SHORES OF THE NEWTOWN CREEK — Unseen by hundreds of thousands of motorists who pass overhead every week, families, friends and committed volunteers gathered under the Kosciuszko Bridge to refurbish a park. At a place called Under the K Bridge Park (UTK), the volunteers built ‘bee hotels’ and repotted plants that had outgrown their environment. […]
Families, friends and committed volunteers gathered at Under the K Bridge Park (UTK)’s plant nursery to build bee hotels and repot plants. The Garden Club at UTK focused on “rewilding” an industrialized setting and educating Brooklynites about the history of environmental damage in North Brooklyn. “What we do here at Under the K Garden Club […]
GREENPOINT — THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC Library’s Greenpoint branch recently launched a new “tool library” program, reports New York 1, offering local residents access to a catalog of over 130 pieces of equipment, from screwdrivers and wrenches to drills and power saws and everything in between, with more on the way. The program, which operates in […]