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Just for Kids: Corn Husk Doll Making (Marine Park)
2025-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Marine Park, Fillmore Ave and Madison Place, Fillmore Ave and Madison Place, Brooklyn, NY
Learn this easy Native American craft made of one of the most useful grasses. Great for children 3 years and up. Please bring a hand towel to help with soaking the husks!
Location: Lawn at Fillmore Avenue and Madison Place in Marine Park, Fillmore Avenue and Madison Place, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Registration: No registration required
Contacts: 860-7123-393 | reachus@marineparkalliance.org

Know Your Plants! (Maple Street Community Garden)
2025-10-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Maple Street Community Garden, 237 Maple Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11225
Location: Maple Street Community Garden, 237 Maple St, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Join the NYC Pollinator Working Group and Maple Street Community Garden for a fun and educational workshop where you’ll learn how to identify plants using field guides, keys, and the iNaturalist app. Get creative with a plant-themed arts activity, discover simple ways to record and track the plants in your garden, and explore an information table all about native plants, pollinators, and how to support them. Perfect for budding botanists and nature lovers of all ages!
The New York City Pollinator Working Group (NYCPWG) networks and collaborates to conserve beneficial pollinating insects and the resources they need to survive. Our members work on a variety of projects that support pollinator habitat in public and private spaces, provide educational outreach on pollinator protection, and develop advocacy programs and policies around pollinator conservation. Our goal is to be a model for creating pollinator sustainability in urban environments. As a project of the Open Space Institute, Inc., donations to NYCPWG are tax-deductible. Visit us at nycpollinators.org and @nycpollinators.
The Maple Street Community Garden is a multipurpose garden and community space located in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, established in 2012 by residents of the neighborhood. The mission of the Maple Street Community Garden is to foster community and cultivate a peaceful and joyous place to serve everyone. We are dedicated to providing a safe and brave space for community members to gather, regardless of their race, age, religion, educational background, class, sexuality, gender identity, immigration status, disability and access needs, or any other marginalized status. Discriminatory language and behavior is not acceptable. As a community, we will hold each other accountable. Visit us at maplestreetcommunitygarden.org and @maple_street_community_garden.

Horticulture Tours (Domino Park)
2025-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Domino Park
Join Domino Park’s Horticulture Team to learn about all of the native plants in the park! Meet at the corner of S 3rd St and River St.

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Learn about the ecological landscape of Domino Park, the new plants in Domino Square, and the balance of aesthetics and habitat value of all the plants in the park!

BK CB1 Combined Public Hearing and Board Meeting
2025-10-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Swinging 60’s Senior Center, 211 Ainslie St., Brooklyn, NY, 11211 , United States
Combined Public Hearing and Board Meeting
Generally, the 2nd Tuesday of the month
Time: 6pm
Place: Swinging Sixties Senior Center
211 Ainslie Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(corner of Manhattan Avenue)
Board Agendas
(Note: For further information on accessibility or to make a request for accommodations, such as sign language interpretation services, please contact Brooklyn Community Board No. 1, Phone: 718-389-0009; at least (5) business days in advance to ensure availability.)

Press Release/Calendar for 2025 – 2026

Tot Time! (MPJ State Park)
2025-10-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-10-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Marsha P. Johnson State Park, 90 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11211, United States
Learn about a different nature theme each week with a craft and guided storytime!

About this event

This program is FREE! Supplies are provided on a first come, first serve basis.
Who: Ages 5 and younger. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Where: The Blue Park House at Marsha P. Johnson State Park
90 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, New York
Cross streets – N 8th and Kent Ave
PLEASE NOTE:

Registration not required!
Please reserve tickets based on how many crafts you plan on making, ie. how many toddlers are with you.
If the program is sold out, but you still wish to attend, we encourage you to walk up and see if space is available.
In the case of inclement weather, the program may be rescheduled or canceled. Please be sure to check your email a few hours before the program starts.

Scouts BSA Troop 26 Weekly Meeting
2025-10-23 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-10-30 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-06 17:30 - 19:00 | McCarren Park BBQ Area, Driggs Ave and Manhattan Ave, Driggs Avenue and Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Do your tweens and teenagers want to camp, fish, hike, ride horses, shoot arrows, ski and more? What about learning to cook, swim and applying first aid? How about giving back to our community, becoming a solid citizen and leader, and making great friends? Check out the fun with Troop 26 (boys)!
They meet outside every Thursday at 5:30 PM in McCarren Park, Brooklyn (BBQ area along Driggs Ave bw Manhattan Ave and Lorimer St.). If the weather is poor, they’ll meet indoors at neighborhood locations such as St. John’s Lutheran Church (155 Milton Street) and Middle School 126 (424 Leonard Street).
For more info: https://forms.gle/QGfySGTgRvDe2URr7 | https://www.instagram.com/troop26bk_nyc/
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Weekend Overnight Trips ~ Biking, Cooking, Maritime, Shooting Sports, Skiing, USS NJ overnight, Whitewater rafting, and more!
Service Projects ~ Greencycle Swaps, Greenpoint Children’s Halloween Parade and Party, Cookies with Santa, Spring Egg Hunt, and more!
Other fun stuff ~ Baseball games, Bowling, Football games, Horseback riding, Ice skating, Indoor climbing, Klondike competitions, Movie nights, Palisades trail hikes, NYC urban hikes, and more!
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For younger kiddos K-5, check out Cub Scouts Pack 7: https://www.instagram.com/pack7bk/

Sensory Garden Hour (Greenpoint Library)
2025-10-24 10:30 - 11:30 | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join us at the Greenpoint Library for kids’ time in our rooftop garden! We will do a very short garden-themed storytime, and then spend time together in the garden. The garden offers many sensory experiences for young kiddos, and we will set up some fun activities as well.
For ages 0-5. No registration required. This program may be cancelled in the event of rain or extremely high temperatures. Please be advised that the garden gets lots of very bright sun; we recommend bringing hats and/or other forms of sun protection.
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Every Friday, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM to October 24, 2025

McGolrick Bird Club
2025-10-25 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-11-01 09:00 - 10:00 | McGolrick Park, Nassau Avenue & Russell Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join the McGolrick Bird Club every Saturday at 9 AM at the corner of Russell St. and Driggs Ave.

Intro to Birdwatching Walks (Prospect Park)
2025-10-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Prospect Park Audubon Center, Prospect Park Boathouse, 101 East Drive, Brooklyn, NY, 11225, United States
These outings will start at The Audubon Center at the Boathouse.
Leader: A member of the Brooklyn Bird Club
Whether you’re just starting out or have already joined the birding ranks, this introductory bird outing is for you. Join a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club to learn the basics of birding and search for the dozens of species that visit Prospect Park through all seasons.
All levels and ages are welcome. No registration necessary. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please bring binoculars if you have them. A limited number of binoculars will be available to loan.
Route Description: This outing is at a leisurely pace with lots of stops to observe birds. A different route through the park may be taken each week. There may be steps, slight inclines, and grass and dirt paths with exposed roots. We will cover approximately 1.5-2 miles.

E-Waste Recycling (Bay Ridge)
2025-10-25 10:00 - 14:00 | St Anselm Church Parking Lot, 8214 4th Ave, Brooklyn, 11209
We accept the following working and non-working consumer electronic equipment:

Computers (laptops & desktops, servers, mainframes)
Monitors (CRT and flatscreen)
Network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.)
Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers, etc.)
Tablets and e-readers
Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, etc.)
Printers under 100 pounds, scanners, fax machines, etc
TVs, VCRs, DVRs, DVD & Blu-ray Players
Digital Converter Boxes, Cable/Satellite Receivers
Portable music players
Audio-visual equipment
Video-games
Cell phones, pagers, PDAs
Telecommunication (phones, answering machines, etc.)

We no longer accept:
Batteries (except lead-acid batteries from UPS (uninterrupted power supplies) systems, rechargeable batteries can be dropped off for recycling at any store that sells them, also check out IKEA and Staples stores for battery recycling, as well as DSNY Special Waste Drop Off sites.
Media, such as disks, DVDs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes, etc. Please visit greendisk.com to purchase a shipping label to get these items recycled.

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For more information, visit our FAQ
For more information: lesecologycenter.org or 212.477.4022

Red Shed Fall Potluck
2025-10-25 13:00 - 18:00 | Red Shed Garden, 266 Skillman Avenue, New York, NY, 11211, United States
Red Shed Community Garden’s Fall Potluck is here! Come to the garden and join the garden group for a Dog Costume Contest, Pie Contest, Autumnal Poetry & Stories, and more!
Rain date will be October 26th.
Location: Red Shed Garden, 264-266 Skillman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Event Organizer: Red Shed Community Garden

BK CB1 Cannabis Review Committee Meeting
2025-10-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Swinging 60’s Senior Center, 211 Ainslie St., Brooklyn, NY, 11211 , United States
Cannabis Committee Meeting
When: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 6:00pm
Place: CB1 District Office
435 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(Corner of Frost St)

Agenda here: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb1/downloads/pdf/2025/Cannabis-Committee-Meeting-Notice-10-28-25.pdf

2 New Cannabis license applications

Board Meeting Notices

(Note: For further information on accessibility or to make a request for accommodations, such as sign language interpretation services, please contact Brooklyn Community Board No. 1, Phone: 718-389-0009; at least (5) business days in advance to ensure availability.)

Press Release/Calendar for 2025 – 2026

BK CB1 SLA Review And DCA Committee Meeting
2025-10-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Polish Slavic Center, 176 Java Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
SLA Review & DCA Committee Meeting
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time:6:30pm
Place:Polish & Slavic Center
176 Java Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222
(Auditorium)

Agenda here: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb1/downloads/pdf/2025/SLA-Review-DCA-Committee-Meeting-Notice-10-29-25.pdf

26 New Liquor License applications
30 Renewal Liquor License applications
10 Items previously postponed

Board Meeting Notices
(Note: For further information on accessibility or to make a request for accommodations, such as sign language interpretation services, please contact Brooklyn Community Board No. 1, Phone: 718-389-0009; at least (5) business days in advance to ensure availability.)

Press Release/Calendar for 2025

BK CB1 Transportation Committee Meeting
2025-10-30 18:30 - 21:00 | Brooklyn CB1 District Office, 435 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
Transportation Committee Meeting
When: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 6:30pm
Place: CB1 District Office
435 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(Corner of Frost St)

Agenda here: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb1/downloads/pdf/2025/Transportation-Committee-Meeting-Notice-10-30-25.pdf

1. DISCUSSION: GREENPOINT AVENUE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS: Safety Concerns on Greenpoint Avenue and the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge – Discussion around pedestrian, driver, and cyclist safety conditions along Greenpoint Avenue. Presentation by Ms. Meryl LaBorde & Mr. Brent Bovenzi

2. OLD BUSINESS

3. NEW BUSINESS

Board Meeting Notices
(Note: For further information on accessibility or to make a request for accommodations, such as sign language interpretation services, please contact Brooklyn Community Board No. 1, Phone: 718-389-0009; at least (5) business days in advance to ensure availability.) Press Release/Calendar for 2025

E-Waste and Textile Collection (Greenpoint Library)
2025-11-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join us for a day of events promoting the care of the things we own.
Hold on to those electronics and textiles! We will have an e-waste and textile collection event in partnership with the Department of Sanitation, powered by Lower East Side Ecology Center. Let’s recycle the things we own responsibly!
E-waste collected at these events include: household and office electronics (computers, laptops, keyboards, printers), smaller entertainment electronics (video game consoles, cell phones, MP3 players), and TVs, VCRs, DVDs, DVRs.
*Unacceptable items: commercial e-waste, household appliances, air conditioners, batteries, lightbulbs.
Textiles collected at these events include: clothing, shoes, accessories, linens, and all fabric items that are clean, dry, and unsoiled. Textile dropoffs must be in bags!
The event will take place outside of the library on Norman Ave.

Native American Heritage Month: Stone Tools
2025-11-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn, 11234
Join Urban Park Rangers and Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by honing your own tools from flint. Learn about the history of toolmaking and the gradual advances that carried humankind from using found materials to manufacturing their modern industrial incarnations.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park Avenue U and East 33rd Street, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact: 718.421.2021

Intro to Birding (Marine Park)
2025-11-02 09:00 - 10:30 | Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn, 11234
Learn how to use binoculars and spot the fascinating birds that live in Marine Park’s salt marsh together with an expert from NYC Bird Alliance. Families are welcome. Meet outside the Salt Marsh Nature Center entrance.

Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park 3301 Avenue U, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact Number: (860) 712-3393
Contact Email: scott@marineparkalliance.org

Drawing Leaves in Graphite (Brooklyn Bridge Park)
2025-11-02 10:00 - 23:30 | Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 99 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, 11201
Join Brooklyn Bridge Park educators for a free workshop on drawing leaves in pencil. Learn about the different parts to a leaf as you gain basic botanical illustration techniques for making accurate graphite drawings of leaves found in the park.
This workshop is intended for adults, but all are welcome. Materials will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Feel free to bring your own drawing materials if you have them. This event takes place indoors at the Environmental Education Center. Advance registration encouraged, but not required – this is a first-come, first serve event as capacity allows. Full details at brooklynbriddgepark.org.

Fall Foliage (Ecology Park)
2025-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Ecology Park, Albany Ave., E. 40 St. bet. Farragut Rd. and Foster Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Join the Rangers on an autumn tradition as we walk beside a plethora of fall colors.

Location: Ecology Park, Bergen Avenue and Avenue T, Brooklyn. Directions to this location

Cost: Free

Historic New York: Brooklyn and the Abolitionist Movement
2025-11-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn, 11201
Join the Urban Park Rangers to learn about the Abolitionist movement in Brooklyn and the Brooklynites that fought against slavery. Walk from Historic Fulton Ferry Landing through the old village of Brooklyn and learn about the Freedmen community that would turn a town built on slave labor to an urban hotbed of abolition.

Location: Corner of Furman and Old Fulton Streets in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1. Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Registration not required.
Event Organizer: NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers

How Brooklyn Became Part of New York City (Marine Park)
2025-11-02 13:30 - 14:30 | Cadman Plaza Park, Cadman Plaza East, Brookllyn, NY, 11201, United States
In 1898, proud Brooklyn consolidated with four other counties to become New York City. What led to that decision? Who was for it, who was against? Find out with this free presentation from Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact Number: 718-421-2021
Contact Email: saltmarshalliance@gmail.com

Woodworking Workshop (Red Hook)
2025-11-03 15:00 - 17:30 | Red Hook Art Project, 291 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, 11231
This event was rescheduled from September 25th due to the fire at BWAC. This event now takes place at the Red Hook Art Project
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Working with Repurposed Wood
This workshop, taught by Ryan Frank, will be a hands-on introduction to woodworking taught using repurposed wood found on the streets and waterfront of Brooklyn. Attendees will learn practical woodworking skills using hand tools, working with wood pieces found in nature (i.e. driftwood) and repurposed after human use (i.e. discarded furniture). Each participant will be able to choose pieces of wood that speak to them and that will be used as a raw material to work with during the class.
Workshop participants will be taught about wood removal (cutting and chiseling), wood marking (carving and engraving) and wood stabilization (sanding, glueing and finishing techniques) and will be tasked with creating a small wood object using these processes. They will also learn about the material makeup of wood and how its lifecycle from nature to man made objects relates to environmental science and climate change. During the course of the workshop participants will create a unique wood sculpture that they’ll be able to take with them at the end of the class.
Ryan Frank is a visual artist and woodworker based in Brooklyn, NY. He’s had solo exhibitions at the Invisible Dog Art Center, the Mattatuck Museum, the Children’s Museum of the Arts, the Lilac Preservation Project, Tremaine Gallery and Icehouse Project Space. Ryan has attended residencies at La Napoule Art Foundation, Jentel Foundation, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn Studios for Dance, SIM Iceland and the Wassaic Project. In addition to his art and woodworking practice Ryan is an ardent runner and practitioner of Tai Chi.
There is limited capacity. Registration is required.
This is an off-site program, located at Red Hook Art Project.

BK CB1 Land Use, ULURP and Landmarks Committee
2025-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Brooklyn CB1 District Office, 435 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
Joint Land Use, ULURP, Landmarks [Subcommittee] and Housing & Public Housing Meeting
When: Monday, November 3, 2025
Time: 6:00pm
Place: CB1 District Office
435 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(Corner of Frost St)
Agenda: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb1/downloads/pdf/2025/Land-Use-ULURP-and-Landmarks-Committee-Meeting-Notice-11-03-25.pdf
Committee Meeting Notices

Press Release/Calendar for 2025 – 2026

Brooklyn SWAB Monthly Meeting
2025-11-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, 11201
Save the date for the next Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board hybrid meeting.
Generally meets on 1st Monday of every month. Check the website and register to join. 👋 Meetings are open to the public, and all are encouraged to join!

ReuseableNYC Coalition Monthly Call
2025-11-04 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
Join this monthly call to help eliminate the needless waste and pollution created by single-use foodware (utensils, cups, clamshells, straws, etc.).
