Newtown Creek Alliance

The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring, revealing and revitalizing Newtown Creek.

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Newtown Creek Vision Plan

In 2018, NCA, Riverkeeper and Perkins+Will launched the Newtown Creek Vision plan, a 150 page report chronicling priority issues and 85 proposed projects to address Remediation, Restoration, Recreation and Resilience. The report builds upon decades of planning and visioning efforts by numerous community members and organizations; framing ideas in the wake of upcoming Superfund remediation and Clean Water improvements. Read the full plan here.

Newtown Creek StoryMaps

Explore these interactive educational resources on ArcGIS StoryMaps to learn more about the Creek's ecosystem and NCA’s efforts in environmental remediation, restoration, and revitalization. We have units available on the history and geography of the Creek, regional flora and fauna, Newtown Creek's soil and water health, and the impact of climate change on NYC's coastal communities. Click "read more" to view them all.

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Newtown Creek Alliance

3 days ago

This Friday, Open Hours at Kingsland Wildflowers returns! Come join us to learn more about the green roofs, the native plants present, and Newtown Creek while enjoying the golden hour from our scenic wildflower meadows. Open Hours are FREE and open to the public and will take place every Friday from April 19th to June 30th, 2024, weather-permitting. We hope to see you on the roofs!Learn more and register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kingsland-wildflowers-open-hours-tickets-873423903407?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Newtown Creek Alliance
is at Newtown Creek.

5 days ago

👀Are you a resident of Western Queens or North Brooklyn? Join us this Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 for the April Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting to discuss the future of Newtown Creek #superfund Cleanup. We would love to see you in person at the Queens Landing Boathouse in Long Island City (Zoom link is also available)! What the meeting will talk about:1. The possible cleanup scenarios for the East Branch tributary of Newtown Creek, presented by U.S. EPA;2. Update on Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) monitoring (sanctioned by U.S. EPA) to help determine the amount of chemicals entering Newtown Creek via our sewer system, presented by NYC Department of Environmental Protection.Hope to see you there🐟🐟🐟Learn more information about the CAG meetings: newtowncreekcag.org#superfundsite #newtowncreek #superfundcleanup #communityadvisorygoup
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Newtown Creek Alliance

1 week ago

Thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers who came out for yesterday's first Greenhouse Gang. They helped up pot over 400 of our native nursery seedlings! We hope you'll join us at next month's Greenhouse Gang on Tuesday, May 21. Or check out our nursery at the first Open Hours, starting Friday April 19! Links to sign up below.Greenhouse Gang: www.eventbrite.com/e/867656643377?aff=oddtdtcreatorOpen Hours: www.eventbrite.com/e/873423903407?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Newtown Creek Alliance
is at Newtown Creek.

2 weeks ago

🚲🥾We are very excited to announce a series of spring biking and walking tours around Newtown Creek: Seeing the Creek - Sunday rides and Friday evening strides. Bike Tour 1: Creek CrossingsSunday 4/21 11 - 2pmBike Tour 2: Creek CuriositiesSunday 4/28 11 - 2pmWalking Tour 1: Public Access in Greenpoint (Jane’s Walk NYC)Friday 5/3 6 - 7:30pmWalking Tour 2: Fenced off in QueensFriday 5/17 6pm - 8pmCheck out full details and register on our eventbrite links (with exception of Jane's Walk link; incoming shortly). Can't wait to see you🚲🥾🌱#NewtownCreekTours #SpringBiking #WalkingTours #ExploreTheCreek #PublicAccess #JanesWalkNYC #CommunityEvents #Greenpoint #Queens #DiscoverNYC #BikeNYC #WalkNYC #CreekExploration #newtowncreekalliance
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Newtown Creek Alliance
is at Penny Bridge.

2 weeks ago

To our pleasant surprise an anonymous person took it upon themselves to reinstall and rebrand our signage at the Penny Bridge Street End site in. Since 2017, NCA has overseen a massive cleanup effort at this public overlook, removing tons of debris, creating paths, and bringing in native plants and furniture for wildlife and community members alike. In 2020, NCA installed an outdoor sign with historic photos and text explaining the significance of this location which within a few years was, like many of the hard surfaces in the area, adorned with spray paint and stickers, making it more difficult for visitors to examine the text/photos. Photos 3-5 show the original sign from July 2020; August 2022; February 2024. We were literally planning to reinstall a new sign later this week, when low and behold someone beat us to it and installed a new one (a digital version has been available on our website) with a slightly revised heading to read “Tom Penny Bridge.” Tom Penny is a legendary figure in the skateboarding world whose effortless style, raw talent, and enigmatic persona has influenced skaters since the 1990s. Given the rise of formal and DIY skateparks around Newtown Creek in recent years (Sgt. Dougherty; Under the K Bridge; Mosquito Beach; and Maspeth Park), it seems appropriate to have a skateboard themed rebranding for the sign; and even the NCA logo :)Thanks to the anonymous designer; we love your initiative and subtle addition 🍄 🇬🇧Check out Tom Penny Bridge for yourself: 1000 Meeker Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Open 24/7/365. #pennybridge #tompenny #newtowncreek
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MEET OUR 2023 UHI FELLOWSHIP COHORT

This group of fellows are coming to us from Greenpoint and various neighborhoods in Queens. With a variety of backgrounds and experiences; they will be studying the impacts of Urban Heat Island on the Maspeth, Queens IBZ. Their research will support NCA revitalization efforts, finding new ways to assist industry and worker health in the […]

Speak Out for Clean Water Standards

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is currently proposing changes to water quality standards in NY Harbor that will significantly limit the City’s ability to reach the Clean Water Act goals of fishable and swimmable waters. For most of the Harbor (East River, Hudson River, and parts of Jamaica Bay) the new […]

JOIN NCA’S SECOND SUMMER UHI FELLOWSHIP COHORT!

NCA will be hosting a six week, full time, paid research fellowship for New Yorkers aged 18-25. Fellows will learn the role of scientific inquiry and longitudinal studies in community based environmental revitalization efforts, practice fieldwork and data collection, and contribute to improved knowledge of local environmental justice issues all within the context of Newtown […]

2022 Recap!

2022 was a benchmark year for NCA: we celebrated our 20th anniversary as an organization and made huge strides by expanding our educational and volunteer programming in scope and participation, and growing our full-time staff! We are so grateful to all our volunteers, community partners, supporters, donors and friends for making everything we do possible. […]