Calling all volunteers! Please join us to clean Powell's Cove Park on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 9 am to Noon. We will remove trash from the East River coast, rake & bag leaves, and plant 1,000 daffodil bulbs. Wear old shoes and clothes: you'll get messy. Gloves and bags will be provided. Meet at the […]
It is spring cleaning time on the East River! Join us as we clean the polluted coast at Powell's Cove Park in College Point, and work shoulder to shoulder with like-minded people who want to make things better. We can and will make a difference! Our event is part of the Riverkeeper Sweep, in which […]
Join Coastal Preservation Network for our biggest event of the year – our Family Earth Fair! It will be a great day environmental service, education and fun at MacNeil Park in College Point. Help clean the beach and park....enjoy FREE KAYAKING in the East River with HarborLAB....live animals with Alley Pond Environmental Center ....robotic with with […]
Do you want free NYC compost? Coastal Preservation Network is co-sponsoring a giveaway day on Sept. 30 from 1-3 pm at MacNeil Park (near the baseball field). ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Email kathryncervino (at) gmail.com DSNY will provide 40lb bags of garden mulch made from NYC food scraps & yard waste. Fall is a great […]
Come rake the fall leaves, plant some daffodil bulbs, make art with leaves (ARTbeat5), and have some free apple cider! Fall is here and the park is awash in color! Volunteers will move leaves from the ground, to the new leaf compost bin that we built this summer. We will use our new battery-powered leaf […]
We will team with local Girl Scouts Troop 4725, 6th through 8th grade Cadettes, to rake leaves from the daffodil shoots that are starting to emerge at MacNeil Park. CPN has planted bulbs (donated by New Yorkers for Parks) year after year, and these flowers are beautiful each spring! We will also hang the remainder […]
It's spring cleaning time on the East River! Join us as we clean the polluted coast at Powell's Cove Park in College Point, and work shoulder to shoulder with like-minded people who want to make things better. We will meet at the NEWEST entrance to PCP - the northernmost entrance, at 7th Ave. and 130th […]
The beach at Powell's Cove Park is very polluted in several spots, and we will tackle two of the worst. Both are accessible from the "flagpole entrance" at 9th ave and 130th st.: the beach just east of the "painted rocks" overlook, and the beach whose entry path is a short walk from that overlook. […]
Join us Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 am-1 pm at Powell's Cove Park to rebuild the worn paths in the western half of the park. Today, we got a truckload of bluestone chips delivered to the park. We will work together to spread the chips throughout the path. Meet at the 11th Ave. and 133rd […]
In advance of the Dec. 15 holiday tree lighting at MacNeil Park, co-sponsored by CPN and Sen. John Liu, we need to string the lights onto the tree! We will have people in a boom truck hanging the lights way up high, but could use a few volunteers on the ground to get the lights […]