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Plumb Beach – Sheepshead Bay’s Rough Diamond

Pollution at mid-tide.If you’re a South Brooklynite, chances are you’ve passed that beach right at the end of Emmons Avenue. Perhaps you’ve driven by as you enter the Belt Parkway, or biked that path on your way to Fort Tilden. It’s usually unpopulated and easily

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Tonight: Get Involved In Improving Jamaica Bay At The Jamaica Bay Task Force Meeting

Ryan Visitor CenterJamaica Bay remains one of New York City’s most important natural jewels, a network of marsh islands and waterways spanning from Rockaway Inlet and Sheepshead Bay to JFK International Airport. Tonight, you can get involved and learn more about preservation and restoration efforts at the park during

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Plumb Beach Cat Colony Given Stay Of Exe-CUTE-tion!

Members of the 25 strong cat colony on Plumb Beach (Photo by Lisanne Anderson/Flickr)You didn’t actually think we’d get through this story without a headline pun did you? The National Park Service (NPS) has agreed to give more time to cat enthusiasts to remove a sizable

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Sunday: Two Historical Presentations At Floyd Bennett’s Ryan Visitor Center

A Ranger educates the public at the Ryan Visitor Center. Photo by Ned BerkeTwo exciting, historical presentations will be taking place this Sunday, December 15 at Floyd Bennett Field’s Ryan Visitor Center. * Famous First Flights: Jamaica Bay has had its fair share of famous first flights taking off and

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Grimm Blasted For Trying To Have It Both Ways In Government Shutdown Debate

Source: FacebookRepresentative Michael Grimm (R), was ripped by Brooklyn and Staten Island Democrats for voting to continue the government shutdown while at the same time making television appearances where he states he is against it. SI Live is reporting [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/staten_island_

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Saturday: Earth Day Beach Cleanup At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Source: CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities / FlickrVolunteers are wanted to help celebrate the upcoming Earth Day by helping to clean up marine debris at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, April 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You can get there via public transportation

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Spend Spring Break With Your Pals At Jamaica Bay

The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Source: jennesy / FlickrGateway National Recreation Area’s Jamaica Bay Unit has lots of family-friendly Spring Break programs going on at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Fort Tilden. A schedule of events, which starts tomorrow, is below. Schedule Of Events * Have a Hoot with a

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Long Recovery Expected For Gateway Recreation Area

Fort Tilden, before and after Sandy. Click to enlarge. (Source: NPS)Six weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck the Gateway Recreational Area, a majority of the space remains closed, according to a New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/nyregion/gateway-national-recreation-area-still-rebuilding-after-hurricane-sandy.html] report. The National Parks Service, which

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Culled Geese Meat Sent To Food Pantries, But Is It Safe For Consumption?

Source: Brocken Inaglory via Wikimedia CommonsOn July 9, more than 700 Canada Geese [/751-geese-gassed-in-jamaica-bay/] were rounded up and killed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Instead of dumping the dead geese into landfills, the meat from the birds was donated to food pantries and soup kitchens in New York. Normally,

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Sunday: Jamaica Bay Ecology Cruise (SPONSORED)

This is a sponsored announcement from The American Littoral Society. JAMAICA BAY ECOLOGY CRUISE Sunday, June 24 (3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.) Join us for a special 3-hour narrated tour of Jamaica Bay aboard the “Golden Sunshine” out of Sheepshead Bay. Meet 2:30 p.m.

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Video Shows Why Belt Parkway Bridges Need Repair

The Seven Bridges Project on the Belt Parkway sure is plodding along [/dot-finishes-1st-phase-of-belt-parkway-bridges-project/], but we’re sure there are still plenty among you wondering why the heck such a large-scale project needed to be done. Well, worry not. Crazeenydriver is here to explain it to you… and with a spectacular

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Feds To Expand Camping At Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field. Source: Brokelyn (Ed. - I, personally, do not believe this is Floyd Bennett Field.)How did that camping stay-cation on June 10 amidst the goose-droppings [/lets-go-camping-in-marine-park/] in Marine Park work out for you? You remember the one — where the Parks Department established that bizarrely rigid lottery “between

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Agreement Forged On Jamaica Bay Cleanup

From TimesNewsweekly.com [http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2010-03-04/Local_News/City_State_Reach_An_Agreement_________To_Preserve_.html] : > An agreement to improve the overall water quality and mitigate marshland loss in Jamaica Bay through a total of $115 million in new investments was announced last Thursday, Feb. 25 by