2024 SUMMIT INFORMATION COMING SOON!
MAY 5-6, 2022
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, together with the NYC Greenways Coalition—a collective of 40+ greenway-aligned groups focused on completion and continual enhancement of an equitable greenway network in New York City—invite you to the NYC Greenways Summit to learn about greenways as vital public infrastructure and the need for comprehensive planning, implementation, and upkeep of a fully developed greenway network in NYC.
The NYC Greenways Summit will illustrate the potential for an equitable greenway network to increase mobility options, reduce emissions and improve climate resilience, introduce new open spaces, promote health and active lifestyles, and create new jobs and economic activity.
We’ll discuss the status of NYC’s conceptual 400-mile network, showcase greenway typologies, discuss planning and implementation challenges, legislative and policy needs, and lead on-greenway workshops and rides in the surrounding days of “Greenways Week.”
Speakers include elected officials and government leaders, community stakeholders and civically engaged New Yorkers, and professionals working to advance an equitable greenway network in NYC.
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Interpretation available in Spanish and Mandarin for webinar participants.
2022 SUMMIT AGENDA
Day 1: Thursday, May 5
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Networking Reception & Refreshment
ONGOING
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway User Study
Participate in research to learn who’s using the greenway, how it’s being used, and the user experience.
1:00 - 1:45 PM
WELCOME: Opening Remarks from NYC Mayor Eric L. Adams
A Vision for Greenways in New York City’s Future
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Introduction by Terri Carta, Executive Director, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
2:00 - 3:15 PM
NYC Commissioners’ Panel
Sue Donoghue
NYC Parks Commissioner
Andrew Kimball
NYC EDC President & CEO
Ydanis Rodriguez
NYC DOT Commissioner
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Moderator: Terri Carta
Executive Director, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
3:30 - 4:45 PM
Advancing an Equitable Greenway Network in NYC
Giselle Guerrero
Steering Committee & Community Ride Leader, El Barrio Bikes; Community Planning Fellow, Fund for the City of New York
Hildalyn Colón Hernández
Director of Policy & Strategic Partnerships, Los Deliveristas/ Workers Justice Project
Joby Jacob, Ph.D.,
Co-Founder, Eastern Queens Greenway / Motor Parkway East; Associate Professor of Biology at LaGuardia Community College
Anna Kemeny
Steering Committee Coordinator & Community Ride Leader, El Barrio Bikes
Edmundo Martinez
Bronx River Alliance Greenway Team Co-Chair; Bike the Bronx; Lead Organizer, Bronx Cranksgiving
Chauncy Young
Harlem River Working Group
Moderator: John Surico
Professor + Advisor, NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute; Scholar in Residence, Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Greenways4NYC Happy Hour
Hosted by
With remarks by New York Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher and Senator Andrew Gounardes
Day 2: Friday, May 6
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Networking Breakfast
ONGOING
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway User Study
Participate in research to learn who’s using the greenway, how it’s being used, and the user experience.
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Remarks by US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
Federal Infrastructure Funding for Greenways and Trails
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Introduction by Terri Carta, Executive Director, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Building Greenways Better, Faster, Smarter
Eli Dvorkin
Editorial & Policy Director, Center for an Urban Future
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Mike Lydon
Co-Founder and Principal, Street Plans
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Tricia Martin
RLA, Associate Principal, Local Office Landscape and Urban Design
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Moderator: Lauren Micir
Associate, Urbanism + Planning, AECOM Metro New York
11:05 - 11:25 AM
NYC Greenways Master Plan
Council Member Carlina Rivera, NYC Council District 2
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Designing Greenways as Vital Public Infrastructure
Pinar Balci
Assistant Commissioner, NYC DEP
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Elizabeth Hamby
Senior Director, Take Care New York, NYC DOHMH
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Elijah Hutchinson
Vice President of Waterfronts, NYC EDC
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Sarah Neilson
Chief of Policy and Long-Range Planning, NYC Parks
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Ted Wright
Director of Bicycle and Greenway Programs, NYC DOT
Moderator: Kate Collignon
Partner, HR&A Advisors
12:30 - 12:45 PM
12:45 - 2:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Networking Lunch
GREENWAYS WEEK 2022 EVENTS
Saturday, April 30
ALL DAY
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Storytime with the Brooklyn Public Library
Naval Cemetery Landscape, Brooklyn
Organizer: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
Sunday, May 1
ALL DAY
Five Boro Bike Tour
​Citywide Event
Organizer: Bike New York
ALL DAY
Tuesday, May 3
3:00 PM
The Greenway @ Chelsea Piers Workshop
Manhattan - Pier 59 Esplanade
Organizer: CHEKPEDS
7:30 PM
Bay Ridge Weeknight Run
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway - American Vets Memorial Pier
Organizer: Ridge Runners
Friday, May 6
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
NYC Greenways Summit - Day 2
Virtual
Organizer: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative & NYC Greenways Coalition
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Jane’s Walk: Naval Cemetery Landscape
Naval Cemetery Landscape, Brooklyn
Organizer: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
Saturday, May 7
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Secrets of the East Harlem Waterfront Tour
​Manhattan: 96 St.& East River Esplanade Waterfront
Organizer: Friends of the East River Esplanade
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Jane’s Walk: Naval Cemetery Landscape
Naval Cemetery Landscape, Brooklyn
Organizer: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jane’s Walk: The QueensWay
Queens: Corner of Queens Blvd. & 71st-Continental Ave.
Organizer: Friends of the QueensWay
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
I Love My Park Day Cleanup at Canarsie Pier
​Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway - Canarsie Pier​
Organizer: Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy
11:00 AM
Harlem River Walk / Bike Ride
​High Bridge - Bronx Entrance
Organizer: Harlem River Working Group
11:00 AM
The Brown Bike Girl presents a Kite Day Bike Ride
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway - Shirley Chisholm State Park to Plumb Beach
Organizer: The Brown Bike Girl
11:00 AM
Southern Brooklyn Greenways Ride & Ribbon Cutting
​Brooklyn: Corner of 58th St. & 2nd Ave.to Lew Fidler Park
Organizer: Bike South Brooklyn & Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Summer Saturdays Celebration 2022 of Music and Fun at the Aycock Pavilion
Manhattan: East River Esplanade Waterfront Pavillon at E. 60th St.
Organizer: Friends of the East River Esplanade
Sunday, May 8
9:00 AM
Eastern Queens Greenway Ride
Queens: Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Unisphere to Joe Michaels’ Mile
Organizer: Eastern Queens Greenway
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Jane’s Walk: Naval Cemetery Landscape
Naval Cemetery Landscape, Brooklyn
Organizer: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
1:00 PM
Jane’s Walk: Waterfront in the ‘urban villages’ of New Brighton-St. George-Tompkinsville
Staten Island North Shore
Organizer: Transportation Alternatives - Staten Island
SPONSORS
Additional program support for the NYC Greenways Coalition generously provided by:
The NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund
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Richard Miller & Aviva Goldstein
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Ted & Claudia Weissberg