PLEASE NOTE: We have two launch locations, the Boathouse at 165 2nd St. / off Bond St. and the Bunker at the end of 19th St. off of 3rd Ave. The starting place for each activity is listed with the event listing. In general, guided tours leave from 19th St. Walk-Up paddling may be at either location, depending on the current status of the work in the canal. It takes about 35 minutes to walk between the locations and about 10 minutes to drive. PLEASE CHECK the location to ensure you are not late to a timed tour. Trips can not be joined once the group leaves the dock.
[ Rain 30 min. Prior to start time may cancel event and dates +30 days in the future are subject to change ]
Our 8th annual Gowanus Dawn Reading! We’ll proclaim poetry from Julian Talamantez Brolaski’s “gowanus atropolis” in canoes on the Gowanus Canal!
Readers: 7:00 am report time at Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club’s Bunker Launch Site at 2 19th St, Brooklyn. To request spot as a canoe reader in advance, contact Brad Vogel : Brad.Vogel[@]gmail.com.
Audience: 7:45 am arrival – Follow us on social media and check back here as the date gets closer for specific bridge location amidst superfund cleanup changes. Watch and listen from a bridge over the Gowanus Canal. Dredgers Captain Emeritus and poet Brad Vogel and performer and vocalist Melody Bates lead the crew as they get medieval on Brolaski’s sludgy verse.