Category Archives: Green Infrastructure

Open House at Plank Road – Oct 17th

NCA is teaming up with Open House New York once again this year to offer free Creek side tours and activity! The day will include two free walking tours led by NCA Historian Mitch Waxman, that will begin in East Williamsburg and arrive at Plank Road where NCA Program Manager Willis Elkins will show folks […]

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Grey to Green Workshops!

Grey to Green is a collaboration between Newtown Creek Alliance and Open Sewer Atlas NYC to encourage green infrastructure investment and water conservation in a crucial area in the Newtown Creek watershed. Bushwick and its surrounding neighborhoods have huge environmental impacts on water quality in Newtown Creek. As part of the project we will be […]

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Farewell from an NCA Summer Researcher

Greetings and farewell from one of the two Newtown Creek Alliance 2015 summer interns! As I wrap up my time with NCA, I thought this might be a good time to share something of what I have been doing for the past 3 months. I have been involved in a number of projects this summer, including […]

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Upcoming August 7th TreesCount Mapping Event with NYC Parks

Update: Join us on August 7st, 4-7pm for our first official mapping event! RSVP here after completing a quick online form that takes 5 to 10 minutes. The meeting place is Woodward Av & Suydam Av Queens 11222, just over the border from Brooklyn. This is a short walk from the Jefferson Av “L” train station. TreesCount is the street tree […]

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