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Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, 19 Morris Avenue, Building 128, Brooklyn, NY (2026)

05/27/2026

FACT #003: Brooklyn’s greenway connects people to public transit — particularly the ferries! A well-designed and well-maintained greenway system provides a critical piece of New York City’s transportation infrastructure by safely linking communities and destinations and providing last-mile connections to transit stops (including bus, ferry, and subway). The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway’s waterfront location gives its users access to NYC Ferry locations, from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge. Ferry connection was the highest reported type of transit connection along the Greenway, especially in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Red Hook, and especially in Sunset Park, where nearly 20% of users were connecting to the ferry.
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Source: Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway User Study, started in 2019 and completed in spring 2024 through a partnership between Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, , Numina, and .

05/21/2026

MEET THE HONOREES 🌱🦋 At the Gala for Greenways on Thursday, June 4th, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Naval Cemetery Landscape — now Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery — and the people who created this special landscape, have shaped its programming, and continue to tend to the site, including (pictured clockwise from top-left): Nature Sacred and Alden Stoner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and Thomas Woltz, Jeffrey Longhenry (Understory), and Marvel Architects and Scott Demel.

Tickets to our celebration are now available via link in bio and at brooklyngreenway.org.

Enjoy our honorees in conversation with Honorary Chair Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of "Mannahatta" and Vice President of Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden.

05/15/2026

In 2026, as Brooklyn Greenway Initiative celebrates a decade as creator and steward of the landscape at the Naval Cemetery. As we mark the 10-year anniversary, we've shared an exciting announcement: the Naval Cemetery Landscape is now the Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery, and will soon be the first-ever botanical garden in NYC to be accredited by Botanical Gardens Conservation International. We hope you'll join us on Thursday, June 4th, at the Gala for Greenways, our annual fundraiser and the official launch of the new Garden.

CELEBRATING GREENWAY GREENSPACE AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATING THE NAVAL CEMETERY LANDSCAPE
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⏰ Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 6PM to 8PM
📍 61 Williamsburg Street West, Brooklyn (between Flushing and Kent)
🔗 Sponsor opportunities and Host Committee details via link in bio

At our outdoor cocktail party, we'll recognize all those who created this special landscape, have shaped its programming, and continue to tend to the site, including our honorees: Nature Sacred and Alden Stoner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and Thomas Woltz, Jeffrey Longhenry (Understory), Marvel Architects and Scott Demel. Enjoy our honorees in conversation with Honorary Chair Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of "Mannahatta" and Vice President of Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden.

05/14/2026

We’ll be direct: fourteen years is TOO LONG TO WAIT for a greenway. BGI executive director Hunter Armstrong stood alongside elected officials as well as and community organizers on May 4th to celebrate the opening of the 20-block section of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway from Sunset Park to Red Hook. After *more than a decade* of advocating for safe infrastructure. Our op-ed shares more: ⁠
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“[Opening of the new greenway segment is] a genuine reason to celebrate, and an early and very encouraging indication of the Mamdani Administration’s commitment to developing the city’s greenway system. But before we toss the confetti, it’s worth sitting with an uncomfortable fact: this greenway was promised to New Yorkers by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2012. Fourteen years, four mayors, and more than a decade of community advocacy separates that promise from Monday’s ribbon-cutting.” BGI and our colleague-members of .greenways established the NYC Greenways Scorecard for accountability. Read more via link in bio.

05/13/2026

For 10 years, the landscape at the Naval Cemetery has been Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's signature green space and respite for the public on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Climate-resilient ☀🌧 A pollinator meadow of native plants 🐝 A habitat for birds, bats, and insects 🦇

In 2026, as Brooklyn Greenway Initiative celebrates a decade as creator and steward of this historic site, we are thrilled to announce a first for the landscape, the greenway, the borough of Brooklyn, and New York City at-large: the Naval Cemetery Landscape is now the Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery, and will soon be the first-ever botanical garden in NYC to be accredited by Botanical Gardens Conservation International. We hope you'll join us on Thursday, June 4th, at the Gala for Greenways, our annual fundraiser and the official launch of the new Garden.

CELEBRATING GREENWAY GREENSPACE AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATING THE NAVAL CEMETERY LANDSCAPE
Now
⏰ Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 6PM to 8PM
📍 61 Williamsburg Street West, Brooklyn (between Flushing and Kent)
🔗 Sponsor opportunities and Host Committee details via link in bio

At our outdoor cocktail party, we'll recognize all those who created this special landscape, have shaped its programming, and continue to tend to the site, including our honorees: Nature Sacred and Alden Stoner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and Thomas Woltz, Jeffrey Longhenry (Understory), Marvel Architects and Scott Demel. Enjoy our honorees in conversation with Honorary Chair Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of "Mannahatta" and Vice President of Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden.

05/13/2026

Let's talk waterfront! Next Tuesday, May 19th, BGI executive director Hunter Armstrong will join with colleagues for the 2026 WATERFRONT CONFERENCE: Future Proofing Our Waterfronts, hosted by the Waterfront Alliance.

The 2026 Waterfront Conference will convene leaders from government, industry, science, and community sectors — BGI leadership will be speaking about micromobility and Blue Highways 🌊 — to tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time: how to plan, design, and build resilient waterfronts in the face of accelerating climate impacts and shrinking political and financial support. Attending? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to say hello! 👋

📸 1️⃣ Bay Ridge, 2️⃣ Jamaica Bay.

05/12/2026

14 years and four mayors — that's how long Brooklynites and New Yorkers waited for the greenway segment from Hamilton Avenue in Red Hook to 29th Street in Sunset Park to open, earlier this month. In a new op-ed published in today's , Brooklyn Greenway Initiative executive director Hunter Armstrong introduced our strategy for to give "greenway governing" its due: "[BGI and] the NYC Greenways Coalition is calling on Mayor Mamdani to establish a Greenway Task Force, housed in the Mayor's Office and overseen by a deputy mayor with the authority to convene and direct all relevant agencies. Such a taskforce would cut through bureaucratic logjams and hold agencies accountable to schedules that respect the years communities have already waited." Read the full op-ed via link in bio.

05/08/2026

(pictured) is located right on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway 💚 This Saturday, May 9th, come visit as we participate in Fort Greene-Navy Yard Walk & Talk, co-presented by . From the organizers:

Enjoy a free, guided community tour spotlighting the accomplishments, opportunities and needs of parks and open spaces in Fort Greene and around the Navy Yard.

📅 Saturday, May 9
⏰ 11 AM to 1 PM
📍 Fort Greene Park (Washington Park / Dekalb entrance)

🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/fortgreenenavyyard (link in bio)

05/07/2026

Check your tires, click on your helmet, and join us! We're looking forward to a joyful ride 🚲 along Kent Avenue with North Brooklyn Joy Rides on Sunday, May 17th. Meet at the intersection of Kent Avenue and South 3rd Street; we'll depart at 1PM for an easy-breezy 5-mile ride to include some of Brooklyn's incredible greenway 💚 Planning to attend? Let us know in the comments!

05/04/2026

Way to go, Sunset Park and Red Hook! What a pleasure to join with BK Community Board 7, public officials , community organizers , and fellow Brooklynites today at the newly-opened greenway section from Hamilton Avenue to 29th Street! ⁠
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For more than a decade (over 14 years!), the community has advocated for safe greenway infrastructure along this corridor. planned it, built it, and now it’s up to all of us to enjoy it, program it, and promote it! But the work isn’t quite done: this newly-opened section of greenway isn’t yet connected, on either end, to the larger Brooklyn greenway network. That’s where *greenway governing* comes in! Following the success of “pothole politics” in the mayor’s First 100 Days, let’s now turn our collective sights to the incredible benefits greenways offer our city and prioritize those needs. Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and our colleagues are at the ready to work with all partners to ensure another decade-plus doesn’t pass before we see greenway segments from 29th street to 39th and 39th to 58th Streets, as well as Hamilton Avenue to Ferris Street, to be built. It’s a fact: this greenway provides safety, enjoyment and clean, healthy transportation for the Sunset Park and Red Hook communities. We need to complete this vision, and soon!

05/01/2026

More greenway improvements are coming to ! After announcing the Historic Brooklyn Greenway as one of its priorities in 2023, and following the highly-anticipated release of the Harlem River Greenway Plan in late 2025, the city is now moving forward on redesign of Grand Army Plaza to remove car and truck traffic, and connect it to Prospect Park. What does this mean for greenways?

Grand Army Plaza and Prospect park are the linchpin of the Historic Brooklyn Greenway — improving Ocean Parkway from Coney Island to Eastern Parkway and eventually connecting to Highland Park. The Grand Army Plaza redesign is an important link in that connection.

Surface renovations, enhanced user safety features, and better connection across the borough's network of greenways. , at the western end of , is an important hinge point for those continuing onwards towards , just south of . This planned work will improve the user experience for those walking, rolling, or riding along the greenway, as well as those simply relaxing in-place.

📸 Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza. Photo by David Brossard via Wikicommons.

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