Local and Regional Environmental Advocacy Organizations in DEC Region 2 (New York City)
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond Counties, New York
Regional Organizations
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), New York Chapter
E-mail: nawakwa@adkny.org
City Parks Foundation
830 Fifth Avenue, Room 280
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-360-1399
E-mail: info@CityParksFoundation.org
Council on the Environment of New York City
51 Chambers Street, Room 228
New York NY 10007
Phone: 212-788-7900
FAX: 212-788-7913
E-mail: conyc@cenyc.org
Green Apple Map / Green Map System
P.O. Box 249
New York, NY 10002-0249
Phone: 212-674-1631
E-mail: apple@greenmap.org
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
112 Little Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-454-7673
E-mail: office@clearwater.org
Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness (IDEA)
P.O. Box 124
Prince Street Station
New York, NY 10012
E-mail: info@ideaevolution.org
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
45 East 33rd Street, Room #331
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-725-3541
FAX: 212-725-3443
E-mail: lwvnyc@hotmail.com
Mercury Poisoning Project
Contact: Arnold Wendroff
544 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215-4201
Phone: 718-499-8336
FAX: 718-384-4218
E-mail: mercurywendroff@mindspring.com
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
457 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 800-364-9943
FAX: 888-486-9688
E-mail: info@waterwire.net
New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP)
2183 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-0260 x204
FAX: 212-543-0263
E-mail: NYCCELP2003@aol.com
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
115 W. 30th Street, Room 709
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-8882
FAX: 212-239-2838
E-mail: generalinfo@nyceja.org
New York City OASIS
Contact: Matthew H. Arnn, Director, NYC Metropolitan Initiative
USDA Forest Service
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3513
New York, NY 10278
Phone: 212-542-7134
New York Environmental Law & Justice Project
351 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-334-5551
FAX: 202-658-9540
E-mail: lawproject@earthlink.net
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
151 W. 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-4007
Phone: 212-244-4664
TDD: 212-244-3692
FAX: 212-244-4570
New York Restoration Project
254 West 31st Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-333-2552
FAX: 212-333-3886
E-Mail: restore@nyrp.org
Northeast Environmental Justice Network
Contact: Omar Taylor Osiris, NEJN Central Region Coordinator
c/o West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
271 W. 125th Street, Suite 308
New York, NY 10027-4424
Phone: 212-961-1000, x319
FAX: 212-961-1015
E-Mail: Osiris@weact.org
Partnership for Parks
Contact: Jason Schwartz, Director
The Arsenal
830 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-360-1310
FAX: 212-360-1350
Scenic Hudson, Inc.
One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 200
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-473-4440
FAX: 845-473-2648
E-mail: info@scenichudson.org
Sierra Club New York City Group
Contact: Alan Ginsberg, Outreach Chair
40 Exchange Place, Suite 2010
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 646-405-9838
Trees New York
51 Chambers Street, Suite 1412A
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-227-1887
FAX: 212-732-5325
E-mail: treesny@treesny.com
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Contact: John Orcutt, Executive Director
350 West 31st Street, Suite 802
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-268-7474
FAX: 212-268-7333
E-mail: tstc@tstc.org
The Urban Divers Estaury Conservancy
641 Henry Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-802-9874 or 718-901-3331
E-mail: Urbandivers@Urbandivers.org
Organizations in The Bronx (Bronx County)
African American Environmentalist Association, New York Office
2081 Wallace Ave #462
Bronx, NY 10462
Phone: 646-670-9087
E-mail: AfricanAmericanEnvironmentalist@msn.com
Bissel Gardens
Contact: Theresa & Russell LeCount
4378 Wickham Avenue
Bronx, ny 10466
Phone: 718-325-6111
Fax: 718-994-6354
The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ)
P.O. Box 265
City Island Station
Bronx, NY 10464
Bronx River Alliance
1 Bronx River Parkway
Bronx, NY 10462
Phone: 718-430-4665
FAX: 718-430-4658
E-mail: bronxriverinfo@parks.nyc.gov
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
2473 Valentine Avenue
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-220-7391 x22
FAX: 718-220-7398
E-mail: justice@caaav.org
Concerned Residents Organization Inc.
820 Colgate Avenue, #17M
Bronx, NY 10473
Crotona Community Coalition
2158-60 Mapes Avenue
Bronx, NY 10460
Phone: 718-364-2346
For A Better Bronx
Contact: Carlos Alicea, Executive Director
199 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 214
Bronx, NY 10454
Phone: 718-292-4344
FAX: 718-292-4350
Friends of Brook Park
P.O. Box 801
Bronx, NY 10454
Phone: 646-206-5288
E-mail: information@friendsofbrookpark.com
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
c/o Van Cortlandt Park Golf House
Bronx, NY 10471
Phone: 718-601-1460
FAX: 718-601-1574
E-mail: FriendsofVCP@verizon.net
The Gaia Institute
440 City Island Avenue
Bronx, NY 10464
Phone: 718-885-1906
E-mail: Info@gaiainstituteny.org
Green Workers Cooperative
Contact: Omar Freilla
890 Garrison Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-617-4668
FAX: 718-617-5228
Harding Park Homeowners
1820 Harding Park
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-893-2974
FAX: 718-542-4318
E-mail: hpha82@aol.com
Hunts Point Awareness Committee
726 Coster Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-328-2144
Hunts Point Multi-Service Center
754 E. 151st Street
Bronx, NY 10455-3267
La Familia Verde
2158 Mapes Avenue
Bronx, NY 10460
MBD Community Housing Corp.
1762 Boston Road
Bronx, NY 10460
Phone: 718-842-0256
FAX: 718-542-7694
Mothers on the Move
Contact: James Mumm
928 Intervale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
Phone: 718-842-2224
E-mail: james@mothersonthemove.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Bronx Community College Chapter
University Avenue & 181st Street
RPSC Room 312
Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: 718-289-5409
E-Mail: bronx@nypirg.org
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
103 E. 196th Street
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 718-584-0515
FAX: 718-753-6922
E-mail: nwbccc@ige.org
Rocking the Boat
60 E. 174th Street
Bronx, NY 10452
Phone: 718-466-5799
E-mail: shop@rockingtheboat.org
South Bronx River Watershed Alliance
Contact: Menaka Mohan, SBRWA Coordinator
c/o Sustainable South Bronx
890 Garrison Avenue, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-617-4668
E-mail: sbrwa@southbronxvision.org
Sustainable South Bronx
890 Garrison Avenue, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-617-4668
FAX: 718-617-5228
E-mail: ssbinfo@gmail.com
The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy
10 Richmond Plaza, Suite UD
Harlem River
Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: 718-901-3331
FAX: 718-802-9874
E-mail: theurbandivers@yahoo.com
Wave Hill
675 West 252nd Street
Bronx, NY 10471-2899
Phone: 718-549-3200
E-mail: info@wavehill.org
We Stay / Nos Quedamos Committee Inc.
P.O. Box 524369, Stadium Station
811 Courtlandt Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718-585-2323
FAX: 718-585-8628
E-mail: nosquedamos@verizon.net
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice
Contact: Alexi Torres-Fleming
1384 Stratford Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
Phone: 718-328-5622
FAX: 718-328-5630
E-mail: Atorres.fleming@ympj.org
Organizations in Brooklyn (Kings County)
Barge Park Pals
Contact: Laura Hofmann
127 DuPont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Phone: 718-349-1913
FAX: 718-349-1913 (call first)
E-mail: bargeparkpals@webtv.net
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
95 Kane Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-522-0193
FAX: 718-643-6736
E-mail: bmccormick@brooklyngreenway.org
Clinton Hill Apartments Owners Corp.
345 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-783-4680
FAX: 718-783-3639
Concerned Citizens of Greenpoint, Inc.
1044 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Phone: 718-389-4171
FAX: 718-383-8356
Concerned Homeowners Association
P.O. Box 080144
Brooklyn, NY 11208-0144
Phone: 718-649-3015
E-mail: concernedhomeownersassociation@yahoo.com
El Puente - Toxic Avengers
211 S. 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 718-387-0404
FAX: 718-387-6816
E-mail: info@elpuente.us
Fifth Avenue Committee
141 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 718-857-2990
FAX: 718-622-3874
Fort Green Clean Air Network
259 Cumberland Street
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Greenpoint Monitor Museum
P.O. Box 220378
Brooklyn, New York 11222-0378
Phone: 718-383-2637
E-mail: admin@greenpointmonitormuseum.org
Greenpoint-Willamsburg Watchperson
113 Berry Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 718-384-3339
Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks & Planning (GWAPP)
181 N. 11th Street, Suite 202
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 718-383-1278
FAX: 718-383-4855
E-mail: info@gwapp.org
Magnolia Tree Earth Center
677 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Phone: 718-387-2116
FAX: 718-387-6133
Make the Road by Walking, Inc.
301 Grove Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Phone: 718-418-7690
FAX: 718-418-9635
E-mail: info@maketheroad.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Brooklyn College Chapter
Contact: Galina Ginzburg & Daniella Weinberg, Project Coordinators
City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
James Hall, Room 0302
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone: 718-859-7177
E-Mail: brooklyn@nypirg.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
New York City College of Technology Chapter
Contact: Rashida Abuwala, Project Coordinator
G516 General Building
300 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-875-8519
E-Mail: nytech@nypirg.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Pratt Institute Chapter
Contact: Robyn Citizen, Project Coordinator
New Galley Building
215 Willoughby Avenue, Room 117
Brooklyn, NY 11205-3817
Phone: 718-399-4467
E-Mail: pratt@nypirg.org
North Brooklyn Alliance
c/o Neighbors Against Garbage
101 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 917-865-0941
E-mail: info@northbrooklynalliance.org
Oceanhill-Brownsville Tenants Association, Inc.
319 Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Phone: 718-498-2700
FAX: 718-485-4683
Pratt Center for Community Development
379 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Phone: 718-636-3486
Prospect Park Alliance
95 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 718-965-8951
FAX: 718-965-8972
E-mail: comments@prospectpark.org
Red Hook Civic Association
34-10 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11377
Phone: 718-424-4040 x3021
Red Hook Groups Against Garbage Stations
402 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-858-6340
Sebago Canoe Club
1400 Paerdegat Avenue North
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone: 718-241-3683
E-mail: contact@sebagocanoeclub.org
St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 718-388-5454
FAX: 718-486-5982
E-mail: stnicks@stnicksnpc.com
Stop the Barge
475 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 718-599-3185
E-mail: Stopthebarge@475kent.com
UPROSE
166A 22nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Phone: 718-492-9307
FAX: 718-492-9030
E-mail: info@uprose.org
Urban Green
499 Van Brunt Street, Warehouse 8A
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-858-4811
E-mail: jmac@urbangreen-ny.org
The Waterfront Museum
290 Conover Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone/FAX: 718-624-4719
E-mail: dsharps@waterfrontmuseum.org
Williamsburg Around the Bridge Association
398 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Organizations in Manhattan (New York County)
Alliance for Consumer Rights
132 Nassau Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-349-9204
Asian Americans for Equality
108 Norfolk Dtreet Front
New York, NY 10002-3313
Phone: 212-680-1374
FAX: 212-680-1815
E-mail: info@aafe.org
The Brotherhood / Sister Sol
512 W. 143rd Street
New York, NY 10031
Phone: 212-283-7044
FAX: 212-283-3700
E-mail: brosis143@brotherhood-sistersol.org
Community League of the Heights (C.L.O.T.H.)
500 W. 159th Street
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-795-4779
Chinese Progressive Association
83 Canal Street, Room 304
New York, NY 10002
Phone: 212-274-1891
E-mail: cpanyc@worldnet.att.net
East Midtown Coalition for Sensible Development
South Tudor City Place, #5E
New York, NY 10017
East River Environmental Coalition
Contact: Susan Steinberg
P.O. Box 1619
New York, NY 10009-1619
Phone: 212-420-1160 x139
Floating the Apple
400 W. 43rd Street, No. 32R
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-564-5412
FAX: 212-564-5412
E-mail: floapple@aol.com
Friends of Hudson River Park
Contact: Phil Baumgartner
311 West 43rd Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-757-0981
E-mail: info@fohrp.org
Friends of Morningside Park
P.O. Box 250228
New York, NY 10025
Phone: 212-937-3883
E-mail: info@morningsidepark.org
Green Guerillas
Contact: Steve Frillmann, Executive Director
214 W. 29th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-402-1121
FAX: 212-228-6414
E-mail: info@nycgreen.org
Harlem Business Alliance, Inc.
275 Lenox Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-665-7010
FAX: 212-665-7011
Harlem Environmental Impact Project, Inc.
163 W. 125th Street, Suite 909
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-749-5298
FAX: 212-749-3745
E-mail: heviron@aol.com
Haven Plaza Tenant Association
3 Haven Plaza
New York, NY 10009
Henry Street Settlement
Contact: Verona Middleton-Jeter, Executive Director
265 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
Phone: 212-766-9200
E-mail: info@henrystreet.org
Lower East Side CURE
c/o New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
151 W. 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-244-4664 x229
Lower East Side Ecology Center
P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
Phone: 212-477-4022
E-mail: info@lesecologycenter.org
Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association
501 W. 156th Street, Suite 31
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-862-8958
FAX: 212-862-8958
Neighborhood Open Space Coalition (NOSC)/Friends of Gateway
232 E. 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-228-3126
FAX: 212-471-9987
E-mail: info@treebranch.com
Neighbors of Watertown
116 Franklin Street
New York, NY 13601
New York City Apollo Alliance
c/o Urban Agenda
25 W. 43rd, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-827-0200
FAX: 212-827-5955
E-mail: info@nycapollo.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Borough of Manhattan Community College Chapter
Contact: Priyanka Sultan & Kaytrue Ting, Project Coordinators
9 Murray Street, Third Floor
New York, NY 10007
Voicemail: 212-349-6460, x1172
E-Mail: bmcc@nypirg.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
City College Chapter
Contact: Tiara Williams, Project Coordinator
City University of New York
Room 1/120 NAC
138th & Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Phone: 212-650-5047
E-Mail: citycollege@nypirg.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Hunter College Chapter
Contact: Kris Michaels, Project Coordinator
City University of New York
Thomas Hunter Hall, Room 314
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-772-4304 or 212-772-4305
E-Mail: hunter@nypirg.org
North River Community Environmental Review
626 Riverside Drive, Professional Suite
New York, NY 10031
Phone: 212-491-3590
FAX: 212-491-1836
E-mail: nrcerb_org@juno.com
Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods
115 W. 30th Street, Room 709
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-8882
Project Harmony
215 West 122nd Street
New York, NY 10027
Randall's Island Sports Foundation
Contact: Richard J. Davis, Chairman
24 West 61st Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-830-7722
The River Project
Pier 26, North River
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-233-3030
FAX: 212-233-3419
E-mail: info@riverproject.org
We Can't Breathe!
522 E. 6th Street, #7
New York, NY 10009
Wellness in the Schools
Kirsten Brashares
Wellness in the Schools
PO Box 250832
New York, NY 10025
West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT)
Contact: Peggy M. Shepard, Executive Director
271 W. 125th Street, Suite 308
New York, NY 10027-4424
Phone: 212-961-1000
FAX: 212-961-1015
E-mail: Peggy@weact.org
Organizations in Queens (Queens County)
Alley Pond Environmental Center
228-06 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11363
Phone: 718-229-4000
E-mail: info@alleypond.com
Astoria Residents Reclaiming Our World (ARROW)
P.O. Box 9060
Astoria, NY 11103
Phone: 718-595-2829
E-mail: info@arrowonline.org
Coalition Helping Organize a Kleaner Environment (CHOKE)
33-60 21st Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Phone: 718-274-4767
FAX: 718-278-0919
E-mail: chokequeens@aol.com
Community Environmental Center
43-10 11th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: 718-784-1444 x107
FAX: 718-784-8347
E-mail: info@cecenter.org
Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc.
P.O. Box 300818
Jamaica, NY 11430
Phone: 866-372-4255
FAX: 718-978-6697
E-mail: eqa@att.net
Materials For The Arts
33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: 718-729-3001
FAX: 718-729-3941
Email: info@mfta.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Queens College Chapter
Contact: Ross MacWhinney & Melissa Reburiano, Project Coordinators
City University of New York
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Student Union Building, Room B-22
Flushing, NY 11367
Phone: 718-997-3954
E-Mail: queens@nypirg.org
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Queensborough Community College Chapter
Contact: Jason Chin-Fatt, Project Coordinator
222-05 56th Avenue
Student Union Building-Basement
Bayside, NY 11364
Phone: 718-225-9121
E-Mail: jchinfatt@nypirg.org
South East Queens Concerned Neighbors
P.O. Box 200600
South Ozone Park, NY 11420
Southern Queens Park Association
Roy Wilkins Park
177th Street & Baisley Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11434
Phone: 718-276-4630
FAX: 718-276-4630
E-mail: info@sqpa-ny.org
Springfield Rosedale Community
P.O. Box 220265
Rosedale, NY 11422
Phone: 718-723-6463
FAX: 718-361-3886
Sunnyside Foundation for Community Planning & Preservation
45-18 Skillman Avenue
Sunnyside. NY 11104
Phone: 718-392-9139
Organizations in Staten Island (Richmond County)
Friends of Blue Heron Park
267 Poillon Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10312
Phone: 718-317-1732 or 718-948-2662
Last Chance Pond Coordinator
59 Zoe Street
Staten Island, NY 10305
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
College of Staten Island Chapter
Contact: Megan Carley, Project Coordinator
City University of New York
Campus Center 1C-Room 219
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: 718-982-3109
E-Mail: csi@nypirg.org
North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island, Inc.
Contact: B. Thurman
121 Heberton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: 718-447-6880
Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
Contact: Sylvia Zaage
160 Simonson Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10303
E-Mail: siprotectors@aol.com
Staten Island Friends of Clearwater
400 Delaware Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10305
Phone: 718-273-9093
NOTE: This database includes local organizations that advocate principles consistent with environmental justice, including pollution prevention, sustainability, resource conservation and environmental health. However, in some cases the listed organizations may not advocate on behalf of Potential Environmental Justice Areas, as defined by the DEC in NYSDEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting. Please contact the individual organizations for more information.
If you would like to have your organization added to or removed from this database, or you need to report any errors or omissions in contact information, please e-mail the Office of Environmental Justice at ej@gw.dec.state.ny.us
