Supported by the club in last Mays birdsthon Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
OCTOBER 5 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Leaders: Dennis Hrehowsik, birder (BBC) and A Rossi, Director of Horticulture (BGI)
Focus: Explore this native pollinator meadow and memorial landscape. The walk will focus primarily on late migrating birds with an introduction to the site and how plant selection and management support the bird population here. This event will be at the Naval Cemetery Landscape (NCL). Stop by and enjoy the NCL's native pollinator habitat and contemplative memorial urban meadow and learn about the NCL and the Greenway and what goes into maintaining their beauty and accessibility for every visitor, especially the many species of birds for which they intentionally cultivate habitat and resources.
This Naval Cemetery Landscape is managed by the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, and was a recipient of funding from the Brooklyn Bird Club's 2025 Birdathon event.
BYOB- bring your own binoculars!
This event is free but please make sure to register/get a ticket for each attending member. As a nature observation event we will be limiting the number of participants.
Registration is via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-bird-club-birding-at-the-naval-cemetery-landscape-tickets-1571889627189?aff=oddtdtcreator
Location
Naval Cemetery Landscape. Enter at 63 Williamsburg St West between Kent and Flushing Avenues.
Transit: We are located on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway and offer bike parking on site.
There is no parking lot for cars on site but street parking is nearbly on Kent Avenue or Williamsburg Street West near Steuben Park.
If putting in directions in a GPS app / taking Uber or Lyft – we recommend inputting the GPS Pin of Kent Ave + Hooper Street and being dropped off there. While on Kent, make a right on Williamsburg West Street via foot. Google Maps does not take you to the entrance to the NCL if you add the NCL's address as your location. We're working to address this issue and appreciate your patience.
Public Transit
B57/B62Bus to Flushing Av/Classon Av (2 min walk)
B48 Bus to Wallabout St/Wythe Av (5 min walk)
J/M/Z Train to Marcy Ave (11 min walk)
G train to Flushing Ave (13 min walk) or Classon Ave (10 min walk)"
https://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/birding-at-the-naval-cemetery-landscape/#:~:text=BIRDING%20AT%20THE,10%20min%20walk)
"I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift." — Dodinsky
