2. AboutUs
The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway
Parks Conservancy is a public-
private partnership dedicated to
improving public parkland
throughout Jamaica Bay and the
Rockaway peninsula.
6. Rockaway!
Arts Festival
Rockaway! public arts
festival celebrated the
reopening of historic
Fort Tilden and
recognized the
ongoing recovery of
the Rockaway
peninsula. The festival
attracted more than
12,000 people during
its two-month run in
2014.
7. MarianS.
Heiskell Beach
Grass Nursery
at Floyd
Bennett Field
A 3.25-acre beach grass nursery
at Floyd Bennett Field. Plants
from the nursery are used to
stabilize dunes that buffer the
Rockaway coastline from
storms and sea level rise.
8. Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge
Jamaica BayWildlife Refuge
North and South Garden
• North Garden work to be completed by
late 2017
• The project will be followed by
long-term monitoring of the site and
adaptive management.
JBRPC works to expand public access; increase recreational and educational opportunities; foster citizen stewardship and volunteerism; preserve and restore natural areas, including wetland and wildlife habitat; enhance cultural resources; and ensure the long-term sustainability of the parklands.
Organized by MoMA PS1 and the Rockaway Artists Alliance, Rockaway! featured solo projects by Patti Smith, Janet Cardiff and Adrián Villar Rojas at Fort Tilden and an international group show with theHonolulu Biennial at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club. Patti Smith's installation of five granite blocks engraved with Walt Whitman quotes will remain on permanent display at Fort Tilden.
Organized by MoMA PS1 and the Rockaway Artists Alliance, Rockaway! featured solo projects by Patti Smith, Janet Cardiff and Adrián Villar Rojas at Fort Tilden and an international group show with theHonolulu Biennial at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club. Patti Smith's installation of five granite blocks engraved with Walt Whitman quotes will remain on permanent display at Fort Tilden.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Restore native plant communities, including flood and salt-tolerant plants, to create better habitat for migratory birds and improve the site’s ability to recover from future floods.
Complete baseline biological monitoring, including surveys of birds, soils, vegetation and insects for long-term monitoring.
Reduce invasive plants on approximately 14-acres of parkland.
Bayswater Park
Marine Park (with TNC)
Canarsie Park
Canarsie Pier
