Events

Join the Newtown Creek Superfund Community Advisory Group for the next monthly meeting with the US EPA to get updates on the investigation and cleanup. Full agenda and details available here: https://newtowncreekcag.org/

Join us for open hour evenings to learn about green roofs, local plants, and the Newtown Creek while enjoying the moments before sunset from the iconic rooftop. NCA staff will be on hand to lead guided tours, answer questions about the roofs, provide educational resources on the ecological benefits of green roofs, and talk about all of our Newtown Creek focused work. Register here.

NCA is teaming up with Council Member Restler in May and June to perform tree bed maintenance. Join us for our final event to help plant trees in neighborhood tree beds. More information and sign up here.

This June NCA is hosting a series of events centered around the English Kills tributary of Newtown Creek aimed to engage the East Williamsburg and Bushwick communities with this inaccessible waterway and ways that the upland communities can help improve conditions in both the Creek and on local streets.

This event will include:

• Compost giveaway with BIG Reuse (first come, first serve)
• Introduction to the importance of green infrastructure (why it is good for water quality in Newtown Creek)
• Hands-on maintenance of curbside rain gardens around Maria Hernandez Park with NYC DEP
• Cleanup of sidewalk and street trash around Maria Hernandez Park

Sign up and additional info here.

As part of the Fairy Rings: Gathering Series, coordinated by artist Jan Mun in partnership with Newtown Creek Alliance, this event will feature Earl Hatley, a co-founder of LEAD Agency, a grassroots organization in Oklahoma. LEAD’s original focus was the Tar Creek Superfund Site, a 40 sq mile area of abandoned lead and zinc mines impacting ten tribes located in the area.

The event will also include updates on local Water Quality and Superfund issues from NCA’s Executive Director Willis Elkins, and a discussion pertaining to long term cleanup strategies and goals relevant to Earl’s experience and insights. Registration and more info here.