The NYC Department of Environmental Protection is kicking off its program to develop Long Term Control Plans (LTCPs) for NYC waterbodies impacted by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) with a Public Open House on: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:00pm to 8:00pm Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Visitor Center 329 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222 During the […]
Get your tickets now for this low-cost, high-value event! Newtown Creek Walking Tour June 16, 2012 11am to 2pm “Drizzle or Shine” (in case of total downpour we will reschedule) 10$ ticket required (see below!) Join Newtown Creek Alliance Historian Mitch Waxman for an intense exploration of Newtown Creek’s Dutch Kills tributary — found less […]
Its just another rainy day on Newtown Creek for Riverkeeper Patrol Boat Captain John Lipscomb…here are a few notes and photos of his observations: “Newtown Creek today. Raining. We see several sites with very turbid discharges – assume storm water. No sheens. No SPDES signs. Also, at Pratt oil seep on Queens side the absorbent boom is […]
by Ross Diamond, NCA Intern What do concrete factory conveyor belts, barbed wire fences and cemetery obelisks all have in common? They serve as excellent perches for birds. This morning four intrigued members and affiliates of the NCA prepared for Brooklyn’s industrial wild west by gearing to the teeth with binoculars, telephoto lenses and notebooks […]
The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are holding public meetings to discuss the recently released Newtown Creek Public Health Assessment. These agencies are looking at environmental information from the Newtown Creek Superfund site and how it relates to public health. A message […]
