Category: Osman-Krinsky, Maya

Plants vs Pavement: How Street Life Shapes Park Life

Group Members: Dulce Medina & Alpha Bah After completing the BioBlitz in Brooklyn Bridge Park, we wanted to dig deeper into how plant species richness changes with foot…

House Sparrows and The Test of Time

Group Members: Ali-Marie Bissessar & Rachel Rakhamimov Our objective was to investigate the behavior of house sparrows and how the time of day changes when sparrows are most…

Influence of NYC Parks’ Physical Attributes on Bird Species Richness

Group Members: Amina Radoncic & Pamela De Leon Berroa Our project aimed to discover whether the physical characteristics of Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) and Van Cortlandt Park (VCP)…

Not the Bees! (and Other Bugs Too!)

Group Members: Garson Guan, Abraham Tawil Urban parks like Brooklyn Bridge Park support many insect species that keep the ecosystem healthy. In 2023, New York State passed the…

Ant Biodiversity – Brooklyn Bridge Park

Group Members: Douaa Elassa, Duncan Rodriguez We researched whether the Brooklyn Bridge Park supports different ant species. And we found out that the Brooklyn Bridge Park supports more…

How does the different locations at Brooklyn Bridge Park affect the abundance of different bee species observed on flowering plants?

Group Members: Michelle Vasserman, Santiago Patino Surprisingly one of the most diverse species of insects that roams in Brooklyn Bridge Park are none other than Bees! But what…

Impact of Air Pollution on Fungal Biodiversity

Group Members: Emily Hu, Sophia Scharf, and Sunny Maharjan We studied whether the severity of air pollution affected the biodiversity of fungi identified within BioBlitz data. Previous research…

Bats & Water in New York City

Group Members: Su-Nanda Win, Sarah Gracci, Kimberly Guadalupe This project investigates how proximity to water affects bat activity in two New York City parks: Randall’s Island (2022 BioBlitz)…