Celebrate
City of Water Day
July 15th, 2023
Oysters in the Big Apple: A Celebration and Education
Building 16 in Nolan Park
10-4PM
Open House Event
Billion Oyster Project and Sandy Ground Historical Society are co-hosting an interactive mural of a quilt highlighting the historic Sandy Ground oystering community that once harvested New York Harbor. Sandy Ground, Staten Island also known as Harrisville and Little Africa, is the oldest continuously inhabited free Black settlement in the United States. The community founded by Mose and Silas Harris was known for its strawberry farming, oyster gardening, blacksmithing forge, and countless other contributions.
Additionally, we will have other interactive activities and programming for participants to enjoy inside and outside our exhibit house. (ie. Oyster Reef building Lawn Darts, coloring pages, book reading, and more). We will also have an oyster tank on display.
Williamsburg Oysters and Water Quality
Williamsburg Lab
Domino Park 15 River Street Brooklyn, NY 11249
10-4PM
Now in its 16th year, City of Water Day — taking place this year on Saturday, July 15 — is a region-wide day organized by Waterfront Alliance and New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), to champion a climate-resilient New York and New Jersey harbor.
Our Williamsburg Field Station staff will host public programming at the south end of Domino Park. We will have interactive activities and programming for participants to enjoy at our table and educate the public on Enterococcus testing in their local waterways. The public will also have the opportunity to meet their local neighbors, oysters, in a tank display.
Oyster Monitoring at the Williamsburg Field Station
Williamsburg Field Station
Meet at the entrance to Domino Park’s Putting Green
26 N 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Space is limited and sign-up is required for participation.
Session 1: 11AM
Session 2: 1PM
Session 3: 3PM
Celebrate City of Water Day with Billion Oyster Project! Help monitor the health and growth of hundreds of newly installed oysters at our Williamsburg Field Station.
While trying your hand at scientific data collection, you will:
- Meet some of New York Harbor’s most interesting creatures
- Discover why New York City needs one billion oysters
- Enjoy a beautiful day on the waterfront
Bring drinking water, sun protection, clothes that can get dirty and your sense of curiosity! All ages welcome. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
Billion Oyster Project thanks Two Trees for supporting this event and the Williamsburg Field Station.
Volunteer with Fresh Creek Civic Association x Billion Oyster Project
Fresh Creek Nature Preserve
East 108th Street and Avenue M, Brooklyn
10-2PM
Open House Event
Directions to this location
This ‘It's My Park’ season, volunteer with Fresh Creek Nature Association to beautify the Fresh Creek Nature Preserve as part of the City of Water Day yearly celebration! We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!
Coney Island Beautification Project x Billion Oyster Project
Kaiser Park, Coney Island
10-2PM
Open House Event
Join Coney Island Beautification Project this year as they engage the community in climate topics provided by groups and individuals with posters, games, flyers, and documents pertaining to climate change and its effects upon neighborhood. Find them on instagram @Coney_Island_BP.
Events throughout the day will include:
10am Beach Clean-up
10am Kayaking
10am Arts and Games. There will be art contests through painting by various age groups with prizes awarded!
Sebago Canoe Club x Billion Oyster Project
Sebago Canoe Club
1400 Paerdegat Ave N, Brooklyn, NY 11236
10 AM - 2 PM
Visit their City of Water Day open house event for neighborhood residents and the general public. Visitors will be able to join short paddling or rowing excursions on the protected waters of Paerdegat Basin in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The basin is our home waterway and an ideal jumping off point for exploring the rest of Jamaica Bay, a unique urban wildlife refuge. Staff from Billion Oyster Project will be also on hand sharing information about the restoration of oysters to Jamaica Bay including a look at thriving oyster reefs.