Newsletters
Get our newsletters! The Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) replanning project is so big, important, and long-running (as of May 2024) that until the Task Force vote in September 2025, we sent BMT info to our general list and not just our Red Hook and BMT lists (most of our followers care about this big patch of maritime waterfront). But the best way to sign up is select General to learn about our programs, and then add BMT if you want that, plus any other subsection you want.
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New-in-2024, for urgent issues and special things relating to Red Hook. Sign Up for Red Hook newsletter
New-in-2025, info relating to the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) planning process. Sign up for BMT newsletter
If you are interested in PortSide’s education offerings, sign up for our Education newsletter
If you you want to help run events or do ship restoration, sign up for our Volunteer newsletter
Past newsletters
Volunteer list: Can you volunteer Saturday for TankerTours during Open House NY? 10/16/2025
General list: GOOD & BAD NEWS! great PortSide Oct programs & Task Force approved the bad BMT plan 10/4/25
Volunteer list: Can you help PortSide during our busiest October (or any month) ever? 10/3/2025
Education list: Saturday, 10/4 Observe the Moon & other PortSide October programs 10/2/2025
General list: BMT Vote + Hosting programs displaced by Beard and Robinson warehouse fire 9/19/2025
All lists: New programs starting tomorrow! Sloop Clearwater is here! and more! 8/26/25
Volunteer list: Upcoming Events in need of Volunteers 8/22/25
Education list: ASAP book a field trip on sloop Clearwater+ info on other PortSide field trips 8/13/2025
Volunteer list: SecondSaturday 8/9 Call for Volunteers 8/8/2025
Volunteer list: Can you help this Friday night for Old Timers' day Meet n Greet? 7/27/2025
General list: A fireworks thank you! We're open today for 2 events! 7/12/2025
General list: PortSide events resume! Come to our 4th of July fireworks fundraiser! More BMT updates 7/2/2025
Volunteer list: Can you help? 4th of July, 7/12 City of Water Day & Second Saturdays TankerTime BBQ 7/1/2025
General & BMT list PortSide & BMT news! Meet tonight, film tomorrow, Council hearing Thursday 6/9/25
General list: Film screening tomorrow & next Thursday, how to help us, lots of BMT updates 5/21/2025
Volunteer list: MAY you have some time to volunteer? 5/21/2025
General list: We're shut down and #PortSideNeedsaHome 5/12/2025
General list: Care to join rallies on Thursdays 4/3 and 4/10 to help PortSide? 4/1/2025
General list: A lot of Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) events & news, 3/9/2025
General list: BMT, rethinkEDC & PortSide needs a home, board game night & more! 2/23/2025
Volunteer list: Can you help paint the hull on Tuesday and/or Wednesday? 2/23/2025
General list: BMT – where to go, what to know - lots this week! 1/14/2025
General list: Please see our Operation Christmas Cheer & last call for 2024 donations. 12/28/2024
General list: The MARY made history OTD in 1968, help PortSide make history today! 12/23/2024
General list: A Moving Holiday... 12/09/2024
General list: Donate to PortSide this Giving Tuesday for high impact all year long! 11/3/2024
General list: Thanks for the toilet! Holiday Party! BMT news & events. 11/25/2024
Red Hook list: Important Zoom Town Hall about BMT (our waterfront) by Alexa Aviles & Marcela Mitaynes, 11/20/2024
General list: TankerTours this Sunday! Free used kids' books! BMT updates!, 11/8/2024
Volunteer list: Can you help with TankerTours Sunday, 11/10? Also shipwork this Saturday + Sunday, 10/24/2024
Education list: Last call for education sails on CLEARWATER this week + other programs, Sep 30, 2024
Education list: Historic ship CLEARWATER October education sails! Lots more PortSide programs, Sep 12, 2024
Volunteer list: Free trip on fireboat JOHN J. HARVEY Sat 8/24, Aug 20, 2024
General list: Alert about the EDC land swap zoom on 8/12, Aug 9, 2024
Red Hook list: ALERT! Important Zoom meeting Monday, Aug 12, 6:30pm about future of our area, Aug 9, 2024
General list: Surprise! MORE June programs! Sloop Clearwater is returning!, June 6, 2024
General list: Sloop Clearwater is coming last week of May + full June calendar!, May 25, 2024
Education list: Here's new curriculum, internships, resources and major local news, May 17, 2024
Red Hook list: PortSide & Red Hook news & keep your eyes on the waterfront, May 12, 2024
General list: May newsletter with curriculum, programs, victories, internships, and more!, May 11, 2024
Volunteer list: Care to pitch in? New Shipwork Sundays plus program events. March 28, 2024
News! And can you write a support letter by 5pm Wednesday to help us get funding? Feb 26, 2024
Can you write a support letter by 5pm Wednesday to help us get funding?, Feb 25, 2024
Red Hook list: POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW! City Council hearing about cruise terminal issues. Feb 12, 2024
Red Hook list: Latest on Intro 1050, info about testifying on 2/13 & on youth education aspects, Feb. 1, 2024
Red Hook list: follow up to EDC meeting, NYC Ferry career day tomorrow, and more! January 25, 2024
Red Hook list: come to history-making 1/16 Red Hook meeting, 6-8pm at the Miccio January 12, 2024
Why a Chihuahua is at the helm! And it's not too late to support PortSide this year! December 30, 2023
Donate and create transformative experiences like Roman's, December 28, 2023
New milestone! 2023 recap. Donating now can help us get a bigger grant, December 21, 2023
Thanking and Inviting!, November 22, 2023
We can resume having events! Visit us this weekend for Red Hook Open Studios! October 6, 2023
PortSide's remaining June programs cancelled, June 23, 2023
Check out our exciting June programs while the EDC imagines Atlantic Basin without us, June 8, 2023
Remember the 3/31 deadline for comments on USACE HATS resiliency plan - here's our comment, March 27, 2023
URGENT ACTION NEEDED on US Army Corps resiliency plan - March 5, 2023
2022 photo highlights to inspire your year-end gift! - December 29, 2022
Here's holiday spirit and how to grow it - December 23, 2022
MAJOR news about #makeMARYrunagain - December 19, 2022
Friends, here's breaking good news in the spirit of Thanksgiving! - November 23, 2022
PortSide October education events & Barnacle Parade - October 18, 2022
Friends, Evicted! and some good news - October 7, 2022
Great new$$$! PortSide impact! How you can support! - July 7, 2022
See MAIDEN this Wednesday & other PortSide news - June, 20, 2022
Some good news in tense times - February 25, 2022
Here's why they supported. Care to join them? - December 29, 2021
Want to see more inventive, empathetic pivots like this? - December 28, 2021
Do want to change lives and public policy? - December 27th 2021
Did you hear what the Mayor said on Wednesday? - December 20th 2021
Can you volunteer Saturday to help with holiday decorating or moving ship parts? -
December 3rd 2021Unloading ship parts. Can you volunteer tomorrow? - November 30th 2021
Some Thanksgiving inspiration from PortSide - November 24th 2021
Help us crew a flag art exhibit this weekend, Oct 9 & 10 - October 6th 2021
Do you know the maritime 9/11 story? - September 6th 2021
Deadline extended! Thursday event. Fab birth day photos - June 9, 2021
Help Right-size Portside NewYork - May 28, 2021
MARY month of May events - May 16, 2021
Help Host MARY WHALEN's 83rd Birthday - May 14, 2021
Pop Over Saturday 4/24 to reinstall our Popup Park, Please - April 23, 2021
Our 2020 grew MARY’s role for the future - December 28, 2020
PortSide 2020: Music and space soothe the soul in pandemic times - December 13, 2020
Do you know PortSide pivoted in 2020? - December 6, 2020
Can you volunteer tomorrow? Set up & run PortSide station at Red Hook Holiday Fair - December 5, 2020
55,000 pounds of gratitude, and more - November 25, 2020
2020 3rd volunteer newsletter - November 2, 2020
Finally! Another volunteer newsletter from PortSide! - September 15, 2020
Finally! a volunteer newsletter from PortSide! - July 28, 2020
26 tons of good news needs action. Virtual programs. COVID19 aid info - May 8, 2020
A word from our ship cat Chiclet - December 31, 2019
Be a Change Maker - December 20, 2019
A Big Surprise plus a Request - December 12, 2019
Help at Nice Happenings this October - September 19, 2019
Great to meet you at the race! Welcome to the PortSide family! - July 20, 2019
Volunteer at Two Fun Events - June 29, 2019
Kick Off Summer TankerTime! - June 7, 2019
May booming along! - May 14, 2019
PortSide News: This Spring, Help Us Grow! - April 5, 2019
Insulate during the heat wave! - February 3, 2019
Lend a hand: PortSide's Simple Machine goes to school 1/22 - January 16, 2019
Wow. I've never been on a boat before. - December 29, 2018
Beyond the Usual - December 22, 2018
News! Growth! Help us continue it in 2019! - December 19, 2018
PortSide Volunteer Holiday Party - November 30, 2018
Double your love if you act fast - November 26, 2018
G.R.A.T.I.T.U.D.E - November 20, 2018
Can you help? Winterizing & pre-Coast Guard inspection work - November 11, 2018
Free for you! Your wish list? Program news! - July 12, 2018
Car race freebies! A survey and July - August activities! - July 5, 2018
Today is the day! 80, 13, 3! - May 20, 2018
Big news! Turning 80! Events for you! - May 7, 2018
Volunteer Party on the Mary! Today! - May 6, 2018
It's on the horizon! - December 30, 2017
Volunteer party time changed! Times we need yr help this summer! - June 9, 2017
Voices Sharing Their PortSide Experiences. A year-end appeal
PortSide summer programs! How you can help our Sandy recovery & more
Today, the MARY WHALEN made history. #GetOnBoard,help us continue making history
OHNY TankerTours this Sunday, a tanker family grows in Brooklyn
MARY WHALEN opens for her 78th birthday! +3 Fleet Week ships! Such Red Hook WaterStories!
Big news for PortSide education, training & preservation work! #GetOnBoard!
Big news for PortSide education, training & preservation work! #GetOnBoard!
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