Upcoming events.


Apr
25

Urban Park Rangers: Kids Week: Birding for Kids

Even when school's out, our parks are still the city's natural classroom! Bring your kids to parks throughout the city for Kids Week during Spring Break. With programs led by our Urban Park Rangers, kids will get to experience nature in a hands-on and fun way. Let’s learn how to get an up close look at birds without the need for wings! We will teach you ways to identify birds by sight and sounds.

For more information, please visit the NYC Parks website.

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EarthFest
Apr
21

EarthFest

Celebrate Earth Day with us! Join us for art projects, crafts, and more.

You can also join us for a volunteer project from 10 am to 12 pm; call 718.430.4625 to register to volunteer.

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The Friends of Pelham Bay Park Spring Fundraiser: Pelham Bay Park Past, Present, Future
Apr
10

The Friends of Pelham Bay Park Spring Fundraiser: Pelham Bay Park Past, Present, Future

Join us as we honor

Liam Kavanagh
Former Deputy Commissioner, NYC Parks & Recreation

Barbara Burn Dolensek
Dedicated Community Leader, Multiple Board Member, Writer/Editor, Neighbor & Friend

Angelo Rubbo
Founding Board Member, Pelham Community Rowing and Pelham Bay Water Club

And as we announce

The Grand Prize Winner
of our Pelham Bay Park: Past, Present & Future Photo Contest from the winners of five categories exploring Pelham Bay Park

Ticket includes hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and soda.

$85 before April 5, $100 at the door

We hope to see you there!

If you’d like to sponsor this event, please email us at friendsofpelhambaypark@gmail.com.

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Apr
6

NYC Parks: Pitch in for Bronx Ballfields!

Join your fellow leagues, teams, players, and spectators in volunteering to clean up fields and courts in parks across the Bronx. Help maintain and beautify our shared green spaces! Tools and gloves will be provided. Participants should wear long comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

We're grateful for the generosity of the New York Yankees, who will reward volunteers with complimentary tickets to a future Yankees game.

Register on the NYC Parks website.

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Apr
6

NYC Parks Stewardship: Pelham Bay Park - Rodman's Neck Coastal Cleanup

Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to protect coastal areas in Pelham Bay Park - Rodman's Neck! Volunteers will help us remove the debris from the coastline creating a healthier ecosystem. Face masks may be worn at your discretion. Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes, long pants, and clothing that can get dirty.

Registration required. Register on the NYC Parks website.

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Mar
30

Urban Park Rangers: Birding: American Woodcocks, now with Snickerdoodles

Join the Urban Park Rangers on an evening nature walk at Pelham Bay Park to learn all about the wacky world of woodcocks Also known as the Timberdoodle; Woodcocks take the skies at night with dazzling corkscrew flight patterns and charming vocalizations.

Come at 6 for snickerdoodles supplied by the Friends of Pelham Bay Park! (While supplies last)

For more information, visit the NYC Parks website.

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Mar
2

Urban Park Rangers: Seal Exploration

New York City is home to an amazing abundance of wildlife. The Urban Park Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots in the urban jungle. Winter is an amazing time of year to observe seals in the Long Island Sound. You may be surprised by what looks like a rock in the distance, is actually a healthy seal.

For more information, visit the NYC Parks website.

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Winter Waterfowl Walk with Chrissy Word
Feb
10

Winter Waterfowl Walk with Chrissy Word

  • Orchard Beach (exact location shared with participants) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Bronx resident and veteran bird watcher, Chrissy Word, to observe the winter waterfowl of Pelham Bay Park which attracts a great host of beautiful ducks, geese, and other waterbirds in wintertime. We'll visit some of the best locations to spot them and share our knowledge about these secretive birds that can truly surprise and captivate once we get a good look at them.

Chrissy Word is the Director of Education at the City Parks Foundation and a member of the Friends of Pelham Bay Park.

Bring your binoculars/scopes.

Limited space: register on Eventbrite.

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Jan
20

Urban Park Rangers: Seal Exploration

New York City is home to an amazing abundance of wildlife. Our Urban Park Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots in the urban jungle. Winter is an amazing time of year to observe seals in the Long Island Sound. You may be surprised that what looks like a rock in the distance is actually a healthy seal.

More info: NYC Parks Website

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Jan
14

Urban Park Rangers: Siwanoy Trail Winter Hike

Explore the Siwanoy Trail with the Urban Park Rangers. This trail is named after the Native American Siwanoy who inhabited the land along the coastlines of the Long Island Sound, Eastchester Bay, and Pelham Bay, between Connecticut and the southern Bronx. This trail is known for wildlife such as deer, owls, and coyotes.

More info: NYC Parks Website

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Bronx Arts Ensemble: Vessels to Motherland at Pelham Bay Park
Aug
31

Bronx Arts Ensemble: Vessels to Motherland at Pelham Bay Park

  • Pelham Bay Park, Middletown Lawn (behind the bleachers) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bronx-native and electronic artist Adrian Martinez will join forces with the NYC-based electroacoustic duo Vessels to Motherland to present a 1-hour sound journey celebrating the mind, body, heart, and spirit of The Bronx. Sample interviews with Bronx residents, combined with the live performance of synthesizers, drum machines, keyboards, and electric violin, will intertwine in a complex, raw, and spacious sound fabric expressing darkness and light.

This event is no longer happening on August 24, due to weather. Please join us on August 31 for Vessels to Motherland.

For more information, visit the Bronx Arts Ensemble website.

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Beach Days | Riviera Nights: Drive-In Movie
Aug
25

Beach Days | Riviera Nights: Drive-In Movie

Miss the magic of the drive-in movie? Or maybe you were too young to experience it? Join us in the Orchard Beach Parking Lot for a free screening of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on a very big screen!

Check out food trucks, games, and fun activities before the movie!

This event starts at 7 pm, but be sure to arrive before 8:15 pm. There will be no entry after 8:15 pm. You don't want to miss the movie!

Buses will run after the movie to take you to the 6 train (at the Pelham Bay Park Station). No car required!

Beach Days | Riviera Nights is a series of events sponsored by the Friends of Pelham Bay Park, the Pelham Bay Park Administrator’s Office, Bronx Recreation, Parking Solutions Inc., and Council Member Marjorie Velazquez.

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Beach Days | Riviera Nights: Silent Disco
Aug
19

Beach Days | Riviera Nights: Silent Disco

  • Orchard Beach, off the boardwalk by Section 4 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Are you looking for a sweet night out? Dance the evening away at Orchard Beach! Silent Disco comes to the rink area at Section 4: don headphones and pick the music. We'll have three channels, including a live DJ. Choose your favorite and dance the night away!

Feel free to bring your own music and headphones, but only the headphones we have will be able to tune into our DJs.

Headphones are first come, first serve.

You will need a photo ID to leave as collateral for the free headphone rental.

Free parking after 7 pm. Bus to the #6 train available after the disco.

Beach Days | Riviera Nights is a series of events sponsored by the Friends of Pelham Bay Park, the Pelham Bay Park Administrator’s Office, Bronx Recreation, and Parking Solutions Inc.

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Beach Days | Riviera Nights: Street Games
Aug
12

Beach Days | Riviera Nights: Street Games

  • Orchard Beach, off the boardwalk near Section 4 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Bronx Recreation for a day of music and no-tech games at the Beach, just like you used to do when you were a kid!

Enjoy face painting and arts and crafts!

Beach Days | Riviera Nights is a series of events sponsored by the Friends of Pelham Bay Park, the Pelham Bay Park Administrator’s Office, Bronx Recreation, and Parking Solutions Inc.

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Kids Shows: Larger Than Life
Aug
9

Kids Shows: Larger Than Life

  • Pelham Bay park, Playground for All Children (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bring your child to a show in the park! Enjoy this series of puppet shows, acrobats, and music under the gazebo!

Our last show of the season! Join a boy band dance party and jam!

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Jun
24

Photography with Jeanne

Jeanne, a Bronxite born and raised, loves photographing nature and wildlife. Her photos have wowed judges in our photo contests!

Let Jeanne show you her tips and tricks for getting amazing nature photos in Pelham Bay Park on this walking tour. Bring a camera!

This experience is geared toward people aged 12 or older. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Edit: this event is moved to June 17 because of air quality.

Edit 2: this event is moved to June 24 because of forecasted thunderstorms.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/photography-with-jeanne-tickets-626378383607

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Jun
24

Volunteer: Pelham Bay Park Forest Restoration

We’re teaming up with the NYC Parks Stewardship Team to protect the forested areas in Pelham Bay Park!  Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes, long pants and long sleeves, and clothing that can get dirty. Face masks may be worn at your discretion.

Registration required. Register on the NYC Parks website: https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/14004

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Jun
23

Movies Under the Stars: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy a movie with NYC Parks! This event is sponsored by Council Member Marjorie Velazquez.

Free parking after 7 pm. No barbequing allowed.
Bathrooms will be available, but the rest of the beach will be closed.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness:
Doctor Strange travels across the multiverse to battle multiple multiverse-spanning threats, including alternate versions of himself.
Rated PG-13

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