Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy

Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy See our upcoming events: https://linktr.ee/jbrpc The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, Inc.

Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy is a public-private partnership dedicated to improving and supporting 44 square miles of parkland, salt marsh and open water in Jamaica Bay & the Rockaway Peninsula. The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (JBRPC) is a public-private partnership established in 2013 that is dedicated to improving the 10,000 acres of public parkland throughout Jamaica Bay an

d the Rockaway peninsula for local residents and visitors alike. With its partners at the National Park Service, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, JBRPC works to expand public access; increase recreational and educational opportunities; foster citizen stewardship and volunteerism; preserve and restore natural areas, including wetland and wildlife habitat; enhance cultural resources; and ensure the long-term sustainability of the parklands. is a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York (FCNY), which serves as its fiscal sponsor. Both JBRPC and the FCNY are tax-exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code. JBRPC’s office is located in the Rockaway Park section of Queens, New York.

Rockaway is our home. Let’s keep it clean. 💙Join Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy staff for the first weekly Rocka...
06/22/2026

Rockaway is our home. Let’s keep it clean. 💙

Join Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy staff for the first weekly Rockaway Refresh boardwalk, beach, and shoreline cleanup at B. 87th St. — next Monday, June 29th, from 10AM to 1PM. 🐳

These pop-up cleanups will happen all summer on Monday. Volunteers are invited to help us keep our beaches debris-free after busy beach weekends. ⛱

Learn more at JBRPC.org/events or via the link in our bio. 🔗

06/22/2026

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and there’s never been a better time to get outside and admire all that the natural world has to offer.With more than

06/18/2026

THE FIELD TRIP AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP!! P.S./M.S.42Q 💙🧡

FROM PELHAM BAY TO ROCKAWAY, NEW YORKERS DON’T PLAY AROUND!! 🏆

Today is our day!!

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On Saturday, at Floyd Bennett Field, over 30 cyclists joined us for a unique bike tour across the original runways of NY...
06/16/2026

On Saturday, at Floyd Bennett Field, over 30 cyclists joined us for a unique bike tour across the original runways of NYC’s first municipal airport, which is now a one-of-a-kind National Park Site spanning 1,300 acres. 🚲

Participants enjoyed a narration from Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy executive director, Terri Carta, of the park’s aviation heritage, panoramic vistas of its natural areas, and a visit to Hangar B, which houses a large collection of vintage aircraft maintained by volunteers and the National Park Service. ✈️

We also saw RC jet planes, fishers, hikers, gardeners, archers, and countless birds during our 6 mile journey across the park. THANK YOU to everyone for coming, and thank you Gateway National Recreation Area for overseeing this special place. 🎣 🐦 🏹 🌱

If you’d like to join our next bike tour of Floyd Bennett Field, mark your calendar for October 17. More details at JBRPC.org/events OR the link in our bio 🔗

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Pollinator Explorers family program with Edgemere Farm Works at Edgemere Farm ...
06/15/2026

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Pollinator Explorers family program with Edgemere Farm Works at Edgemere Farm 🦋

We had a wonderful time celebrating pollinators and their important role in our community! 🐝

Designed for children ages 2–10 and their caregivers, this interactive event explored how bees, butterflies, and other pollinators help grow the food we eat and support healthy ecosystems right here in Rockaway. 🌷

Youngsters enjoyed a guided garden tour, playful learning activities including making their own “insect hotels” using upcycled and foraged materials, and a chance to take home a native plant to support pollinators. 🪴

Thank you Edgemere Farm Works and Edgemere Farm for being such excellent partners 🙏

THANK YOU to the wonderful corporate volunteers who joined us this week at the Arverne East Nature Preserve, on the Rock...
06/12/2026

THANK YOU to the wonderful corporate volunteers who joined us this week at the Arverne East Nature Preserve, on the Rockaway Peninsula. 🙏

Together we removed many bags-worth of invasive vegetation, planted hundreds of plugs of native species, and removed hundreds of pounds of debris from the boardwalk and shoreline. 💪

These larger scale ecological efforts would be difficult to achieve without such motivated corporate volunteers. 🌱 🗑️ 🌎

If you’d like to get your colleagues outside and do some good for the environment, check out our corporate volunteering page at JBRPC.org/corporate-volunteering OR the link in our bio 🔗

Our friends at Amateur Astronomers Association host free monthly observing sessions at Floyd Bennett Field, and there's ...
06/11/2026

Our friends at Amateur Astronomers Association host free monthly observing sessions at Floyd Bennett Field, and there's a whole lot going on in our night skies right now. 🔭

According to Gothamist, "Summer stargazing starts this month with the rise of an astronomical phenomenon known as the Summer Triangle. The center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is one of the evening highlights of the summer skies. June will also get a double-billing of two meteor showers."

Floyd Bennett Field, situated away from the city's most intense light pollution, is prime for celestial observing. 🌌

If you'd like to learn about future observing sessions, and other free activities this spring and summer at Floyd Bennett Field, head to JBRPC.org/fbf

To learn more about Summer astronomical events, read Gothamist's Summer Stargazing article: https://gothamist.com/news/summer-stargazing-begins-in-june

A 55% loss in just 22 years. The Black-crowned Night Heron, historically the most abundant wading bird in our harbor, is...
06/10/2026

A 55% loss in just 22 years. The Black-crowned Night Heron, historically the most abundant wading bird in our harbor, is vanishing fast. Jamaica Bay is a principal habitat for this famous bird.

New research led by NYC Bird Alliance published in the scientific journal Conservation Science and Practice confirms that without action, these birds face local as soon as 2037.

The good news? We can save this bird.

🚨We’re rallying New Yorkers to call on city and state policymakers to support more research and institute better protections for .

➡ You can help by signing NYC Bird Alliance's petition!

🔎NYC Bird Alliance scientists are working to answer the big question: what is causing Black-crowned Night Heron’s decline? We’ll be researching predation, human disturbance, water quality, and more.

Visit NYC Bird Alliance's website (🔗 link in bio) to sign the petition, share your sightings and stories, and sign up for action alerts to protect this bird. The journey to save Black-crowned Night Heron is only just beginning!

Together, we will save this bird.

📸: Photo 1-4 - NYC Bird Alliance / Daniel Ferryanto / David Jeffrey Ringer
Photo 5 - JBRPC

THANK YOU to all of our volunteers who came out to our cleanup of Plumb Beach on Saturday, 6.6, honoring World Ocean Day...
06/09/2026

THANK YOU to all of our volunteers who came out to our cleanup of Plumb Beach on Saturday, 6.6, honoring World Ocean Day 🌊

In all, 28 volunteers removed 5️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ pounds of trash from this beloved shoreline, bird sanctuary and horseshoe crab habitat. 🦆

Looking for a way to get involved? Head to the link in our bio, or directly to JBRPC.org

Thank you PS 62 - Magnet School of Computer Science and Innovation for joining us at Rockaway Beach last week! We had a ...
06/05/2026

Thank you PS 62 - Magnet School of Computer Science and Innovation for joining us at Rockaway Beach last week!

We had a great time meeting more fiddler crabs, observing buried shells within the strata of the beach, and learning about the broader ecosystem of the Rockaway peninsula. 🦀

This field trip was part of our Wild Neighbors Watch curriculum, which introduces local public school students to ecology in Brooklyn and Queens. 🌊

If you'd like to learn more about our school programs, visit JBRPC.org/school-programs OR head to the link in our bio. 🔗

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