Rocking the Boat Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Website: http://www.rockingtheboat.org/ribboncutting/

Thursday, March 25, 5 - 7 p.m.
Refreshments, boatbuilding demonstrations, remarks.

Join them as they officially open their new 2,200 sq. ft. boatbuilding shop, environmental science classroom and kitchen, and see how far they have come on the lobby, student lounge, and library mezzanine.

Location: 812 Edgewater Road
Bronx, NY 10474
Tel: 718-466-5799

DIRECTIONS

Take #6 Train to Hunts Point Avenue.
Walk on Hunts Point Avenue and cross under Bruckner Expressway
Make third left on Lafayette Avenue
Follow Lafayette Avenue down steep hill to Edgewater Road.
Cross Edgewater Road (very carefully!) and walk over train tracks, through parking lot toward park.
The Point CDC/Rocking the Boat Bronx River Site is just to the left of the park.
Enter through metal door.

By Car:

From Manhattan
Take Willis Avenue Bridge to Bruckner Boulevard Make right on Bruckner Boulevard bearing left under tunnel.
Follow Bruckner Boulevard north, staying to right side of road divider.
Drive for about a mile and make right on Lafayette Avenue.
Take Lafayette up hill, across Hunts Point Avenue, and down hill.
Cross Edgewater Road and enter parking lot for Hunts Point Riverside Park.
The Rocking the Boat Bronx River Site is just to the left of the park.
Enter through metal door.

From 95 Northbound
Take Exit 4A Sheridan Expressway
Get off at first exit Westchester Avenue.
Drive straight off exit, cross Westchester, onto Whitlock Avenue.
Follow Whitlock until it merges with Bruckner Boulevard.
Immediately bear all the way to the left lane of Bruckner Boulevard.
Cross Hunts Point Avenue and make next left on Barretto Street.
Take second left on Lafayette Avenue.
Take Lafayette across Hunts Point Avenue, and down hill.
Cross Edgewater Road and enter parking lot for Hunts Point Riverside Park.
The Rocking the Boat Bronx River Site is just to the left of the park.
Enter through metal door.

From 95 Southbound
Take I-278 West/Bruckner Expressway via Exit 6B toward Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Take the Hunts Point Ave. exit.
Follow service road until it becomes Bruckner Boulevard.
Cross Hunts Point Avenue and make next left on Barretto Street.
Take second left on Lafayette Avenue.
Take Lafayette across Hunts Point Avenue, and down hill.
Cross Edgewater Road and enter parking lot for Hunts Point Riverside Park.
The Rocking the Boat Bronx River Site is just to the left of the park.
Enter through metal door.

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