Join the Green Team!

From April through October, the Green Team, our volunteer stewardship team, provides hands-on care for Brooklyn Bridge Park.  Be a part of the fun.  Call Taylor Black 718 802 0603, ext. 18 for more info. 

Last year volunteers donated more than 3,000 hours to this much-loved and much-used waterfront park, and it showed. Enthusiastic plantings and clean-ups, by friends old and new, make for a healthy, thriving park.  The activities have fostered some wonderful public/private partnerships with volunteer groups from NY Cares, Kellogg Capital Group, AHRC Dean O’Hare Facility, and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, as well as our regular Green Team volunteers, who have helped ensure that Brooklyn Bridge Park is a beautiful and well-maintained urban oasis.

Highlights of our stewardship season include:

- The creation of three thriving native habitats; a sand dune grass habitat, a coastal community of native trees and shrubs, and a bird and butterfly meadow - all of which support the local ecosystem and create an outdoor classroom for visiting school and camp groups.
- The revitalization of the Pier 4 garden for horticultural care and volunteerism.
- Mulching, weeding, planting and re-planting in all areas of the Park.
- Removal of hundreds of pounds of debris from the shore on International Coastal Clean-up Day.
- Environmental Education activities for over 100 park visitors on National Estuaries Day.
- Participation in two city-wide “It’s My Park” Days, including the planting of many native plants and grasses, and hundreds of tulip and daffodil bulbs to be enjoyed next spring.
- Laying new stone dust pathways along Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park entry points to provide easier access to wheelchair users and strollers.
- Maintenance and beautification of the newest section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, which opened in June, at the base of the Manhattan Bridge.

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