Shifting shorelines // International Coastal Clean-up Dance Party!
A journey through Coney Island- the neighborhood, the creek & the efforts to turn this peninsula into a pilot for coastal resilience.
Come to Coney Island Creek to connect with and clean this lesser known tidal inlet, the sole remaining creek in what was once an interconnected series of streams in a tidal marsh.
Just five blocks away but a world apart from its famous amusement park neighbor, this vulnerable water-body is beloved by fishers and birders and also becoming choked with trash and migrating sand from outflowing CSOs and the tidal currents. Gather with us to learn about this important habitat, how it has been altered and contaminated by human bioengineering and extractive industry, and how it persists as a sanctuary for humans and other living beings.
First join artist and researcher Nora Almeida to explore migration and memory through a participatory sand study at Coney Island Creek. Registration will be capped at the first 25 signups. Please arrive between 9:30-9:45.
Then join a day of exploring the creek through our self guided scavenger hunt and help pick up trash and document the kinds of garbage as part of a global effort to track the pollution in our waterways for International Coastal clean-up.
We'll be joined by live music from Pressure Point Brass to keep the spirits high!
Clean-up supplies, snacks and refreshments included.
(Please also complete this form from the International Coastal Clean-up crew for them to better prepare...)
Good to know
Highlights
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- all ages
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 9 AM
Refund Policy
Location
Kaiser Park
2529 Neptune Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224
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Agenda
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Arrive and check-in!
Look out for us at the back of Kaiser park, and to the left of the Fishing Dock. We will have tents set up with the International Coastal Clean Up Coalition, and they will get you ready and acquainted. Find Holes in the Wall Collective to check in for Nora's sand study walk. Remember this is first come first serve and there's only 25 spots.
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Join sand study with artist and reseacher Nora Almeida
An embodied exploration of memory and migration through a sand study and stewardship action at Coney Island Creek with Nora Almeida. Participants are invited to engage in a short attunement, write an ephemeral inscription in the sand, and clean the shore as the tide rises and swallows their messages.
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Coastal Clean-up w/ Honk Brass Band set on the sand!
Join the International Coastal Clean-up of Coney Island Creek, an initiative around the world to clean our waters through many hands... annnnd a Brass Band set from HONK Family Band