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December 2018
General Meeting
Join us for a convening to discuss all things Transmitter Park: programing, stewardship, old building redevelopment, separation wall concept, park issues. We'll recap the year and look toward 2019. Come share your thoughts. Please RSVP. We are grateful to Pastor Foster for making the church available to us.
Find out more »May 2019
Riverkeeper Sweep 2019
Join the Friends of Transmitter Park and Riverkeeper for a clean up of WNYC Transmitter Park on Saturday, May 4, 2019 for the 8th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, a day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries. Volunteers will meet near the mural wall at the WNYC Transmitter Park(Greenpoint Ave and West St., Brooklyn, NY 11222). This Sweep site has neighborhood parking, with limited public parking. We ask all Sweep volunteers to wear sturdy shoes or boots, clothing that they can get dirty,…
Find out more »June 2019
June Bug Jazz Thursdays: Rafik Williamson Quartet at Transmitter Park
This June the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance is partnering with the Jazz Foundation of America for the first time to bring free jazz to your neighborhood park. Every Thursday throughout the month, you can enjoy a sunset concert as part of the Jazz Foundation's Gig Fund, a program that creates much-needed work for accomplished musicians and brings free concerts to underserved audiences across the country. In Transmitter our ears will be graced by the Rafik Williamson Quartet. Rafik Williamson has…
Find out more »Greening Greenpoint Final Tree Planting Ceremony
Greening Greenpoint is celebrating the planting of the final tree of the project! JOIN US AND YOUR FELLOW GREENPOINTERS IN CELEBRATING THE PROJECT BY PLANTING A SWAMP WHITE OAK AT THE TRANSMITTER PARK WATERFRONT BY HAND! The tree will be planted on the Kent St. side of the lawn by the water and the event will begin at 6:00 PM with the tree planting ceremony! After the ceremony stick around to enjoy refreshments and take some bulbs with you to plant at…
Find out more »Films on the Green Presents Peppermint Soda
PEPPERMINT SODA (Diabolo menthe) Directed by Diane Kurys, 1977, PG, 1h41, France (Courtesy of Cohen Media Group) With Anouk Ferjac, Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel Anne (Klarwein) and Frédérique (Michel) are sisters entering their teen years in 1963 Paris. Their life, like the world around them, is in full swing. Their personal struggles include the difficulties of divorced parents, getting their first period, discovering boys, and struggling with the confines of their strict school all while figuring out where they fit…
Find out more »Tree & Medicinal Plant ID Workshop
Friends of Transmitter Park welcomes Arborist Bill Schmidt and Herbalist Maya Robinson to guide us through identifying the park's tree and plant species, focusing on those that potential provide healing properties. Please join us in this opportunity to connect more deeply to Transmitter's natural elements. Please RSVP for free below. Bill Schmidt is a certified arborist and has been a forester for the City of New York for over 10 years, during his career he's planted thousands of trees in…
Find out more »Films on the Green Presents Mustang
MUSTANG Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015, PG-13, 1h34, France-Turkey (Courtesy of Cohen Media Group) With Dogba Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Gunes Sensoy, Ilayda Akdogan, Tugba Sunguroglu Presented in partnership with the American Turkish Society, with the support of Sézane. It’s the beginning of summer in a small village in Northern Turkey. Lale (Sensoy) and her four sisters come home from school, innocently playing with boys. The supposed debauchery of their games arouses a scandal with unexpected consequences and causes the family home…
Find out more »July 2019
Bird and Plant Walk
Join NYC Audubon Birding Guide and Naturalist Tod Winston as he helps us identify bird species in the park and how the planted life supports avian life there and beyond. The Greenpoint Avenue gardens in particular were created with this purpose in mind. Let's get into those weeds. Please register for free. We recommend bringing a pair of binoculars and a hat. Meet inside the Greenpoint Avenue entrance. Tod Winston A lifelong birder and gardener, Tod has worked in various…
Find out more »August 2019
Stargazing on the Transmitter Pier
Members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York return to Transmitter. They will provide telescopes to view celestial objects in the night sky on the Transmitter Park pier. Join us in this free tour of the world beyond the nocturnal skyline. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Moon are possible sightings. We will be stationed at the entrance to the East River pier.
Find out more »October 2019
Observe the Moon Night
Each year on a specific night, all the people of Earth are invited to observe and learn about the Moon together. In Greenpoint FTP welcomes the Amateur Astronomers Association who will set up telescopes on the Transmitter Pier for lunar observation. Since 2010, this annual public outreach event sponsored by NASA and astronomical organizations encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon. The theme for 2019 is “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars. Learn about Earth’s only natural satellite. See the impact craters…
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