Volunteer

To learn more about TIDES (Teens Interested in & Dedicated to Environmental Stewardship) click here.

• Green Team volunteers beautify the park. The Green Team provides essential horticultural care to the park.
• Opportunities available from April – October. 
• Volunteers help with tasks such as planting, mulching, and removing invasive plants.
• Time commitment: Two hours.
• Minimum age: 16
• Children under 16 are welcome to volunteer with a parent or guardian.

• Coastal Cleanup Volunteers give back to the community while helping remove hundreds of pounds of trash from Brooklyn Bridge Park salt marshes and beaches.  This opportunity requires climbing rocks.
• Volunteer opportunities are available according to low tides, from April – October.
• Time commitment: Two hours.
• Minimum age: 16
• Children are welcome to help with a parent or guardian present.

• Spring Spruce Up & Cutback volunteers help us prepare for the arrival of spring by cutting back overwintered grasses, remove winter debris and tidy up the planting beds in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
• Volunteers have an opportunity to help out in the park while connecting with others and observing the first signs of spring!
• Time commitment: Two hours.
• Minimum age: 16
• Children under 16 are welcome to help with a parent or guardian present.

• Volunteers help the Education staff with School Programs and Environmental Education Center Open Hours.
• Prospective volunteers for this position must attend an orientation and complete training.
• Time commitment depends on the activities.
• Minimum age: 18

• Zone Volunteers work alongside Horticulture staff to care for the park’s diverse landscapes and habitats. 
• Volunteers must have some previous horticultural experience and should be prepared for physical work. 
• Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week on a weekday. 
• There is an application process for this role, and a volunteer orientation and Zone Volunteer train is required. 
• Minimum age: 18

• Docents/tour guides lead public park tours on weekends and weekday evenings. Docents/tour guides represent Brooklyn Bridge Park and The Conservancy to visitors and play a crucial role in educating the public about the park’s unique design, history, and ecology.
• There is an application process for this role and volunteers will be required to complete training.
• Minimum age: 18

• Festival volunteers help deliver our public events by assisting with welcoming visitors, facilitating event activities, and setting-up and breaking-down events. 
• Opportunities are generally available between May – October. 
• Shifts generally last 2-3 hours.
• Volunteers must attend an orientation prior to signing up for shifts.
• Minimum age: 18

• Photographers help capture images which represent Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and its programs. Volunteer photographers will be credited for their work.
• There is an application process for this role. 
• Minimum age: 18

• Seining Volunteers help with fishing activities at Brooklyn Bridge Park, allowing the public to discover the underwater world of the East River and learn more about the amazing creatures living in this unique estuarine habitat.  This is a catch and release program.
  • Volunteers responsibilities include, but are not limited to, helping Education staff drag a 20-foot seine net along the bottom of the river bed to catch, identifying and releasing fish and invertebrates, and assisting with crowd control at the shoreline.
  • Volunteers are required to attend training for this role. 
  • Minimum age: 16
• Rod & Reel Volunteers assist Conservancy staff with Rod & Reel fishing programs off Pier 5. This is a catch and release program.
  • Knowledge of fishing/angling preferred. Volunteers are required to attend training for this role. 
  • Minimum age: 16

Support the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse during the kayaking season, by volunteering directly with them! Opportunities include check-in volunteers, dock volunteers, safety boaters, and program leaders. Learn more here.