TALKS

Events

Harvest Moon Walk: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Join a sunset hike around the West Pond Trail at the Wildlife Refuge with a park ranger.

Birding by the Bay

Learn all about the resident and migratory wildlife that you can see in NYC on a one-mile walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Pollinator Party

Learn about the amazing migratory journeys of different pollinators at Jamaica Bay in the first ever Pollinator Party.

Grand Re-opening of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse & Fort Hancock Post Museum

Join this celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony to kick off the reopening of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Monarch Butterfly Walk

Join this Sandy Hook walk to see and learn about the amazing Monarch butterfly.

Morning Poetry Walk

Join a walk around the West Pond trail at the Wildlife Refuge and observe its many wonders through the lens of naturalist poets and writers.

Explore Canarsie Pier and Beach

Learn about the pre-World War II plans to construct wharves and storage facilities in a partially filled-in Jamaica Bay, then join naturalist Mickey Maxwell Cohen on a hike along the biologically-rich inter-tidal beach.

Open House New York: Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse

Tour the newly restored Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse, an art-deco architectural icon, during Open House New York.

Freedom Forums: Conflict of Home

Freedom Forums at Federal Hall considers how our realities in our neighborhoods and communities intersect to shape, threaten and enhance our perceptions of home in this read, talk, listen workshop.