Broadway Stages Provides Property to North Brooklyn Community Boathouse

The North Brooklyn Community Boathouse (NBCB) has announced they will break ground on a new boathouse and environmental education center along Newtown Creek. The new facility is made possible by the generous support of Gina and Tony Argento of Broadway Stages, and a grant administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and City Parks Foundation. The new boathouse will be located on the same lot that has been home to NBCB for the last seven seasons – property owned by Broadway Stages and gratuitously loaned to the non-profit organization.

Construction is set to begin this spring with anticipated completion in the third quarter of 2020. The new 8,000 square foot, five-story boathouse will offer kayak and canoe storage, boatbuilding, an environmental education center, and access to the waterfront. NBCB, as well as other groups and non-profit organizations focused on the ecology of Newtown Creek, will occupy three of the five floors, while Broadway Stages will use the remaining two floors.

“Our new boathouse will be the biggest and most sophisticated boathouse in New York City with launch access like no other in the City,” said Dewey Thompson, President and Founder of the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse. “We are so grateful to Tony and Gina Argento and the rest of the Broadway Stages team for making this possible, and for their sustained commitment and generosity to us and to the entire Greenpoint community.”

“The North Brooklyn Community Boathouse has been part of our community for many years, and we’re pleased to support their vision of operating out of a proper facility,” said Gina Argento, President and CEO of Broadway Stages. “Our commitment to community is a cornerstone of our business philosophy, its who we are. We’re proud to be able to use our property along the Creek in a way that brings value to members of our community,” stated Tony Argento, Founder of Broadway Stages.

For more information about the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse visit their website at NBCB. NOTE: Images Courtesy of North Brooklyn Boat Club