeway Ave. and Travis Ave., Staten Island

Meeting Location: PECaN Parking Lot - 3808 Victory Blvd

Description: Join the NYC Parks Plant Ecology Center and Nursery (PECaN) for a hands-on seed cleaning workshop with the Seed Increase Program (SIP)! The SIP farms native seed for use in restoration projects throughout the five boroughs. The workshop will feature detailed demonstrations of seed cleaning techniques and equipment, along with discussion of seed collection, drying, testing, and storage practices. After this introduction, participants will have time for hands-on cleaning of both wild-collected and farmed seed lots. Please reach out to pecan@parks.nyc.gov in advance if you would like to bring your own seed for cleaning. Come prepared with long sleeves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes. Additional PPE will be provided, but expect to get a bit dusty! 

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/18451 

Webinar: Advanced Stewardship Training

 

Become an Advanced Stewardship Volunteer

Care Captain Webinar Training

Date: 12/03/2025

Meeting Location: This is a REMOTE webinar. You will need access to a computer, tablet, or electronic device as well as stable internet. Please disregard language in this registration regarding location. 

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/18470 

Community Input Meeting - Dan Ross Playground

Community Input Meeting - Dan Ross Playground

Date: 12/10/2025

Description: This is a virtual community input meeting to be held on 12/10 via Zoom. Registrants will receive the Zoom meeting link and phone number by email on the day of the meeting.

Location: Dan Ross Playground (Brooklyn)
7 Ave. bet. 81 St. and 82 St., Brooklyn 

Time:  6:30pm to 8pm

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/community-input-meetings/18485

 

 

Butterfly Gardening Tips

Butterfly Gardening
https://monarchwatch.org/garden/


Plants for Pollinator and Butterfly Gardens
monarchwatch.org/garden/plant-list-monarchwatch.pdf


Gardens for the Monarch Butterfly
https://mjv.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/documents/SchoolyardGardensUpdated.pdf

 

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2025

 

Halloween Festival at Owl's Head Park, Sunday, October 26, 2025

 

Brooklyn Community Board 10's Park Committee Meeting, Oct. 7, 2025

 

CB10's Parks Committee Meeting

October 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Agenda

· Update presentation by Parks Dept. Representatives about current and upcoming capital projects

Visit:  https://cbbrooklyn.cityofnewyork.us/cb10/event/parks-committee-5/

View on live stream here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPueX4MsL5dhnFZ-wqDwvKw

Or attend in person at the CB10 office: 8119 5th Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Visit:  https://cbbrooklyn.cityofnewyork.us/cb10/

Stewardship Programs from September to October 2025

 

Tree Stewardship Part 1: Getting Involved with Tree Care
Hosted by Partnerships Academy
Panel/Webinar
September 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/tree-stewardship-part-1-getting-involved-with-tree-care/?mc_cid=61214ea69d&mc_eid=6a38dd2fbe

 
 
Integrating Native Plants into Local Parks
Hosted by Partnerships Academy
Panel/Webinar
September 30 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/integrating-native-plants-into-local-parks/?mc_cid=61214ea69d&mc_eid=6a38dd2fbe

Fall Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Fall Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Saturday, October 25 | 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

Entrance at 990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Celebrate the fall season surrounded by some of Brooklyn’s most fabulous foliage at BBG’s new Fall Harvest Festival!  Enjoy live music, hands-on activities for families, a cider and beer garden, pumpkin-decorating, and so much more. Come dressed in your best flannel—or a costume for an afternoon parade! See some highlights below and visit our website for the full event lineup and tickets.

Tickets on sale now! BBG members get special discounts.
Visit:  https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/fall_harvest_festival?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Fall+Harvest+Festival&utm_campaign=Get+tickets+now+for+BBG%e2%80%99s+Fall+Harvest+Fest!+%f0%9f%8d%bb%f0%9f%8e%83

Local events for September to October 2025

Ragamuffin Parade

Saturday, September 27, 2025
Begins at 1pm
Parade goes along Third Avenue from Bay Ridge Parkway to 92nd Street.
Visit:  
https://ragamuffinparadebayridge.org/


3rd Avenue Festival
Sunday, September 28, 2025
10 am – 6 pm
3rd Avenue between Bay Ridge Avenue and 94 Street

Halloween Fest on 5th
5th Avenue from 72nd Street to 85th Street
Sunday, October 25, 2025
2pm to 7pm

Greenup at Owl's Head Park, Saturday, September 27, 2025

Our It's My Park days will continue in September and come to a close in October 2025.  Volunteers will be provided with gloves and tools.  Our activities will include: spreading mulch, remove weeds and litter, and planting bulbs.  All volunteer sessions are from 10am to 12 noon, weather permitting.

Saturday, September 27 

Meet by the lily garden, across from 68^th Street and Narrows Avenue

2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest

 

2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest

Submit your original design to the 2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest based on the theme: Soil & Soul: Where Hands Get Dirty and Hearts Connect /
Tierra & Alma: Donde las Manos se Ensucian y los Corazones se Conectan.

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: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 

Visit:

https://newsletters.nycgovparks.org/index.php?action=social&c=607d43d8f2fa41b135fd2f70bd830785.124469&ref=linkedin

Parks Committee Meeting at Brooklyn Community Board 10, Sept. 3, 2025

Brooklyn Community Board 10

 

Parks Committee Meeting

September 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Held in person at CB10 office on 8119 Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and on Zoom 

Agenda

Request to rename Coffey Square located at 81 Street and 7th Avenue to Coffey-Wilson Post 688 Square. This request was prompted by the merger of two American Legion posts that locally honor heroes from WWI and WWII. The Commander of Coffey-Wilson Post 688 is seeking a letter from Community Board 10 to be sent to Dept. of Parks supporting this change.

 

Renewal notification of concession for the sale of food for mobile food unit at Owl's Head Park, Colonial Road at 67th Street and 68th Street from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030 

 

Visit: https://cbbrooklyn.cityofnewyork.us/cb10/event/parks-committee-4/

See meeting on youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/@brooklyncb1021

 

 

Halloween Festival 2025

Halloween Festival on 5th Avenue

From 72nd Street to 85th Street along 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Saturday, October 25, 2025

2pm to 7pm

 

Famchella, Sept. 13, 2025

Famchella Festival on Fifth Avenue

From 68th Street to 81st Street along 5th Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Saturday, September 13, 2025 

3pm to 8pm

 

Register for Free Daffodil Bubls on Monday, August 18, 2025

New Yorkers for Parks will open registration for community members and community groups to request free daffodil bulbs on Monday, August 18, 2025

Visit:  https://ny4p.org/the-daffodil-project 

How to Plant Daffodil Bulbs

NY4P's offers instructions on how to plant daffodil bulbs.

Visit:  https://www.ny4p.org/client-uploads/pdf/Daffodil-Project/Daffodil-Project-planting-instructions.pdf 

How to Plant Wildflower Seeds

New Yorkers for Parks offers instructions on how to plant wildflower seeds.  

Visit:  https://www.ny4p.org/client-uploads/img/Wildflower-Planting-Instructions.png

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movies Under the Stars: Holes (2003) Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at Dyker Beach Park

 

Movies Under the Stars: Holes (2003)

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.

Locati

Bay 8th Street and Cropsey Ave in Dyker Beach Park

Brooklyn

Visit:  Movies Under the Stars: Holes (2003) - Aug 20, 2025 : NYC Parks

33rd Annual Coney Island Sandsculpting Competition at Coney Island Beach 2025

 

33rd Annual Coney Island Sandsculpting Competition at Coney Island Beach

Saturday, August 16, 2025

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Join us for the 33rd Annual Coney Island Sandsculpting Competition, a fun-filled day at the beach where talented artists will create magnificent sculptures out of sand.

Visit:  33rd Annual Coney Island Sandsculpting Competition at Coney Island Beach - Aug 16, 2025 : NYC Parks

New York City Circus Festival at Bryant Park, NYC on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025

 

Picnic Performances: New York City Circus Festival

Saturday, August 16, 2025

6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

The park’s first-ever circus festival is a love letter to New York City’s groundbreaking circus artists showcasing soaring aerial performances, acrobatics, clowning, a giant Rolly apparatus, and more! 

Visit:  Picnic Performances: New York City Circus Festival - Aug 16, 2025 : NYC Parks

The Conservation Gardener

The Conservation Gardener offers advice on building plant communities.

https://www.theconservationgardener.com/

Night Out Against Crime Held on Aug. 5, 2025

Thank you to everyone who participated at the 68th Precinct's Night Out Against Crime on August 5, 2025.  Here are some highlights from our table.

Continuing Education Class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Continuing Education Class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Visit:  www.bbg.org/learn/continuing_education_classes?category=all&available=true&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Continuing+Education+Classes&utm_campaign=Registration+for+Fall+Classes+in+the+Garden+Is+Open

Night Out Against Crime 2025 with the 68th Precinct

Night Out Against Crime 2025 with the 68th Precinct

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Shore Road Park at 79th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

6pm to 9pm 

 

 

Summer Concerts at Shore Road Park 2025

 

Summer Strolls on Third Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 2025

 

Community Greening Workshops at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden promotes urban greening through education, conservation, and creative partnerships. By working with block associations, community gardens, and other service groups, the Garden is building a vibrant network of people, places, and projects dedicated to making Brooklyn a greener place.

For more information, contact community@bbg.org or call 718-623-7250

Visit:  https://www.bbg.org/learn/community?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Community+Greening+Workshops&utm_campaign=Take+a+FREE+community+class+at+BBG!+%f0%9f%8d%84%f0%9f%8d%82

 

 

Happy 4th of July 2025

 

Free Kayaking at Brooklyn Bridge Boathouse

Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse partner to offer free kayaking opportunities each summer! Note that for the start of the 2025 season, kayaking will take place at Pier 4 Beach.  Explore the East River Estuary and glide across the water at public kayaking in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Visit:  https://brooklynbridgepark.org/things-to-do/kayaking/

Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park

 
Pluto TV Movies With A View
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s most popular series, Pluto TV Movies With A View, shows free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings in July and August.
Visit:  https://brooklynbridgepark.org/events/movies-with-a-view/

 

Grand Army Plaza Arch Tour

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Grant Army Plaza, Park Slope, Brooklyn corner of Prospect Park West and Union Street 

11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Join the Urban Park Rangers for a special access tour of Prospect Park's Grand Army Plaza and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch. Rangers will discuss the history of the arch and the plaza, highlighting its architectural features and some of the improvements made during the recently completed restoration project. 

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/28/grand-army-plaza-arch-tour

Picnic Performances New York City Opera: Opera Goes to Hollywood

Friday, June 27, 2025

7:00 p.m.–8:15 p.m.

Bryant Park Stage in Bryant Park, Manhattan

 

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/27/picnic-performances-new-york-city-opera-opera-goes-to-hollywood

 

NYC Beaches Open 2025

Parks maintains 14 miles of beaches. Beaches are open from Memorial Day weekend through September 7, 2025. During beach season, lifeguards are on duty daily, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Swimming is prohibited when lifeguards are not on duty and in closed sections. Closed sections are marked with signs and/or red flags. All of our beaches are free and open to the public.

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/beaches

NYC Parks Pools Open 2025

Pool Hours

Outdoor pool hours are from 11:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. daily, with a break for pool cleaning between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Our pools will remain open this summer for general swim. Pool hours will remain the same: 11: 00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

 

Free Swim Programs

Find out more about our learn to swim program, lap swim hours, our youth swim team, and programs for seniors and people with disabilities.

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/outdoor-pools

68th Precinct Meeting, May 21, 2025

 

Parade of Ships 2025

 

Memorial Day Parade, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 2025

 

 

2025 National GrowTogether Conference: Guided Tours

Sunday, June 8, 2025

9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

On the fourth day of the 2025 National GrowTogether Conference, join us for guided tours at GreenThumb community gardens, NYC Parks facilities, and other interesting urban green spaces across New York City!

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/08/2025-national-growtogether-conference-planting-seeds-of-resilience

Fun on 5th, June 1, 2025

 

New York Restoration Project

 

Visit: https://www.nyrp.org/en/

 

Greenbelt Native Plant Center Papermaking Workshop

Date: 05/30/2025

Location: Greenbelt Native Plant Center (Staten Island) (opens in new tab)
Victory Blvd. bet. Ridgeway Ave. and Travis Ave., Staten Island

Time:  10am to 1pm

Meeting Location: Greenbelt Native Plant Center parking lot

Description: Join the Greenbelt Native Plant Center for a seed paper making workshop! Attendees will learn to make plantable paper from recycled pulp embedded with native seeds. Attendees should dress in clothes that can get dirty and closed toe shoes. Face masks may be worn at your discretion. Space is limited and registration is required. This event is family-friendly! Attendees under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. To sign up a group of 10 or more, please reach out to stewardship@parks.nyc.gov

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/17269

 

Seed Increase Program at Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island

 

Greenbelt Native Plant Center Seed Increase Program Field Work

Date: 05/22/2025

Location: Greenbelt Native Plant Center (Staten Island) (opens in new tab)
Victory Blvd. bet. Ridgeway Ave. and Travis Ave., Staten Island

Meeting Location: Meet at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center Parking Lot

Time: 10am to 1pm

Description: Join the Greenbelt Native Plant Center’s Seed Increase Program (SIP) to help maintain the production plots in our Staten Island farm fields. The Seed Increase Program propagates and grows plots of plants from locally sourced populations for ecological restoration projects across the city. We will be preparing the plots for spring and fall planting. Additional tasks include plots weeding, spreading mulch, and cutting back last year’s growth. Tools will be provided. No prior knowledge about plants or farming is required. Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes, long pants, and clothing that can get dirty. Space is limited and registration is required. Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. To sign up a group of 10 or more volunteers please reach out to stewardship@parks.nyc.gov

Visit:  https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/17125

Bay Ridge Earth Day, May 3, 2025

 

Designers of Central Park and Prospect Park

 Central Park and Prospect Park are the vision of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, described in NYC Parks history.

Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/olmsted-parks

Five Boro Bike Tour 2025

Five Boro Bike Tour

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Visit:  https://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/

Happy Easter

Wishing you and your family a blessed Easter and Passover

 

Greenups 2025

 

Brooklyn Urban Gardener Certificate Program is now open

 

The Brooklyn Urban Gardener (BUG) certificate program is an annual multiple-session course that covers the basics in urban gardening and community greening. It connects the educational resources of Brooklyn Botanic Garden to the greening efforts of Brooklyn’s communities.

Upon completing all coursework, graduates are certified as Brooklyn Botanic Garden BUG volunteers. Certified BUGs then continue to support greening projects at schools, senior centers, block associations, community gardens, and other organizations.

Visit:  https://www.bbg.org/community/bug?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=BUG&utm_campaign=Community+Garden+Alliance%e2%80%94you%e2%80%99re+invited+this+spring!+%f0%9f%8c%b1

Free Classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden promotes urban greening through education, conservation, and creative partnerships. Working with block associations, community gardens, and other service groups, the Garden is building a vibrant network of people, places, and projects dedicated to making Brooklyn a greener place.

Upcoming workshops can be found by clicking on the link below:

https://www.bbg.org/learn/community?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=BBG+free+community+classes&utm_campaign=Community+Garden+Alliance%e2%80%94you%e2%80%99re+invited+this+spring!+%f0%9f%8c%b1

 

Compost Giveway from NYC Sanitation Department

Residents

NYC residents are eligible to receive free compost made in New York at one of our Compost Giveback Events.

Registration is required. Limit ONE ticket per person. If carpooling, each person must bring their ticket and show ID with a distinct NYC address.

NOTE: This is for NYC residents only. Businesses and commercial vehicles will not be serviced.

 Visit:  https://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/what-we-do/programs/compost-givebacks.page

BBG's Street Care Workshop, May 6, 2025

Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Street Care Workshops

Community Greening Workshops

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 6–8 p.m.
Free; Preregistration Required

Street trees do so much to improve our environment but often receive little care. Learn best practices to spruce up your tree beds while improving the health and resilience of your block’s trees. We’ll also discuss how street tree care can be a great way to motivate your neighbors to participate in the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. Take home a plant to try in your street tree bed!

ASL interpreter available upon request; contact community@bbg.orgat least 2 weeks prior to the class date.

For more information about BBG's community greening programs, visit bbg.org/community.

Instructors: Nina Browne, Jibreel Cooper, Kira Louzon-Heisler

Visit:  https://www.bbg.org/classes/street_tree_care_basics_how_to_green_your_block