An invitation from our friends at Recycle-A-Bicycle: Youth Bike Summit Bike Community Joins Forces to Empower Youth WHEN:          Friday, January 14th  to  Sunday, January 16th WHERE:        The New School, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, New York KEYNOTE … Continue reading →

Join Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Regional Plan Association, and your neighbors as we begin the visioning for a new public open space on Columbia Street between Kane and Degraw Streets. When the Van Brunt Street reconstruction and the Gowanus Flushing Tunnel … Continue reading →

Join Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Regional Plan Association, and your neighbors as we begin the visioning for a new public open space on Columbia Street between Kane and Degraw Streets. When the Van Brunt Street reconstruction and the Gowanus Flushing Tunnel … Continue reading →

Once again, our monthly greenway clean-up will be postponed, as there is still a layer of snow covering the area adjacent to the Columbia Street segment. Please join us for our next clean-up on Saturday, March 12th, at 10:00AM Questions? Contact Brian … Continue reading →

BGI’s monthly Columbia Street Greenway Clean-Up, which usually takes place on the second Saturday of the month, has been CANCELLED for January due to remaining snow along the greenway route. Please join us at next month’s clean-up, currently scheduled for Saturday, February 12th, … Continue reading →

Our work together is paying off. There are now 4.5 miles of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway in place. You can ride on the greenway from Kent Avenue and N. 14th Street to Columbia Street and Degraw Street, mostly on physically separated … Continue reading →

Thanks to Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s efforts, green infrastructure is now incorporated in the greenway Master Plan that will help reduce combined sewer releases of raw sewage after heavy storms. You might not notice that, but you will notice all of the new plantings … Continue reading →