The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring, revealing and revitalizing Newtown Creek.

Newtown Creek Vision Plan

Newtown Creek Vision Plan

In 2018, NCA, Riverkeeper and Perkins+Will launched the Newtown Creek Vision plan, a 150 page report chronicling priority issues and 85 proposed projects to address Remediation, Restoration, Recreation and Resilience. The report builds upon decades of planning and visioning efforts by numerous community members and organizations; framing ideas in the wake of upcoming Superfund remediation and Clean Water improvements. Read the full plan here.

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Newtown Creek StoryMaps

Newtown Creek StoryMaps

Explore these interactive educational resources on ArcGIS StoryMaps to learn more about the Creek's ecosystem and NCA’s efforts in environmental remediation, restoration, and revitalization. We have units available on the history and geography of the Creek, regional flora and fauna, Newtown Creek's soil and water health, and the impact of climate change on NYC's coastal communities. Click "read more" to view them all.

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NCA on Instagram

NCA on Instagram

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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City As School Students Join NCA

NCA is a proud participant in City-As-School’s internship program, which pairs high school students with local organizations and businesses for real world experience and education in appropriate academic subjects. We began working with CAS in 2018 and want to formally welcome our new pair of interns who will be joining us for the 2019 winter […]

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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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Gateway to Greenpoint – Kickoff Community Workshop

Join the Newtown Creek Alliance for a community visioning workshop to plan for public and environmental development of a 13,000 sq foot city-owned parcel at the corner of Greenpoint and Kingsland Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.  RSVP HERE Monday November 26th 6:30 to 8:30pm 520 Kingsland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222   Project Background: Our goal is […]

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