NYCkayaker Steinway Creek

[rob buchanan]

I can find some students to help with the planting/wetlands
restoration--please mention that in your proposal to dottie. And how about a
monthly bonfire on that fantastic beach on south brother island?

Rob


On 6/11/08 12:58 PM, "TomBrooklyn" <tombrook11232 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> From: "Erik Baard" 28 Apr 2008
>  
>> ConEd is likely to sell a large chunk of real estate to FedEx. If we are
>> smart, this might bring the banks of the Steinway Creek into community
>> hands.
>> 
>> I have written of our interest in the site to the harbor community's friend
>> and ally, Dorothy Lewandowski, the Queens Commissioner for NYC Department of
>> Parks and Recreation. My gut is that the site is out of the way enough that
>> a large paddling program and boathouse wouldn't likely blossom immediately.
>> But a storage container or shack on the adjacent parking lot and wetlands
>> restoration (marsh grasses, oysters, native shoreline plantings) would be
>> appropriate.
>> 
>> There are adjacent ball fields, the Brooklyn-Queens greenway will pass it (a
>> bike lane exists on 20th Avenue), and 31st Street runs up the western side.
>> There's great potential in the long run.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
> --------------
> Excellent idea all around.   Thanks for taking the initiative in making a
> contact
> about it.   What's the next step?
> TomBk
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