Saturday Pitch in to pick up

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Date	2024-08-24
Location	Starlight Park (1490 Sheridan Blvd, Bronx, NY)
Start Time	10:00
End Time	12:00

Volunteer with us for this special Saturday cleanup on August 24th, from 10am-12pm at Starlight Park (1490 Sheridan Blvd, Bronx, NY 10459) & help steward the Bronx River!

Your efforts not only protect wildlife & the rest of the Bronx River ecosystem, but they also help us identify the sources of trash so we can stop the pollution where it starts!

We will provide gloves and tools for collecting the trash. For questions or concerns, email jennifer.seda@bronxriver.org or call 718-542-4124.

The meeting point for this event will be Bronx River House located inside Starlight Park address 1490 Sheridan Blvd Bronx, NY 10459, which is most easily accessible from:

Directions by train:

6 train to Whitlock Avenue, then cross Westchester Avenue. Continue north (toward the car wash) and follow Boone Avenue until it becomes West Farms Road. Continue until you reach East 172nd Street and make a right to cross Sheridan Boulevard and enter Starlight Pk.

2 or 5 trains to 174th Street, then walk east on 174th St (toward Popeye’s) until you reach the blue bridge. At the blue bridge, cross over the highway and take the ramp in the middle of the bridge (ramp, not stairs!)that leads into Starlight Pk.

River House looks like this:

The entrance to River House looks like this:

We will be outside the Bronx River House at 10am with a table and tablecloth.

The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the river and works in harmonious partnership to protect, improve and restore the Bronx River corridor so that it can be a healthy ecological, recreational, educational and economic resource for the communities through which the river flows.

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