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Clothing Swap & Cocktails in Williamsburg

Better Than Jam Studio & Store 20 Grattan Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Do a little spring cleaning and update your style at the same time: take your gently used clothing to Ethical Writers' Coalition's Spring Swap, and pick up other fashionistas' pieces. All the unclaimed items at the end of the day will be donated to charity for women in need of interview-appropriate clothing. To make your swapping even more fun, there will be organic cocktails and goody bags.

$11.34 – $16.52

Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested

Sunset Park High School 153 35th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide (and City Limits contributor) Norman Oder, along with neighborhood activist Maria Roca, on a wide-ranging tour of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn !

Free – $20

New Christodora Volunteer Day at the Bronx River Flotilla

Join Christodora's New Youth Conservationists in volunteering at the rescheduled 2016 Bronx River Flotilla, a 5-mile paddle down the Bronx River in celebration of the progress that the Bronx River Alliance has made in reclaiming the river as a place that children can explore and play!

Free

Queens Clean Up Crew Kick-Off Event

Kick off is at 10am in Astoria Park at 19th Street (between 23rd Ave and 22nd Drive). We invite ALL our neighbors to come out and volunteer to help clean up this beautiful community space! Hang out with your neighbors and enjoy.

Free

2nd Annual Neighborhood Love Your Street Tree Day

Urban Assembly School for Green Careers 145 W. 84th St., New York, NY, United States

Join our elected officials, Community Board 7, NYC Parks Department, Sanitation Department, local businesses and non-profits, students and parents, environmental organizations, and community groups as we gather for our annual Spring cleanup and beautification day on the UWS.

Free

NYC Park’s Treescount! Data Jam

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

On Saturday, June 4th, NYC Parks will unveil NYC’s latest urban forest dataset, the most spatially accurate map of New York City’s street trees. Join…

Free – $10

Deciphering Manhattan

Unnamed Venue Northwest corner of 40th Street and 5th Ave., New York, NY, United States

In Manhattan, habits of behavior and development go a long way in explaining New York’s place in the U.S. and the world. This simple walk through midtown tells what is where and why.

Free

Building Low-cost Tree Guards

Join New York Restoration Project (NYRP), your neighbors, and other green souls in sprucing up the block for the Bed-Stuy Summer KickOff.

Free

L.E.S. Decoded: Neighborhood Exploration & Conversation

Unnamed Venue 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, United States

How can we better grasp—and question—the complex building, city, and social codes that shape the neighborhoods around us? From the span of sidewalks and the lifetime of scaffolding to the rules of public restrooms and the limits of loitering, we’ll unravel the official and unofficial rules of public space

Free

L Train Shutdown Charette

https://www.vanalen.org/events/l-train-shutdown-charette/ As neighborhoods along the L train brace for an interruption in service of unprecedented scale, this fast-paced competition asks interdisciplinary teams to propose implementable…

Free

Videogames for Social Impact, Learning and Health

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

Come meet President of Games for Change, Susanna Pollack, and learn about the power of video games for social good! Susanna will highlight world-changing projects…

Free