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Newtown Creek Alliance posted 3 photos — at Grand Street Bridge.

3 days ago

Aerial photos of algae blooms on Newtown Creek last summer. This red/brown discoloration is common in low flow areas of the Creek during sunny summer days. Microscopic analysis by the late Dr. Michael Levandowsky (microbiologist Pace University and American Museum of Natural History) confirmed this as a bloom of dinoflagellates- a phylum of marine plankton. The blooms are associated with excessive levels of dissolved oxygen, produced through photosynthesis.

These photos show tributaries near the largest combined sewer outfalls in the Creek: English Kills (1); East Branch (2); and Maspeth Creek (3)- where high levels of nutrients feed these microorganisms.

Images courtesy Robert DiMaio, Waterways of Hope.

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Newtown Creek Alliance

2 weeks ago

Happy 2019! To celebrate, check out this special 7 minute video made by filmmaker Katarina Pittis who has been documenting NCA's work over the past two years. This short promo piece was debuted at our Tidal Toast event in November and is part of a larger full length project about Newtown Creek. Enjoy! ... See MoreSee Less

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A glance at the hard work that Newtown Creek Alliance does to advocate for their local waterway in New York City. NCA is a community-based organization dedicated…

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Newtown Creek Alliance

3 weeks ago

In 2018, NCA continued our water quality sampling by tracking issues like bacteria, oxygen and nutrient levels over a 26 week period. Together with our partners @laguardiacc we collected over 2,800 individual data points this year alone!

Our community led research and monitoring has been invaluable in better understanding and improving #newtowncreek.

Help support our on-water work with an end of year donation:
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Newtown Creek Alliance posted 5 photos — at Dutch Kills, New York.

4 weeks ago

From nursery to bulkhead to boat to dock to creek > just part of the journey for the restoration projects we work on with partners like LaGuardia college. In addition to our second Living Dock, we also piloted these mini grass rafts in 2018 to bring more salt marsh to #newtowncreek

Thankful to the students, professors and partners who help make these efforts possible.

Help support our restoration work in the coming year with a tax deductible contribution today:
newtowncreekalliance.org/donate

Environmental Science Major, Laguardia Community College @outsidenewyork @ Dutch Kills, New York ... See MoreSee Less

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Newtown Creek Alliance shared Riverkeeper's post.

4 weeks ago

Riverkeeper

Check out our restoration experiment with Newtown Creek Alliance & Billion Oyster Project!

Our hope is that a set of new oyster-shell creature condos, hanging from NYC bulkheads, could help restore some continuity to a fragmented habitat & help marine life rebound.

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