Thank You For A Successful 2025 & Happy New Year!

December 31: New Year's Eve on the Waterfront: Ice Sculpture Stroll & Celebration from 1pm to 5pm. New this year is free ferry shuttles between East Boston’s Lewis Mall Dock, Fan Pier, and Lovejoy Wharf. Find out the ferry schedule, ice sculpture locations and how to enter the Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll Selfie Contest  at the link above. 

December 31: John Boston Harbor Now, the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, and your closest friends to ring in the New Year with fireworks that will begin promptly at midnight. Public viewing is free and available along the Harborwalk at Fan Pier, Christopher Columbus Park, and the East Boston waterfront.

***THANK YOU***

Thank you for making 2025 a success and for improving our neighborhood. We couldn't have done it without you! Please take a moment to join us. Your membership allows FPNA to continue to advocate for a better neighborhood while bringing neighbors together at our monthly gatherings.  An individual membership is $35 and a family membership is $50. Venmo us @FPNA-Boston

2026 Happenings

January 1: Take the L Street Brownies New Year’s Day 2026 Polar Plunge. The L Street Tavern hosts a special march from the bar located at L + 8th to the beach led by the Greater Boston Firefighters Pipes + Drums on January 1st!  Doors open at 8 am. March to M Street Beach as a group, usually between 9am and 10am. A special commemorative t-shirt will be on sale for $25.

January 6: Boston Civic & Design Commission Monthly Meeting Agenda includes 2025 Year in Review by BCDC Executive Director Kristina Ricco and address from Deputy Chief of Urban Design, Diana Fernandez.

Save the date of January 27h for FPNA's 2026 Kickoff Gathering at 6pm at the Community Work Lounge at 15 Necco. 

Comment Deadline (updated 12/31 at 3pm with new date)
 

January 22 (new date): Resilient Moakley Park Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF) , a 60-acre city-owned park susceptible to immediate and regular flooding following major rainstorms due to limited stormwater management infrastructure and high groundwater conditions; with projected sea level rise which will turn the park into a major flood pathway inland. The City’s strategy includes the construction of a resilient landscape berm while simultaneously making improvements to stormwater and community amenities. Comment deadline submitted due to supplemental filing December 23rd. Comments to  Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov.

Time To Gear Up For New Year's Celebrations

Celebrate New Year's in and around the neighborhood. 

Boston Harbor Now invites you to the sixth annual New Year's Eve on the Waterfront. Filled with family friendly activities including a Harbor Map Tour at the Boston Harbor Hotel, Touch-a-Truck with First Responders at the Envoy Hotel, a Ice Sculpture Stroll and for the big kids midnight fireworks. 

This year's ice sculpture stroll will transform the Downtown and South Boston Waterfront and Harborwalk into a magical, winter wonderland come Monday, December 31st. Stroll hours are 1 pm to  4 pm. Visit all 16 ice sculptures and take selfies to enter in a Waterfront 'Staycation' Giveaway Contest. Download the official Waterfront Ice Sculpture and Fireworks Map (PDF) and use the included coupon for all-day discounted parking ($20.19) for New Year's Eve at the Boston Harbor Garage (270 Atlantic Avenue).

Ring in the year watching fireworks at midnight over the Boston Harbor. The fireworks are generously sponsored by Boston Harbor Now, City of Boston, Friends of Christopher Columbus Park and the Wharf District Council. Suggested viewing locations are: Fan Pier, Christopher Columbus Park and the East Boston Harborwalk.

The L Street Brownies continue in the footsteps of thousands before them over the last one hundred years by taking the plunge into the Boston Harbor on New Year's day. The event starts at 9 am on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at  the L Street Bathhouse. Meet up with your neighbors first at the L Street Tavern at 8 am and enjoy a personal escort by 103rd Postal Fire Column Pipes and Drums to the plunge. Spectators welcome. For helpful information visit Caught In Southie. 

If diving into freezing water is not your thing, Murphy Memorial Rink in South Boston will be holding free public skating hours on New Year’s Day from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.  

However you celebrate the New Year whether it be in Fort Point, the Seaport or from afar, FPNA (Fort Point Neighborhood Association) wishes you, our neighbors and friends, a very Happy New Year.

New Year's Eve Waterfront Sculpture Stroll

Grab your hat and camera for the largest ice sculpture walk on Boston's Waterfront and don't forget to stay for the New Year's Eve Midnight Harbor Fireworks. 

Boston Harbor Now and Waterfront businesses present 16 unique ice sculptures along Boston's waterfront in celebration of New Year's Eve in partnership with New Year's Eve Midnight Harbor Fireworks.

Spend Sunday, December 31st from 1 pm to 4 pm along the Boston Harbor and marvel at the icy works of art. Download the stroll map. Enter the "Selfie Contest" for a chance to win a "staycation" prize pack!

Locations Include:
Fanueil Hall
New England Aquarium
Boston Harbor Hotel
Yotel
Envoy: Touch-a-Truck featuring Boston's Firehouse Museum
Intercontinental Hotel
Independence Wharf
International Place
Boston Harbor Island Welcome Center
Seaport Common: 85 Northern Avenue
Courthouse Square: 60 Seaport Boulevard
Seaport Place
Boston Public Market
Fan Pier
Battery Wharf Hotel

Contest:
Enter to win a Staycation Giveaway prize package valued at over $1000 by visiting the waterfront this New Year's Eve. Prize include an overnight stay at a luxury hotel property, meal vouchers to area restaurant, a winter cruise and other exciting local experiences.

To enter:
Post a photo of yourself with any participating Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll ice sculptures OR Harbor midnight fireworks.
Tag @BostonHarborNow in that photo on social media (Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram).

OR

Register via Eventbrite page and be automatically entered into the raffle drawing for the Staycation Giveaway prize package. One entry per Eventbrite account will qualify.
Random drawing for the winner will be done from all qualified entries on Wednesday, January 3, 2018.

Countdown to 2018 with Midnight Boston Harbor Fireworks, viewing locations at Christopher Columbus Park, Fan Pier, Piers Park, starting at 11:59pm.

If you have friends visiting, there is a new garage in town, One Seaport Garage located at 75 Sleeper Street (across from the Envoy Hotel) is now open.