The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring, revealing and revitalizing Newtown Creek.

Newtown Creek Vision Plan

Newtown Creek Vision Plan

In 2018, NCA, Riverkeeper and Perkins+Will launched the Newtown Creek Vision plan, a 150 page report chronicling priority issues and 85 proposed projects to address Remediation, Restoration, Recreation and Resilience. The report builds upon decades of planning and visioning efforts by numerous community members and organizations; framing ideas in the wake of upcoming Superfund remediation and Clean Water improvements. Read the full plan here.

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Newtown Creek StoryMaps

Newtown Creek StoryMaps

Explore these interactive educational resources on ArcGIS StoryMaps to learn more about the Creek's ecosystem and NCA’s efforts in environmental remediation, restoration, and revitalization. We have units available on the history and geography of the Creek, regional flora and fauna, Newtown Creek's soil and water health, and the impact of climate change on NYC's coastal communities. Click "read more" to view them all.

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Facebook News

Facebook News


NCA is excited to welcome two new staff members: Sandy and Hart!Shangtong (Sandy) Li : Community Engagement CoordinatorSandy is an environmental justice advocate with a background in climate science, design, art, and education. Sandy comes to NCA after working with environmental organizations across New York to engage and inform communities on water quality, parkland alienation, and climate legislation through accessible and creative storytelling. Hart Mankin: Environmental Educator Hart is a passionate city educator with experience in outdoor learning and field trips focusing on environmental stewardship. Before joining the team Hart taught school programs at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Hudson River Park’s River Project.Keep an eye out for Sandy and Hart around the Creek; and our upcoming spring events which we will be announcing soon!

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Join @cowigroup , the Newtown Creek Alliance, and industry professionals to discuss opportunities, challenges, and solutions for developing and maintaining ecological elements into industrial shorelines. Too often failing shorelines are replaced with sterile structures that don’t provide intertidal habitat or water quality and ecological benefits. While constraining factors in industrial areas, such as intensive landside operations, upland contamination, and maritime use/navigation depths limit standard options for creating green shorelines, there are opportunities and successful examples to draw from. We aim to gather the unique perspectives of professionals coming from regulatory, marine engineering, landscape designing, and environmental and community planning professions to produce a matrix of considerations and ideas for green elements to implement in the industrial waterfront design and redevelopment process, that can help influence waterways like Newtown Creek and beyond.Register at link in bio!Tuesday, March 19th, 2024Queens Landing Boat House & Environmental Center4 to 5:30pm Presentations, Roundtable, and Discussion5:30 to 7pm Happy hour (at same location)This event is made possible with research funding from COWIFonden.

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Newtown Creek Alliance

This week we welcomed three full days of classes coming to visit both Kingsland Wildflowers and Newtown Creek Naturewalk engaging in rooftop exploration, conversations about green infrastructure and finding signs of life even during these cold winter days. If you or someone you know would like to bring a school group to visit Newtown Creek Alliance, see our education page to book a trip!#environmentaleducation #nycfieldtrip #NewtownCreek

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Hot off the press, THE CITY covers Newtown Creek as part of new Superfund Series.Check out the article and podcast at links in bio, featuring interviews with local community members, NCA staff, businesses, and numerous agency officials.

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The next #superfund CAG meeting is next week! Come join in person at the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center in LIC. EPA will provide updates on the investigation and the impending early action remediation of the East Branch Tributary. Additionally, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District will be presenting on proposed changes to the navigational channels in the Creek. How deep is the Creek, and how deep should it be? Come explore some fun diagrams and discuss next week!U.S. EPA New York State Environmental Conservation NYC Water

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NCA Welcomes Spring Interns

NCA is excited to have two interns join us this spring, Mia and Wasfi! They will be out in the field, helping with public events and working on some exciting NCA projects in the coming months! Learn more about them below, and make sure to say hi if you see them around the Creek! Wasfi […]

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2023 Year in Review

For all of our volunteers, supporters, and partners, here is a quick look back at some of the highlights and accomplishments from 2023: Expanding the NCA TeamWe hired three new staff members (Krista, Gus, and Musa) in the spring allowing us to expand out operations, public and horticulture events, and educational programming. And we are […]

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Hiring: Community Engagement Coordinator

Description Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) is a community based non-profit with the mission to Reveal, Restore, and Revitalize Newtown Creek, a Superfund waterway that borders Brooklyn and Queens. Community engagement and environmental education are central to our mission and day to day work, as we seek to advance local awareness, stewardship, and advocacy for the […]

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Hiring: Part Time Environmental Educator

Description Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) is a community based non-profit with the mission to Reveal, Restore, and Revitalize Newtown Creek, a Superfund waterway that borders Brooklyn and Queens. NCA runs a robust educational program, hosting thousands of NYC students (K-12) each year through in-person field trips covering the following topics: urban ecology, green infrastructure, Newtown […]

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