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Calendar of Events
Events for May 2012
May 05, 2012 (9AM - 3PM)
Bronx River Flotilla
Traverse the Bronx River - beginning at Shoelace Park end at Concrete Plant Park
Registration is full. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
Details may be found here.
Join us for our first public paddling event of the season. You and over 200 participants will paddle and glide along almost six miles of the Bronx River, from 219th Street to Concrete Plant Park. Enjoy unique views of the neighborhoods through which the river flows on its way to the sea.
Due to the numbers of paddlers on this trip, we request that all paddlers have experience and be 18 or older. Throughout the season we will offer experiences for all skill levels and ages.
 Canoeing takes place on water so expect to get wet, the banks of the river are dirt so expect to get muddy, and be sure to wear clothes appropriate for the activity, including closed toe, well fitted footwear. While most of the trip is a tranquil paddle, we are prepared for accidents and you should be too. Consider bringing a change of clothes.
Please use this Map for locations,
Make sure to bring a completed waiver to facilitate getting on water in a timely mannner! Click here to learn about what to expect on a paddle.
All funds raised for this event will go back into the essential work on the Bronx River that you entrust us to do.
Have your own canoe or kayak or want to find other ways to participate? Contact damian.griffin@parks.nyc.gov.
FLOTILLA: 9am - 3pm. A five-mile float down the beautiful Bronx River for experienced paddlers 18 yrs+. Registration is required!
PICNIC: 12:30pm - 4pm at Concrete Plant Park. Welcome paddlers as they reach the finish line. (First will arrive around 12:30 pm, the last around 3:30pm.) Bring a blanket and picnic lunch.
We would also like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the 2012 Bronx River Flotilla:
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May 10, 2012 (3:30 pm)
Education Team meeting
Rocking the Boat, 812 Edgewater Road, Bronx, NY 10474
Join the Alliance's Education Team on Thursday, May 10th, for a general meeting of the education team at Rocking the Boat (rockingtheboat.org for directions).
Agenda includes:
- Follow up and working ideas on iNaturalist
- Camping in the Bronx! Ideas for August 10th camp out in the Bronx River Forest
- June 2nd Bronx River Festival and Student Presentations Haiti
- An opportunity for overseas professional development.
- Sebago Canoe Club “Open House” on May 26. Call 718 241 3683 or www.sebagocanoeclub.org for more info.
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May 12, 2012 (12PM - 3PM)
Learn-to-Ride Clinic for Youth
Concrete Plant Park (1370 Westchester Ave btw Whitlock Ave and Bronx River Ave)
Learn-to-Ride Youth
Concrete Plant Park, Bronx, NY
Saturday, May 12th - 12PM - 3PM
Concrete Plant Park - Westchester Ave btw Whitlock Ave and Bronx River Ave.
Map
 Join the Bronx River Alliance and partner Bike New York for a Youth Learn-to-Ride Clinic at Concrete Plant Park. The event will be held from 12PM to 3PM.
We kindly ask that you register, by clicking here, to participate in the Learn-to-Ride Clinic. However, walk-in students are welcome.
Contact Devona Sharpe, devona.sharpe@parks.nyc.gov or 718-430-4618, for more information.
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May 12, 2012 (10AM - 4PM)
Mother's Day Community Paddle and Bike Loan
Concrete Plant Park (Westchester Ave between Whitlock Ave and Bronx River Ave)
  Concrete Plant Park
10AM - 4PM
Join us along the Bronx River and Bronx River Greenway for our monthly free Community Paddle and Bike Loan! The bikes and canoes will be made available for the public, for free. Bring your mom and show her how much you love her with a quiet paddle on the river followed by a nice ride on the greenway. Please come prepare with some form of city or state identification to borrow a bike.
Youth under 18 will need parental consent to use bikes.
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May 19, 2012 (10AM - 1PM)
Bronx River Ramble: Missing Link 2 - Fleetwood to Bronxville
Fleetwood Metro-North station
 Bronx River Ramble: Missing Link, 2 Fleetwood to Bronxville
10AM to 1PM
Meet at Fleetwood Metro-North startion (Harlem Line)
Save the date for the second Ramble of a three-part series: Missing Links. The Ramble will pick up where the first Missing Links tour left off, searching out and exploring still more disconnected Bronx River Pathway links while learning interesting facts about the local history and ecology of the neighborhoods surrounding the river.
On this tour we will visit a nineteenth century suburban development founded on patent medicines, learn of a onetime artist colony with a curious link to Custer’s Last Stand, and see where a youthful future president first learned his ballroom dance steps.
 Tour: Meeting at Fleetwod Station on the Metro North Harlem Line, we’ll head north to Bronxville. We’ll connect with Laurel Brook, a Bronx River tributary, and follow it into Scout Field, a Westchester County park that lies along the Bronx River. Continuing north from Scout Field, we’ll examine another disconnected River pathway just before we reach Bronxville. At Bronxville we’ll come to Palmer Road, the beginning of the continuous River Pathway that runs all the way up to Scarsdale, and the scene of some of the most notorious regular flooding of the Bronx River.
Details: The tour meets at 10AM on Saturday, May 19th at Fleetwood Station on the Metro North Harlem Line (hourly service from Fordham and other Bronx stations; see www.mta.info for current schedules.) The tour will end at Bronxville Station (one stop up from Fleetwood) from where we can board the train home. The tour is free and requires no reservations. It will take about 2½ hours, so wear comfortable walking shoes, bring snacks and water, and beware of the possibility of encountering a bit of mud along the way.
Click here to view and download the flyer.
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May 19, 2012 (10AM - 2PM)
It's My Park Day - Muskrat Cove
Muskrat Cove - Webster Ave at 233rd by Woodlawn Metro-Station
 Celebrate It’s My Park Day along the Bronx River. Join us as we plant, clean, and paint to spruce up Muskrat Cove. Free and no registration required.
Other Bronx River It's My Park Day events will take place at Soundview Park, Hunts Point Riverside Park, Concrete Plant Park, Fort Knox, and Shoelace Park. Contact joseph.sanchez@parks.nyc.gov for more information.
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May 20, 2012 (10AM - 2PM)
Bronx River - Ride to the Source
Williamsbridge Oval to Kensico Dam
Did you know that the Bronx River Is NYC's only true fresh water river? It was considered a source for NYC's drinking water in the early 1830's. By the end of the 1800's it was labeled "an open sewer." The river has made a comeback since the days of reckless dumping and now supports many forms of aquatic life like Alewife Herring and even two beavers named "Jose and Justin"
Come be awed by its beauty and bike with NYC H2O, Velo City, and the Bronx River Alliance as we tour the Bronx River from Williamsbridge Oval to its source in Valhalla.
Click here for more information.
Click here to view a map of the route.
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