Events

Join Newtown Creek Alliance and ISCP staff on September 8th for a guided exhibition and walking tour presented in conjunction with Hans Rosenström: Conspirare, on view at ISCP. This approximately 2.5-mile roundtrip route follows the industrial Newtown Creek waterfront to Plank Road, offering close encounters with one of New York City’s most environmentally complex landscapes. Along the way, Gus Perry, Restoration and Marine Projects Coordinator at Newtown Creek Alliance, will discuss the ecological and industrial histories of the Creek that informed Rosenström’s site-specific installation. The program begins and concludes at ISCP, where participants can experience the exhibition, including an immersive sound installation featuring field recordings of ribbed mussels at Newtown Creek’s Plank Road.

The event begins at 5:30pm at ISCP with an introduction to the exhibition from curator Melinda Lang, ISCP’s Director of Exhibitions and Programs. The group will depart from ISCP by 6:00pm for the walking tour and then return back to ISCP by 7:00pm. A short reception with refreshments will follow.

More info and registration is available on Eventbrite.

Come join us for Open Hours at Kingsland Wildflowers — learn about the green roofs, native plants, and an opportunity to buy native plants!

We’re excited to bring back our Autumn Open Hours and give the community Newtown Native Nursery hours to amplify your greenspace in the Fall!

Come join NCA select Saturdays from September 5 to September 19 to see the green roofs at Kingsland Wildflowers and explore (and purchase) plants from our Native Plant Nursery.

More details via Eventbrite

Join us Creekside on Thursday, August 13, at Kingsland Wildflowers for a celebratory and educational evening with our summer TIDALS Fellows! Meet & learn about the wild animals who call Newtown Creek home, engage with the Creek Cart, and learn about the amazing fieldwork our cohort has been working on all summer long. 🌱🐟 

Refreshments and veggies hot off the grill will be provided. 🌽🍅 All are welcome!

Thank you to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Environmental Justice for funding this program!

Join us for the 10th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival — a free family-friendly event in Greenpoint, Brooklyn!

• Explore our rooftop wildflower meadows
• Experience art installations, performances and live music
• Learn about native wildlife and ecology, including Newtown Creek
• Engage with participating community and environmental organizations
• Buy native plant species
• Enjoy food and drinks with friends and family

2026 Festival Programming TO BE ANNOUNCED

NCA will be hosting Creek Animals HPPC will also be hosting a Rip-rap cleanup and LIC community boathouse will host a walk-up public paddle.

From 12-3PM the LIC community boathouse & North Brooklyn Community Boathouse will host a walk-up public paddle to kayak on the water. The public paddle is walk-up only and first come first serve, we reccommend coming early to secure your spot.

From 12-4PM the Newtown Creek Alliance will be hosting a drop-in Creek Animals inside the the Queens Landing Boathouse to meet animals from our aquariums that live in Newtown Creek while learning about water quality issues, pollution, and restoration efforts.

From 1-3PM Hunters Point Parks Conservancy staff will lead a volunteer riprap cleanup, talking about the role of riprap versus bulkheads for resilience, the impact of plastic waste on our waterways, and they type of trash we’re seeing, followed by a discussion of microplastics in the environment and the impact they have on wildlife and human health. We will meet to start cleaning up the rip-rap at 1PM or so and then will continue to talk about our findings at the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center. You can register for the rip-rap cleanup here: https://signup.com/go/mgKYDXE.