Category Archives: Patrol

Water Quality Canoe Trips

Join the Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) and the North Brooklyn Boat Club for a special series of on-water tours to examine and discuss current water quality trends for Newtown Creek. Since 2016, NCA has partnered with LaGuardia Community College to conduct an extensive sampling program on the Creek each summer. We have been collected data on water […]

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Community Science on the Banks of Newtown Creek

On April 6th, 2019 NCA hosted Community Science on the Banks of Newtown Creek, an afternoon symposium at Kingsland Wildflowers Broadway Stages showcasing the following presentations on various Newtown Creek based research and monitoring projects overseen by NCA and academic and community partners.  Newtown Creek Water Quality Sampling Program – See Project Background Here & See Presentation […]

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2018 Year in Review

Dear Newtown Creek Alliance Friends and Supporters; The marathon of cleaning up and revitalizing Newtown Creek continues! This past year NCA has made large leaps in expanding our outreach, programming and partnerships. Some of our key accomplishments include: Release of the Newtown Creek Vision Plan with Riverkeeper Newtown Creek Curriculum introduced into the Greenpoint Eco-Schools Launch of a new Living […]

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2017 Year in Review

Dear Newtown Creek Alliance Friends and Supporters; 2017 has been one of the most productive years for protecting and improving Newtown Creek. We wanted to take the opportunity to share some of our key accomplishments in revealing, restoring and revitalizing our dear waterway: 1,600 + People engaged in educational events, tours and activities 12,000 + […]

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