Van Cortlandt Park Alliance “Cultivating the Bronx” Award May 16, 2024
Monday, May 20th, 2024 Posted in Front Page News, President's Blog, Putnam Rail Trail, Tibbetts Brook Daylighting, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on Van Cortlandt Park Alliance “Cultivating the Bronx” Award May 16, 2024President's Blog Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s “Cultivating the Bronx” award and the Tibbetts Daylighting Project honor what BCEQ set out to do. In 1971, a group of Bronx environmentalists, inspired by Earth Day and the Clean Water Act, made an outrageous ...
The Bronx Harlem River Greenway Finally
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 Posted in BCEQ Events, Environmental Justice Issues, Front Page News, Green Infrastructure, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, Low Impact Development, Lower Concourse North, mill pond park, Mott Haven, Putnam Rail Trail, Tibbetts Brook Daylighting, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on The Bronx Harlem River Greenway Finallypdf is here 20230403 Harlem River Greenway Project Flyer_Final https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/204-23/mayor-adams-plan-expand-harlem-river-greenway-the-bronx#/0More coverage: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/harlem-river-greenway-expanding-into-the-bronx/4173262/ https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/03/22/adams-launches-bronx-harlem-river-bridges-greenway-plan/ https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-plans-new-waterfront-path-in-the-bronx-along-harlem-river https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-mayor-adams-bronx-greenway-harlem-river-high-bridge-20230323-igkh4sjlsvbo3pkmpmqmbzeaqe-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-put-the-put-in-the-bronx-greenway-20230323-i3n3xhssnjemdigrc4bwqcdbdy-story.html https://www.connectcre.com/stories/adams-administration-plans-expansion-of-harlem-river-greenway-into-the-bronx/ https://www.6sqft.com/7-mile-harlem-river-greenway-expansion-connects-randalls-island-to-van-cortlandt-park/ https://brooklyn.news12.com/mayor-unveils-plan-to-expand-harlem-river-greenway-into-the-bronx https://commercialobserver.com/2023/03/bronx-harlem-river-greenway-eric-adams-announcement/ https://www.amny.com/transit/city-bronxites-harlem-river-greenway/ https://welcome2thebronx.com/2023/03/24/the-bronx-is-finally-getting-a-waterfront-greenway-connecting-riverdale-to-the-south-bronx/
Old Croton Aqueduct Pedestrian Bridge 2023
Saturday, February 4th, 2023 Posted in CWTP, Front Page News, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on Old Croton Aqueduct Pedestrian Bridge 2023Date: February 4On January 31, there was a meeting of the Croton Facilities Monitoring Committee to finish up the business of he committee at a BCEQ YouTube at this link HERE. At this meeting, an alternative to the Old Croton Aqueduct ...
NYC DEP DPR Tibbetts Advisory Group
Sunday, May 1st, 2022 Posted in Front Page News, Green Infrastructure, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Newsletters, Putnam Rail Trail, Tibbetts Brook Daylighting, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on NYC DEP DPR Tibbetts Advisory GroupThe Daylighting of Tibbetts Brook along the Putnam Greenway is finally moving forward. New York City Departments of Environmental Projection and of Parks and Recreation are working together on the details. The agencies created the Tibbetts Advisory Group for stakeholders ...
BCPGS Harlem River Working Group Calls to Action: Park Access and Park Justice
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 Posted in Causes, Committees, Fordham Landing, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Lower Concourse North, mill pond park, nyc, NYC Parks Department, Parks Committee, Projects, Putnam Rail Trail, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCPGS Harlem River Working Group Calls to Action: Park Access and Park JusticeThe Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ) Board Members will host two 45-minute presentations which will start at 11 am & repeat at 11:30 am. The presentation includes a 3-minute video (link below) on why we should rename Mullaly Park. ...
BCEQ comments NYC FY21 Executive Budget
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 Posted in Calendared Items, Committees, Communications Committee Work, Front Page News, Green Infrastructure, Hudson River Watershed Projects, Jerome Park Reservoir, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, nyc, NYC Parks Department, Parks Committee, Resiliency and Sustainability, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ comments NYC FY21 Executive BudgetBelow are our comments on the Mayor's Budget for FY21 which begins this July. In summary, we comment on the Parks Department cuts to Maintenance and Operations and seasonal workers; the Environmental Protection cuts to cleaning around Jerome Park Reservoir, ...
BCEQ Votes to Oppose 3 day Festival on Parade Grounds
Sunday, January 12th, 2020 Posted in Committees, Front Page News, nyc, NYC Parks Department, Parks Committee, Permits, Uncategorized, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on BCEQ Votes to Oppose 3 day Festival on Parade GroundsRecently we voted and then wrote BCEQ Letter Gov Ball 01.09.2020 The most serious impact of holding this large 3-day Festival in Van Cortlandt Park (VCP) is on the 46-acre Parade Ground (PG). Even if everything goes as planned, it is not ...
CSO LTCP Alternative comments December 2019
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 Posted in Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Green Infrastructure, Harlem River Working Group, Hudson River Watershed Projects, Low Impact Development, Putnam Rail Trail, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on CSO LTCP Alternative comments December 2019We reviewed the alternative analysis, and sent in our comments. Bronx Council for Environmental Quality BCEQ-LTCP Comments to-DEP 12.02.2019 Bronx Community Board 8 Bronx CB8 LTCP Letter Van Cortlandt Park Alliance VCPA Citywide LTCP Comments 2019 w/ attachment Coalition for the Daylighting of ...
01.04.19 BCEQ Comments to NYSDEC on NYCDEP extension request to March 31, 2020
Thursday, January 10th, 2019 Posted in Amalgamated Green Study, East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Educational Environmentalists, Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, Hudson River Watershed Projects, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Permits, Permits Comments and locations, Projects, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on 01.04.19 BCEQ Comments to NYSDEC on NYCDEP extension request to March 31, 2020Here are our comments on the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) request for a modification to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the milestone to submit an approvable Citywide/Open Waters Long Term Control Plan ...
Learn Up Workshop November 2018
Monday, November 19th, 2018 Posted in Bronx Parks Speak Up Learn Up, Committees, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Hudson River Watershed Projects, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, Projects, Resiliency and Sustainability, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on Learn Up Workshop November 2018Bronx Council for Environmental Quality held environmental pre-SpeakUp LearnUp workshops, on Wednesday, November 14 from 6:00 pm to 8 pm in the Leo Engineering Building – Fischback room 4th Floor of Manhattan College, 3825 Corlear Avenue, at 238th Street in the Bronx NY. Sponsors include Con Edison and Bronx ...
NYC CSO 101 Bronx Research Documents
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 Posted in Amalgamated Green Study, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, Projects, Putnam Rail Trail, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on NYC CSO 101 Bronx Research DocumentsThe following is an ongoing collection of documents for students and/or media reporters to use. Hartman_2008 Tibbetts Brook Daylighting Presentation- for Speak Up 082919 Harlem River CSO Vol and Events 2006 Rivers, Hill, Valley, Park & Heights CB 8 January 2015 short revised 091116 Stormwater ...
Living Shoreline Green Infrastructure Project
Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 Posted in Committees, East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Hudson River Watershed Projects, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Projects, Resiliency and Sustainability, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | 1 Comment »"When beavers make a series of dams and ponds within a drainage basin, the water cycle in the entire watershed is affected. Wetlands act like a sponge, soaking up water during storms and releasing it slowly in drier times. The ...
Harlem River Hilltop Using Green Infrastructure
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 Posted in Amalgamated Green Study, Communications Work, Front Page News, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, nyc, NYC Parks Department, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on Harlem River Hilltop Using Green InfrastructureHARLEM RIVER WATERSHED HILLTOP GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT PLAN Brochure: Harlem-River-Hilltop-print Brochure and Backup Appendix: Harlem-River-Hilltop-online
10.19.18 DEP requests another extension on CSO LTCP Milestone Modification
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 Posted in Bronx River, Communications Work, East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Hudson River Watershed Projects, Living Ecological Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Newsletters, Putnam Rail Trail, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on 10.19.18 DEP requests another extension on CSO LTCP Milestone ModificationHere is the letter: 20181019_CSO-LTCP_Citywide_LTCP_Mod_Request_(002) Keep an eye out for updates on where we go from here. Also, let us know your thoughts about this. Comment to harlemriver@bceq.org Click here for the comments we submitted at the beginning of 2018: http://www.bceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Long-term-control-plan-for-the-Bronx-Harlem-Hudson-River-Jan-2018-FINAL.pdf
Senator Schumer comes to the Bronx for CSX Press Conference
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 Posted in Communications Work, Front Page News, Low Impact Development, Putnam Rail Trail, Putnam Rail Trail, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on Senator Schumer comes to the Bronx for CSX Press ConferenceSCHUMER URGES CSX TO STOP RAILROADING THE BRONX & NYC AND HONOR THE DEAL THEY AGREED UPON – SO NYC CAN FINALLY ACQUIRE UNUSED TRACT OF BRONX LAND FOR COMMUNITY GREENWAY PROJECT; PLOT IS A CRITICAL – AND MISSING – LINK BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND HUDSON RIVER GREENWAYS Read the Press release ...
11.14.2018 LearnUp to SpeakUp as Stewards of Our Water & Land
Monday, September 24th, 2018 Posted in BCEQ Events, Bronx Parks Speak Up Learn Up, Communications Work, Front Page News, Low Impact Development, Projects, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on 11.14.2018 LearnUp to SpeakUp as Stewards of Our Water & LandYou are invited to participate in the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality environmental pre-SpeakUp LearnUp workshops Wednesday, November 14 6:00 pm to 8 pm Leo Engineering Building – Fischback room 4th Floor Manhattan College 3825 Corlear Avenue, at 238th Street Bronx NY 10463 Food will be ...
OCA Pedestrian Bridge for Van Cortlandt Park 2018
Monday, April 16th, 2018 Posted in CWTP, Front Page News, Projects, Van Cortlandt Park | Comments Off on OCA Pedestrian Bridge for Van Cortlandt Park 2018Date: February 4, 2023 Well, five years have passed and the only thing new about the Old Croton Aqueduct Pedestrian Trail is that it now costs another $13 million to the grand total of $39 million. There is another alternative now ...
Comments on the Preliminary Budget FY 19 by Bronx Residents
Monday, April 9th, 2018 Posted in Bronx Parks Speak Up Learn Up, Communications Committee Work, Communications Work, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, NYC Parks Department, Parks Committee, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee | Comments Off on Comments on the Preliminary Budget FY 19 by Bronx ResidentsApril 9, 2018 New York City Council Committee on Parks and Recreation, by email Dear Council Members Gibson and Grodenchik, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Budget Hearing for the Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks). As you probably remember, ...
What does BCEQ do anyhow?
Monday, April 9th, 2018 Posted in Board Meetings, Bronx Parks Speak Up Learn Up, Communications Committee Work, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, Low Impact Development, Membership Committee, Parks Committee, Projects, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on What does BCEQ do anyhow?What to know what the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ) is? Now’s your chance! On Wednesday, April 11, they will hold an Environmental Conference that is open to the public. Once a year, they hold a membership meeting. In ...
2018 Membership Meeting & Environmental Conference
Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 Posted in Board Meetings, Bronx Parks Speak Up Learn Up, ByLaws, Communications Committee Work, Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Low Impact Development, Membership Committee, mill pond park, NYC Parks Department, Parks Committee, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, Projects, sustainable parks, Van Cortlandt Park, Water Committee, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on 2018 Membership Meeting & Environmental ConferenceBronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ) 17th Annual Environmental Conference & 47th Annual Membership Meeting Wednesday, April 11, 2018 from 4 to 7 pm Manhattan College Leo Engineering 3825 Corlear Avenue at 238th St, Bronx, NY 10463 Part I - Auditorium BCEQ Annual Meeting and Board Class Elections Van Cortlandt Park Lake ...
