Update: Join us on August 7st, 4-7pm for our first official mapping event! RSVP here after completing a quick online form that takes 5 to 10 minutes. The meeting place is Woodward Av & Suydam Av Queens 11222, just over the border from Brooklyn. This is a short walk from the Jefferson Av “L” train station. TreesCount is the street tree […]
Please join NCA and Randall Austin from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for an engaging and informative workshop on oil spills. Mr. Austin heads the DEC’s Spill Response Program that actively investigates and brings enforcement to petroleum and chemical spills cases in NY Harbor. The workshop will begin promptly at 6:30 and we strongly encourage participants to attend […]
Please join NCA and the office of Council Member Antonio Reynoso for an evening of discussion and presentations about issues surrounding Newtown Creek. We will cover a number of topics pertinent to the history, contamination, current use and cleanup options with a specific focus on areas near the head of the Creek, such as English […]
NCA will be tabling at two events on the June 6th weekend. Come check us out at one, or both, of the below: The English Kills Project at Bushwick Open Studios When: June 6th and 7th 11am to 6pm Where: 447 – 445 Johnson Avenue (empty lot) About: The EKP is named after English Kills, a tributary of Newtown Creek, […]
All Hands on Dock! For the past month NCA has been constructing the Living Dock – a floating structure to provide much needed habitat for marine wildlife in Newtown Creek. On Sunday April 19th, we will be putting it in the water and we need as many able hands as possible to move this 180 […]
