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 […]
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 […]
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 + […]
Oil Seeping out from the Former Pratt Oil Works Facility in Blissville, Queens. August, 2017. While many people are well aware of the infamous Greenpoint Oil Spill, a massive 17-30 million gallon plume of oil that lies underground and mixed in with groundwater under Greenpoint Brooklyn, there is much less knowledge about the Pratt Oil […]
Bioremediation Workshop #3 photo: Mitch Waxman There is no quick or simple solution for transforming […]
