The North Brooklyn Open Space Equity Coalition (OSEC) – consisting of North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, El Puente de Williamsburg, North Brooklyn Neighbors, and Newtown Creek Alliance – is alarmed by continuing environmental threats to the planet and our home here in North Brooklyn, all made worse by the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on […]
UPDATE: Much thanks to all the volunteers and local neighbors who rolled up their sleeves, our guiding and essential partners at Hunters Point Parks Conservancy, the local schools who will utilize this meadow as a learning tool, the Queens NYC DOT for all their effort to make this possible (and legal), and the extra generous […]
After a full school year of immersion with the Newtown Creek Urban Ecology Curriculum, our partner schools in Long Island City have put together a showcase of their students work with personal reflections, observations and drawings. Check out each of the showcase websites here: Funding for our Urban Ecology Education in Long […]
The Newtown Creek Alliance stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and against systemic racism and police brutality. We stand with protesters to demand change for our communities and seek to raise up Black voices calling for justice. The Newtown Creek Alliance has always aimed to address the environmental devastation and the resulting […]
