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Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is working to build the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway and expand greenways in NYC

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Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, our colleague organi Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, our colleague organizations at @greenwaysnyc , and others are hosting a variety of initiatives this month that invite you to engage in the work of promoting and expanding greenways in our city, including:⁠ ⁠ THIRD AVENUE COMMUNITY SAFETY WALK⁠ ⏰️ Sunday, October 18 starting at 2PM⁠ 📍 meet on 2nd Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets, at Martin Luther Playground⁠ ⁠ “The people of Sunset Park deserve to cross our streets without fear and trust that the City will respond when we say our lives are at risk ... Jiayi Zheng was killed by a driver on Third Avenue, walking back from her shift as a nurse at NYU hospital. It was 7:30 a.m. and the 28-year-old was struck by a car as she started to cross Third Avenue at 55th Street, later dying at the hospital where she worked.” — from “Sunset Park deserves a safer Third Avenue,” in The Sunset Post⁠ ⁠ The Sunset Park community and advocates for safe NYC streets will come together for Third Ave Community Safety Walk. All are invited to join, and asked to help spread the word. #brooklyn #bikesafety #sunsetpark
Come one, come all! GREENWAY STOMP is a fall festi Come one, come all! GREENWAY STOMP is a fall festival with food, family-friendly activities, a children’s costume parade, bluegrass music, and more!⁠ ⁠ SATURDAY, OCT 17 from 11AM to 3PM⁠ FREE to all⁠ ⁠ 🎶 MUSIC! Rock along to our second-ever Bluegrass Jam.⁠ ⁠ 🎃 COSTUMES! Get in the spirit of the season ... with a botanical garden twist! Dress as your favorite pollinator or other nature-themed costume and strut along the boardwalk at Greenway Botanical Garden. Think: bats, bees, butterflies, moths, and more! Adults, that means you, too! ⁠ ⁠ 🍭 FOOD! Enjoy a snack provided by local vendors (for purchase).⁠ ⁠ 🐝 LEARNING! We’re thrilled to include Interspecies Library: Zine Assembly (ILZA), a traveling branch of Interspecies Library, in Greenway Stomp. Flip through zines from artists and researchers that celebrate multi-species kinship. Brooklyn Public Library and Field Meridians will also have tables/activity stations at the event!⁠ ⁠ Making your way to the Garden and Greenway Stomp via the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway (great idea!)? Secure bike parking 🚲 will be available. Greenway Stomp is sponsored by Orenda.⁠ ⁠ Photos from Greenway Stomp 2025: musicians photo by Pearl Wood; costume parade photos by Adam Barcan. #brooklyn #halloween #spooky #costume #bluegrass
What’s on your schedule as we kickoff GREENWAYS WE What’s on your schedule as we kickoff GREENWAYS WEEKEND? Full roster of programs at greenwaysweekend.nyc. Here’s what’s coming up Friday 9/18 and Saturday 9/19!⁠ ⁠ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18⁠ 4PM — LITTORAL / LITORAL at Shirley Chisholm State Park, hosted by @waterfrontalliance⁠ ⁠ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19⁠ 8AM — DONUT RIDE, hosted by @intandembike⁠ 9:30AM — BIRDING ALONG THE QUEENSWAY, hosted by @nycbirdalliance @trustforpublicland 10AM — KiDiCAL MASS RIDE to Brooklyn Bike Jumble, hosted by @kidicalmass 10AM — BROOKLYN BIKE JUMBLE, hosted by @nybikejumble 11AM — TOUR THE QUEENSWAY, hosted by APA-NYM Chapter Transportation Committee⁠ 5:30PM — MEADOW SONG: An Open-Air Performance, hosted by @bkgreenwaybotanical @bkgreenway⁠ ⁠ #greenways #thingstodo #kidfriendly #bikenyc
"An investment in greenways is an investment in sa "An investment in greenways is an investment in safety." — Hunter Armstrong, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. Read the full op-ed in @amny "This year, bicycle and e-bike deaths in New York City have risen an appalling 70%. Last month, after four people were killed by hit-and-run drivers in just five days, advocates lay down in City Hall Park in a die-in demonstration, reading the names of New Yorkers who never made it home. "These numbers are unacceptable in any circumstance – but they are especially galling because we know how to prevent them. "Imagine the safest, most pleasant way to get around New York City. Picture a green ribbon along our waterfront and cutting across boroughs, a continuous path of bike lanes, walkways, and recreational space that connects home, work, and play ... The good news is that the vision already exists: it’s laid out in New York City Greater Greenways, the citywide plan to improve greenways and connect communities. "A completed Greenway would be beautiful, but more importantly it would be safe." #greenway #openspace #publicsafety #bikesafety #opinion
Stay hydrated out there! Pause at the Greenway Bot Stay hydrated out there! Pause at the Greenway Botanical Garden @bkgreenwaybotanical during your run 👟 or ride 🚲 along the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Enjoy the meadow *and* cool down with our water station, compliments of @bandit #brooklyn #greenway #running
Where are you headed? Check the @nycferry map — ch Where are you headed? Check the @nycferry map — chances are, there’s a greenway > ferry ⛴️ combo to get you there. Navigating Brooklyn (and beyond) on errands? Walk along the greenway to the ferry! Commuting to work? Ride 🚲 and stow your wheels safely until you disembark the boat! Just need to escape to the beach ⛱️? There’s a greenway + ferry combo for that, too. #brooklyn #ferry #greenway #transit #nyc

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