Press
Recent media coverage of NCA’s various projects and related advocacy (updated January 2020):
To get raw sewage out of Newtown Creek, EPA takes the cheap route Brooklyn Eagle; December 4th, 2019
Bringing Climate to the Classroom in Queens NextCity; September 18th, 2019
Newtown Creek Focused curriculum expands in schools LIC Journal; September 11th, 2019
Long Island City Students to Learn About the Newtown Creek in Innovative New Program LIC Post; August 29th, 2019
A partnership of environmental nonprofits launches urban ecology curriculum educational program with LIC Schools QNS.com; August 29th, 2019
In Greenpoint, new waterfront parks will transform the Newtown Creek CurbedNY; August 22nd, 2019
There are three active oil spills on Newtown Creek Brooklyn Daily Eagle; May 20th, 2019
The dark side of green development–and what cities should do instead Fast Company; April 2nd, 2019
Hunger Games at PS 34: Connecting Curriculum to Community GoGreenBK; January 28th, 2019
Home on the Grunge: Newtown Creek Alliance Hopes to the Clean the Air (and Water) Along the Creek Patch; October 31st, 2018
City’s Pumping Air Into Polluted Newtown Creek has Critics Worried City Limits; August 8th, 2018
Spotting Signs Of Life On The Poisoned Waters Of Newtown Creek Gothamist; May 1st, 2018
Ambitious Long-Term Plan For Newtown Creek Envisions Public Shoreline Park, Green Infrastructure Along Waterway Greenpoint Post; March 20th, 2018
Please Don’t Flush the Toilet. It’s Raining. New York Times; March 2nd, 2018
From green industry to waterfront parks, activists plan a cleaner future for Newtown Creek in Queens QNS.com; March 16th, 2018
Love That Dirty Water: A Meet and Greet with Everyone’s Favorite Polluted Waterway GoGreenBK; February 21st, 2018
Video: Fish Jump, Barges Work and Beauty Survives on Newtown Creek City Limits; August 18th, 2016
Cleaner Creeks and Bays, But How Will New Yorkers Access the Waters They Own? City Limits; August 16th, 2016
Environmentalists Check Pollution in Newtown Creek Ahead of Cleanup DNAinfo; May 20th, 2016
Brooklyn’s North Border Dump Site: Newtown Creek patrolled by Riverkeeper Brooklyn Daily Eagle; December 7th, 2015
Bringing Community, and Nature, Back to the Banks of Newtown Creek Curbed NY; April 15th, 2015
The Eyes and Ears of Newtown Creek Science Line; April 8th, 2015
Rainbow Sheens and a Tip Draw a Focus to Dumping in Newtown Creek New York Times; September 12th, 2014