Newtown Creek Alliance
Upcoming meetings:

NCA Workgroups

  • Education – Tuesday, Jan 31 at 6pm, Location TBA
  • Green Infrastructure – Friday, Feb 3 at 10am, Location TBA
  • Workforce Development – Wednesday, Feb 8 at 10am, St. Nicks Alliance, 790 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206
  • Bioremediation – Friday, Feb 10 at 2pm, Greenpoint Public Library, 107 Norman Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222

If you can’t participate in one of the workgroup meetings, but would like to…be sure to come to the Feb 27 public meeting where members will report on whats happening in the workgroups.

Newtown Creek Alliance Public Meeting

Monday, Feb 27 at 6pm
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, N.Y. 11101
E500 (E Building)
Directions and map

Creek Stuff

EPA to Begin Superfund Cleanup of Newtown Creek

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with Phelps Dodge, Texaco, BP, National Grid, ExxonMobil, and the City of New York to begin the first phase of the Superfund cleanup of Newtown Creek. The agreement includes an investigation of the contamination in Newtown Creek and a study that will outline options to clean up the contamination.  In the parlance of Supefund this is known as the RI/FS or Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study.  For the complete EPA press release click here.

Creek Speak

Creek Speak is an oral history project that uses online interactive maps to present the stories of people and places near Newtown Creek. To listen to peoples stories or read about some of the places they mention visit the Creek Speak project page and click on a marker.

The Creek Speak Project is not intended to prove causality between the environmental burdens in Newtown Creek neighborhoods and public health concerns. Rather, its purpose is to highlight and document the experiential knowledge of individuals who are inside narrators of day-to-day life in these communities. People who have a first-hand understanding of their neighborhood – who everyday use their eyes, ears, and noses – can provide essential contextual information that would otherwise be ignored or lost.

The City Concealed: Newtown Creek

Bernard Ente of the Newtown Creek Alliance takes us up the creek, tells us the history of the area, why it’s so polluted and why we should care. And he makes it fun too.

Contact Us

Questions?  Contact us at info@newtowncreekalliance.org

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