Friends of Brower Park

ArtBuilt Mobile Studio Aug 15 – Sept 30, 2016

OneCrownHeights Neighborhood Festival Aug. 21, 2016

Shirley Chisholm Dedication June 8, 2016

It was a cloudy day. There was the imminent threat of rain. But the approaching storm slowed its approach. The long awaited Shirley Chisholm Circle Dedication was about to begin. The storm waited while the first African American woman to run… Read More

St. Marks Avenue 7th Annual Block Extravaganza 6/11/2016

Join the fun and games at the  7th Annual Extravaganza brought to the Brower Park-Crown Heights Community by the St. Marks Avenue Independent Block Association, Inc. Visit the Friends of Brower Park table. We have a secret, fun, and… Read More

Its My Park Day May 21, 2016, Protecting Our Trees and Plants

Brower Park Community Volunteers make a difference. This weekend volunteers weeded plant beds and spread mulch around the trees surrounding the children’s playground and in a plant bed near the Monarch Butterfly Garden. We also planted 3 new bushes protecting… Read More

Shirley Chisholm Circle Dedication

SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, June 08, 2016 11:00-1:00 P.M. Brower Park, Crown Heights, Brooklyn DONATE VOLUNTEER For more information about the Shirley Chisholm Circle Dedication contact: contactus@friendsofbrowerpark.org To donate using Paypal click the DONATE button or email: donate@friendsofbrowerpark.org If… Read More

Earth Week 2016 at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum

This is the third year in a row that Friends of Brower Park participated in the Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s celebration of the earth.  This year, in the museum’s greenhouse, children had a wonderful time making seed germinators from… Read More

TreeLC–March 26, 2016

A Community Service Group of 14 students from the High School of Public Service, came through the BuildOn organization came to the park today to help Friends of Brower Park remediate the tree pits surrounding the park. With their help and… Read More

It’s My Park Day–March 20, 2016

A community service group  of 12 from Repair the World came to Brower Park today to rake leaves and repair our tree mulch rings in the southeast corner of the park. They did a great job and had a… Read More

TreeLC–March 19, 2016

Today, the TreeLC truck came to Brower Park with tools, mulch, and collapsible water buckets. The TreeLC truck was an initiative of the Million Trees Project, The millionth tree was planted this summer (2015) in the Bronx. The program… Read More

It’s My Park Day: March 16, 2016

Spring Cleaning with Community Service Volunteers from the Mosaic Baptist Church located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The Crown Heights Mosaic Church hosts groups from all over the United States who come to New York to experience our city and… Read More

Annual Tree Lighting in Brower Park–December 13 at 5PM

Sign up for a TreeLC Workshop to learn how to care for the street trees on your block.

Friends of Brower Park and the NYC Million Trees project is partnering to offer a free tree care training workshop. Sign up today and learn how to care for the trees on your block. You will learn why… Read More

Join us for Friends of Brower Park’s 2nd Annual Nov. 14, 2015 Leaf Crunch Event

Friends of Brower Park in partnership with the NYC Compost Project and the NYC Parks Department brings you Leaf Crunch 2015 at Brower Park. “Love your neighborhood park?  Support it by raking this fall! We’ll collect and compost your… Read More

St. Marks Residence Annual Pumpkin Patch

St. Marks Residence has asked Friends of Brower Park to spread the word. Join the Halloween Celebration on October 31, 2015 from 12 noon to 4pm at the 83 St. Marks Residence. Each child will receive one free… Read More

August 22, 2015: Its My Park Day–Community Volunteers Weeding & Exploring

As our two Community Service volunteers from Queens weeded our Prospect Place Welcome garden they were covered in sticky burs. We were rewarded by the appearance of a Monarch Butterfly in our Milkweed patch.       The… Read More

August 26, 2015: Its My Park Day–Harvesting Activities

As Tomas, a steadfast volunteer, works harvesting milkweed seeds he observes many new insects that have been attracted to the milkweed plants. Milkweed plants attract aphids and ladybugs provide natural insect control. Ladybugs dine on aphids. Tomas, also… Read More

September 12, 2015: Its My Park Day–A busy day of harvesting seeds and turning compost.

Today has been a busy day for Friends of Brower Park volunteers. Tomas helped  harvest sunflower seeds.         With Janice and other community volunteers.   We turned the leaf mold [compost) that we have been… Read More

September 20, 2015: Its My Park Day–We planted a garden and the insects moved in.

We planted milkweed to save the Monarch butterfly. Word went out and an ecosystem has begun to reestablish itself. The milkweed plant is the only plant that the Monarch butterfly will lay its eggs on and the only… Read More

September 26, 2015: Observations

The playground and skateboard area, sandwiched between the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the George V. Brower Elementary School is often used by Crown Heights cultural institutions as a rehearsal space.