MLK 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 MoreNYC 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.
Red 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.
Read MoreTankerTime: Do you have any Slovenians?
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In this era of Charlottesville, anti-immigrant politics and Muslim bans, I want to share how PortSide NewYork is celebrating different cultures and bringing different people together. One of our means is music and evening TankerTime on the MARY A. WHALEN. In doing so, we continue the traditions of Red Hook and port districts in general.
Read MoreTankerTours! Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez presents us a Congressional Record!
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Great TankerTours day! We were honored to receive a Congressional Record from Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez. Councilman Carlos Menchaca spoke. Visitors included some 150 happy people and one dog.
Read MoreRed Hook Cheers Its First NYC Ferry
/Thursday, June 1, 2017, 6:30-8:30a.m.
Aboard ship MARY A. WHALEN
Next to the new NYC Ferry dock, near the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
Atlantic Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Read MoreFleet Week 2017 in Red Hook, Brooklyn May 25-29
/Info on Fleet Week 2017 ships in Red Hook, Brooklyn. How to enjoy your time in historic, maritime Red Hook thanks to our in-depth community guide and e-museum Red Hook WaterStories
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