Support the Cadman Park Conservancy

The Cadman Park Conservancy is an all-volunteer community based non-profit 501C-3. We partner with NYC Parks to improve our precious park through advocacy, fundraising and volunteer activities. Our work and your contribution help to keep our park vibrant, clean, safe and blooming! Please join us in supporting this critical neighborhood resource.

Additionally, our park is home to the Brooklyn War Memorial. We are working to re-open this space to the public. The memorial is dedicated to the more than 300,000 heroic men and women of the borough of Brooklyn who served in World War II.

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Memorial Day

Today the Conservancy remembers our dear friends World War II Veterans Jack and Roy Vanasco. Four brothers, Terry, Roy, Joe and Jack all signed up for the National Guard early on but were sent home because they were underage. They all went on to serve in the Army except for Roy, who served in the Navy. Jack dropped out of John Jay High School to serve our country and he received an honorary degree in 2003.

Memorial Day

Written by Mary Frost for the Brooklyn Eagle: “Brooklyn Heights resident Norman Wasserman, a decorated WWII veteran known for his poise, intelligence and joie de vivre, passed away on September 4. He was 96.

Drafted as a teenager, Wasserman shipped to Europe and joined the 286th Field Artillery Observation Battalion in General George S. Patton’s Third Army in 1944. American soldiers took the brunt of a furious six-week German assault during the coldest winter on record in Luxembourg. Winston Churchill described the Battle of the Bulge as “the greatest American battle of the war.”

Memorial Day

The Conservancy is deeply honored to remember World War II Veteran Stephen McKarski shared by his granddaughter, Kelly Carroll, the Executive Director of the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District.

Storytime!

Last week’s rain was much needed for our parks, but it unfortunately washed out the first session of the Brooklyn Heights Library’s Storytime series.

We’re excited to welcome it back on Wednesday, May 28th at 10:30 AM, on the west lawn in Juneteenth Grove.

Bring your little ones, a blanket, and settle in on the grass to enjoy stories read by our wonderful librarians.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Mulch volunteers!

Spring Mulching Day 2025: Thank You to Our Volunteers!

On Saturday, May 3, the Conservancy hosted our annual Spring Mulching Day under sunny skies in Cadman Plaza Park. Volunteers worked hard to spread mulch throughout the Juneteenth Grove, around the athletic field and around 19 Eastern redbud trees (Cercis canadensis) planted by NYC Parks in honor of Juneteenth.

We’re deeply grateful to all our volunteers, including families with young children and passersby who joined in.

With special thanks to:

The Packer Collegiate Institute High School student volunteers and Georgia Karshan & Julius Kohn-Blank for organizing, volunteers from The Service Collective

NYC Parks Horticulturist Anil Chandrakumar for coordinating mulch delivery and placement, and a warm welcome to Nathan Grozen, our new Parks Department Gardener—your support made this event a great success.

Your dedication keeps our park vibrant and thriving—thank you!

Volunteer!

Wednesday Volunteer Gardening led by NYC Parks Gardener Jessica Kulig at 9:30am in front of the Brooklyn War Memorial (statue side).
9:30am- 11:30am
Please join! Everyone is welcome!

Storytime!

The Return of the Brooklyn Heights Library’s Storytime! Wednesday May 14th. 10:30am

The Conservancy is excited to announce that the Brooklyn Heights Library’s Storytime will return to Cadman Plaza Park on Wednesday, May 14th at 10:30 am. Storytime will take place adjacent to Juneteenth Grove every other Wednesday morning through September. The community is looking forward to this very popular event. Bring your blanket and bring your children!

Mulching event!

Please join our annual Spring mulching event!

Sunday April 26th 10am-12pm
Bring your friends and your family as we take care of our planted areas in the park.

Thank you!

We’re excited to introduce our Cadman Park Conservancy intern, Rosemary Sanders!

Rosemary is a junior at Utrecht High School who first connected with the Conservancy last spring as a volunteer. She later became an SYEP intern, working under NYC Parks Gardener Jessica Kulig. Since then, she has remained involved as an intern, driven by her passion for environmental science and is working on an initiative to create a compost area (green and brown, no food scraps) for Cadman and our adjacent parks.

Student Volunteers

We’re excited to introduce our Cadman Park Conservancy intern, Rosemary Sanders!

Student Volunteers

The Conservancy is delighted to introduce Julius Kohn-Blank and Georgia Karshan, juniors at Packer Collegiate High School.

They are taking on a leadership role by organizing fellow students who want to volunteer in Cadman Park, helping to nurture and maintain the space. We look forward to welcoming their student volunteers this spring and are grateful for their initiative in supporting the park.

Spring!

The daffodils are beginning to pop up, and we are absolutely thrilled to watch them grow. We are grateful to all of our volunteers planting bulbs each fall. Thank you!

Do you like to garden?

Do you happily wield a rake?

Do you have fun digging in the dirt?

Volunteer

Is fund-raising your jam?

Do you have other ideas to share?

We’d love to hear from you!

Over the past several years, the Cadman Park Conservancy has worked with the Parks Department to improve the park’s cleanliness, sustainability and community involvement.
While we remain dedicated to the Conservancy’s ongoing commitment to improving the Park, we can’t do it without your support! A donation, no matter how small, to this wonderful neighborhood institution, would be much appreciated and put to good use.

In Friendship and With Gratitude,

Doreen Gallo, President,

Cadman Park Conservancy

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