Events

This June Newtown Creek Alliance (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:

• Introduction to the importance of green infrastructure (why it is good for water quality in Newtown Creek)
• Hands-on maintenance of curbside rain gardens along Maujer Street (between Morgan and Waterbury)
• Cleanup of sidewalk and street trash along Maujer Street and Morgan Avenue

Sign up and additional info here.

NCA is teaming up with Council Member Restler in May and June to perform tree bed maintenance. Join us for the second event to help clean the tree beds, weed, add compost, and sweep around the tree beds. More information and sign up here.

Join the Newtown Creek Superfund Community Advisory Group for its next monthly meeting covering site background, review of the meeting with elected officials, and updates from the EPA. This event will be hybrid: in person at LaGuardia Community College and virtually over Zoom. Full agenda and details available here: https://newtowncreekcag.org/

NCA is teaming up with Council Member Restler in May and June to perform tree bed maintenance. Join us for the first event to help clean the tree beds, weed, add compost, and sweep around the tree beds. More information and sign up here.

Join your neighbors in giving voice to the community as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleans up the heavily contaminated Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund site. All are welcome, no priori knowledge or expertise required. The Community Advisory Group’s (CAG’s) purpose is to provide a public forum for community members to present and discuss their needs and concerns related to the Superfund decision-making process. Register here.