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NBBC Welcomes BreakThru TV for a visit

It was so nice to have BreakThruTV come visit us. If you’ve just discovered us you should check out their video to see what we’re about.

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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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Visit the NBCB Paddle Gallery

  • The Kosciuszko without the old span, July 27, 2017
  • 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,
  • 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
  • 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
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Canoes and Kayaks in Bushwick Inlet, August 10, 2017
  • Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
  • 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,
  • Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 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
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Approaching the Battery, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants and Egret at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddlem August 5, 2016
    In Dutch Kills, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Public Paddle, 2017
  • Night heron at sunset, Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Night heron at sunset, Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
  • In Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    In Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Public Paddle with guests from Make the Road New York, June 10, 2017
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • U Thant cormorants, May 2016
    U Thant cormorants, May 2016
  • In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    In Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Hallets Cove, October 21, 2017
  • Public Paddle with guests from Make the Road New York, June 10, 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,
  • Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
    Bushwick Inlet, May 27, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • 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, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Wallabout Bay, October 14, 2017
  • Transmitter Park from the East River, 10/16/16
    Transmitter Park from the East River, 10/16/16
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • From Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    From Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Taking a break at pier 96, with thanks to Manhattan Community Boat House. Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Entering Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    Entering Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • On the way to Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Egrets at Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
    Egrets at Bronx Kill, Randalls Island circ, August 7, 2016
  • 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
  • Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
    Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
  • "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"
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • To the Bitter End Paddle, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End Paddle, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, June 10, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • A sure hand, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
    Bushwick Inlet, birthplace of the Monitor, 10/16/16
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island Circ, May 28, 2017
    Roosevelt Island Circ, May 27, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Cormorants at Maspeth Creek, birdwatching paddle, July 29, 2016
    Cormorants at Maspeth Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, July 29, 2016
  • Roosevelt Island, west channel, after Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Up the Creek Canoe Skills Paddle, Newtown Creek, August 9, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • 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
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 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"
  • 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
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
    Bushwick Inlet Paddle, August 8, 2016
  • 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!
  • 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
  • To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
    To the Bitter End, Newtown Creek, July 21, 2016
  • Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • In Whale Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    In Whale Creek, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • Hallets Cove, July 10, 2018
  • Greenpont Ave. Bridge, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
    Greenpont Ave. Bridge, Birdwatching Paddle, August 5, 2016
  • The Kosciuszko without the old span, July 27, 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Sailboats and Liberty Island, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Kayak Conservation Photography Trip, 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
  • Changing leaves in Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
    Changing leaves in Bushwick Inlet, 10/16/16
  • Loading the big canoe, Manhattan Circ, October 7, 2017
  • Farewell to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Boatyard. July 26, 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
  • Garbage train across Bronx Kill, from Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
    Garbage train across Bronx Kill, from Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
  • Fishing during the canoe picnic, Randalls Island, August 7, 2016
    Fishing during the canoe picnic, Randalls Island, August 7, 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
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • New town Creek, April 2017
  • Canoes in Bushwick Inlet, August 10, 2017
  • Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
    Beginner kayak trip, August 5, 2016
  • Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 2017
    Whither Liberty? Bushwick Inlet trip, May 27, 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
  • City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
    City Lights DUMBO trip, August 24, 2016
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • Dutch Kills, April 2017
  • 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
  • Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016
    Roosevelt Island circ, August 15, 2016

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Meet NBCB’s Trip Leaders and Volunteers!

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

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