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Past Events

Autumn Evenings – Newtown Native Nursery

Start date: 09/27/2024
End date: 11/01/2024
Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: 520 Kingsland Ave Brooklyn, NY 11222

Newtown Creek Alliance would like to welcome the public to join us at Kingsland Wildflowers on select Fridays for our Autumn Evenings– browse our native plant nursery for plants to take home, or just come to enjoy sunset and a skyline view from the green roofs at Kingsland Wildflowers until 7 pm. More details here.

Visit our (Online Store) to check our plant availibility and make purchases ahead of time, or feel free to browse and buy plants on site.

Please note that we will not be open on Friday, October 18th — we’ll be breaking down from our annual Tidal Toast!

Greenpoint Library Lecture Series: The Chemicals of Newtown Creek

Date: 09/26/2024
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Greenpoint Library

Join us for an evening to learn about the history of chemicals of Newtown Creek with with author and academic, Peter Spellane.

Peter Spellane is a member of the Chemistry department at City Tech, a campus of the CUNY system located in downtown Brooklyn. He had studied at Hamilton College, the University of Washington, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Before joining CUNY, he had worked as a research chemist at the IBM Thomas J. Watson lab in Yorktown Heights and at Akzo Nobel Chemicals in Dobbs Ferry and in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Street Tree Care w/ Councilmember Restler

Date: 09/22/2024
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: McGolrick Park (Russell and Nassau)

Join NCA and community partners for tree bed maintenance to improve our tree canopy and prevent flooding. We will weed, clean tree beds, cultivate soil, add compost and mulch, and clear storm drains along our route. Get full info and register here.

EPA’s Early Action Cleanup Plan Public Meeting

Date: 09/18/2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Elsewhere, 599 Johnson Avenue

We have been waiting for a cleanup plan for Newtown Creek for many years! The release of the East Branch Early Action Proposed Cleanup Plan is a significant first step towards the cleanup of Newtown Creek as a whole. If done properly, cleaning the East Branch tributary will reduce human health risks and contaminants in this area of the Creek, create opportunities for habitat restoration and community access, and serve as a reference for the rest of the Newtown Creek cleanup.

EPA will hold a public meeting to present the proposed cleanup plan and take public comments on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 6:30 PM at the Chatroom at Elsewhere, 599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

Creek Critters

Start date: 09/18/2024
End date: 09/20/2024
Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center

Meet us at the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center for an afternoon of all ages drop in marine exploration!

Creek Critters is a marine ecology exploration program for people of all ages to interact with and learn about the critters who live in Newtown Creek!