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Monday, September 22, 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 23, 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 26, 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 27, 2025

NYRR Open Run: 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!

Birding: Raptors

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Location: Beach 54th and Almeda Avenue (in Rockaway Community Park)
Category: Birding, Nature, Urban Park Rangers, WildlifeFree!

Just for Kids: Park Pals Pop-up

10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Location: Carmine Carro Community Center (in Marine Park)
Category: Nature, Best for KidsFree!

Sunday, September 28, 2025

NYRR Open Run Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Runs: Marine Park

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

Just for Kids: Turtle Boy Puppet Show

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Lenape Playground (in Marine Park)
Category: Art, Best for Kids, WildlifeFree!

Sticky Wickets: Intro to Cricket

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Location: Cricket Field (in Marine Park)
Category: Best for Kids, Sports, CricketFree!

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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 9 - Beach 12, Beach 15 - Beach 18, Beach 32 - Beach 36, Beach 43 - Beach 47, Beach 57, Beach 59 - Beach 66, Beach 75 - Beach 87, Beach 93 - Beach 110, and Beach 115 - Beach 144.
All other sections are closed to swimming.

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Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy