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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Facebook News

Facebook News

3 days ago

Newtown Creek Alliance

💥 Greenhouse Gang is back! 💥 Join us Tuesday April 9th as we kick off Spring with our first hands-on event of the season.NCA welcomes volunteers and horticulture enthusiasts to help us expand our native nursery, propagated from locally collected wild seed. Plants grown in our greenhouse are used to supplement our restoration projects around the Creek, maintain the rooftop meadows Kingsland Wildflowers and integrated into our Newtown Native Nursery. This is an ideal opportunity for those looking to support an attractive habitat for our local ecology!No experience required; sign up via eventbrite (link in bio).🌱 🧤 🪴

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4 days ago

Newtown Creek Alliance

Are you a resident of Western Queens and Northern Brooklyn? Join us this Thursday from 6:30-8:30 for this month’s Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting to discuss the future of Newtown Creek #Superfund Cleanup. We would love to see you in person at the Queens Landing Boathouse in Long Island City (Zoom link is also available)! What the meeting will talk about: 1. The potential to restore Newtown Creek with funds collected from potentially responsible parties (e.g. EXXON, National Grid, etc.), presented by @NOAA, @USFWS, @NYSDEC; 2. the Early Action cleanup plan for the East Branch, presented by the @EPA; and 3. Creek boundaries, also presented by the @EPA. Hope to see you there🐟🐟🐟Learn more information about the CAG meetings: newtowncreekcag.org#Superfundsite #NewtownCreek #SuperfundCleanup #CommunityAdvisoryGoup

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Last week we had the pleasure of hosting @the_hope_program for an educational tour and hands on work day, helping to maintain the meadows on Kingsland Wildflowers. We have worked with HOPE for many years, through our partnership in the RAIN Coalition, and it is always a joy to team up with their Intervine cohort around the Creek! #greeninfrastructure #workforcedevelopment #greenroofs

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1 week ago

Newtown Creek Alliance

Earlier this week at the Queens Landing Boathouse & Environmental Center, NCA teamed up with COWI and industry professionals to share more information about greening industrial shorelines. After the presentations, attendees participated in ongoing discussions and enjoyed a social hour together. Check out a video of the presentations if you’d like to learn more about industrial shorelines and their unique opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions. Watch the video here:youtu.be/2OKxhey-l_U?si=sFb6nOLwXBNlR5poPresentations by:Willis Elkins, Executive Director at NCAMatt Yamasaki, PE, Senior Project Manager at COWIGena Wirth, Design Principal at SCAPEMarcha Johnson, Landscape Architect and Ecological Restorationist at New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.Special thanks to our fellow presenters and to everyone who came out to join the conversation! This event was made possible with research funding from COWIFonden.

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NCA is excited to welcome two new staff members: Sandy and Hart!Shangtong (Sandy) Li : Community Engagement CoordinatorSandy is an environmental justice advocate with a background in climate science, design, art, and education. Sandy comes to NCA after working with environmental organizations across New York to engage and inform communities on water quality, parkland alienation, and climate legislation through accessible and creative storytelling. Hart Mankin: Environmental Educator Hart is a passionate city educator with experience in outdoor learning and field trips focusing on environmental stewardship. Before joining the team Hart taught school programs at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Hudson River Park’s River Project.Keep an eye out for Sandy and Hart around the Creek; and our upcoming spring events which we will be announcing soon!

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MEET OUR 2023 UHI FELLOWSHIP COHORT

This group of fellows are coming to us from Greenpoint and various neighborhoods in Queens. With a variety of backgrounds and experiences; they will be studying the impacts of Urban Heat Island on the Maspeth, Queens IBZ. Their research will support NCA revitalization efforts, finding new ways to assist industry and worker health in the […]

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Speak Out for Clean Water Standards

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is currently proposing changes to water quality standards in NY Harbor that will significantly limit the City’s ability to reach the Clean Water Act goals of fishable and swimmable waters. For most of the Harbor (East River, Hudson River, and parts of Jamaica Bay) the new […]

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JOIN NCA’S SECOND SUMMER UHI FELLOWSHIP COHORT!

NCA will be hosting a six week, full time, paid research fellowship for New Yorkers aged 18-25. Fellows will learn the role of scientific inquiry and longitudinal studies in community based environmental revitalization efforts, practice fieldwork and data collection, and contribute to improved knowledge of local environmental justice issues all within the context of Newtown […]

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2022 Recap!

2022 was a benchmark year for NCA: we celebrated our 20th anniversary as an organization and made huge strides by expanding our educational and volunteer programming in scope and participation, and growing our full-time staff! We are so grateful to all our volunteers, community partners, supporters, donors and friends for making everything we do possible. […]

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