.jpg) Boathouse and dock on Pier 40's south walkway | |
| Abbreviation | VCB |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Mike Davis |
| Focus | Environmentalism, Education, Boat Building and Boating |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°43′42″N 74°00′48″W / 40.7284°N 74.0134°W |
| Origins | Floating the Apple |
Area served | Soho, Greenwich Village, Tribeca, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Heights |
Members | Over 100 |
Key people | Rob Buchanan, Sally Curtis, Dave Clayton, Frank Cervi |
| Website | villagecommunityboathouse |
The Village Community Boathouse (or VCB) is a Manhattan-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting rowing, boat building, environmental stewardship and human-powered recreational boating on the Hudson River and the New York Estuary.
VCB is entirely run by volunteers and financed by donations and modest membership fees.
The organization is the only one in New York City providing public rowing in the Hudson River.[1] Free rowing session are offered usually two or three times a week, mostly in the warmer months from April to October, weather permitting. VCB is located within the Hudson River Park at the south side of Pier 40, which is at the intersection of West Houston and West Street.
The boathouse also organizes and attends, chiefly for and with its members, rowing competitions and races.[2] Youth and alumni races are held yearly in the fall. Once a year there is a Row Around Manhattan where most of their boats get launched and members and sponsors set out to circumnavigate the 30 miles around Manhattan. That events doubles as the annual fundraiser.
- ^ "Rowing at Pier 40 - Hudson River Park". hudsonriverpark.org. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Race results – Boston Rowing Center". www.bostonrowingcenter.org. Retrieved 17 August 2017.