Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
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It's back-to-school in Brooklyn Bridge Park, a living classroom on the waterfront - ecology, history, marine biology and more.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
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In winter the park is visited by diving ducks, like buffleheads, red-breasted mergansers and canvasbacks, that in spring will fly to breeding grounds in the Arctic.

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About Us

For nearly 20 years the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has been working to bring a world-class park to the downtown Brooklyn waterfront. 

New York City's Next Great Park - Working with the local community, New York City civic organizations and our elected officials, the Conservancy has helped bring bring this vision to the brink of reality.  The plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park has been approved, and construction is set to begin in 2007.

Free Events in the Park - The beginnings of Brooklyn Bridge Park, between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, have become a treasured urban oasis.  The Conservancy brings exciting cultural, educational and recreational programming to the Park all season long - all free!  

Get involved!  Enjoy great events in the Park, join the Green Team, participate in community meetingsvoice your support for the Parkshare your ideas for the Park, or donate to the Conservancy.  Every effort makes a diiference as this magnificent stretch of waterfront transforms into New York City's next great park! 

Our Vision

A world-class park that reflects the history and character of the Brooklyn waterfront, and serves the people of the New York City region and beyond. 

Our Mission

To ensure the creation, adequate funding, proper maintenance, public support, and citizen enjoyment of Brooklyn Bridge Park through partnership with government, development of programming, and active promotion of the needs of the park and its constituents.

Our IRS Form 990 can be found on www.guidestar.org.  Click here for our guidestar listing. Click here for on-line privacy policy.

Our Accomplishments

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has worked for twenty years to support the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park. It has developed a respected professional staff, attracted a Board of outstanding business and civic leaders, and maintained a membership of more that 60 civic, community and environmental organizations. 

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Staff Directory

 

» Board of Directors
» Advisory Board
» Staff
» Member Organizations
» Neighborhood Advisory Committee


Board of Directors:

David Kramer, Chair
H. Claude Shostal, Vice Chair
Tensie Whelan, Vice Chair
Lisa Barlow, Secretary
Marc Agger
Mark Baker
Kent Barwick
Nancy Bowe
Al Butzel
Penelope Christophorou
Dick Dadey
Stephen Dietz
Martine Guerrier
Kara Hailey 

Rachel Hines
Timothy Ingrassia
Irene Janner
Ken Leung
Connie Roosevelt
Theodore P. Shen
Peter Stern
Diana Taylor
Tupper Thomas
Gary VanderPutten
Alexander Zagoreos

Advisory Board:

Theodore Roosevelt IV, Chair, Lehman Brothers, League of Conservation Voters
John Adams, Natural Resources Defense Council
Paul J. Elston, New York League of Conservation Voters
Fred Kent, Project for Public Spaces
Ron Shiffman, Pratt Institute for Environmental and Community Development
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, Audubon Society
Allen Swerdlowe, American Institute of Architects
James T.B. Tripp, Environmental Defense
Jack Walsh, Celebrate Brooklyn
John Watts, Chair Emeritus
David Offensend, Vice Chair Emeritus

Staff:

Marianna Koval, President
Sam Wasko, Private Event Coordinator
Richard Loyd, Director of Development
Kara Gilmour, Stewardship and Education Coordinator
Brian McGorry, Director of Finance, Administration and Special Projects
Beth Newborn, Operations Manager
Kellie Rogers, Public Programming Coordinator
Viannah Duncan, Executive Assistant
Nancy Webster, Deputy Director / Director of Marketing and Communications

Member Organizations:

American Institute of Architects, Brooklyn
American Society of Landscape Architects/NY Chapter
American Youth Soccer Organization
Atlantic Avenue Association/LDC
Bargemusic
Boerum Hill Association
Brooklyn Alliance
Brooklyn Blades Hockey Club
Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment
Brooklyn Central Y.M.C.A.
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Brooklyn Economic Development Corp
Brooklyn Friends of Clear Water
Brooklyn Heights Association
Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee
Brooklyn Historic Quest Trail
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.
Brooklyn Sports Foundation
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition
Brownstone Republican Club
Carroll Gardens Association
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
Coalition for the Bight
Cobble Hill Park Committee
Committee to Improve Carroll Park
Community Board No. 2, Brooklyn
Community Board No. 6, Brooklyn
Concord Village Owners Associations
Con Edison
Cranberry Street Association
DUMBO Improvement District
DUMBO Neighborhood Association
Environmental Action Coalition
Environmental Defense
Environmental Policy Forum
Fine Arts Federation of New York
First Place Tri-Block & Summit Street Block Association
Fort Greene Association
Fulton Ferry Landing Association
Fulton Mall Improvement Association
Historic District Council
Hudson River Park Alliance
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Magnolia Tree Earth Center
Municipal Arts Society
National Audubon Society, NYC Chapter
National Maritime Historical Society
Natural Resources Defense Council
Neighborhood Open Space Coalition
New York Amateur Sports Alliance
New York League of Conservation Voters
New York Therapeutic Riding Center
New Yorkers for Parks (formerly the Parks Council)
Old Brooklyn Waterfront Alliance
Partner for Progress - Independent Democrats
Pratt Area Community Council
Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development
Project for Public Spaces
Prospect Park Alliance
Red Hook Arts
Regional Plan Association
Sierra Club
Society for Clinton Hill
Society for Old Brooklynites
South Oxford Street Block Association
South Street Seaport Museum
Trust for Public Land
The Waterfront Project
Vinegar Hill Association
West Brooklyn Independent Democrats
Women's City Club of New York

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