Shorewalkers: Members Only Group

Join Shorewalkers and our friends from the Inwood Canoe Club for a shoreline cleanup, followed by a 5 mile walk along the beautiful Hudson River shoreline!

MEET:

• Time: 10:00am
• Location: in front of Starbucks outside the A train stop at Dyckman Street.
• Directions: To get there, take the A train or #1 train. Please allow extra time for weekend subway travel.

We will leave promptly at 10:00am to walk to the bathrooms at the Anne Loftus Playground. From there, we proceed directly to the Canoe Club for the cleanup starting at 10:30.

If you are running late, go directly to the Canoe Club boat house:

• Address: 360 Dyckman Street. Walk west on Dyckman Street to the Hudson River (Hudson Restaurant at the end), then follow the Greenway path south to the Canoe Club. The club is marked on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WxZVW6EuFkpRZCdp9

CLEANUP:
The Inwood Canoe Club - Manhattan's oldest canoe and kayak club, founded in 1902 - has been organizing river cleanups for years.
We will collect trash along the Greenway path for about 1.5 hours.

• Trash bags, latex gloves and grabbers will be provided.
• You are welcome to bring your own work gloves and grabber if you prefer.

WAIVER:
All participants must complete a waiver to join the cleanup: https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/dp9y2ldpwkdtckpb2yfquc/web/

WALK:
After the cleanup, we'll enjoy a scenic walk through Inwood Hill Park and stop for lunch near Isham St and the Saturday farmers market. We’ll then continue south along the Hudson River Greenway, finishing at the 145th Street subway station (1 train - with A,B,C,D close by).

GOOD TO KNOW:

• Bring water and lunch.
• Wear sneakers or sturdy shoes (we will not enter the river to remove trash).
• In case of thunderstorm or extreme heat, the Inwood Canoe Club will make a cancellation decision closer to the event date.

LEADER: Sigrid Stropnik (404-991-8229)

Join us for a walk through New Jersey’s overlooked industrial corridor—from Trenton to Bordentown—where canals, railroads, and rivers once defined the region’s economy and movement.

We begin at Trenton Transit Center, heading west through historic streets toward the Delaware River. This route passes the ruins of Trenton Water Works, the towering Hog Island Cranes, and the remnants of the southern D&R Canal—a section not included in the official D&R Canal State Park, but rich in forgotten infrastructure.
Following the river south, we’ll arrive in Bordentown, where the Delaware & Raritan Canal once met the Camden & Amboy Railroad, one of the first railroads in America. This small town served as a key 19th-century transit hub connecting canal barges to trains bound for Camden and South Amboy.
Expect river views, hidden ruins, and layered history on this one-way urban hike.

Distance: 8–9 miles (option to extend ~4 miles)
Those interested can explore more of historic Bordentown or add ~4 miles to visit Point Breeze, former estate of Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s brother), with remnants of stone grottoes, tunnels, and romantic garden features.

Meet: Trenton Transit Center (New Jersey)
End: Bordentown (Return Trenton via NJ Transit River Line.)
From NYC: Get a round-trip ticket Penn Station–Trenton. Download the NJ Transit app for easy train and Light Rail tickets.

Bring: Water, sun protection, Lunch

Date: July 12th, 2025.
Time: 9:45 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m., with about an hour spent at a festival celebrating the return of Riverside Park’s weed-eating goats. Note that we will start walking at 10 a.m. sharp.
Total distance: about 5–6 miles at a moderate pace.
Location: NW corner of Broadway & West 145 Street, at the exit of the #1 train’s 145 St station, in front of McDonald's.
Bring: Water, sunscreen, hat, snacks, lunch (there will be vendors at the festival, but not sure if and what food will be available).
Restrooms: We will use the restrooms in Riverbank Park before heading over to the festival area, about a mile north along the river. After leaving the festival, there will be restrooms along the way as we walk south on Hudson River Greenway.

About
Our walk will start at a welcoming celebration for an unconventional team of eco-warriors: a group of several weed-eating goats. After spending some time at the festival, we will walk south along the Hudson River Greenway to West 59 Street and up to Columbus Circle, where our walk will end.

The festival will start at 11 a.m., just north of Ten Miles River Playground by the river (at the height of West 151 Street), but we are meeting earlier, to have a better chance of getting a spot from where we’ll be able to see the goats arriving. The festival will feature the first-ever competitive eating competition between goats, light refreshments, local vendors, live music, Goatham merchandise and educational activities for all ages.

If we find a nice spot in the festival area, we’ll have an early lunch there, but if it is too crowded, we’ll start walking south along the Hudson River Greenway and stop for lunch along the way, most likely by the West Harlem piers.

Background
The Goats Are Baaaaack! For the past five summers, the Riverside Park Conservancy has enlisted the services of several goats from upstate New York. Their mission? To clear the park’s hard-to-reach slopes of poison ivy and invasive plants, making way for native understory growth. The goats successfully cleared the slopes at West 120th Street in 2023 and were given a new job in 2024 at West 143 Street (they can devour up to 25 % of their body weight in vegetation each day!). This summer, the hard-working goats are being assigned to a site close to West 143rd Street.

Rain date: July 19th.

The goats we will meet are Romeo, Mallomar, Butterball, Kash, and Rufus.

See more details at https://riversideparknyc.org/goatham/.

Hike leader: Brigitte, 646-651-3911 (day of walk only).