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  • FREE Walk-Up Paddling – 19th St.

    Free Walk-Up Paddling 2025
    Gowanus Dredgers Bunker (19th St.) 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY

    Walk-up is back at 19th St, thanks to our amazing Canoe Campers!!
    Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our floating docks at the Gowanus Dredgers Bunker Launch Site!  Limited to the mouth of the Gowanus Canal to 9th Street and Free (donations encouraged). Please note, this activity is NOT at our 2nd St Boathouse.

  • Paddle-In Movies : Creature Feature Weekend!

    Paddle-In Movies : Creature Feature Weekend!
    Gowanus Dredgers Bunker (19th St.) 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY

    Join The Gowanus Dredgers for a weekend of Creature Feature paddle-in movies! We're screening our seasonal favorite, Creature from the Black Lagoon, as well as a new-to-us film, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Tickets will be available soon, register for each screening separately. 

  • Paddle-In Movies : Creature Feature Weekend!

    Paddle-In Movies : Creature Feature Weekend!
    Gowanus Dredgers Bunker (19th St.) 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY

    Join The Gowanus Dredgers for a weekend of Creature Feature paddle-in movies! We're screening our seasonal favorite, Creature from the Black Lagoon, as well as a new-to-us film, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Tickets will be available soon, register for each screening separately. 

  • UPDATE: Spooky Shenanigans on the Gowanus Canal – Halloween Parade

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    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Shenanigans will be on-shore tonight as a result of yesterday's storm. Hello Intrepid Gowanus Paddler, We have a different kind of "Boo!" for this Halloween afternoon. Unfortunately, yesterday's massive rainstorm […]

  • Volunteer Orientation & Training

    Volunteer Orientation & Training
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    May marks the start of the on-water season, and we're kicking things off with a new volunteer orientation and training. Join us for a 90-minute session that will teach you everything you need to know about volunteering with the Dredgers. What you'll do: Get introduced to the Gowanus Dredgers, the Gowanus Canal, and how you […]

  • Volunteer Orientation & Training

    Volunteer Orientation & Training
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    May marks the start of the on-water season, and we're kicking things off with a new volunteer orientation and training. Join us for a 90-minute session that will teach you everything you need to know about volunteering with the Dredgers. What you'll do: Get introduced to the Gowanus Dredgers, the Gowanus Canal, and how you […]

  • Guided Sunset Paddle

    Sunset Tours
    Gowanus Dredgers Bunker (19th St.) 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY

    Join the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club for a secret, one of a kind, personal sunset cruise in canoes above Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.

  • Unheard-of + Dredgers present videogame Funk band Discocactus

    Cultural Ecologies Series: Unheard-of and Discocactus Date: May 23rd, 2026, 7PM Canoe Launch, 7:30PM Music Location: Gowanus Dredgers Bunker, 2 19th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Canoe Seats: $15 donation to Dredgers, Shore seating Free RSVP/Tickets here Join Unheard-of Ensemble, the Dredgers, and special guests video game jazz-funk ensemble Discocactus to open the season! Unheard-of opens […]