Greenhouse Gang is back! Join us April 15th as we kick off Spring with our first hands-on event!
NCA welcomes volunteers and horticulture enthusiasts to help us expand our native nursery, propagated from locally collected wild seed. Plants grown in our greenhouse are used to supplement our restoration projects around the Creek, maintain the rooftop meadows at Kingsland Wildflowers, and integrated into our Newtown Native Nursery. This is an ideal opportunity for those looking to support an attractive habitat for our local ecology.
Come join NCA every Friday from September 5 to October 17 to see the green roofs at Kingsland Wildflowers and explore (and purchase) plants from our Native Plant Nursery.
The event’s allow the public to learn about the green roofs and native plants, as well as experiencing the Newtown Creek during the golden hour from our scenic wildflower meadows. This is a family friendly event, kindly keep in mind that we use our green roofs as an educational resource, we prefer that furry friends stay at home. NCA staff will be on hand to answer questions about the space, the ecological benefits of green roofs, and talk about our current activities around Newtown Creek!
SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, October 23, 2025
We’re excited to announce NCA’s 8th Annual Tidal Toast — a celebration of Newtown Creek! Bringing together community members, champions of the Creek, and local businesses, Tidal Toast is an evening of inspiration and impact. All are invited to join the NCA crew as we look to the future of the Creek and dance the night away. Hope to see you there!
Stay tuned to meet our 2025 Restore, Reveal, and Revitalize Honorees and for event volunteer information.
Past Events
Join the Newtown Creek Alliance on this 5-mile bike tour to witness and discuss a number of key environmental issues and public access opportunities along Newtown Creek. The tour will bring us to key street-end areas that we are targeting for enhanced public access, improved safety, and opportunities for restoration and ecological benefits.
Stainless steel gates, petrified tree stumps, “paleocene” engraved on granite steps…
Curious about what it all means? Join Newtown Creek Alliance staff on this guided tour of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, as we peel back layers of history and symbolism within this unique community space.
We’ll also talk through intertidal restoration projects undertaken by Newtown Creek Alliance, including a stop over at the nearby North Henry Inlet to explore our floating marsh structures.
At the close of the tour, attendees can visit Kingsland Wildflowers for sunset and skyline views, where the green roofs and native plant nursery will be open during our “Autumn Evenings” series!
This 6-mile bike tour will follow the proposed route of the Department of Environmental Protection’s planned Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Storage Tunnel for Newtown Creek. Years in the making, this massive, multi-billion dollar infrastructure project will bring much needed relief and reduction to the repeated discharging of untreated sewage entering Newtown Creek during rain events. 2025 is a critical year for designing the tunnel and getting everything lined up to begin construction in the coming years (the project completion date is 2040).
Along the way, we’ll pass pump houses, sewer grates, and CSO discharge points, stopping frequently to point out existing infrastructure and talk about the DEP’s planned underground work.
Have you noticed how hot it can get in the city—especially around Newtown Creek?
Join artist DaeQuan Alexander Collier on Thursday, September 11th at 6:30PM at the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center for a film screening and workshop exploring how heat shapes our bodies, cities, and imaginations. The evening will feature clips from iconic portrayals of urban heat over time, followed by a participatory workshop inviting you to reflect and create together.
Free and open to the public; recommended for adults.
DaeQuan Collier is a Bronx-born interdisciplinary artist and writer whose practice weaves together moving image, sound, and experimental storytelling to examine how memory is shaped, held, and transmitted. Moving between physical objects and digital tools, his work conjures spaces for communion. Through installation, video, and text-based works, Collier explores how personal and collective histories are archived and mediated, often drawing on oral traditions, site-specific research, and found materials. His work is informed by how media, images, and space affect us, engaging storytelling as a mode of inquiry, healing, and reimagining. He holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA from Emerson College.
Join Newtown Creek Alliance and Billion Oyster Project for Critters After Dark—an evening of hands-on marine science and nighttime waterfront discovery at the Queens Landing Boathouse in Hunters Point South Park. Taking place just after sunset and during high tide, this free event invites participants to explore the ecology of Newtown Creek after dark. The evening will kick off with a brief introduction to the creek’s unique environment, touching on topics like algal blooms and bioluminescence.
Particpants will rotate through interactive stations including live plankton tows and microscopy, flashlight waterside exploration, a hands-on critter ID challenge, and a deep dive into Billion Oyster Project’s restoration work. Educators and staff will be onsite to guide activities, answer questions, and share resources
Free and open to the public; recommended for adults and curious learners.