IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check the location of your event, as we host programming in multiple locations. We cannot delay launch or refund tickets if you arrive at the wrong spot.
The public is welcome to attend The Gowanus Dredgers annual meeting at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse (165 2nd st.) to discuss activities, ideas and goals for the upcoming season on the Gowanus, Red Hook, Long Island City and Staten Island. Activity Committees will deliver program reports and announce agenda and goals for this year.
Meet the EPA scientists keeping an eye on our local air quality and visit their mobile laboratory! Get a behind-the-scenes peek inside the "science lab on a bus" that's helping keep an eye on what's in the air in Gowanus! EPA scientists, educators, and other community members will be on hand to answer questions about the ongoing cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, how the EPA is helping monitor the neighborhood for air quality issues during construction, and what you can do to stay safe and informed.
Join the Gowanus Dredgers for a talk in our new Mucking Things Up series launching this year! We're hosting a series of informal talks focused more on storytelling than slideshows. Come learn about our harbor habitat.
Join the Gowanus Dredgers for a talk in our Mucking Things Up series! Our speakers this month are sewer expert CHARLES OLSON & professional diver JOHN HILL.
Socialize with the Dredgers at our BOATHOUSE (165 2nd St,) to discuss the latest updates on Gowanus and get involved. We continue to plan new and fun events on our shoreline and waterway.
Come by the Gowanus Dredger's boathouse for our April monthly meeting.
We'll be preparing for our upcoming season (boating starts in May!) and learning about the potential Gowanus Business Improvement District from representatives from Gowanus Canal Conservancy.
Add valuable rescue skills to your toolbox by taking this certification class. CPR & First Aid is required to be a Trip Leader, we hope you join us!
We offer this CPR and first-aid training at cost. After completing the course, you can opt to receive your AHA eCard, which you can use as proof that you have successfully completed training.
Join us at the Boathouse for our annual Spring Clean! Help us organize, clean and get ready for the coming season.
Join us at the Bunker (2 19th St.) for a shoreline clean & green!
We’re going to get the site ready for the upcoming season opening in May. Help us spruce up everything to get ready to welcome the public for events and guided tours.
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. Gerry reads poetry at […]
Join the Gowanus Dredgers for another Mucking Things Up talk! We're hosting a series of informal talks focused more on storytelling than slideshows. Come learn about our harbor habitat.
The NYC Water Trail Association and the Gowanus Dredgers are looking to offer another round of community boating events in Sunset Park this summer! We'll be holding an organizational meeting on Thursday May 8 from 6-7:30 PM. The location is the lobby of Building A, a waterfront warehouse at the end of 41st Street that […]