Location: Plank Road Public Shoreline, 4801 58th Road, Queens, NY 11378
Date/Time: Saturday, May 30 – 11am-2pm
Join Newtown Creek Alliance, The New York Mycological Society and artist Jan Mun at Plank Road to put art into practice through bioremediation.
Newtown Creek Alliance invites you to join us at Plank Road to participate in the making of a social sculpture — working with biochar and fungi to improve soil and reduce street water runoff into the Creek. Learn about the benefits of fungal mycrofiltration, how biochar offers housing to our invisible microorganism neighbors, and how to redirect waste materials to develop a new lifecycle that helps repair our environment.
Plank Road is a unique street end site in Maspeth, Queens, that we have been working to restore for both wildlife and local workers/residents alike. We aim to engage folks with this rare public Creek access point through hands-on projects that can help improve environmental conditions along the shore and in the Creek itself.
The event is free, however, please RSVP using the NCA’s Eventbrite invitation page.
Meetup Location: We will be meeting at Plank Road, 48-01 58th Road in Maspeth, Queens, at 11a.m.
Directions: From Manhattan/North Brooklyn: Take the L train to the Grand St. stop. Walk 1 block to the corner of Grand and Waterbury St. to catch the Q59 bus going towards Queens. Get off at the Grand St/Grand St Bridge stop and walk across the bridge. Take a left on 47th Street and walk to 58th Road.
From South Brooklyn: take the G train to the Metropolitan Avenue stop. Walk to Metropolitan Av/Rodney St and get the Q59 towards Queens and get off at the Grand St/Grand St. Bridge stop. Proceed to the location as described above.
Other Bus/Train combinations can get you to the location from other NY neighborhoods.
Plan ahead for the event: Please wear weather-appropriate clothes, sturdy shoes, and bring your own water bottle and sunscreen if need be. We will have water and snacks on hand for volunteers. There are no bathrooms on site.
This program is in collaboration with NCA, The New York Mycological Society and artist Jan Mun. With generous material support from Tri-lox and Mushroom Queens.
