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. NCA is soon to complete an intensive 6 month water sampling program in conjunction with LaGuardia Community College. We have been collected data on water […]
Dear Friends and Supporters of NCA, As 2016 approaches, we take some time to look back at the past year and NCA’s work to reveal, restore and revitalize Newtown Creek. In 2015 this included hands-on efforts to improve environmental conditions, such as our continued restoration work at the Plank Road site in Maspeth (photo 1), […]
The summer is over and the data is in, and with the exception of a few days the dissolved oxygen in Newtown Creek was above the 3.0 mg/L level suggested for supporting fish life. The most stable spots I encountered were the Apollo Street and Meeker Avenue sites. At these sites the dissolved oxygen rarely […]
I have spent the last month and a half getting stares from people as I throw a bucket into Newtown Creek and pull up water. Occasionally people will take the time to stop and find out what I’m doing. Those who stop to talk will find out that I’m not pulling buckets of water out […]
