Eco-Dock to Open this Summer

According to the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, the Bay Ridge Eco-Dock will open this summer at the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge.

The dock will be built by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation  as a gateway to on-water access.

The MWA invites the Bay Ridge community to get involved in planning program activities at the dock.

Ideas already in play include:

• historic and educational boat trips for summer camps and community groups;
• walk-up kayaking events for experienced paddlers;
• community events such as City of Water Day boat tours;
• environmental education projects such as water quality monitoring and oyster gardening; and
• boat trips and cruises.

Summer camps, local businesses and restaurants, boat operators, kayakers and boathouses, teachers and educators are welcome to join the process.

The dock could become a great new resource for groups offering youth education, on-water recreation, cultural tourism, waterway stewardship and protection, local economic development and maritime heritage.

For more information about events and community use of the dock -- or to share your ideas, please contact Becky Schneider at bschneider@waterfrontalliance.org or 212-935-9831 ext. 107 or click here. 

For more background about the Eco-Dock, click here.

Funding for the dock came from Councilmember Vinnie Gentile, Borough President Marty Markowitz, and the NYS Department of State through Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund.