AccomPliShmENTS 2006-2007

Courtesy of Grant White
Bronx River Alliance
One Bronx River Parkway
Bronx, NY 10462
T: 718 430 4665 F: 718 430 4658
www.bronxriver.org
Accomplishments
2006-2007
Accomplishments
2006 -2007
Community leaders and residents, agency partners, and our board and staff have invested countless hours
into the creation of the Bronx River Greenway and the restoration of the river. Come to the river, and you
will see our progress. The new and restored parks—Hunts Point Riverside Park, the Bronx River Forest,
Muskrat Cove, and the nearly-completed Concrete Plant Park—are easy to spot, but in fact we’ve accomplished much more.
Bronx River Alliance
In 2006, we published two comprehensive planning documents that guide our day-to-day work. The Bronx
River Greenway Plan sets forth our goals and vision for the parkland along the river’s banks, while the Bronx
River Ecological Restoration and Management Plan assesses the river’s environmental health, sets targets for
its improvement, and defines the projects through which we’ll achieve those goals. We capped off our major publications with the 2007 launch of the Bronx River Classroom: The Inside Track for Educators, a guide
providing lesson plans, maps and resources for utilizing the river as a living classroom. Each document is
available on our newly redesigned website: www.bronxriver.org.
2006 -2007 PROGRESS REPORT
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.
HARD WORK
Our full-time Bronx River Conservation Crew does the hard physical work that makes restoration plans
a reality. Together with hundreds of volunteers, the Conservation Crew cleared an astonishing amount of
debris from the eight miles of the river in the Bronx in the last two years: over 3,000 tires, 7,500 other large
objects, and some 85 tons of litter and flotsam. In addition, the Conservation Crew has planted over 15,000
trees and restored more than 60 acres of parkland along the Bronx River since 2005.
The Alliance works in close partnership with the New York City Department of Parks
& Recreation to achieve these goals. For a full list of Bronx River Alliance partners, visit
www.bronxriver.org.
LEADERSHIP
Recognizing that the river’s restoration cannot stop at the city border, we lead several efforts to highlight
threats to the river throughout the watershed. In 2006 we helped create the Bronx River Watershed Coalition, and in 2007 we took a leading role in organizing the city-wide S.W.I.M. (Storm Water Infrastructure
Matters) coalition to address the problem of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) discharging polluted
stormwater into the city’s waterways. We plan to implement stormwater capture and rainwater harvesting
projects to reduce these discharges and serve as practical examples for the rest of the region.
BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE RIVER
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staurant, very
picturesquel
located, is to
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be found on
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about the pla
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quiet and arti
stic ease.”
The river’s restoration gets its fullest meaning from the people
The river’s restoration gets
who come to experience it first-hand. Each year we reach out to
some 300 educators and 650 students, providing the means and
its fullest meaning from
expertise, through offerings such as the Election Day workshop
the people who come to
and the Student Symposium, so they can fully use the Bronx
River as an outdoor classroom. We drew hundreds of people
experience it first-hand.
to the river with the Amazing Bronx River Flotilla, the Bronx
River Festival, Family Day by the River, the Bronx River start
to the Tour de Bronx, and Pedal and Paddle Day. Over the past two seasons some 2,000 paddlers, many of
them seeing the Bronx River for the first time, came on our canoe trips. For children and grownups new to
paddling, we offered introductory canoe rides at our events in 2007, and we’ll do it again this year. George J. M
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As new and refurbished parkland opens along the Bronx River waterfront and more people are drawn to its
banks for tranquility, recreation, education, and fun, the future looks bright for this historic waterway. To
see how far we’ve come, let’s take a look back. In this report, we offer a glimpse of the remarkable history of
the Bronx River—its uses, abuses and revival.
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Editorial
22 July 1905
2006 - 2007 FINANCIAL SUMMARY
REVENUE
EXPENSES
NET ASSETS
2006
2007
Grants-Foundation:
$161,228
$197,029
Ecological
Restoration:
$581,301
$745,059
Temporarily
Restricted:
$954,845
$544,414
Grants-Corporate:
$37,750
$202,934
Education:
$113,657
$190,176
Unrestricted:
$260,689
$497,853
Grants-Government:
$332,047
$97,197
Greenway:
$124,549
$123,931
Net Assets at
end of year:
$1,215,534
$1,042,267
Individual Donations:
$37,690
$37,500
Outreach:
$131,829
$153,978
Other Income
and Interest:
$16,743
$83,780
Subtotal,
Programs:
$951,336
$1,213,144
In-Kind Contributions,
Parks Department:
$220,260
$399,327
Administrative:
$183,606
$99,665
Other In-kind Income:
$26,636
$54,382
$98,982
$168,547
Prior year restricted
revenue released from
restrictions:
$423,081
$660,091
$1,255,435
$1,732,240
$1,233,924
$1,481,356
TOTAL:
2006
Fundraising:
TOTAL:
2007
2006
2007
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See you at the river!
Linda R. Cox
Executive Director
Bronx River Administrator
Joan Byron
Chair
Bronx River Alliance
The Bronx
then & now
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Moments in Bronx River History
pre-1639: Aquahung (River of High Bluffs)
1639: Jonas Bronck gives his name to Bronx River.
1671: First mill built on Bronx River.
1776: Battle of White Plains.
1790: First Lorillard snuff mill.
1798: Bronx River proposed as source of NYC drinking water.
ca. 1805: Ceramic and paper mills built at West Farms.
1809: Lead paint manufacturing at West Farms.
ca. 1812: Flour mills and grain elevator built at West Farms.
1818: Bleaching and Dyeing works started at Bronxdale.
ca. 1820: Poet Joseph Rodman Drake writes of the “romantic” Bronx River.
1835: Woolen carpet manufacturing begins at West Farms.
1842: New York and Harlem Railroad reaches Bronx River.
1847: Gunpowder manufactured on upper Bronx River.
1874: Bronx River becomes eastern border of New York City; Constant
Baudouin founds the Hermitage, restaurant on the Bronx River
known as “French Charlie’s.”
1881: Bronx River dammed to create first
Kensico Reservoir.
1888: Creation of Bronx Park.
1891: New York Botanical Garden opens.
1893: Baumgarten Tapestry works built
at Williamsbridge.
1895: Land east of Bronx River annexed
to New York City.
1899: Bronx Zoo opens.
1899: Blasting and dredging begin on lower
Bronx River channel.
1901: Bronx Zoo Dam built.
Current Board and Staff
Joan Byron, Chair
Pratt Center for Community and
Environmental Development
Adam Green, Vice Chair
Muskrat Cove
Rocking the Boat
Named for the muskrats that live along its wooded banks, the once trashed and isolated Muskrat Cove now beckons walkers and cyclists to explore the greenway’s link to Westchester County.
Pablo León, Treasurer
Rocking the Boat
Tawkiyah Jordan,
Greenway Team Co-Chair
Federal Government
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service, Rivers and Trails
Office of Congressman José E. Serrano
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Bronx River Forest
A showpiece of ecological restoration and a natural classroom
for environmental education, the Bronx River Forest enfolds the river and greenway north of the New York Botanical Garden.
State and Local Government
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1918: Starlight Park amusement
park opens.
1925: Original Bronx River Parkway
competed, terminating at the
Botanical Garden.
1931: Starlight Park amusement park
closes.
1952: Construction of new Bronx River
Parkway extending to Soundview.
1974: Bronx River Restoration organized.
1977: First Bronx River Canoe Expedition
by Bronx River Restoration.
1980: Bronx River Master Plan drawn up
by Bronx River Restoration.
1985: Bronx River Restoration begins
environmental education program
for schools.
1987: Concrete Plant seized by New York City
due to non-payment of taxes.
1989: Water quality monitoring program
initiated by Bronx River Restoration.
Courtesy of the Bronx County Historical Society, New York
Water Quality Testing, 1990
Courtesy of Grant White
Courtesy of the Bronx County Historical Society, New York
The Bronx River Boathouse, 1916
Swimming near Gun Hill Road, ca 1920
2008
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Jose Mora
Student
2007
The River as a Dumping Ground,
ca 1968-1975
1995: Drew Gardens planted.
1997: Bronx River Working Group formed;
Hunts Point Riverside Park begins as
a community Green Street.
1999: Parks Commissioner Henry Stern proclaims
“Year of the Bronx River”; Bronx River
Action Plan drafted; Community groups
win struggle to designate Concrete Plant
as parkland; First Procession of the
Golden Ball.
2000: First Bronx River Flotilla; NY National
Guard removes multiple cars from river
near Starlight Park, assisted by community
youth who mapped locations.
BEFORE
2001: Bronx River Alliance formed.
2005: Bronx River BioBlitz; Bronx River Forest floodplain restoration
completed; ground broken for Concrete Plant Park.
2006: 1,000 people paddle the river for the
first time; Alewife herring reintroduced
into the river; Greenway and Ecological
Restoration Plans published.
2007: Hunts Point Riverside Park opens, first
new park on the Bronx River Greenway;
Starlight Park remediation completed;
José the Beaver builds lodge on
Bronx River.
2008: Muskrat Cove restoration completed.
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Bronx Borough President’s Office
Community Boards: 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
Cornell Cooperative Extension – NYC
New York City Department of Education
New York City Department of Environmental
Protection
New York City Department of
Homeless Services
New York City Department of Parks
& Recreation
New York City Department
of Transportation
New York City Soil & Water
Conservation District
New York State Office of the
Attorney General
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation New York State Department of State
New York State Department
of Transportation
Westchester County Department
of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation
Westchester County Planning Department
Westchester County Soil & Water Conservation
District
Community Based and Other
Non-Governmental Organizations
American Museum of Natural History
Amalgamated Housing
Ex Officio Board Members
Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom H.S.
Alexie Torres-Fleming
Special Advisors
Rocking the Boat
PWB Management Corp.
Maarten de Kadt
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice
Charles Vasser
Sonia Manzano
Gail Nathan
Wendy Neu
Interns
Sally Chang, Floritza Gomez, Jeff Goldis, Jessica
Martinez, Cesar Yoc
Volunteer Extraordinaire
Martha Schwartz
Pro Bono Counsel
John Denne, James Periconi, and the law firm of
Winston & Strawn
Dart Westphal
Mosholu Preservation Corporation
Appalachian Mountain Club
Beczak Environmental Center
Boy Scouts Troop 11/ Allerton Avenue
Bissel Gardens
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
Bronx County Historical Society
Bronx River Parkway Reservation Conservancy
Bronx River Restoration
Bronx River Art Center
Center for Justice Innovation
Christodora Inc.
City Parks Foundation
Clearpool Education Center
Concerned Residents Organization, Inc.
Council on the Environment of NYC
Downtown Boathouse
Drew Gardens
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Environmental Education Advisory Council
Forget – Me – Not Seniors
Friends of Brook Park
Friends of the Bronx Zoo
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
Gaia Institute
Greening for Breathing
GLOBE
Harding Park Homeowners Association & Environmental Center Hudson Basin River Watch
League of Conservation Voters
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Children’s Hospital
Mosholu Preservation Corporation
Muskrateers
Nature Network
Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corporation
Neighborhood Open Space Coalition
Nos Quedamos/We Stay
New York Botanical Garden
New York Cares
New York City Housing Authority Gardening
Program
New York City Open Accessible Space Information
System Cooperative (OASIS)
New York Restoration Project
New York/New Jersey Harbor
Estuary Program
Partnerships for Parks
Phipps Community
Development Corporation
Pratt Center for Community Development
The Point Community Development Corporation
Regional Plan Association
Rocking the Boat
Save the Sound
Solar One Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance
5Storm Water Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M)
Sustainable South Bronx
Transportation Alternatives Tri-State Transportation Campaign Trout in the Classroom
Trust for Public Land
USGBC Emerging Green Builders NY
Wave Hill
Waterfront Park Coalition
West Farms Focus Group
Wildcat Services Corporation
Wildlife Conservation Society / Bronx Zoo
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice
VOICE
Bronx Lab School
Bronx Regional High School
Bronx Satellite High School
Columbia University: Center for Environmental
Research and Conservation, Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and
Teacher’s College.
Christopher Columbus High School
DeWitt Clinton High School
Dual Language Middle School
Evander Childs High School
Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
Fordham University
High School for Media and Communication
Lehman College/ CUNY
Manhattan College
MS 80
MS 118
MS 180
Milano The New School for Management and Urban
Policy
New York University Wallerstein Collaborative
Pablo Neruda Academy for Architecture and World
Studies
Queens College , CUNY
Stevenson High School
St. Simon Stock Elementary School
SUNY Maritime
Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation
Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Schools
Academy of Environmental Science
Banana Kelly High School
Baruch College Campus High School
Bronx Academy High School
Bronx Aerospace Academy
Bronx Guild High School
Bronx International High School
Special thanks to our many volunteers and committed Team members!
2006 - 2007 Supporters
Foundations
Corporations
Brook ($250+)
The Achelis Foundation
The Altman Foundation
Booth Ferris Foundation
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Edward W. Hazen Foundation
The Hagedorn Fund
The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Merck Family Fund
The New York City Environmental Fund
The New York Community Trust
Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.
The Prospect Hill Foundation
Round River Foundation
Sarah K. de Coizart TENTH Perpetual Charitable Trust
William and Jane Overman Foundation
Public Funding
The Bronx Council on the Arts through the New York
State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program
The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation/Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment
Community Development Block Grant
Congressman José E. Serrano
Congressman José E. Serrano’s WCS-NOAA Lower
Bronx River Partnership
Council Member Oliver Koppell
Council Member Joel Rivera
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation/Long Island
Sound Futures Fund
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development
New York State Department of State/Environmental
Protection Fund
American Corporate Benefits, Inc.
Bank of America
Bloomberg L.P.
Con Edison
D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of New York, Inc.
The Durst Organization
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Healthfirst PHSP
Hugo Neu Corporation
Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association
Krasdale Foods, Inc.
New York National Bank
New York Power Authority
Patagonia
Ponce de Leon Federal Savings Bank
PWB Management Corporation
Royal Realty Corporation
Signature Bank
Sims Metal Management
Stepping Stone Capital
Tryax Realty Management Inc.
Verizon
Vista Food Exchange, Inc.
Bill Aguado and Kathi Pavlik
Tony Archino
Joan Byron
Megan Charlop
Kevin Connolly
Daniel DiSano
Dominic Ferrovecchio
Michelle and Anthony Filorimo
Alfred Finger
Donald Henley
Fernand Brunschwig & Jennifer Herring
Stephen Kaplan
Kim Kastens
Kenneth Kirshenbaum and Wendy Breitner
Peter Kohlmann and Josephine Perrella
Lorraine Coyle Koppell
Pablo León
Henry Lowenstein
Thomas McArdle
Thomas F. and Constance Moran
Joyce Moss
Keith Munroe
F. Taylor Pape
Joe Payesco
Stephen Ritz
Dr. Jose A. Rodriguez
Martha and David Schwartz
William B. Shore
Marceil Tooley
Alexie Torres-Fleming
Stephen Tosh
Donna Walcavage
Thomas & Christine Webler
Claire Weisz
Dart Westphal and Ellen Pollan
Public Funding
The Bronx Council on the Arts through the New York
State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program
The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation/Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment
Community Development Block Grant
Congressman José E. Serrano
Congressman José E. Serrano’s WCS-NOAA Lower
Bronx River Partnership
Council Member Oliver Koppell
Council Member Joel Rivera
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation/Long Island
Sound Futures Fund
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development
New York State Department of State/Environmental
Protection Fund
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Small Business Administration
The iconic structures of a defunct concrete plant preserve part of the Bronx River’s industrial past while providing a dramatic
backdrop to a sparkling new park.
Individual Donors
Tributary ($5000+)
Peter Bourbeau
Robert Kelman
Edith McBean
Branch ($1000+)
Anonymous
Frances Beinecke and Paul Elston
Elizabeth L. Bennett
David Blinken
Jack Bohnsack
Helena Durst
Gerald Galison
Sonia Manzano and Richard S. Reagan
Ray Miranti
Jeffrey S. Myers and Patricia A. Farren
Alan H. Rappaport
L. Steven Shinn
Stream ($500+)
Martha Olson Bernstein
Bill & Paula Caplan
Majora Carter
Vincent J. Cioffi
Linda Cox and John G. Robinson
Terence Dorsey and Katherine McNabb
Adam Green
Rivulet ($100+)
George Acevedo
Kevin Alter
Jessica Bellinder and Brian G. Arthur
Robert Bender
Virginia Bermejo
Sandra Boer
Kathleen Whitney Bukofzer
Fanny Chin
Donald and Mary Coyle
Carter Craft
Maarten de Kadt
John Denne
Taylor Eskew
Joel Feinberg
Mark Foggin
Tony Forte
Tom Fox
Stephen Franciosa
Richard Gans
Robert Gans
Dolores Garrison
Sarah & Jeff Gerecke
Stephen & Celeste Goldman
Eric Goldstein
Pamela Haller
William C. Hellendale
Barry S. Hochhauser
Jeff Honerkamp
Alix W. Hopkins
Jane Jackson
Herve M. Jacquet
Olive Josuweit
Maria Karpfinger
Carol Kennedy
Ken Kostel
Sue Labouvie
John Linnane
Paul Lipson
Jane Little
Sandra Lobo-Jost
Tami Luhby
Paul and Julie Mankiewicz
Kim Mathews
John J. McKew
Carolyn McLaughlin
Joan McMahon
T. Morgan
David Muchnick
Gail Nathan
Signe Nielsen
Daniel Olson
Elizabeth Parry
Elizabeth and Peter Pezzolla
Nancy and Barnabas Quigley
Doris Quinones
Ariella Rosenberg
Gerry Segal and Ellie Schoenbaum
George Simpson
Annie, Robert, and Teresa Grant Stoeth
Patricia and Christina Trowbridge
Craig R. Unger
Sedra Jayne Varga
Harold E. Varmus
James Webler
James Weeks
Stephen C. Whitehouse
Judy Williams
Chrissy Word
Marlene P. Zaslavsky
Zonta Club of Westchester
Samuel & Kelly Runfola
BEFORE
after
ce
a
Nancy Wall
Linda R. Cox, Teresa Crimmens, Brendalee Cruz,
Stephen DeVillo, Elaine Feliciano, Valerie Francis,
Donovan Goulbourne, Maggie Scott Greenfield,
Damian Griffin, Michael Hunter, Frances Knickmeyer, Leslie Lannon, Yen Le, Penny Matta, Michael
Mendez, Andrew Mittiga, Rosa Perez, Kimberly
Rancourt, Miguel Rodriguez, Norma L. Rosa, AnneMarie Runfola, Maria Sawyer, Chris Squire, Mildred
Torres, Michelle Williams
after
Joan Byron, Pratt Center for Community Development
Staff
Ruth Anderberg
The Hon. José E. Serrano
Nancy Wallace
2006 - 2007 Partners
1902: River pollution found to be endangering animals in Bronx Zoo.
1904: Chestnut Blight first identified in US at Bronx Zoo, spreads up
Bronx River Valley.
1905: New York Central Railroad alters course of Bronx River; proposal to
build elevated trains along the Bronx River defeated; New York Tribune
terms the Bronx River a “turbid, reeking, stinking thing.”
1906: Bronx Valley Trunk Sewer project
authorized by NYS.
1907: Bronx River Parkway Commission
appointed.
1909: Bronx River marshes drained for
mosquito control.
1913: Dredging project begins on lower river.
1915: New Kensico Dam completed.
Honorary Board Members
Adrian Benepe, Commissioner
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
Adolfo Carrión
Bronx Borough President
Councilmember Maria Arroyo
Councilmember Annabel Palma
Councilmember Joel Rivera
Councilmember Oliver Koppell
Councilmember Larry Seabrook
Peter Bourbeau
Chrissy Word,
Education Team Co-Chair
Courtesy of the Bronx County Historical Society, New York
The Gaia Institute
Richard S. Reagan, Secretary
Bronx Aerospace High School
Courtesy of the Bronx County Historical Society, New York
Paul Mankiewicz,
Ecology Team Co-Chair
Axispoint, Inc.
Tom Burkert,
Education Team Co-Chair
View of West Farms, 1898
The Point CDC
Tony Archino, Ecology Team Co-Chair
Trustee, The Norcross Wildlife Foundation
BEFORE
Kellie Terry-Sepulveda,
Greenway Team Co-Chair
Hunts Point Riverside Park
Community activists and volunteers helped turn a disused, rubbishchoked dead end street into the beautiful Hunts Point Riverside Park,
one of the jewels of the Bronx River Greenway.
We also thank donors who provided goods and services:
George Acevedo, American Canoe Association, AriZona/F&V Distribution, Artie’s Steak & Seafood, Bagel Zone, Elizabeth Bennett, Big Box Productions, Bronx River
Art Center, The Bronx Tourism Council, Brooklyn Brewery, Brotherhood Winery, City Parks Foundation, Down East Seafood, Fairway, Gustiamo, Inc., Alix W. Hopkins,
Katrina Jeffries, Kettle Foods, Marco’s Salumeria Leone, Mike’s Deli, Gail Nathan, New York Botanical Garden, New York Restoration Project, Orange V Vodka, Paddler
Magazine, Rocking the Boat, Gary Rozman, TriServe Party Rentals, Urban Park Rangers, WhatWorks, Inc., WFUV, Whole Foods, Wildlife Conservation Society.
The Bronx River Cleanup Program was funded in part by the Wildlife Conservation Society through the resolution of an enforcement action against the Society
brought by the New York State Attorney General.