Wed 10/26/22, 5-8pm, rain date Friday 10/28/22, not Thursday because the Justice Center has a Halloween event.

The Red Hook community is invited to come to our ship MARY A. WHALEN and make art related to Sandy and turn that art into Sandy high water mark signs for where you live. We then laminate that art to make a sign that you hang on your block to communicate your Sandy story to your neighbors.

PortSide will provide paper and art supplies, and Red Hook Sandy flood maps by Jim McManon. We will photograph your work and put it in our virtual museum www.redhookwaterstories.org (if you agree) and then laminate it for you to take. You then hang it on your block with a copy of the Sandy flood map. Postcards wtih resiliency info are also available. Snacks provided.

Due to the Formula E car race on 7/16 and 7/17 , PortSide Park will be removed from 7/5 until reopening party on Sunday 7/24/22, 2-5pm.

Fun for kids! NYC Ferry info for adults! Sprinklers for all!

Come celebrate the re-opening of PortSide Park (with new umbrellas from IKEA), our free library, kids toy area, flowers and seating, AND the return of our ship cat Chiclet! Enjoy free ice cream (up to $400 from the local ice cream truck) and lots of sprinklers and fun inflatables for everyone!

The Liz Rabson Trio will play ragtime “Prohibition jazz” music.

Come learn about NYC Ferry! That means jobs AND riding the boats! There are jobs coming to Red Hook at the new ferry Homeport 2 that will be built on Pier 11 north of the MARY A. WHALEN, plus jobs on the boats and elsewhere in the system from admin to tech to boat crew. NYC Ferry is sponsoring the local ice cream truck at this event.

We hope to thank Mike Boyle, the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Manager for Ports America, who allowed PortSide to use this area and to use their guard house for the free library. Please attend, Mike!

Thanks to sponsor IKEA Brooklyn for donating all the park umbrellas, the new ones that will make their first appearance at this event and the ones donated in 2020!

Located next to our historic ship MARY A. WHALEN and the NYC FERRY stop Red Hook/Atlantic Basin in Brooklyn.

SPONSORS: NYC Ferry for the ice cream. IKEA Brooklyn for donation of the umbrellas