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North Brooklyn Community Boathouse

Partners & Supporters

The mission of the North Brooklyn Boat Club is aided by our exceptional supporters and partners, from foundations to universities, local businesses to community groups and nonprofits. If you don’t know them, please look into the great work they’re doing with us and others.

NBBC Sponsors

NBBC Sponsors

Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund
Hudson River Foundation
City Parks Foundation
Citizens Committee for NYC
Aurasonic
Alloco Recycling
Box House Hotel
Broadway Stages
Brooklyn Barge
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Kayak Guides
Build it Green
New York Distilling Company
New York Kayak Company
TNT Scrap Metal

CITYterm
Cornell University
Harbor School
LaGuardia Community College
New School
New York University
Pace University

Steve Levin, City Council
Joe Lentol, NY State Assembly
Carolyn Maloney, Congresswoman

American Canoe Association
Beyond Adventure paddlesports expeditions and coaching, Aberfeldy, Scotland
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse
Brooklyn Rod & Gun Club
Bronx River Alliance
Conservancy North
East River CREW
Go Green Brooklyn
Greenpoint Waterfront Assoc. for Parks & Planning
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club
Long Island City Community Boathouse
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
Newtown Creek Alliance
Newtown Creek Armada
New York Outrigger
New York City Water Trail Association
Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn
OutdoorFest
Outside NY
Riverkeeper
Sebago Canoe Club
Urban Swim
Variety Boys & Girls Club
Village Community Boathouse

Join North Brooklyn Community Boathouse

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.

NBCB depends on member support through annual dues and volunteer participation. Become a part of your community boat club for all the best things:

Community • Advocacy • Adventure • Paddling

See our Membership page today.

Visit the NBCB Paddle Gallery

  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Garbage train across Bronx Kill, from Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
    Garbage train across Bronx Kill, from Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
  • Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Approaching the Battery, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
    Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
  • Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
    Whither Liberty? Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
  • Loading the big canoe, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island, west channel, after Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • On the way to Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • 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
  • Public Paddle, 2017
  • Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
  • Cormorants at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • 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
  • New town Creek, April 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddlem August 5, 2016
    In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • 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
  • It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
    It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Fishing during the canoe picnic, Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
    Fishing during the canoe picnic, Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • 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,
  • 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!
  • 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!
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Egrets at Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    Egrets at Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 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"
  • 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,
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Changing leaves in Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    Changing leaves in Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • 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
  • Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • 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
  • "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"
  • From Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    From Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • To the Bitter End Paddle, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End Paddle, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Hallets Cove, October 21, 2017
  • In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Transmitter Park from the East River, 10/16/16
    Transmitter Park from the East River, 10/16/16
  • 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
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • A sure hand, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • The Kosciuszko without the old span, July 27, 2017
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • In Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    In Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Wallabout Bay, October 14, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
    Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
  • Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 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
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • U Thant cormorants, May 2016
    U Thant cormorants, May 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • Entering Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    Entering Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 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
  • In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • 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
  • Dutch Kills, April 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
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • In Whale Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    In Whale Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Greenpont Ave. Bridge, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Greenpont Ave. Bridge, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Public Paddle with guests from Make the Road New York, June 10, 2017
  • Canoes in Bushwick Inlet, August 10, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Canoes and Kayaks in Bushwick Inlet, August 10, 2017
  • Taking a break at pier 96, with thanks to Manhattan Community Boat House. Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Sailboats and Liberty Island, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Night heron at sunset, Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Night heron at sunset, Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • The Kosciuszko without the old span, July 27, 2017
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017

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Meet NBCB’s Trip Leaders and Volunteers!

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

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