DOCSLIB.ORG

Gateway National Recreation Area Gateway New Jersey / New York Visitor Programs and Events, Winter 2011 - 2012 Jamaica Bay Unit

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Gateway National Recreation Area Gateway New Jersey / New York Visitor Programs and Events, Winter 2011 - 2012 Jamaica Bay Unit National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Gateway National Recreation Area Gateway New Jersey / New York Visitor Programs and Events, Winter 2011 - 2012 Jamaica Bay Unit Gateway - Jamaica Bay Partner Programs Visit our partner's websites, to find out what programs they're offering this season! Floyd Bennett Garden Association Have a "Green Thumb?" Learn at public gardening workshops. Find out about the Floyd Bennett Garden Association www.fbga.net/ Rockaway Artist Alliance Enjoy artist exhibitions and events. See the 2011 Calendar: www.rockawayartistsalliance.org Rockaway Theatre Company Have a night at the theater in Fort Tilden. See the 2011 Calendar: www.rockawaytheatrecompanv.org/ Discover Gateway During Touch Table for the Curious What's With The r? Winter Break! Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturdays, 10 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. Gateway's programs are wonderful Just because the weather has gotten Sundays, 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. ways to stimulate your mind and your colder, that doesn't mean that you can't Touch and explore shells, feathers and senses, but did you know that many enjoy your national park. Gateway's other curious stuff. Is it food? Is it of them provide fantastic Jamaica Bay Unit offers four seasons of armor? How does it move? This family opportunities to get some exercise? discovery and fun, for the whole family! friendly program is good for newcomers Our hikes and volunteer projects are While the children are out of school, to Jamaica Bay. great ways to get your heart going, they can discover nature all around while you enjoy the natural beauty them, with the Touch Table at the Junior Ranger Programs and historic treasures that surround you. Just look for the • next to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, or by Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge program listing for programs that taking part in the Junior Ranger Tuesday, December 27 require walks of a mile or more, or Program. When the snow falls, cross Tuesday, February 21 moderate physical exertion. Let country skiing is available at Floyd 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Gateway pump you up! Bennett Field. Or, just enjoy a hike During the break from school, kids ages along the park's many trails. 7-12 can join a park ranger to have fun discovering the wonders of Jamaica Bay, All park visitor centers and offices will be This winter, take a break...at Gateway's and earn their junior ranger badge! closed on December 25, and January 1. Jamaica Bay! Park grounds will be open. Winter 2011 -2012 Gateway NRA. Public Programs-Jamaica Bay December Be ready for Spring paddling. Prepare Paddling Trip Leader your chart so you can navigate easily In-Class Training from your kayak deck. Space is Star Gazing Floyd Bennett Field limited; please call (718) 338 - 3799 Building 69 Floyd Bennett Field to make a reservation. Monday, January 16 Radio Control Flying Field 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Friday, December 2 Experience the Year's Learn paddling best practices for trip 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Lowest Tide ¥ plarrning and group management. Come gaze at the wonders of the night Fort Tilden sky over Floyd Bennett Field with the Building 1 Amateur Astronomers Association. Explore Dead Horse Bay ¥ Saturday, December 24 Weather permitting; clear or partly Floyd Bennett Field I p.m.-3 p.m. clear skies. Telescopes will be Main Entrance Ranger Station The sun, moon and earth are in provided. Sunday, January 22 position to create one of the year's 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Paddling Trip Leader In- lowest tides, often referred to as Hike the trails and beach at Dead "King Tides." Explore the intertidal Class Training Horse Bay with American Littoral zone and walk the sea floor with Society naturalist, Mickey Maxwell Floyd Bennett Field American Littoral Society naturalist, Cohen, author of Exploring the Building 69 Mickey Maxwell Cohen. 2 miles Monday, December 5 Trails of Dead Horse Bay. Wear 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. sturdy footwear. 2 miles Learn paddling best practices for trip Junior Ranger Program planning and group management. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Snow Birds in a Tuesday, December 27 Winter Wonderland ¥ Whither the Grasslands 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Floyd Bennett Field During the break from school, kids Visitor Center Main Entrance Ranger Station ages 7-12 can join a park ranger to Saturday, January 28 Saturday, December 10 have fun discovering the wonders of 2 p.m.— 4 p.m. 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Jamaica Bay, and earn their junior Photography workshop with Johann At the very center of Floyd Bennett ranger badge! Schumacher. Discover how the soft Field, lies rare natural habitat in New light of winter illuminates Jamaica York City; the Grassland Restoration January Bay. Look for song birds and and Management Project Area, a waterfowl in the winter landscape habitat for many open-land birds. This Annual New Year's Day while you explore the West Pond trail. open country also provides Beach Walk ¥ opportunities for birders to spot birds Fort Tilden Flag Pole flying between the wooded areas of Sunday, January 1 February Floyd Bennett Field. We hope to see II a.m. — 1 p.m. American Kestrels, Northern Harriers, Start off 2012 with a brisk hike along "Craftsmen of Black Meadowlarks and Homed Larks Fort Tilden's beach and woods with among other birds. The trip leader ' Wings" African - the American Littoral Society. Enjoy carries a scope on tripod for closer Americans in Aviation in refreshments afterwards at the views of birds. Easy walking on open Rockaway Artist's Alliance, Studio 7. the1930's runways of the Field; dress warmly. 2 Floyd Bennett Field miles Hangar B Give Me Shelter: Sunday, February 12 Winter Birds in Winter Waterfowl in 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Jamaica Bay ¥ Dead Horse Bay ¥ Join a park ranger for this Black Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Floyd Bennett Field History Month talk and slide show on Sunday, December 11 Main Entrance Ranger Station the pioneering African — American pilots of the 1930's. Afterwards, visit 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Sunday, January 8 the aircraft being restored by the Take a hike around the West Pond and 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Historic Aircraft Restoration Project gardens with naturalist Don Riepe, to Dead Horse Bay provides sheltered in the hangar. The hangar is not look for winter birds and other waters for winter waterfowl. In the heated, so dress warmly. wildlife. To reserve, call past, up to 40,000 Greater Scaup have (718)318-4340. wintered in the bay. Raptors may be spotted in the upland areas on the trail to the bay. The trip leader carries a Navigation for Beginners scope on tripod for closer views of Floyd Bennett Field birds. Dress for the weather, and Building 69 All park visitor centers and offices will be moderately difficult walking if there closed on December 25, and January 1. Monday, December 12 is snow and ice on the trail. Rugged Park grounds will be open. 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. footwear is recommended. 2.25 miles 2 Gateway NRA Public Programs - Jamaica Bay Ocean Waterfowl Call (718) 338-3799 for more Exhibits information. and Loons V Abstract Point of View Fort Tilden - Flag Pole Historic Aircraft Fort Tilden Saturday, February 18 Building T-6 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Restoration Project From January 15 — February 19 Layers of insulation enable waterfowl Floyd Bennett Field Saturdays and Sundays to ply our ocean front in winter, Hangar B 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. impervious to the frigid water and air. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday We will be looking for long-tailed 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Weather permitting, bring the family Second Annual ducks, surf, black and white-winged Rockaway Artist Alliance scoters, common and red-throated and observe park volunteers as they loons. The trip leader carries a scope restore vintage aircraft. People with on Jamaica Bay on tripod for closer views of birds. an interest in aviation or history are Visitor Center Dress warmly. 2 miles encouraged to join in this volunteer Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge effort. Call (718) 338-3799 for more Through February 5,2012 information or to schedule a group This exhibit celebrates Jamaica Bay in Junior Ranger Program tour. various media and features an eclectic Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge group of local artists. Open daily, 9 Tuesday, February 21 P.A.R.C.S. Model Aircraft a.m. - 5 p.m. 1:30 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. Floyd Bennett Field During the break from school, kids Radio Controlled Flying Field Channel View School for ages 7-12 can join a park ranger to Open Daily Research Presents - have fun discovering the wonders of Join the Pennsylvania Avenue Radio Jamaica Bay Wildlife Jamaica Bay, and earn their junior Control Society at their "mini-airport Refuge: The Natural World ranger badge! in an airport." Enjoy the antics of these pilots as they show off their Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor The Winter Woods in the flying skills with model planes, jets Center and helicopters. November 17, 2011 - North Forty Natural Area Y January 16, 2012 Floyd Bennett Field Open daily, 9 p.m. — 5 p.m. Main Entrance Ranger Station Touch Table for the Curious The Channel View School for Saturday, February 25 Research's Environmental Science Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. Team has visited the Jamaica Bay Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Reel-It-In-Brooklyn
    REEL IT IN! BROOKLYN Fish Consumption Education Project in Brooklyn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This research and outreach project was developed by Going Coastal, Inc. Team members included Gabriel Rand, Zhennya Slootskin and Barbara La Rocco. Volunteers were vital to the execution of the project at every stage, including volunteers from Pace University’s Center for Community Action and Research, volunteer translators Inessa Slootskin, Annie Hongjuan and Bella Moharreri, and video producer Dave Roberts. We acknowledge support from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and funding from an Environmental Justice Research Impact Grant of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Photos by Zhennya Slootskin, Project Coordinator. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Study Area 3. Background 4. Methods 5. Results & Discussion 6. Conclusions 7. Outreach Appendix A: Survey List of Acronyms: CSO Combined Sewer Overflow DEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation DEP New York City Department of Environmental Protection DOH New York State Department of Health DPR New York City Department of Parks & Recreation EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency GNRA Gateway National Recreation Area NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency OPRHP New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls WIC Women, Infant and Children program Reel It In Brooklyn: Fish Consumption Education Project Page 2 of 68 Abstract Brooklyn is one of America’s largest and fastest growing multi‐ethnic coastal counties. All fish caught in the waters of New York Harbor are on mercury advisory. Brooklyn caught fish also contain PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals, many more contaminants. The waters surrounding Brooklyn serve as a source of recreation, transportation and, for some, food.
    [Show full text]
  • “Forgotten by God”: How the People of Barren Island Built a Thriving Community on New York City's Garbage
    “Forgotten by God”: How the People of Barren Island Built a Thriving Community on New York City’s Garbage ______________________________ A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of History Brooklyn College ______________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts By Miriam Sicherman Thesis Advisor: Michael Rawson Spring 2018 Table of Contents Abstract 1 Acknowledgments 2 Introduction 3 Chapter 1: Early History, Landscape, and Population 22 Chapter 2: Outsiders and Insiders 35 Chapter 3: Work 53 Chapter 4: Recreation and Religion 74 Chapter 5: Municipal Neglect 84 Chapter 6: Law and Order 98 Chapter 7: Education 112 Chapter 8: The End of Barren Island 134 Conclusion 147 Works Cited 150 1 Abstract This thesis describes the everyday life experiences of residents of Barren Island, Brooklyn, from the 1850s until 1936, demonstrating how they formed a functioning community under difficult circumstances. Barren Island is located in Jamaica Bay, between Sheepshead Bay and the Rockaway Peninsula. During this time period, the island, which had previously been mostly uninhabited, was the site of several “nuisance industries,” primarily garbage processing and animal rendering. Because the island was remote and often inaccessible, the workers, mostly new immigrants and African-Americans, were forced to live on the island, and very few others lived there. In many ways the islanders were neglected and ignored by city government and neighboring communities, except as targets of blame for the bad smells produced by the factories. In the absence of adequate municipal attention, islanders were forced to create their own community norms and take care of their own needs to a great extent.
    [Show full text]
  • To Download Three Wonder Walks
    Three Wonder Walks (After the High Line) Featuring Walking Routes, Collections and Notes by Matthew Jensen Three Wonder Walks (After the High Line) The High Line has proven that you can create a des- tination around the act of walking. The park provides a museum-like setting where plants and flowers are intensely celebrated. Walking on the High Line is part of a memorable adventure for so many visitors to New York City. It is not, however, a place where you can wander: you can go forward and back, enter and exit, sit and stand (off to the side). Almost everything within view is carefully planned and immaculately cultivated. The only exception to that rule is in the Western Rail Yards section, or “W.R.Y.” for short, where two stretch- es of “original” green remain steadfast holdouts. It is here—along rusty tracks running over rotting wooden railroad ties, braced by white marble riprap—where a persistent growth of naturally occurring flora can be found. Wild cherry, various types of apple, tiny junipers, bittersweet, Queen Anne’s lace, goldenrod, mullein, Indian hemp, and dozens of wildflowers, grasses, and mosses have all made a home for them- selves. I believe they have squatters’ rights and should be allowed to stay. Their persistence created a green corridor out of an abandoned railway in the first place. I find the terrain intensely familiar and repre- sentative of the kinds of landscapes that can be found when wandering down footpaths that start where streets and sidewalks end. This guide presents three similarly wild landscapes at the beautiful fringes of New York City: places with big skies, ocean views, abun- dant nature, many footpaths, and colorful histories.
    [Show full text]
  • BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 18 Oversight Block Lot Facility Name Facility Address Facility Type Capacity / Type Agency
    Selected Facilities and Program Sites Page 1 of 23 in New York City, release 2015 BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 18 Oversight Block Lot Facility Name Facility Address Facility Type Capacity / Type Agency SCHOOLS Public Elementary and Secondary Schools 8158 35FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) 875 Williams Ave Elementary School ‐ Public 198 Children NYC DOE 8160 22PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY 1077 Remsen Ave Elementary School ‐ Public 622 Children NYC DOE 8256 1PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL 1500 E 92 St Elementary School ‐ Public 1167 Children NYC DOE 7786 1PS 119 AMERSFORT 3829 Ave K Elementary School ‐ Public 420 Children NYC DOE 7849 1PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL 5101 Ave M Elementary School ‐ Public 779 Children NYC DOE 8484 1PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY 4011 Fillmore Ave Elementary School ‐ Public 1272 Children NYC DOE 7706 1PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER 3301 Quentin Rd Elementary School ‐ Public 869 Children NYC DOE 8464 1PS 236 MILL BASIN 6302 Ave U Elementary School ‐ Public 578 Children NYC DOE 7758 1PS 251 PAERDEGAT 1037 E 54 St Elementary School ‐ Public 571 Children NYC DOE 8158 35PS 260 BREUCKELEN 875 Williams Ave Elementary School ‐ Public 28 Children NYC DOE 8329 250PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK 101‐24 Seaview Ave Elementary School ‐ Public 567 Children NYC DOE 8034 1PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL 1070 E 83 St Elementary School ‐ Public 775 Children NYC DOE 8590 650PS 277 GERRITSEN BEACH 2529 Gerritsen Ave Elementary School ‐ Public 459 Children NYC DOE 8230 1PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER 1070 E 104 St Elementary School ‐ Public 535 Children NYC DOE 8393 1PS 312 BERGEN
    [Show full text]
  • Page 1 of 3 Comments of Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams In
    Comments of Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams In Response to the Proposed Scope of Work for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the East River Ferry—September 28, 2015 My name is Eric L. Adams, and I represent Brooklyn’s 2.6 million residents as Borough President. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today at the scoping hearing of the Environmental Impact Assessment for citywide ferry service. I am a long-time supporter of ferry service as a means to improve transit accessibility, reduce congestion, catalyze economic development, and connect communities. As a result, I support the efforts of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation to implement a Citywide Ferry Service (CFS) that would provide an affordable and convenient transit option to residents in otherwise transit-isolated neighborhoods. The introduction of a Southern Brooklyn local ferry route would provide reliable service to Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Red Hook, Brooklyn Heights, and DUMBO communities. In addition, the Rockaway ferry would include express ferry service to Bay Ridge. Both of these additions would offer resilient transit service to communities in dire need of more transportation options. I also believe that the local route would have subsequent potential to add an additional stop in Sunset Park in proximity to the Bush Terminal complex, and that the Rockaway route could subsequently be modified after initial success to add service to the Canarsie Pier, the marina opposite Aviator Sports in Dead Horse Bay, Plumb Beach, and Coney Island (possibly West 21st Street landing in Coney Island Creek). Even though I support this effort, I also offer the following comments for the Draft Scope: Site Selection I have several concerns about the ferry landing sites included in the project description, particularly the appropriateness of the proposed landing in Red Hook.
    [Show full text]
  • Draft Memorandum of Understanding Between the NRC and National Park Service at the Great Kills, Spring Creek, And
    MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR COORDINATION OF RESPONSE ACTIONS INVOLVING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AT THE GREAT KILLS PARK SITE, THE SPRING CREEK PARK SITE, AND THE DEAD HORSE BAY SITE ARTICLE I – PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, AND SCOPE Purpose 1. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by and between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the National Park Service (NPS), for the purpose of minimizing dual regulation and duplicative regulatory requirements while ensuring consideration of necessary standards for health, safety and the environment. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., as amended (CERCLA), and CERCLA’s implementing regulations, the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300, impose site remediation obligations on the NPS that may duplicate, to some degree, the obligations established by the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, Public Law 83-703, 68 Stat, 919, as amended AEA and NRC regulations for decommissioning and remediation of sites containing licensable levels of radioactive material. Duplicative statutory obligations result in the potential imposition of duplicate regulatory requirements at the environmental response site subject to this MOU. Duplicative regulatory requirements and processes could add cost and delay to completion of the NPS CERCLA response actions without an added public health, environmental, or safety benefit. To avoid unnecessary duplication of regulatory requirements and effort, this MOU documents the roles, responsibilities, and relationship between the NPS and the NRC in regard to environmental response actions at the Great Kills Park Site in Staten Island, New York, the Spring Creek Park Site in Queens, New York, and the Dead Horse Bay Site in Brooklyn, New York (individually or collectively referred to as “Site”).
    [Show full text]
  • Restoration of Natural Resources Through the Jamaica Bay Damages Account
    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources Restoration of Natural Resources through the Jamaica Bay Damages Account 2007 Update January 2007 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Eliot Spitzer, Governor Denise M. Sheehan, Commissioner Executive Summary The purpose of the 2007 Update is to provide a current review of the 82 tidal wetland acquisition and restoration project proposals presented in the ‘Reconnaissance Phase Report’ (1994) and ‘Response to Public Comment from the Reconnaisance Phase Report and Decisions on Project Prioritization for the Planning Phase’ (1997); the 2007 Update also presents several new projects of growing importance in the region that are deemed eligible for Jamaica Bay Damages Account (JBDA) funding. Of the 82 original proposals, three were accomplished using JBDA as the sole funding source; six were fully or partly completed using JBDA money and funds from cost-sharing partners; 14 have been fully or partly completed using other (non-JBDA) funding sources; six proposed projects are no longer available and 53 proposals have not changed in status. In addition, five new projects have been added to the list. The 2007 Update contains the following sections: Section 1: Discussion of completed, on-going, and future projects that have received JBDA funding. The means for selecting and funding projects are also discussed. Section 2: Table 1 ‘Summary of Project Proposals - Updated 2007’ is an updated version of the table issued in the original documents cited above. Section 3: Maps showing project locations: Figure 1. JBDA proposal sites in eastern Jamaica Bay Figure 2.
    [Show full text]
  • Fall 2014 2019 / /Volume Volume Xxxv Xl No
    THE NEWSLETTER OF NEW YORK CITY AUDUBON WINTER FALL 2014 2019 / /VOLUME VOLUME XXXV XL NO. NO. 3 4 THE URBAN AUDUBON Introducing Our Vision for the Future NYC Audubon Adds a New Business Model for Green Roofs Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) Fall 2019 1 NYC AUDUBON MISSION & STATEMENT Mission: NYC Audubon is a grassroots community that works for the protection of wild PRESIDENT’S PERCH Jeffrey Kimball birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Vision: NYC Audubon envisions a day when birds s we approach 2020, we at NYC Audubon look forward not only to our 40th and people in the five boroughs enjoy a healthy, livable habitat. Anniversary, but also to the implementation of our new Strategic Plan, 2020-2025: A Vision for the Future. The process of writing a new strategic plan for any orga- THE URBAN AUDUBON A Editors Lauren Klingsberg & Marcia T. Fowle nization is soul-searching. We wrapped ourselves around all that we are currently doing and Managing Editor Andrew Maas simultaneously looked forward to all that we hope to achieve in the near future. After almost Newsletter Committee Seth Ausubel; Lucienne Bloch; Ned Boyajian; Suzanne Charlé; two years of efforts by staff and board members, we are very pleased with the completed Diane Darrow; Catherine Schragis Heller; document, which you can view at www.nycaudubon.org/strategicplan2020-2025. Mary Jane Kaplan; Abby McBride; Hillarie O’Toole; Don Riepe; Carol Peace Robins A strategic plan serves as an internal guide for the organization, a roadmap for all our Printing & Mailing Kase Printing, Inc.
    [Show full text]
  • New York City W Ater Tr Ail Guide
    BRONX BROOKLYN NEW JERSEY 11 BARRETTO POINT PARK i ² _ 23 NEWTOWN CREEK 44 16TH STREET PARK i ² _ Foot of Tiffany Street, Hunts Point Provost Street & Paidge Avenue, Greenpoint West Shore Drive and West 16th Street, Bayonne Launch from a concrete ramp on a cobble beach near the Tiered steps go straight into the water at a wastewater A concrete ramp and floating dock on Newark Bay parking lot or a sandy cove at the east end of the park. treatment plant, operated by the NYC Department of providing access to the Arthur Kill and the Hackensack Strong tidal currents and heavy traffic in the main Environmental Protection, which provides access to River. Season pass required from Bayonne municipality. shipping channel; restricted access on both Brother explore the industrial banks of Newtown Creek. Heavy commercial traffic near the containerport. Islands (bird sanctuaries) and prohibited at Rikers Commercial traffic; water not suitable for swimming. 45 LIBERTY STATE PARK i ² _ ´ GUIDE Island (city’s largest jail.) 24 MANHATTAN AVENUE i 200 Morris Pesin Drive, Jersey City 12 HUNTS POINT RIVERSIDE PARK i _ Manhattan Avenue Street-end, Greenpoint This small beach next to the boat ramp on the south side Edgewater Road & Lafayette Avenue, Hunts Point This new pocket park has a floating dock on Newtown of the 1100-acre park offers a good spot from which to MANHATTAN A gravel beach offers access to the sheltered waters of the Creek providing access to the Creek and East River. There explore the west side of the Upper Harbor. It’s a half-mile 1 INWOOD HILL PARK ² _ ´ Bronx River.
    [Show full text]
  • Stories of the Saw Kill
    Bard College Bard Digital Commons Senior Projects Spring 2018 Bard Undergraduate Senior Projects Spring 2018 From the Headwaters to the Bay: Stories of the Saw Kill Tierney Jo Belle Weymueller Bard College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2018 Part of the Environmental Studies Commons, and the Human Geography Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation Weymueller, Tierney Jo Belle, "From the Headwaters to the Bay: Stories of the Saw Kill" (2018). Senior Projects Spring 2018. 330. https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2018/330 This Open Access work is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been provided to you by Bard College's Stevenson Library with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this work in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights- holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. For more information, please contact [email protected]. From the Headwaters to the Bay: Stories of the Saw Kill Senior Project Submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College by Tierney Jo Belle Weymueller Annandale-on-Hudson, New York May 2018 To Bob Bard, Gayle and Gary Beatty, Sheila Buff, Susan Ellis, Sheryl Griffith, Erik Kiviat, Christopher and Claudine Klose, Brent Kovalchik, Dan McKenna, and Ruth and Maia Oja. Your care and presence make the Saw Kill a more beautiful place.
    [Show full text]
  • 20Th Annual International Coastal Cleanup Beach Cleanup Sites - New York City
    20th Annual International Coastal Cleanup Beach Cleanup Sites - New York City SITE CAPTAIN PHONE DATE RAIN DATE THE BRONX Bronx River Josie Burke 718-547-0804 9/17 9/18 City Is. Bridge to Orchard Bch. Pat Grondahl 212-348-4345 9/17 Crotona Park: Indian Lake Steve Cain 718-430-4675 tba Eastchester Bay Maria Karpfinger 718-430-4683 9/17 Orchard Beach: Twin Island Ranger David 718-430-4684 9/17 9/18 Kunstler Orchard Beach Alice Andrusco Orchard Beach Frances Moss SUNY Maritime College Campus Shoreline Robert Crafa 718-409-5572 9/14 9/15 & Fort Schuyler BROOKLYN Brighton Beach Sherri Greenspan 212-361-8786 tba Brooklyn Bridge City Park/Empire Fulton Dena Driver 718-802-0603 9/17 State Park Coney Is.: Aquarium East to Brighton David Rosenfeld 718-339-9061 9/18 9/25 Coney Island Creek Beach Eric Delva 718-595-4899 9/17 9/18 Coney Island: W. 17-W. 29 Streets Cathy Phillips 718-265-4048 9/17 9/24 **Denyse Wharf Thomas Greene 718-833-0102 10/2 DUMBO: Chris Cuschieri 718-858-4708 9/17 9/24 Empire Fulton Ferry State Pk. Gateway National Recreation Area Ranger 718-338-3799 9/17 9/24 Aviation Road Ranger 718-338-3799 9/17 9/24 Canarsie Pier Amrita Sen 718-684-1014 9/17 Canarsie Pol Joe Romano 718-680-4574 9/17 9/24 Dead Horse Bay Robert Newmark 718-680-9372 9/17 9/24 Dead Horse Bay Catherine Donaldson Dead Horse Bay Stacie Henry 212-262-8113 10/15 10/22 Floyd Bennett Fld: E.
    [Show full text]
  • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
    I /1-5 6 ~& K/Lb &,1'\ '7 k;{\ I ~(1 I I A STAGE lA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY for the I KEYSPAN JAMAICA BAY GAS TRANSMISSION PROJECT I BOROUGHS of BROOKLYN and QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY I KINGS and QUEENS COUNTY, NEW YORK I I I PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGISTS: David J. Bernstein, Ph.D. I Daria E. Merwin, M.A., R.P.A. I The Institute for Long Island Archaeology Department of Anthropology I State University of New York at Stony Brook I Stony Brook, New York 11794-4364 March 2008 I Revised February 2009 I I I I I MANAGEMENT SUMMARY I SHPO Project Review Number N/A Involved State and Federal Agencies N/A I Phase of Survey Stage 1A; literature search and archaeological sensitivity assessment. Location Location: mostly along Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn I Minor Civil Divisions: 04701 and 08101 County: Kings (Borough of Brooklyn) and Queens I Survey Area Two phases of proposed work: Phase I consists of a gas pipeline across Rockaway Inlet, from the west side of Flatbush Avenue opposite Floyd Bennett Dri ve to the intersection of State Road and Beach 1691h Street in Jacob Riis Park, a distance of approximately 5800 feet (1768 I meters). Phase II involves the construction of a gas pipeline from the northern terminus of Phase I along the west side of Flatbush Avenue to Avenue U, approximately 13,400 feet (4084 meters). I USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle Maps Coney Island, New York-New Jersey (1966/1979) Recommendation A Stage 18 archaeological survey is recommended for relatively I undisturbed portions of the project area along Flatbush Avenue.
    [Show full text]