Category: harlem river

Support Friends of Brook Park!

ShareShow your Support for Friends of Brook Park Dear Friend, Friends of Brook Park needs your help. As 2009 comes to a wintry end, we reflect on what a great year it has been here. While we are proud to bring you our environmental programs, we need your support to keep us going. Whether you’ve [...]

Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 in brook park, friends of, harlem river, organic gardening, south bronx, urban agriculture | No Comments »

Meeting at Harlem River

ShareOur many years of advocacy for real waterfront access for our South Bronx communities on the Harlem River received a big boost today. With a site visit arranged by our local Council Members Viverito an Arroyo, NYC Parks Department, NYC City Planning and the Federal National Park Service gathered with local constituents to map out [...]

Wednesday October 14th, 2009 in harlem river, park ave | No Comments »

Harlem River Paddle

ShareGreetings Friends, Members of Harlem River Workgroup, We are planning a GET ON THE WATER! Harlem River awareness day for Sept 19th in conjunction with the  and we are inviting all Harlem River Workgroup members to participate and help share information, educate about the Harlem River.  The program thus far is being coordinated by Ludger [...]

Thursday September 10th, 2009 in harlem river | No Comments »

FoBP Harlem River Advocacy in the news…

ShareCity Council approves Lower Concourse rezoning by DANIEL BEEKMAN“When Department of City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden looks at the Lower Concourse, she pictures a Harlem River promenade. She pictures skyscraping condos, corner stores, lofts and a waterfront park. Burden pictures a rusty neighborhood remade for residential and commercial development. When Friends of Brook Park director [...]

Friday July 17th, 2009 in harlem river, lower concourse, rezoning, south bronx | No Comments »

Harlem River Rezoning proposal City Council Hearing

ShareYour voice counts. South Bronx Lower Concourse Rezoning proposal City Council Hearing Tuesday, June 23, 9:30 AM High-rises and higher rents on the Harlem River?Manufacturing jobs lost to lofts? Or a public park at Park Avenue for the existing communities? Zoning & Franchises COMMITTEETuesday, June 23, 9:30 AMCommittee Room – City Hall Be there, the [...]

Monday June 15th, 2009 in harlem river, lower concourse, park avenue, rezoning | No Comments »

City Planning Harlem River Testimony

ShareSee our testimony from the April 1st hearing of the City Planning Commission. We have been advocating for access to the Harlem River for many years, and the rezoning proposal for the Lower Concourse is an ideal opportunity! Send a note to your Council Member about this today.Click on the images to the right to [...]

Friday April 3rd, 2009 in NYC Park Advocates, harlem river, lower concourse, rezoning | No Comments »

On the Water with Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance

Share“Hey, where you going with those boats?” from the driver of a moving van and “You need water for those things,” from a man standing on the corner. These are the things you here when you wheel canoes on trailers through the South Bronx. That is exactly what a few friends of Brook Park did [...]

Sunday September 28th, 2008 in bronx kill, east river, harlem river, mwa | No Comments »

Paddle with CSX and Waste Management

Share What a wonderful day it was to take out with our canoe fleet representatives from neighboring CSX and Waste Management companies. We wanted to show them even more the exciting Harlem River Park site we have been working on to create public access. We discussed safety and ecological issues and how we can work [...]

Tuesday October 30th, 2007 in canoe, csx, harlem river, south bronx, waste management | No Comments »

5 Boro Ramble Success!

Share Account by Rob Buchanan: “We launched at 8 or so from east river crew’s davit at 96th street and took about half an hour to get up to the little grassy patch near the willis avenue bridge that’s the best waterfront park in the city. because it isn’t a park and there are no [...]

Sunday September 9th, 2007 in clean water, five borough paddle, harlem river, mwa, swim, waterfront | No Comments »