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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s David Lowin explains that rip rap walls installed at Brooklyn Bridge Park help lessen the force of waves during storm surge. #BrooklynWaters @bbpnyc pic.twitter.com/3v5Se7rodz
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During Sandy, Jacob Riis Park was blasted by storm surge. @NPCA actively advocated for federal funding to rebuild these sites. Thx to advocacy, 100+ million was dedicated to efforts to expedite rebuilding schedule. pic.twitter.com/xzOvpLwxPj
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- Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
- Brooklyn Heights Blog
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park
- Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
- Brooklyn-Rotterdam Waterfront Exchange
- Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association
- Gowanus Canal Community Development Corp.
- Gowanus Canal Conservancy
- Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
- New York City College of Technology
- New York Harbor School
- Newtown Creek Alliance
- Partnership for Sustainable Ports
- PortSide New York
- Red Hook Star-Revue
- Sheepshead Bites
- Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation
- Sunset Park Brownfield Opportunity Area – RFP organized by UPROSE
- The Sixth Borough: Redefining Brooklyn's Waterfront
- The Word on Columbia Street
- UPROSE (United Puerto Rican Org. of Sunset Park)
- Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
- Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
- Waterfront Museum
- Working Harbor Committee
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- Brooklyn Waters: Sea Level Rise, Sustainability, and Resilience along the Brooklyn Waterfront
- Art at the Water’s Edge: Building Community Along Brooklyn’s Waterfront
- Wine-Making Along the Brooklyn Waterfront
- November Breakfast Talk: Green Gentrification with Kenneth Gould and Tammy Lewis
- BWRC Hosts Belgian Urban Planners
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Wine-Making Along the Brooklyn Waterfront
The BWRC hosted its second breakfast talk of the semester, “Making Wine on the Brooklyn Waterfront: Blending Community, Philanthropy and Education,” on Friday December 1st. The event was led by hospitality management professor Karen Goodlad, who also directs the campus-wide … Continue reading
November Breakfast Talk: Green Gentrification with Kenneth Gould and Tammy Lewis
On Friday, November 17th, BWRC hosted a Breakfast Talk featuring Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis who spoke about their book, Green Gentrification: Urban Sustainability and the Struggle for Environmental Justice. BWRC welcomed Gould and Lewis to … Continue reading
BWRC Mourns the Passing of Sunny Balzano
BWRC joins the Red Hook and Brooklyn communities in mourning the passing of Sunny Balzano, patron of the arts and owner of the beloved Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook. The subject of a recent book, Sunny’s Bar had been long … Continue reading
BWRC: Summer and Fall
Welcome back to another academic year. Save the dates for these Breakfast Talks both 8:30am to 10:00am at CityTech in Room N119: October 24th – Tarry Hum, author of Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood: Brooklyn’s Sunset Park November 14th – … Continue reading
Double Your Impact
Did you know that any donation given to the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center will go twice as far? Thanks to a generous grant, donations given to the BWRC will be matched, allowing their full value to fund our endowment, while … Continue reading
Art, Coffee, and other events
Update: Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the November 9th Breakfast talk has been postponed. A new date has not yet been assigned. It’s been a while since we’ve updated this page, so it’s time to let you know … Continue reading
Feb. 24 Breakfast Talk: “Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and the Future of the Brooklyn Waterfront”
The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center is pleased to announce our second Breakfast Talk. Professor Klaus H. Jacob, a special research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, will discuss his projections on the impact of climate-driven sea-level rise … Continue reading
Autumn 2011 Waterfront Roundup
COMPETING BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK DEVELOPMENT PLANS UNVEILED At a public meeting on November 22, seven of the city’s biggest developers unveiled competing plans for a hotel and condos in what are currently two empty parcels sandwiched between Pier 1 and … Continue reading
Breakfast Talk: Evan Hughes, Author of Literary Brooklyn
The BWRC is proud to present the first in its series of Breakfast Talks, featuring Evan Hughes, the author of Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life. Hughes will be discussing the relationship that … Continue reading
Waterfront Conference a Big Success!
We just wanted to thank all of you who came out yesterday for our first conference at beautiful Brooklyn Borough Hall! It was a big success, with a wide variety of panelists, as well as formal reports delivered by the … Continue reading
