The eight futuristic, stainless steel-clad digester eggs at Brooklyn's Newtown Creek wastewater plant are designed to process as much as 1.5 million gallons of waste every day.
Join the Urban Green Council at this exciting event to learn more about the eggs, results from the plant's recently completed food waste pilot program, and the three-year full-scale demonstration project that will be launching there soon.
With the Environmental Protection Agency's designation of Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek, Superfund has become a colloquial term and a buzzword in New York City.
But what is a Superfund exactly?
This class will focus on citizen participation in the Superfund process and conclude with a discussion of current and future sites in the five boroughs.
An evening of live performances centered around mass transit in this ongoing series of inter-disciplinary programs.
Join NYC H20 and NYC Audubon for a beach cleaning event at Plumb Beach, Brooklyn!
Mapping Brooklyn juxtaposes the work of contemporary artists working with historic maps, with examples of maps themselves, suggesting the myriad ways that maps can represent, on the one hand, such practical matters as way finding, property ownership, population shifts, and war strategy, and on other, the terrain of the metaphorical, psychological, and personal.
Join architectural historian Matt Postal on this historical tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park that spans from the colonial era to present day!
A historic tour of Williamsburg, Brooklyn as part of the Museum of City of New York's collaboration with Municipal Art Society’s “50 for the 50th!” Tours.
As rents rise, Bushwick has become a haven over the years for street artists and graffiti writers seeking lower rent, leaving the area saturated with art. Come along as we explore the legal and illegal sides of the artistic community.
Since starting in 2008, this event has become an annual staple of community life. Now, it is the place to go to learn about local sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, art and music.
Series of Renegade Craft Fair Pop-Ups every Saturday outdoors this June at the lovely East River State Park!
NYC Parks' bright and talented Urban Park Rangers are what make our Weekend Adventure programs so amazing.
This birding by canoe trip will explore the waters of Gerritsen Creek and paddle by a delicate island where only wildflowers and wild birds reside!
Come check out the world’s largest rooftop farm in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard! The guides from the Brooklyn Grange will tell you about our their operations and farming methods, the basics of their business model, and the environmental benefits of urban agriculture and rooftop farming, then give you some time to explore.