Founded in 1966, UPROSE is BK's oldest Latino community-based organization.
We are a women of color led, intergenerational org dedicated to environmental & social justice. We are an intergenerational, women of color led, environmental and social justice organization.
Heat kills. Know the signs. Know where to cool down. This workshop has the info you need to keep your family safe this summer.
05/20/2026
Sunset Park: come HUNGRY, come READY. It’s getting HOT out here and our first half of the summer lineup is HERE.
Heat workshops. Featured AANHPI poets. Block party. Clean energy education. Comedy benefiting our 60th.
All events have FREE FOOD. FREE COMMUNITY.
RSVP link in bio, we need headcount. Let’s move! 🌞🔥
05/12/2026
Heat waves are hitting harder every year and we’re here to help!
On May 30, come learn how extreme heat impacts our communities + what you can do to protect yourself and your neighbors.
Heat safety kits, snacks & beverages provided.
Childcare & translation services available.
Saturday, 1-2pm @ 462 36th St, 3rd floor.
Info: [email protected] or (718) 492-9307.
See you there.
05/11/2026
Food connects us. Music connects us. Being seen connects us.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities have a long history in the United States, despite being stereotyped as perpetual outsiders.
Saturday, May 30, we gather in Sunset Park to center AANHPI stories, leadership, and power.
Open mic. Community space. This year’s theme is “Power in Unity: Strengthening Communities Together.”
Free entry, free food provided. 6:30 PM. 462 36th St.
05/06/2026
Soil remediation. Composting. Environmental stewardship. These aren’t just practices, that’s just transition.
Students from leadership gravesend are discovering that healing the earth means healing their neighborhoods.
Climate justice starts with young people.
60 years of fighting for Sunset Park. Now we’re powering it.
UPROSE just completed NYC’s first community-owned solar. Sunset Park Solar is built. Activation in the coming weeks.
Eight years of organizing. 725 kW. 20% bill savings. $1.05M community wealth.
Thank you Deputy Mayor Julie Su, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Council Member Alexa Aviles, Ian Fischer and every partner who believed in what communities can build.
This is energy democracy. Our hope is to act as a model for every neighbourhood and city to own their energy!
04/23/2026
After eight years of organizing, Sunset Park Solar is finally here and we’re throwing a party.
Join us for a Solar Happy Hour + live performances by Los Ciegos Del Barrio. Celebrate energy democracy in action.
Meet the people who built NYC’s first community-owned solar project. Learn about 20% energy bill savings, community control, and what happens when Sunset Park leads.
Come as you are. Bring your neighbors. This is what climate justice looks like.
RSVP IS A MUST!
Saturday, May 2nd | 5:30–8:30 PM
462 36th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232
04/22/2026
TONIGHT. Sunset Park.
LA THRIF-TERÍA soft opens on Earth Day. Model Mafia brings the conversation.
Doors open 6 PM. Panel at 6:45 PM. Celebration after.
This is what community ownership looks like. Bring people. 🌻
📍 462 36th St | 6-8:30 PM
Founder , and our executive director Elizabeth Yeampierre
talk about what it means to sing together for climate justice.
Come sing with us to celebrate our Mother Earth, for UPROSE, every day is EARTH DAY.
Colors of the Wind is THIS SATURDAY. Comment “EARTH” and we’ll send you the sign-up link.
🎶 April 25 | 2-5 PM | Gowanus
Half proceeds to UPROSE.
Our Infrastructure Coordinator at UPROSE, laying out the truth: Peaker plants are the dirtiest power plants in NYC. AlphaGen wants to rebuild them in Sunset Park. We refuse. We have solutions. We have GRID 2.0. We have power.
Stand with PEAK
| Monday | 10am - 6pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 6pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 6pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 6pm |
| Friday | 10am - 6pm |