Brooklyn Bridge Park was Billion Oyster Project’s first community-focused reef, installed in DUMBO, Brooklyn, along the edge of the park. In August 2020, 30 SEAPA cages—filled with hundreds of oysters — were installed at One 15° Brooklyn Marina to allow for easy monitoring by community groups, students, and volunteers. In September 2021, volunteers, elected officials and Harry Smith from NBC News’ TODAY Show joined us for the installation of a community cabinet reef.
YEAR INSTALLED
2016 (original cabinet reef)
2020 (oyster nursery)
2021 (gabion reef & community cabinet reef)
NYC BOROUGH
Brooklyn
WATERWAY
East River
FUNDING
11th Hour Racing
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
PARTNERS
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Community Board 2
One°15 Brooklyn Marina
PRESS COVERAGE
“[This project] just goes to show that oysters and the structures that we put them in don’t just help the oysters but help other New York Harbor organisms as well.”
— Tatiana Castro, Restoration Field Coordinator