City Island: From Mulberries to Minesweepers

The is hosting a lecture entitled "City Island: From Mulberries to Minesweepers" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8.

The small Bronx community known as City Island has had a surprisingly significant impact from its major role in oyster farming to its magnetic appeal for tourists and real estate developers, including August Belmont, from the crucial part it played in the New York subway system to its construction of yachts that successfully defended the America’s Cup for many years.

Learn about all this and more from Barbara Burn Dolensek of the City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum. Registration requested.