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Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is working to build the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway and expand greenways in NYC

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We’ll be direct: fourteen years is TOO LONG TO WAI We’ll be direct: fourteen years is TOO LONG TO WAIT for a greenway. BGI executive director Hunter Armstrong stood alongside elected officials @rep_velazquez @dangoldmanforny @alexaforcouncil @bkbpreynoso as well as @brooklyncb7 and community organizers on May 4th to celebrate the opening of the 20-block section of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway from Sunset Park to Red Hook. After *more than a decade* of advocating for safe infrastructure. Our @nydailynews op-ed shares more: ⁠ ⁠ “[Opening of the new greenway segment is] a genuine reason to celebrate, and an early and very encouraging indication of the Mamdani Administration’s commitment to developing the city’s greenway system. But before we toss the confetti, it’s worth sitting with an uncomfortable fact: this greenway was promised to New Yorkers by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2012. Fourteen years, four mayors, and more than a decade of community advocacy separates that promise from Monday’s ribbon-cutting.” BGI and our colleague-members of @nyc.greenways established the NYC Greenways Scorecard for accountability. Read more via link in bio. #brooklyn #greenway #redhook #sunsetpark
For 10 years, the landscape at the Naval Cemetery For 10 years, the landscape at the Naval Cemetery has been Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's signature green space and respite for the public on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Climate-resilient ☀🌧 A pollinator meadow of native plants 🐝 A habitat for birds, bats, and insects 🦇 In 2026, as Brooklyn Greenway Initiative celebrates a decade as creator and steward of this historic site, we are thrilled to announce a first for the landscape, the greenway, the borough of Brooklyn, and New York City at-large: the Naval Cemetery Landscape is now the Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery, and will soon be the first-ever botanical garden in NYC to be accredited by Botanical Gardens Conservation International. We hope you'll join us on Thursday, June 4th, at the Gala for Greenways, our annual fundraiser and the official launch of the new Garden. CELEBRATING GREENWAY GREENSPACE AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATING THE NAVAL CEMETERY LANDSCAPE Now @bkgreenwaybotanical ⏰ Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 6PM to 8PM 📍 61 Williamsburg Street West, Brooklyn (between Flushing and Kent) 🔗 Sponsor opportunities and Host Committee details via link in bio At our outdoor cocktail party, we'll recognize all those who created this special landscape, have shaped its programming, and continue to tend to the site, including our honorees: Nature Sacred and Alden Stoner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and Thomas Woltz, Jeffrey Longhenry (Understory), Marvel Architects and Scott Demel. Enjoy our honorees in conversation with Honorary Chair Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of "Mannahatta" and Vice President of Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden. #greenway #brooklyn #botanicalgarden #garden
Let's talk waterfront! Next Tuesday, May 19th, BGI Let's talk waterfront! Next Tuesday, May 19th, BGI executive director Hunter Armstrong will join with colleagues for the 2026 WATERFRONT CONFERENCE: Future Proofing Our Waterfronts, hosted by @waterfrontalliance. The 2026 Waterfront Conference will convene leaders from government, industry, science, and community sectors — BGI leadership will be speaking about micromobility and Blue Highways 🌊 — to tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time: how to plan, design, and build resilient waterfronts in the face of accelerating climate impacts and shrinking political and financial support. Attending? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to say hello! 👋 📸 1️⃣ Bay Ridge, 2️⃣ Jamaica Bay. #brooklyn #waterfront #greenway
14 years and four mayors — that's how long Brookly 14 years and four mayors — that's how long Brooklynites and New Yorkers waited for the greenway segment from Hamilton Avenue in Red Hook to 29th Street in Sunset Park to open, earlier this month. In a new op-ed published in today's @nydailynews, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative executive director Hunter Armstrong introduced our strategy for @nycmayor @zohrankmamdani to give "greenway governing" its due: "[BGI and] the NYC Greenways Coalition is calling on Mayor Mamdani to establish a Greenway Task Force, housed in the Mayor's Office and overseen by a deputy mayor with the authority to convene and direct all relevant agencies. Such a taskforce would cut through bureaucratic logjams and hold agencies accountable to schedules that respect the years communities have already waited." Read the full op-ed via link in bio. #greenways #brooklyn #nyc @nycgreenways
#DidYouKnow @navalcemeterylandscape (pictured) is #DidYouKnow @navalcemeterylandscape (pictured) is located right on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway 💚 This Saturday, May 9th, come visit as we participate in Fort Greene-Navy Yard Walk & Talk, co-presented by @ny4p @fortgreenepark. From the organizers: Enjoy a free, guided community tour spotlighting the accomplishments, opportunities and needs of parks and open spaces in Fort Greene and around the Navy Yard. 📅 Saturday, May 9 ⏰ 11 AM to 1 PM 📍 Fort Greene Park (Washington Park / Dekalb entrance) 🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/fortgreenenavyyard (link in @ny4p bio) #greenway #brooklyn #parks #nycparks
Check your tires, click on your helmet, and join u Check your tires, click on your helmet, and join us! We're looking forward to a joyful ride 🚲 along Kent Avenue with @nbk_joy_rides on Sunday, May 17th. Meet at the intersection of Kent Avenue and South 3rd Street; we'll depart at 1PM for an easy-breezy 5-mile ride to include some of Brooklyn's incredible greenway 💚 Planning to attend? Let us know in the comments! #brooklyn #greenway

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