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Monday, September 8, 2025

Uplifted Dance Fitness

6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Location: Beach 32nd Street Football Field (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk)
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise ClassesFree!

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Uplifted Dance Fitness

6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Location: Beach 32nd Street Football Field (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk)
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise ClassesFree!

Friday, September 12, 2025

Volunteer With EQA: Turn an unsightly lot into a Botanical Garden

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park)
Category: Nature, GardeningFree!

Saturday, September 13, 2025

NYRR Open Run: Canarsie Park

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Canarsie Park House (in Canarsie Park)
Category: Running/JoggingFree!

Monarch Watch

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)
Category: Volunteer, WildlifeFree!

Volunteer With EQA: Turn an unsightly lot into a Botanical Garden

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park)
Category: Nature, GardeningFree!

Buzzin' for Bugs Insect Exploration Walk

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Location: Seba Playground (in Marine Park)
Category: Urban Park RangersFree!

Family Camping: Queens

6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
Location: Entrance - Beach 44th Street and Boardwalk (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk)
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Family Camping with the Urban Park RangersFree!

Sunday, September 14, 2025

NYRR Open Run: Marine Park

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Carmine Carro Community Center (in Marine Park)
Category: Running/JoggingFree!

It's My Park at Marine Park

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Location: Marine Park
Category: Volunteer, It's My ParkFree!

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Paerdegat Basin Park
Ecology Park is a five acre site set within Paerdegat Basin Park. The goal of the park is to promote habitat restoration and ecological improvement, highlighting fourteen native plant community types that exist or once existed in New York City.

Ecology Park is only open at certain times of year when Parks staff are present in order to protect this unique landscape. Want to visit? Check out our Stewardship Projects page for restoration, planting, and educational events.
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
The following beach sections are open for swimming:
Beach 15 - Beach 18, Beach 32 - Beach 34, Beach 43, Beach 57, Beach 59, Beach 77 - Beach 79, Beach 83 - Beach 86, Beach 94 - Beach 97, Beach 102 - Beach 106, Beach 116 - Beach 118, and Beach 140 - Beach 144.
All other sections are closed to swimming.

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Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy