Category Archives: Tours

Water Quality Boat Trips

Join the Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) and the North Brooklyn Boat Club for a special series of on-water tours to examine and discuss current water quality trends for Newtown Creek. NCA is soon to complete an intensive 6 month water sampling program in conjunction with LaGuardia Community College. We have been collected data on water […]

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2015 Year in Review

Dear Friends and Supporters of NCA, As 2016 approaches, we take some time to look back at the past year and NCA’s work to reveal, restore and revitalize Newtown Creek.  In 2015 this included hands-on efforts to improve environmental conditions, such as our continued restoration work at the Plank Road site in Maspeth (photo 1), […]

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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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Upcoming Tours with Mitch Waxman

NCA historian Mitch Waxman will be leading a number of tours of Newtown Creek in 2015. We will update this page as more tour details and dates are announced. UPCOMING: September 13th, Poison Caludron Hosting Organization: Newtown Creek Alliance Cost: $20 A 2-hour exploration of an area we like to call DUKBO- Down Under the Kosciuszko Bridge Onramp […]

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