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  • Desire Lines and Daylighting : work by photographer Nathan Kensinger

    Monthly Gowanus Artists 2025
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Desire Lines and Daylighting is a new body of work by photographer Nathan Kensinger, looking at informal access points along three of the city’s larger waterways – the Flushing Creek, Harlem River, and Newtown Creek – and documenting work being done by community groups to open up public access along the waterfront.

  • 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. 

  • The Boathouse Jam

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

    The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while fostering the continued resurgence of acoustical collaborations in Brooklyn. We are inclusive of all - young & old, new & seasoned musicians. Just bring a smile and your musical instrument and/or your voice to join our one night makeshift band.

  • Gowanus Jug & String Band Sessions

    Gowanus Jug & String Band Sessions
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Gowanus Jug & String Band Sessions
    Thursday evenings starting May 1st, 6-8:30 at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse
    165 2nd Street between Bond and the Gowanus Canal. We are excited to expand our musical offerings with this new weekly jam.
    Jam Leader: Papa Ernie Vega
    Dredger Host: Liz Rabson Schnore

  • 🎃 Halloween Cabaret

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

    For twenty years the Ukulele Cabaret has provided a stage for musicians, artists and performers from New York's underground ukulele scene! 

  • Bunker Work Day

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

    Help us clean up and close out the 2025 on-water season at the Bunker! We'll be tidying up the space, repainting some details, cleaning and repairing gear, linseeding the dock, and other tasks as needed. Dress for the weather and mess. Bring water, a snack, and work gloves if you have them!

  • The Boathouse Jam: Winter Edition

    Boathouse Jam – Winter Edition
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Keep jamming throughout the winter at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse. Bring your acoustic instrument, bring your jam busters, and be ready to expand your jam comfort zone!

  • Brooklyn Folk Festival: Banjo Toss Competition

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

    Each year, as part of the Brooklyn Folk Festival , contestants gather on the banks of the fetid Gowanus Canal to see who can throw a banjo the farthest in the - BANJO TOSS: BANJO THROWING COMPETITION! The special "throwing banjo", attached to a rope is tossed into the canal, a federally designate Super Fund site. The marked rope pays out, showing how far the banjo has been tossed. It is then hauled back in for the next throw.

  • The Boathouse Jam: Winter Edition

    Boathouse Jam – Winter Edition
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Keep jamming throughout the winter at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse. Bring your acoustic instrument, bring your jam busters, and be ready to expand your jam comfort zone!

  • VAULT|Gowanus : Landscape/Value

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

    KAJE is pleased to present VAULT|Gowanus : Landscape/Value, a site-responsive performance commission taking place Saturday, November 22nd at 2 19th Street at 5pm. The performance is programmed as part of a cross-disciplinary presentation by VAULT, an expansive collaboration led by artists Kevin Hernández Rosa, Arien Wilkerson, and Marisa Williamson.   The VAULT project has drawn nearly […]