Join Poppenhusen Institute and Coastal Preservation Network for an Earth Day Celebration! 1 pm: Alley Pond Environmental Center with endangered species program and live animals 1:30 pm: Coastal Preservation Network, sharing environmental tips including the new Food Scrap Drop Off program Snack Time 2 pm: Earth Mirth from ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner and "friends" 2:45 pm: […]
Bring us your food scraps and yard waste! We'll take almost anything EXCEPT meat, cheese, dairy, eggs (shells are ok).
Join Coastal Preservation Network and CBS-NY as we clean Big Rock Beach in College Point! CBS-NY will be launching their Earth Day coverage from College Point. Come see the huge progress that CPN has led at this Flushing Bay coastline, most recently with the removal of a decrepit barge that took up a large stretch […]
Join us Saturday, Nov. 19, for a beach cleanup at Powell's Cove Park - our last of 2022!! We are happy to be partnering with Queens Youth Volunteer Community! Meet at 133rd Place & 11th Ave. entrance.
Come help us collect and bag leaves on Monday, Nov. 21 from the 29-acre MacNeil Park for Tuesday compost collection! Curbside Composting has come to Queens, and these leaves will be turned into compost! Event hosted by DSNY's Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability. We'll meet at 10 am by the playground.
Join us for our fourth annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 pm at the MacNeil Park hilltop. There will be singing, dancing, and holiday fun! Cosponsored with A Better College Point Civic Association, in partnership with NYC Parks and generous truck donation from HSP Rentals of College Point. This is our […]
Join Coastal Preservation Network on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 11 am for a Winter Birding Walk with the Urban Park Rangers at Powell's Cove Park in College Point. We will meet at the 9th ave. and 130th st. entrance, and walk through to the east end of the park on 138th st.
Register now for our annual meeting! Come learn how CPN is improving College Point's waterfront, and hear informative speakers about issues that matter to our environment.
Join us as we partner with the Empire Dragons, Guardians of Flushing Bay, Riverkeeper & the NYC Parks Department to clean Flushing Bay near the World's Fair Marina as part of the Riverkeeper Sweep and "Jennifer's Annual Flushing Bay Shoreline Cleanup." What happens on the South side of Flushing Bay, affects us in College Point […]
It's back! Our annual Family Earth Fair at MacNeil Park in College Point will be on June 3, from 1-5 pm. Join Coastal Preservation Network for a great day environmental service, education and fun. Help clean the beach and park! Meet live animals with Alley Pond Environmental Center. See plankton under a microscope with CPN's […]