Energies of Repair Tour: Renewable Rikers and Hunts Point

Join us for the third waterfront walking tour with the project team behind Energies of Repair: Visualizing Community Power in NYC, a CFA Lab residency. Organized in collaboration with the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and The POINT CDC, the tour highlights a community-led vision to transform Rikers Island into a site of reparative justice.

Rikers Island isn't just the site of the city's jails—it is also at the middle of a ring of numerous polluting facilities, from peaker plants, to waste transfer stations, to multiple expressways along the Bronx and Queens waterfronts. Renewable Rikers is a campaign-driven vision to repurpose the island into a hub for new renewable powered infrastructure that can improve water and air quality for the many communities that surround the island and save billions as decades old infrastructure meets its operational lifespan. 

During the tour, participants will learn about the vision and latest updates from the Renewable Rikers campaign, as well as the perspective of Hunts Point, a frontline community situated across from the island. Hunts Point is a community seeking to preserve its industrial roots while embracing a green transition away from fossil fuels that can serve as a model for environmental justice communities nationwide.

The tour begins at The POINT CDC and concludes at Barretto Point Park along the East River.

Meeting Location: The POINT CDC, 940 Garrison Ave, Bronx, NY 10474

Disclaimer & Notes
This event will be filmed for a May 2026 exhibition at the Center for Architecture. Participants will be asked to sign a photo/video release form. If you prefer not to be documented, that’s completely fine—we’ll support any level of comfort.