Friends and Neighbors,

The time has come to add your mark of support for a project that will give North Brooklyn invaluable new open space, access to the waterfront and facilities for both environmental education and recreational boating.

That project is the Greenpoint Boathouse and Environmental Education Center.

The Boathouse project would give our community a combination of open space, an extension of the waterfront esplanade, educational and recreational facilities, year-round functionality and the renovation of (and public access to) a historic structure.

The Greenpoint Boathouse project is important because the Newtown Creek’s future is in flux; it’s possible, with the Superfund designation and the continued build-out of the Waste Water Treatment Plant, that the City could attempt to close off the Creek to public access. We must stake an unshakeable claim to the Creek as – like all other waterways - a public trust that local residents are the best stewards of.

Please help build the Greenpoint Boathouse and Environmental Education Center. The City Parks Foundation is offering the community a way to make their choice be heard.

Go to one of two locations to express your preferences:

On Wednesday, December 1st, from 3pm to 8pm, we will be at Queens Library (Court Square) at 25-01 Jackson Avenue.

On Thursday, December 2nd, from 3pm to 8pm, we will be at PS34 in Brooklyn, at 131 Norman Avenue (near McGuinness Boulevard).

City Parks Foundation staff will be at both locations to answer questions about the projects and the process. You may only vote once.