10-28-2026 🎃🦇Halloween is Around the Corner, Columbia Street Waterfront!👻🍬 In this issue: CSWA Annual Meeting is just three weeks away! Community events all week long! BQE and BMT continue on collision course - more info sessions and BQE Central CEQR scoping sessions. Save the date - CSWA's 2nd Annual Tree Lighting at Human Compass Garden - Wednesday, December 2! And speaking of Human Compass Garden, neighbors join together to prepare the garden for the fall! The CSWA Annual Meeting is just...
4 days ago • 4 min read
10-28-2026 Happy Long Weekend, Columbia Street Waterfront! In this issue: Family fun and learning at City of Forest` Day at Voorhees Park Playground! BMT and BQE "Central" on collision course - for (at least) the next 10 years! Illegal trucks continue their reign of chaos in our neighborhood! Our first ever Annual Meeting on Monday, November 16, is coming up quickly! Find out about our special guest, and how Columbia Street Waterfront residents, property owners, and businesses can join the...
17 days ago • 4 min read
10-28-2026 Thanks to all of you who joined us for the BMT Community Forum, Columbia Street Waterfront! We had a great turnout, fantastic speakers, and terrific energy in the room! Thanks especially to Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez for her stirring remarks, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon for setting the stage and for leading the Q&A, our other elected co-hosts Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes, Council Member Alexa Avilés, and Council Member Shahana Hanif, our phenomenal panel of maritime experts,...
27 days ago • 5 min read
10-28-2026 Stay Dry and Safe, Columbia Street Waterfront! From Voices of the Waterfront: A Coastal Flood Warning is in effect from 9/25 to 9/27. If you live in a basement apartment, be ready to move to higher ground or a higher floor if flooding starts. STAY OUT of flooded basements. Call 311 if flooding makes roads impassable, damages property, or lasts more than 48 hours. Travel Advisory: Expect heavy rain, coastal flooding, and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph from Friday through Sunday. Sign up...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
10-28-2026 So much big news this week, Columbia Street Waterfront! In this issue: Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) Community Forum on Monday, September 28 - all the details! RSVP today! Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) news. Mark your Calendars - CSWA's Very First Annual Meeting - Monday, November 16! And another very first for CSWA - our first Nominating Committee has convened! Join the Columbia Street Waterfront Association today! Our CSWA Membership Committee still needs you! (our other...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
10-28-2026 So much big news this week, Columbia Street Waterfront! In this issue: Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) Community Forum on Monday, September 28 - all the details! RSVP today! Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) news. Mark your Calendars - CSWA's Very First Annual Meeting - Monday, November 16! And another very first for CSWA - our first Nominating Committee has convened! Join the Columbia Street Waterfront Association today! Our CSWA Membership Committee still needs you! (our other...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
10-28-2026 September is here, Columbia Street Waterfront! And What a Busy Fall It Will Be! In this issue: Another date to save: Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) Community Town Hall on Monday, September 28! Support the Columbia Street Waterfront Association: Help us strengthen our community! Our CSWA Membership Committee needs you! (our other committees could use you too!) Save the date! Cobble Hill Association and CSWA Co-Sponsor a City of Forest Event at Van Voorhees Playground on Saturday,...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
10-28-2026 Savor the Last Full Month of Summer, Columbia Street Waterfront! In this issue: Support the Columbia Street Waterfront Association - Help us Strengthen our Community! Save the date! Cobble Hill Association and CSWA Co-Sponsor a City of Forest Event at Van Voorhees Playground - Saturday, October 3!! Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) news: About those BMT ATF (Advisory Task Force) Office Hours sessions. Support the Columbia Street Waterfront Association - Help us Strengthen our...
2 months ago • 4 min read
10-28-2026 August, Hot and Stormy, arrives at Columbia Street Waterfront - and so does our CSWA Website! In this issue: Launching CSWA's Website! A Vox Future Perfect article by neighbor Bryan Walsh features our community's victory getting stop signs and cross walks at Summit and Columbia Streets! Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) news: last Friday's BMT Advisory Task Force meeting and this week's EDC Public Information session go on despite our recommendation to reschedule to September. Big...
3 months ago • 4 min read