PortSide NewYork Returns to the Mary Whalen

After a brief stay on Columbia Street in temporary offices, PortSide NewYork moved back aboard the tanker Mary Whalen while the organization continues its search for a permanent home for the ship.  Keep updated on their progess by checking their website and support one of Brooklyn's most unique cultural resources.

Carroll Gardens Association Fall Festival

Carroll Gardens Association, Inc. will be holding the 4th Annual Columbia Waterfront Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The annual Street Fair runs from the DeGraw Street to Union Street along Columbia Street and from Columbia Street to Hicks Street along Union Street. This year’s Street Fair is anticipated to be well attended by thousands of visitors and community residents enjoying a day of food, fun for all ages, shopping, live entertainment, games and rides. This year’s event is sponsored by Apple Bank, Ascot Properties, Jabus Building Corporation, and Downstate Long Island Hospital.

For more information click here.

Help Reduce Speeding on Congress Street

The new buildings at the north end of our community are home to new families who like to use Van Voorhees park.  But getting there can be dangerous when contending with the vehicles racing up Congress in an attempt to sidestep BQE congestion.

A local resident is soliciting signatures on a petition to the DOT to address this matter. Sign up at https://www.change.org/petitions/nyc-dept-of-transportation-slow-the-traffic-speed-on-congress-street-between-columbia-hicks. 

More exciting: Channel 12 News will be at the corner of Hicks and Congress tomorrow, Thursday August 2 at 8:30a.  Come out and show your support.

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's Summer Benefit Party

Join the Board, Host Committee and other Greenway supporters for BGI's annual summer benefit cocktail party, New Views 2012: Williamsburg Bistro & Bites  on the Williamsburg Waterfront. 

Guests of honor will include Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez and NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn.

When: Thursday, June 21, 2012  6:00p to 9:00p
Where: Williamsburg Edge

OpSail 2012 in Red Hook Memorial Day

An opportunity to visit a normally inaccessible part of the Brooklyn Waterfront and tour some great ships.  Don't forget to stop by PortSide NewYork's SOS pop up at 145 Columbia Street and support them in their effort to preserve historic ships.

More Red Hook OpSail info at is http://www.portsidenewyork.org/OpSail2012.htm 

Sign Petition on Behalf of PortSide NewYork

Help PortSide NewYork find a permanent home for their historic tanker and their innovative programming.  Sign the petition to Mayor Bloomberg encouraging him to make it possible for historic ships to use New York's piers and to foster increased use of the waterfront for educational and cultural purposes.

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Afternoon Garden Party

Help support the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative by attending their Sunday Afternoon Garden Party at one of the Waterfront's newest restaurants, Pok Pok NY on Columbia Street.

Date: Sunday April 22, 2012
Time: 1 - 4 PM
Place: Pok Pok NY, 127 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY

More information about the event here.