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The Newtown Creek Alliance and the Working Harbor Committee have teamed up to offer educators a free boat tour of Newtown Creek on Tuesday, October 18. Low-cost ($10) tours of the Creek will be offered to the […]

The BWRC took part in City of Water Day on July 16 on Governors Island. We sought the public’s input on important issues facing Brooklyn’s waterfront and offered a prize for the best suggestion. Nancy Cardozo of […]

Registration is open–just click the image below. The event is free, but you must register.

Join our comrades at the Newtown Creek Alliance for a bike tour of Newtown Creek this Saturday, October 1, departing from N. 11th and Wythe at 2 p.m. They’ve provided an annotated route map.

The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center joined hundreds of other organizations and thousands of other supporters, fans and enthusiasts of NYC’s waterways on Governors Island this past Saturday for City of Water Day . We spent the day gathering fascinating stories and valuable input from dozens of people about their thoughts, hopes, opinions, and best anecdotes about Brooklyn’s waterfront. […]

We at the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center are excited to participate in City of Water Day on Saturday, July 16 on Governors Island. Take the free ferry from Brooklyn Bridge Park or lower Manhattan to Governors Island and stop by our table and share your thoughts on your favorite places on the Brooklyn […]

The BWRC is delighted to announce the appointment of two research fellows and a project coordinator! Sapna Advani is our research fellow for preservation and urban design.  Sapna is currently Director of Planning at Chelsea West Architects and has over fifteen years’ experience designing and planning complex urban projects in New York City and internationally. […]