New Nassau Veteran’s Coliseum will be built by Forest City Ratner


Carpenters Local Union 290 is pleased to announce that the New Nassau Veteran’s Coliseum will be built by Forest City Ratner – this is a $229 million dollar project to begin in the Spring of 2015.


This is a 100% Union Project.


Council Reps join members of Carpenters Local Union 290 to formally endorse County Executive Ed Mangano for re-election.

Council Reps join members of Carpenters Local Union 290 to formally endorse County Executive Ed Mangano for re-election. Good Luck County Executive Mangano and thank you for looking out for the working men and women of Long Island.
Eisenhower Park, at the site of the Ice Rink Project.

UBC Mobile App

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters is proud to provide this mobile app.

This app provides Carpenters with very useful tools including:

- Area Calculator
- Shape Calculator
- Unit Conversion Calculator
*more tools coming soon

It also so includes a dedicated Mobile News Feed for mobile users to quickly get up-to-date news from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.

This app also provides links to important content about the Carpenters Union, a video tour if the International Training Center, and other quick links to UBC content. 

Use this app as a tool on the job-site as well your way to connect with the Carpenters Union!

Simply go to the APP store on you mobile device and enter UBC Mobile.
For more information click here to read about the UBC Mobile App.




Coo Coo Before you go!

Text message your search query to 266266 (which spells CooCoo on most devices) and they will text you back Try the demo here.

Get real-time transit schedules, train delays, alerts and cancellations. From the same great company that brought you real-time text-message based transit information, CooCoo or "266266" is now available via your iPhone or iPad.
Get the real-time transit information you need, when you need it.
CooCoo features:

  • NEW: Now you can socialize, chat, and post advisories to other riders on your train, branch, or transit carrier! CooCoo Social changes the way you travel.
  • Real-time transit schedules
  • Saves your trip requests so you can quickly load them in the future.
  • View a detailed list/map of the stops along your trip.
  • Integrated transit alerts to show you exactly which trains are delayed, suspended or cancelled.
  • Carrier and branch-level alert feeds that notify you of any catastrophic transit outages that may indirectly affect your trip.
  • Crowd-sourced alert system to notify you of transit delays that other riders may be noticing - even when your transit carrier doesn't.


CooCoo currently supports real-time information for the following transit carriers:
  • Long Island Railroad
  • Metro-North Railroad
  • New Jersey Transit
  • New Jersey PATH
  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
  • North County Transit District