PortSide seeks a new home where we can deliver our magic
PortSide runs programs on and off the MARY A. WHALEN the only oil tanker in the world hosting public programs.
Over the course of six years, we have turned the tanker into a people magnet and created diverse and innovative waterfront programs on and off the ship. The ship has been docked most of that time in the Red Hook container port where public access is severely limited, which has obliged us to continually negotiate permits to visit other piers; and permits are slow and tough to get in NYC. (re: permits, see our petition at right.)
We have operated as a cultural pop-up for 6+ years and demonstrated what we can do, all while looking for a homeport. PortSide now URGENTLY need a stable base of operations to blossom and be sustainable as an organization.
Would you like to have a dynamic educational and cultural institution floating on your waterfront? Call us. Come talk to us.
As of 4/14/12, we have an office and mini-museum off the ship, a storefront at 145 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
You can help PortSide by donating now to sustain us during real estate negotiations until we can return to programming.
PortSide is eager to have a real home so we can better serve the public. Our ability to raise money for programs and earn money with the Mary A. Whalen has been limited by the lack of a publicly-accessible place for the ship. (More on that here). We need a home confirmed soon or we will close as we cannot keep popping up forever. If we close, the Mary A. Whalen would likely be scrapped as there are few commercial uses for her.
See our range of programs in this short video:
TankerOpera in the containerport... the Dutch Flat Bottom Fleet... TankerTours... concerts... movies... talks... walking tours... kayak valet... redesign of the Red Hook Boaters container... bilingual ship tours at Concierto Tipico... exhibit about maritime response to 9/11... visiting vessels... guides to Red Hook....education and advocacy about and for the harbor.
PortSide NewYork brings NYC's
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Recent Media Coverage
New York Times
No City for Old Ships
Eyewitness News
Oil tanker seeks new home
Time Out NY
Where to volunteer
Brooklyn Eagle Editorial
The Sea Beckons
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Testimony to City Council about historic ships 3/16/12
Help Us Save Programs Like These!
2011 Exhibit
"Mariners' response to 9/11"
2011 BoatBox kayak container re-design
2010 Programs ~ a good summer
Cultural Tourism
Flotsam Project
H2O Arts
H2Otestimony
Kayak Valet
Maritime Hub
Volunteer Program
Christmas Cheer
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Contact info
917-414-0565
portsidenewyork(at)gmail.com
Our offices are now ashore!
PortSide SOS Pop-Up
145 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
At that location we are displaying and will sell the collection of local maritime artifacts that would have been part of our shoreside museum. Take a look here.