PortSide 2018 in photos! Donate to make 2019 even better!
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“this is an oasis” … “Important part of our community for sure” … More voices and photos from 2018 at PortSide NewYork
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NYC needs more #piers4boats! PortSide’s blog covers our WaterStories programs, urban waterways issues, the BLUEspace, development plans for the NYC waterfront, our ship MARY A. WHALEN, other historic vessels, and boats and ships of all sizes.
NYC Maritime & Freight Logistics Career Awareness Fair
/Come learn about jobs and careers in maritime &
the “transportation, distribution & logisitics” (TDL) industry
In Red Hook! at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
Tuesday, 10/23/18, 11:00am to 1:00pm
Lunch provided
PortSide NewYork will be present!
Directions:
Walk into Atlantic Basin at the gate at Pioneer and Conover Street. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is straight ahead.
Drive in the gate at Bowne and Imlay. You will be entering an industrial area. The roadway turns hard left, and then you drive past a 4-block long warehouse on your right with lots of trucks backed up to it. The roadway hooks right just after that warehouse, and then the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is straight ahead. Plenty of free parking.
The MARY turns 80! PortSide turns 13!
/Our ship MARY A. WHALEN made history! She turns 80 on May 21, 2018, and you can visit for art-making and TankerTours on Sunday May 20. She is the only oil tanker in the world open for public culture, education and job-training programs! Come visit! Come get to know PortSide NewYork! We turn 13 this month!
Read MoreCalling all creatives: participate in MARY Inspiration Day!
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Participate in MARY Inspiration Day at PortSide NewYork on Sunday 5/20/18! Are you a painter, poet, sketcher, illustrator, photographer, printmaker, choreographer, playwright, puppeteer, sound fabric artist, quilter? Any kind of creative? Come on down! Come create work inspired by our historic ship Mary A Whalen and our evocative maritime location. This event is inspired by the 80th birthday of our ship on 5/21/18 and the diverse artwork she has inspired.
Read MoreMLK Day 2018: PortSide plans for African American Maritime Heritage program
/On Martin Luther King Day 2018, PortSide NewYork shares news about the launch our first African American Maritime Heritage programs this year.
Read MoreRed Hook Island - a resiliency proposal by Alex Washburn
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If the question is how to make Red Hook, Brooklyn more resilient, Alex Washburn says "the answer is more Brooklyn." His is an answer we much admire
Read More2018 PortSide expands ashore!
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In 2018, PortSide NewYork will make a great leap forward in fulfilling our vision of creating a dynamic, year-round maritime center for you! We are doing a new business plan for building space alongside our ship. Get involved!
Read MoreChristmas Caroling in Red Hook!
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Spread some holiday cheer! Singing burns calories, right? :-) Spread joy from the Miccio Center, through the Houses to the cats in the creche opposite the VFW, and further if we are into it! Or given the damp forecast, come to our ship MARY A. WHALEN and warm up by the galley stove with a cup of holiday cheer.
Read MoreBoats, Boats, Boats! PortSide maritime center grows!
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Want to see boats? Authentic maritime activity? Learn about boats? Get a job on one? Visit us to see, learn, talk to crew! You can also just sit on our deck during TankerTime and soak it all up, or bring a school group to experience all this. Sit on our deck while waiting for the NYC Ferry.
Read MorePortSide WaterStories education: inventive, responsive, diverse
/PortSide’s WaterStories education programs reflect our interdisciplinary sensibility and creativity in deploying our ship, our location and our harbor to teach many topics - often many at once!
Read More4th graders in "First Lego League" learning about oil spill prevention
/4th graders from Washington Heights in New York City prompted PortSide NewYork to create a new educational program: tankers and oil spill prevention. The kids are part of an after-school program "First Lego League" designed to grow interest in STEM topics. It's working!
Read More#Sandy5 thanks to partners in Red Hook Sandy recovery
/One of our #Sandy5 projects is to thank people who helped during #Sandy #recovery. It makes them (and us) feel good and provides a resiliency lesson in remembering what worked. Here's our list!
Read MoreHow we're helping & your help we need at #Sandy5
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At Sandy5, find out about new PortSide Sandy/resiliency programs and a request to help us as we helped others recover for that superstorm.
Read MoreSummer 2017 preservation internship - as the interns tell it
/The experience of the summer 2017 preservation internship at PortSide, in the interns own words.
Read MoreSummer 2017 preservation internship - PortSide's perspective
/PortSide NewYork goals for youth development and ship preservation during the Summer 2017 preservation internship, and how we run this program.
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