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The North Brooklyn Community Boathouse is a nonprofit, volunteer-run community organization. Our mission is to enable access to the waterways of NYC for its residents and thus promote human-powered boating and environmental restoration. We bring our community back to its own waters.

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  • "Just as you are refresh’d by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh’d"
    "Just as you are refresh’d by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh’d"
  • The men and women I saw were all near to me, Others the same—others who look back on me because I look’d forward to them,
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Public Paddle with guests from Make the Road New York, June 10, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • To the Bitter End Paddle, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End Paddle, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Greenpont Ave. Bridge, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Greenpont Ave. Bridge, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddlem August 5, 2016
    In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • From Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    From Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • In Whale Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    In Whale Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Transmitter Park from the East River, 10/16/16
    Transmitter Park from the East River, 10/16/16
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • A sure hand, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Cormorants at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • On the way to Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Roosevelt Island, west channel, after Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Public Paddle with guests from Make the Road New York, June 10, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • Changing leaves in Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    Changing leaves in Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Approaching the Battery, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Fishing during the canoe picnic, Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
    Fishing during the canoe picnic, Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
  • Taking a break at pier 96, with thanks to Manhattan Community Boat House. Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • "The glories strung like beads on my smallest sights and hearings, on the walk in the street and the passage over the river"
    "The glories strung like beads on my smallest sights and hearings, on the walk in the street and the passage over the river"
  • New town Creek, April 2017
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
    Whither Liberty? Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Great egret, in Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Great egret in Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • U Thant cormorants, May 2016
    U Thant cormorants, May 2016
  • Canoes in Bushwick Inlet, August 10, 2017
  • Hallets Cove, October 21, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • The Kosciuszko without the old span, July 27, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • Canoes and Kayaks in Bushwick Inlet, August 10, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
    Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Entering Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    Entering Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • In the Turning Basin, Newtown Creek, 10/21/16
    Burn high your fires, foundry chimneys! cast black shadows at nightfall! cast red and yellow light over the tops of the houses!
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Wallabout Bay, October 14, 2017
  • Public Paddle, 2017
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • To the Bitter End: New BQE bridge on Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End: New BQE bridge on Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Night heron at sunset, Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Night heron at sunset, Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Loading the big canoe, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • These and all else were to me the same as they are to you, I loved well those cities, loved well the stately and rapid river,
  • The Kosciuszko without the old span, July 27, 2017
  • View from Old Place Creek launch, Staten Island, 10/31/2016
    Receive the summer sky, you water, and faithfully hold it till all downcast eyes have time to take it from you!
  • Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
    Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
    It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
  • In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
  • Egrets at Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    Egrets at Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Sailboats and Liberty Island, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • In Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    In Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
  • Queensboro Bridge, Roosevelt and Manhattan Islands from the East River, 10/12/16
    Queensboro Bridge, Roosevelt and Manhattan Islands from the East River, 10/12/16
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Garbage train across Bronx Kill, from Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
    Garbage train across Bronx Kill, from Randalls Island, August 7, 2016

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Meet NBCB’s Trip Leaders and Volunteers!

  • Michael On Loch Tay
  • Williamsburg sunset paddle, September 20, 2016
    Ros on a sunset paddle, September 2016
  • Klaus braves the winter weather.
    Klaus R. braves the winter weather.
  • Paddle instruction, Opening Day, 2016
    Ros gives paddle instruction, Opening Day, 2016
  • War-canoe rescue training, Hallets Cove
    War-canoe rescue training, Hallets Cove
  • Earth Day Action, 2016
    Klaus S. at the Earth Day Action, 2016
  • Intrepid winter paddling at Coney Island
    Dewey the intrepid winter paddler at Coney Island
  • Vince in the harbor
    Vince in the harbor
  • Monica at trip leader training, Tybee Island, Georgia, 2012
    Monica at trip leader training, Tybee Island, Georgia, 2012
  • Klaus leading a canoe trip on Newtown Creek
    Klaus leading a canoe trip on Newtown Creek
  • Ros gets a group ready on Opening Day, 2016
    Ros gets a group ready on Opening Day, 2016
  • Vincent B. in his kayak
    Vince in his kayak
  • Jens, Gertie, and Millie on Newtown Creel
    Jens, Gertie, and Millie on Newtown Creek
  • Monica after receiving trip leader certification, Tybee Island, Georgia, 2012
    Monica after receiving trip leader certification, Tybee Island, Georgia, 2012
  • Dewey, old-school!
  • Peter on the Creek
    Peter on the Creek
  • Brad and Klaus on the East River
  • Paper boat building, July 2014
    Paper boat building, July 2014
  • Jens and Fung at work on a 1930 Old Town Canoe
    Jens and Fung at work on a 1930 Old Town Canoe
  • Patterson, Willis, and Brian with a visiting class
  • Canoe rescue training, June 2014
    Patterson at canoe rescue training, June 2014
  • First canoe-kayak Roosevelt Island circ, 2012
    First canoe-kayak Roosevelt Island circ, 2012
  • Prepping for big canoe rescue training, May 2016.
    Prepping for big canoe rescue training, May 2016.
  • Ros, Peter, Mark pranking in Bushwick Inlet, September 17, 2015
  • Brad will save you!
  • Vince B. rides the surf
    Vince rides the surf
  • Pete gives Public Paddle paddle prep
    Pete provides the public Public Paddle paddle prep
  • Vince surfs it in!
    Vince surfs it in!
  • Public paddle, 2015
    Amy in the bow at a public paddle, 2015
  • Patterson shows wildlife thriving in the Living Dock to a class from St. Joseph College
    Patterson shows off the wildlife thriving in the Living Dock
  • Klaus S. at Liberty
    Klaus S. at Liberty

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  • Gothamist: Nearly 100 Gather for Canoe Party On Newtown Creek
  • NBCB on Jimmy Kimmel Live with Bill Murray
  • Gothamist: Signs of Life on Newtown Creek
  • Crazy Canoe Trip: 200 Miles Down the Hudson River, in a Paper Canoe: Packsmith
  • Atlas Obscura
  • Best Boat Club: Village Voice
  • Best Dates in BK: Brooklyn Magazine
  • Things you GOTTA DO: Brooklyn Based
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