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Monday, September 15, 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 16, 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 19, 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 20, 2025

NYRR Open Run Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Runs: Canarsie Park

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

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!

Canoeing and Clean-Up

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Location: Canoe and Kayak Launch (in Hook Creek Park)
Category: Birding, Urban Park Rangers, Kayaking and CanoeingFree!

Searching for Social Justice

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)
Free!

Sunday, September 21, 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!

Intro to Birding

9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)
Category: Birding, Nature, WalkingFree!

Monday, September 22, 2025

Climate Week NYC: Shoreline Ecosystem Resilience

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Entrance - Beach 44th Street and Boardwalk (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk)
Category: Education, Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Climate Week NYCFree!

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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.

Partner Organization

Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy