Description: Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) is a community-based non-profit with the mission to Reveal, Restore, and Revitalize Newtown Creek, a Superfund waterway that borders Brooklyn and Queens. NCA runs a robust educational program, hosting thousands of NYC students (K-12) each year through in-person field trips covering the following topics: urban ecology, green infrastructure, Newtown Creek […]
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the Creek with us last Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the 8th Annual Tidal Toast! We had a wonderful time connecting with the Creek community, celebrating our work so far, and sharing the future vision for our waterway. A special thank you to our 2025 Honorees […]
NCA is excited to welcome our 2025 TIDALS Research Fellows: Jackie, Rendy, Alex, Christel, and Tiffany! For 10 weeks this summer, this cohort of five will be studying shoreline habitats in Newtown Creek, helping our ongoing marine-focused restoration projects, and designing independent research projects. Their work will support our larger efforts for improved water quality […]
This spring, NCA partnered with Phelps Dodge (PDRC) to launch a new restoration project, creating additional habitat for ribbed mussels underneath their shoreline structure in Maspeth, Queens. Ribbed mussels, Geukensia demissa, are a native species capable of filtering up to 30 gallons of water a day, removing particulate matter, harmful algaes, excess nitrogen, and even […]
On December 26, 2024, ExxonMobil sold its last waterfront property on Newtown Creek: the 10-acre parcel at 400 Kingsland Avenue in Greenpoint. The property had been owned and operated by Standard Oil and its predecessor companies since the 1870s. The extensive oil refining and storage operations along the Creek helped ExxonMobil build a multinational fossil […]
