Since 1999 the Dredgers have empowered people to care for the Gowanus Canal through advocacy, conservation, and education. We encourage an understanding of the NY-NJ harbor as a resource for recreation and education as well as a waterway for commuters, tourists and goods. Our organization promotes waterfront stewardship and is raising awareness of sewer overflow issues that affect our Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY. Activities are conducted on the canal and shoreline, with occasional voyages to neighboring waterfront communities of Red Hook, Sunset Park and Brooklyn Heights
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Events Calendar
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A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. |
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1 event,
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
$5 – $10
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3 events,
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
$5 – $10
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street! 
Join our Crew on a sunset and full-moon guided adventure!! Meet at the the Gowanus Dredgers Bunker, at the end of 19th St / off 3rd Ave, 11232 - NOT our 2nd St. boathouse. Tickets required, available via eventbrite. |
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Brooklyn Tides: Excerpts from New York Waterfront Diary is a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based photographer Sophie Fenwick. The exhibit showcases photographs of various Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods culled from the artist’s book New York Waterfront Diary, published by 5 Continents Editions in 2023. |
2 events,
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street!
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. |
0 events,
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1 event,
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
$5 – $10
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1 event,
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
$5 – $10
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2 events,
City Fragments, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media, creating extraordinary, fragmented views of our city. 
On August 8th, Unheard-of presents a new premiere for the ensemble, electronics, and video by David Bird, composer, producer, and multimedia artist praised for his “inventive, mind-expanding electroacoustic soundscapes” (An Earful). Unheard-of is joined by special guest band Ginita y La Orquesta Esa for a closing set of latin Jazz tunes from the group’s latest self-titled album!
Free
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2 events,
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each.
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street! |
0 events,
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1 event,
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
$5 – $10
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2 events,
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
$5 – $10
Join the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club for a secret, one of a kind, personal sunset cruise in canoes above Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. |
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0 events,
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1 event,
City Fragments, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media, creating extraordinary, fragmented views of our city. |
2 events,
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street!
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. |
1 event,
Socialize with the Dredgers at our BUNKER (2 19th St, off of 3rd Ave) for a casual member catch-up and paddle! We’ll gather at 6:30 and aim to be on-water around 7:15. |
1 event,
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
$5 – $10
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1 event,
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
$5 – $10
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0 events,
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0 events,
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1 event,
City Fragments, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media, creating extraordinary, fragmented views of our city. |
2 events,
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each.
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street! |
0 events,
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1 event,
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
$5 – $10
|
2 events,
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
$5 – $10
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street! |
0 events,
|
1 event,
Join our Crew on a sunset and full-moon guided adventure!! Meet at the the Gowanus Dredgers Bunker, at the end of 19th St / off 3rd Ave, 11232 - NOT our 2nd St. boathouse. Tickets required, available via eventbrite. |
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Gather materials for cyanotype printmaking on a short canoe paddle in Gowanus Bay! Meet at the the Gowanus Dredgers Bunker, at the end of 19th St / off 3rd Ave, 11232 - NOT our 2nd St. boathouse. RSVP required, available via eventbrite.
$5 – $10
City Fragments, a dual exhibition featuring Carol Dronsfield and Leigh Klonsky, encourages viewers to look at their urban surroundings in a different light. The Brooklyn-based artists explore and dissect familiar NYC scenes that many of us often overlook. Dronsfield zeros in on wild postings – multi-layered wheat paste advertisements, and Klonsky focuses on street trees. They photograph these everyday sights and reinterpret them using collage and mixed media, creating extraordinary, fragmented views of our city. |
1 event,
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. |
0 events,
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1 event,
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
$5 – $10
|
1 event,
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
$5 – $10
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0 events,
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0 events,
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1 event,
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street! |
