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Endocrine Disruptors in Plastics: State Policy Options
2023-10-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 7pm ET on Zoom for a conversation about endocrine disruptors with New York State Senator Pete Harckham, Chair of the New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, John Peterson ‘Pete’ Myers, Ph.D., CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, and Megan Wolff, Ph.D., MPH, Policy Director at Beyond Plastics.
In 1991, Dr. Pete Myers coined the term “endocrine disrupting chemicals” (EDCs) to describe chemicals capable of hacking the human body’s hormonal systems. Even at the time, it was clear that these chemicals could cause harm at extraordinarily low doses and that they were common additives in plastics. More than thirty years later, plastic pollution has become so widespread that microscopic flecks of plastic can be found in snow, soil, drinking water, and even human blood – and what Myers and others have learned about EDCs has grown grimmer. Endocrine disruptors in plastic are associated with a 50% decline in adult male sperm counts over the past five decades and are implicated in the enormous leap in rates of autism and ADHD among children. Moreover, it is clear that a great quantity of the plastic in our lives was never necessary in the first place. Approximately 42% of plastic currently under production is used for packaging, much of which is discarded as soon as it is used. It is critical that plastic reduction and safer, healthier alternatives become law.
Many of our elected representatives are coming to recognize this reality. This past spring, New York State Senator Pete Harckham, Chair of Committee on Environmental Conservation (D, WF) introduced bold new legislation capable of reducing plastic packaging, strengthening recycling infrastructure, and banning several toxic plastic additives. The bill, The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S.4246-a/A.5322-a) will be considered by the NY State Legislature when they reconvene in January, and is one of several promising state policy options to reduce the negative impacts of EDCs on human health.
On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, please join the League of Women Voters and Bedford 2030 for a webinar discussion between Dr. Pete Myers and Senator Pete Harckham. What do we know about EDCs in plastic? What are they doing to our health and what are the most effective, politically feasible ways to reduce these toxins (and plastic pollution) from our lives?
Register now for this free webinar on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET.
Thanks to our co-sponsors for this webinar: Bedford 2030, Climate Reality Project/Westchester, Environment Advocates NY, Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, Grassroots Environmental Education, Mothers Out Front NY, NY Society for Ethical Culture, NYPIRG, Physicians for Social Responsibility NY, Physicians for Social Responsibility PA, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Sustainable Westchester, RAC-NY (Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism), Riverkeeper, and Teatown Reservation.
Senator Pete Harckham was elected to the New York State Senate in November 2018, and re-elected in 2020 and 2022—the culmination so far of a distinguished career in public service. Currently, he is chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.Through his two full terms in office, Harckham has become one of the most productive members of the New York State Senate. He worked to make the 2% Property Tax Cap permanent; delivered record aid to education; and addressed the opioid crisis by doubling minimum treatment times and reducing barriers to life saving treatment.Well-regarded as a champion of the environment, Harckham helped pass the toughest climate protection legislation in the nation, and also introduced legislation, later enacted, requiring all new passenger car and truck sales to be zero emission by 2035 and allowing municipalities to build solar canopies and jumpstart community renewable energy projects. Earlier this year, Governor Kathy Hochul placed Harckham’s landmark wetlands legislation protecting Class C streams statewide, which will safeguard fragile drinking water resources, into her proposed 2023 State Budget.
John Peterson ‘Pete’ Myers, Ph.D. is founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, a not-for-profit organization that promotes public understanding of advances in scientific research on links between the environment and human health. Dr. Myers holds a doctorate in the biological sciences from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA from Reed College. Along with co-authors Dr. Theo Colborn and Dianne Dumanoski, Myers wrote “Our Stolen Future,” a book (1996) that explores the scientific basis of concern for how contamination threatens fetal development. Dr. Myers is now actively involved in primary research on the impacts of endocrine disruption on human health. He has also served as Board President of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, an association of more than forty foundations supporting work on biodiversity, climate, energy and environmental health and board chair of the H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. In 2016 he received a Laureate Award for Outstanding Public Service from The Endocrine Society, the world’s largest association of medical and research professionals specializing in endocrinology. In November 2016 he received along with 11 others, the first “Champion of Environmental Health Research” award from the National Institutes of Health.
Megan J. Wolff, Ph.D., MPH is a public health historian with an eye to using history to inform policy. After receiving her masters and doctorate in public health from Columbia University, she spent over a decade at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she developed a mental health policy initiative within the Department of Psychiatry. She believes that climate change is the greatest threat to health and well-being in contemporary life, and that overproduction of plastics touches on every phase of the climate fight. She lives with her family in New Paltz, New York.
Elisabeth (Beth) Radow is the managing attorney of Radow Law PLLC. Beth’s law practice and pro bono work focuses on real estate, real estate finance, the environment and sustainability. Beth has chaired the Committee on Energy, Agriculture and the Environment for the League of Women Voters of New York State since 2010.

Indoor Air Quality Workshop
2023-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Join North Brooklyn Neighbors for a free, virtual workshop to learn about indoor air quality and what you can do to improve the air in your own home. On average, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, and the concentrations of some air pollutants are much higher indoors than outdoors. Participants will learn about what causes air pollution generally, some tips for how to improve indoor air quality, the health implications of poor indoor air quality, and will have the opportunity to learn about how to use sensors to monitor the air in their own homes. Please register in advance.

Keep Calm and Carry Yarn (Greenpoint Library)
2023-10-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join a group of like-minded knitters and crocheters (or even cross-stitch or embroidery!) for an hour of friendship and community. Bring your handwork project to show off or get advice.
Teaching is available for beginning knitting or crochet. Learning supplies will be provided. All genders welcomed.
**NOW MEETING WEEKLY!
Please register if you want a lesson.

For The Birds! with Aubudon NY (Greenpoint Library)
2023-10-03 15:30 - 16:30 | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join Audubon NY and Greenpoint Library For the Birds!, a children’s environmental education program that promotes awareness and appreciation of nature through the study of birds.
This program is for children 5-10 years old. Registration required, one child per registration.
6 Week Series Program
October 3rd 3:30pm-4:30pm, Basic Bird ID
October 10th 3:30pm-4:30pm, Raptors
October 17th 3:30pm-4:30pm, NYC Pigeons
October 24th 3:30pm-4:30pm, Project Pigeon
November 7th 3:30pm-4:30pm, Beaks as Adaptation
November 14th 3:30pm-4:30pm, Migrations
Photo Credit: Wikipedia

GrowNYC's Stop N' Swap (Brooklyn Borough Hall)
2023-10-03 11:00 - 14:00 | Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, 11201
Tuesday, October 3* – Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
Corner of Court & Remsem Streets
11am-2pm (flyer)
Drop off donations early starting at 8am at the Greenmarket . Donations accepted until 1pm
Outdoor event | Face coverings are encouraged | *Rain Date: Tuesday, 10/24/23
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Stop ‘N’ Swaps® are free community events where the public’s invited to bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, housewares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something.
Please do NOT bring: furniture, large items, tube televisions, expired or open food, unsealed personal care products, medicine, dirty or ripped clothing, fabric scraps, incomplete toys and games, non-working electronics, magazines, or sharp objects.
For everyone’s safety and enjoyment, we ask all attendees to abide by the following Code of Conduct and Expected Behavior at Stop ‘N’ Swap®. For additional information, please see our FAQ section at the bottom of this page.

Curbside Composting Starts Today!
2023-10-02 | NY
Are you looking to spread the word in your residential building? @nycsanitation offers visits to speak at your building’s meeting or event.
And don’t forget—order a free DSNY Brown Bin for your building by 10/13/23.

Or use any bin <55 gallons with a secure lid and a Composting Bin Decal. Order a decal here.

Want more info on the program, including what and how to compost? Here’s a link.

Compost Carnival 2023
2023-10-01 14:00 - 17:00 | Park Circle in Prospect Park, Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive, Brooklyn, NY
Family-friendly afternoon celebrating community composting with performances, talks, and interactive educational opportunities.
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Join compost professionals and sustainability advocates for a Compost Carnival at Prospect Park on Sunday, October 1, from 2 – 5 p.m. with live performances and entertainment + pop-up food scrap drop-off.
Free event but donations are appreciated.
*Confirmed speakers include Council Members Shahana Hanif, Sandy Nurse, and Lincoln Restler.
*With performances by Hila the Earth, The Living Earth Band and juggling.
*Tabling organizations include Red Hook Compost, GrowNYC, GreenThumb, The Clean Bushwick Initiative, Big Reuse, NYBG Green Up, Brooklyn and Manhattan SWABs, and more.

Fall Plant ID Walk at the Ridgewood Reservoir
2023-10-01 12:30 - 13:30 | Ridgewood Reservoir, Highland Blvd and Vermont Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11207
Join naturalist Caitlin Lynch to observe and learn about plants at the Ridgewood Reservoir.

About this event
During this (approx) 1 hour walk, Caitlin will share with participants common and scientific plant names, how to identify certain species, their characteristics, their family relationships, their uses (ecological and social) and some botanic terms. The tour will include weedy plants, herbaceous plants, flowering plants, trees, grasses and common invasives. Participants are encouraged to contribute knowledge, ask questions and store their observations in their plant ID app of choice. The tour route will include the West Causeway and other park areas.
Appropriate for all ages and all levels. Event is rain or shine but may be rescheduled in the case of storm conditions.
Caitlin Lynch is an urban naturalist, environmental scientist and plant aficionado based in Brooklyn. She has worked with the NYC Parks Department, Natural Areas Conservancy, and NYC H20 on a myriad of restoration, stewardship, and ecological surveying projects throughout the city.
New York City is home to over 1,300 native plants and many other naturalized species that provide ecosystem services including specialized habitat, food, and a host of medical and other uses. The grounds of Ridgewood Reservoir, located in Highland Park, have been maintained and managed to restore many of the native plant species to this area. The late summer/early fall is an ideal time for plant ID in the Northeast with its abundance of late blooming flowers, seed/fruit formations, and early leaf color changes.

Urban Wildlife: Our Raccoon Neighbors (Marine Park)
2023-10-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn, 11234
Join the Urban Park Rangers in honor of International Raccoon Appreciation Day to learn more about this adaptable and resourceful species. We will discuss all things raccoons and make a raccoon themed craft.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park 3301 Avenue U, Brooklyn
Directions to this location

Cost: Free
Contacts: (718) 421-2021

Waterfront Walks (Brooklyn Bridge Park)
2023-10-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pebble Beach, Brooklyn, 11201
Join our docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s sustainable design, and how the Park came to life! Waterfront Walks run every Sunday, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM from May 28 through October 29 (weather permitting).
Wear comfortable shoes, as these tours traverse the beautiful park landscape! All tours meet outside Van Leeuwen at Fulton Ferry Landing (near the Pier 1 entrance) and last about an hour.
REGISTER HERERSVP’s are encouraged but not required, drop ins are also welcome! Registered participants will receive an email closer to the date with tour information, meeting place location, etc.
Also consider our new Sunset Waterfront Walks, which run 6:30 PM-7:30 PM the first and third Tuesday of each month, from June-October (weather permitting)

Brooklyn Book Festival: Festival Day And Literary Marketplace
2023-10-01 10:00 - 18:00 | Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, 11201
The Brooklyn Book Festival is committed to presenting a major literary festival, free-to-the-public, that reflects the city’s dynamic, cross-cultural book readers and literary community. When the Festival began in 2006, we established our credo “hip, smart, diverse.” Those words are part of our mission statement and guide us each year in creating a festival that is forward thinking and inclusive.
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Saturday, September 30, 10 AM-4 PM: Children’s Day, Brooklyn Commons at MetroTech
Sunday, October 1, 10 AM- PM: Festival Day and Literary Marketplace, Brooklyn Borough Hall
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Citywide Bookend events will take place in all five boroughs as well as some virtually. These literary themed events are presented in bookstores, clubs, libraries, cultural organizations and performance spaces to collectively create a literary celebration in all five boroughs. This year will again present a Virtual Festival Day to include authors and audiences that cannot attend in person. Children’s Day will celebrate childhood reading as an act of love and a learning adventure – parents and guardians reading to children and children meeting their favorite authors. Families will again enjoy a full day of readings, workshops, performances, book signings, and art projects with favorite authors and illustrators.
Join us this year in person in Downtown Brooklyn or at our Virtual Festival Day online!

Volunteer Landscaping and Cleanup at the Ridgewood Reservoir
2023-10-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Ridgewood Reservoir, Highland Blvd and Vermont Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11207
Join NYC H2O and the NYC Parks Department as we remove invasive plants and plant native plants in the pollinator garden!
The Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park is a 50+ acre natural oasis that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens. Built in 1859 to supply the once independent City of Brooklyn with high quality water, it became obsolete with the addition of new reservoirs in the Catskills in the 1950’s and was decommissioned in the 1980’s.
Since then, nature took its course in a perfect case study of ecological succession. A lush and dense forest has grown in its two outside basins while a freshwater pond with waterfowl sits in the middle basin. This fresh water source is critical to migrating birds on the Atlantic Flyway.
We will meet in the parking lot on Vermont Place, Brooklyn, NY 11207, across the street from the reservoir.

First Sunday Bird Outings (Prospect Park)
2023-10-01 08:00 - 11:00 | 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: Paul Keim, Brooklyn Bird Club
Join naturalist and birder Paul Keim in search of dozens of species that visit the park through all seasons. Learn about the different habitats in Prospect Park and why they are important for all types of birds.
All are welcome. No registration necessary.
Please bring binoculars.
Route Description: This outing is at an easy pace with 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.

It's My Park at McCarren Park
2023-09-30 15:00 - 16:30 | McCarren Park, Field House, Bedford Ave. and Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY, 11222
This It’s My Park season, volunteer with Partnerships for Parks to clean up and beautify McCarren Park. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!

Location: McCarren Park Field House in McCarren Park, Brooklyn. Directions to this location

Cost: Free

Event Organizer: Friends of McCarren Park,
mccarrenparkfriends@gmail.com

Van Alen Block Party 2023
2023-09-30 13:00 - 17:00 | Bond Street and Union Street, Brooklyn, Bond Street, between Union Street and Sackett Street, Brooklyn, NY
Van Alen Block Party
Saturday, September 30, 1–6 pm
(Rain date: Sunday, October 1)
Bond Street between Union & Sackett, Brooklyn
Free and open to the public, this annual event is a celebration of all things Gowanus — the vibrant, dynamic, and creative neighborhood we call home. Join us for an afternoon of music, performance, and family-friendly crafts and games.

Autumn Saturdays at Kingsland Wildflowers
2023-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof and Community Engagement Center, 520 Kingsland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222
NCA will be opening the roofs at Kingsland Wildflowers this fall, providing opportunity to explore, volunteer, and buy native plants.

REduce REuse and Recycle Autumn Compost Fair (Vernon Cases Community Garden)
2023-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Vernon Cases Community Garden, 48 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11206
Garden members at Vernon Cases Community Garden invite you to a fun, experiential, and educational REduce REuse and REcycle Fair at Vernon Cases Community Garden on Saturday, September 30 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The garden group wants to empower the community to participate in the exciting new changes that are being implemented in New York City to clean up our city and environment. Additionally, with fall approaching they want to help everyone stay healthy and strong by providing education on four medicinal herbs and ending the day with arts and crafts.
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Curbside Composting Coming to Brooklyn! We will provide important information to Community Residents of curbside composting coming to Brooklyn on October 2nd. Residents have until October 13, 2023 to order FREE Brown Bins (link below). This plan was first implemented in Queens. Brooklyn will be next, followed by the Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan in 2024. If you need assistance ordering a bin we will have volunteers onsite who can assist you with completing and submitting the online form.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/contact/curbside-composting
We will provide clear information on what to expect and how you can contribute to cleaning up our city and improving our environment. We will present practical ways in which “waste” can be viewed (REthink) as a resource that can be REused and reintegrated (REimagined). Let’s do it!!!!! We will have Spanish translation.
With autumn approaching we want to help everyone stay healthy and strong in an optimal environment. It’s time to REimagine a new, clean, abundant earth. Every workshop, information booth, and activity were designed to be in harmony with REduce, REuse, REcycle, REthink & REimagine. We will provide hands-on education on composting, 4 medicinal herbs, explain ways to extend the growing season/use of cover crops, and end the day with Big Reuse will be onsite to distribute FREE goodies. Itinerary and descriptions below.
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1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Composting Carnival Workshop – Learn the basics of composting and the benefits it provides at the “Composting Carnival” workshop. Discover how to compost with a hands-on sorting game and explore worm composting as an indoor option. Gain the practical knowledge to start composting at home.
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm: Medicinal Herb Series – This is part one of a series on medicinal herbs. The focus will be on 4 herbs – Lobelia, Mullein, Echinacea and Marshmallow Root. These herbs are often classified as “respiratory herbs” but they do much more than support one system. This will be an experiential and interactive workshop where you will be able to sample the herbs, and even collect seeds from the plant/flower. By the end, you will learn their names, how they can be used for common symptoms, what part(s) of the plant to use, select the best menstruum and how to grow them in your garden/container.
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Season Extension/Cover Crops Information Booth – We will have a booth that will provide information on ways you can extend the growing season and the use of cover crops to improve your soil, slow erosion, help control pests and diseases, increase biodiversity and much more.
Big Reuse Information Booth – A representative and volunteers will be onsite to answer your composting and NEW composting regulation questions. They will distribute FREE 1 gallon kitchen containers, 2 lb bags of compounds, and grocery carryout bags.
Red Wiggler Station – Meet the hardworking composting red wigglers and discover ways they can be utilized in your home and/garden to efficiently compost organic waste.
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Arts and Crafts **(while supplies last) – It’s time to get creative! We will provide a variety of fun Halloween/ autumn inspired arts and crafts activities. Kids/parents can make a custom Halloween trick or treat bag. We will have air dry clay, acrylic paint, watercolor paint and paper, rainbow scratch paper, and more!
Photo Booths – Bring your cameras because it’s picture time!
Paper Plant Pots – Learn how to make a paper plant pot that you can use to grow your seedlings in and then transfer directly to a bigger pot or your garden bed. This drastically cuts down on transplant shock, and waste.
Seed Collection – Learn how to collect seeds from plants.
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Location: Vernon Cases Community Garden, 48 Vernon Ave., Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: FREE
Event Organizer: Vernon Cases Community Garden

Soul of Food: Afro-Indigenous Traditions of Harvesting (Clifton Place Memorial Garden and Park)
2023-09-30 13:00 - 15:30 | Clifton Place Memorial Garden, 1031-35 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, 11216
As cooler weather begins to debut, with it comes the warm hues of fruits, roots, and seeds that are ready to be gathered for the fall harvest. In honor of this abundant season, we’ll discuss traditions and technologies of harvesting across African and Indigenous diasporas, process some storage crops (e.g., sorghum and field peas, dependent upon their readiness), and prepare a simple yet satiating dish using some of the featured ingredients together.
This session is a continuation of The Soul of Food, a Deep Routes workshop series honoring the foodways that connect plants, peoples, and lands across Afro-Indigenous diasporas. Facilitated by Maya Marie S. (Deep Routes)

Sunnyside Field Guide
2023-09-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Smiling Hogshead Ranch, 25-30 Skillman Ave., Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Live original music inspired by birdsongs and other local ecology, performed outdoors at Smiling Hogshead Ranch, (an urban farm in Long Island City), culminating with an audience-participation sound art work. Free. For all ages!

Prospect Park Super Hike
2023-09-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Prospect Park, Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive, Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive, Brooklyn, NY
Explore the hidden paths, waterways, meadows and woods the way that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux intended for visitors in this 585 acre green gem of Brooklyn

Location: Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive in Prospect Park,Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact Number: (646) 398-1479

North Brooklyn Community Boathouse Public Paddle
2023-09-30 12:00 - 16:00 | Manhattan Avenue Steet End Park, Manhattan Avenue and Newtown Creek, Brooklyn, NY, 11222
The Public Paddles let NBCB do what we do best: fulfill our mission to enable access to the waterways of New York City for our local community.
We’ll have canoe tours with views of Manhattan, tasty beverages and snacks on hand, and friends and neighbors gathering together on the shores of Newtown Creek.
The event runs 12-4. We invite you to join together in one of our 29′ Langley canoes and to spend some time on land, meeting your neighbors and participating in the Community Reflection Station.
As we await the completion of our community boathouse, this event will take place at Manhattan Avenue Street End Park, just one block away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Paint Your Own Pet Rock!! (Fort Greene Park)
2023-09-30 11:00 - 12:30 | Forest Park Visitor Center, Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive, Queens, NY
Join the Urban Park Rangers in painting your own pet rock. Learn all about the local geology and how Brooklyn and Long Island was formed by nature. Rocks for painting will be provided but feel free to bring your own.

Location: Fort Greene Park Visitor Center in Fort Greene Park Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact Number: (718) 421-2021

Brooklyn Book Festival: Children's Day
2023-09-30 10:00 - 16:00 | Brooklyn Commons Park, Flatbush Ave Extension and Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY

North Williamsburg Community Cleanup
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 | North Williamsburg, 111 Kent Ave, 111 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Join Council Member Lincoln Restler’s Office for a summer cleanup of the neighborhood. Help us improve the cleanliness of our streets and sidewalks by volunteering with your neighbors. The Department of Sanitation will be providing tools and supplies.
Sign up here
Sunday, July 16 | 12PM-2PM | Meet @ Corner of N 7th and Kent Ave in front of 111 Kent Ave

It's My Park at Owl's Head Park
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Owl’s Head Park House, 68th Street Slope between Narrows Avenue and Bliss Terrace, Brooklyn, NY
This It’s My Park season, volunteer with Owl’s Head Park Volunteers to beautify Owl’s Head Park. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!

Location: Owl’s Head Park House in Owl’s Head Park, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Event Organizer: Owl’s Head Park Volunteers,
Contact Email: owlsheadvolunteer@gmail.com

Intro to Birdwatching Walks (Prospect Park)
2023-09-30 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.

It's My Park at Kaiser Park
2023-09-30 09:00 - 14:00 | Kaiser Park Beach, Bay View Avenue and Neptune Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
This It’s My Park season, volunteer with Billion Oyster Project to beautify Kaiser Park. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!

Location: Kaiser Park – near ferry terminal in Kaiser Park, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Event Organizer: Billion Oyster Project
Contact Email: tswift@billionoysterproject.org

It's My Park Day at Cooper Park
2023-09-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Cooper Park, Maspeth Avenue and Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States
This It’s My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Cooper Park as they clean and beautify Cooper Park. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!
Location: Cooper Park Tennis Courts in Cooper Park, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Location Details: We meet by our jobox which is near the tennis courts and skate park
Cost: Free
Event Organizer: Friends of Cooper Park,
Contact Email: cooperparkfriends@gmail.com

McGolrick Bird Club
2023-09-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Msgr.McGolrick Park
Join the McGolrick Bird Club every Saturday at 9 AM at the corner of Russell St. and Driggs Ave.

CinemaLIC - Aladdin (Hunters Point South Park)
2023-09-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Hunters Point South Park – North End, 1-50 50th Avenue, Queens, NY, 11101
Invite a friend. Catch a summer film outdoors at Hunters Point South Park and settle under the stars with a gorgeous view. Arrive early to claim a spot. Films start at sunset.

Thursday, July 13 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (PG-13)
Saturday, July 22 | Top Gun: Maverick (PG-13)
Thursday, August 26 | Soul (PG) Friday (rescheduled from August 10th)
Thursday, August 31 | Back to the Future (PG)
Friday, September 8 | Aladdin (PG)
