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  • Comedy at the Boathouse

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

    The only comedy show in a Brooklyn boathouse. Hosted by Chase Shanahan. 
    Free show, BYOB
    Lineup TBA, follow @shahanagans on Instagram for more information. 

  • Free Walk-Up Paddling From 2nd St.

    Walk-Up Paddles
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    COME PADDLE! Let’s show everyone how great it is to have access to the head of the canal! Help support our water access advocacy by using the canal and bringing friends! Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our 2nd St. Dock. Limited to the head of the canal to the floating boom at 3rd.

  • A cormorant in the water with text "A Persistence of Cormorants, Poetry by the Gowanus" in the water below it.

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    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 […]

  • The Boathouse Jam

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

    Wednesdays April 3 through October 30th, 2024 6:00 - 8:30 PM  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 […]

  • Guided Sunset Paddle

    Specialty Guided Tour
    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 + The Gowanus Dredgers Present: Shifting Haze

    Unheard-of Ensemble Cultural Ecologies Series
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    The last performance of the 2024 Cultural Ecologies season features emerging composers at the cutting edge of music and technology from composers Erich Barganier, Han Geul Lee, Catherine Phang, Alyssa Wixson, and Annie Nikunen, each developing new multimedia works for the ensemble. This performance takes place during climate week NYC!

  • A cormorant in the water with text "A Persistence of Cormorants, Poetry by the Gowanus" in the water below it.

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    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 […]

  • 8th Annual Gowanus Dawn Reading

    Ninth Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal 9th Street & The Canal, Brooklyn, NY

    Our 8th annual Gowanus Dawn Reading! We’ll proclaim poetry from Julian Talamantez Brolaski's "gowanus atropolis" in canoes on the Gowanus Canal!

  • The Boathouse Jam

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

    Wednesdays April 3 through October 30th, 2024 6:00 - 8:30 PM  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 […]