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Forgotten in Plain Sight: Bringing Renewed Attention to a Famous New York City Waterway


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A boat ride down Newtown Creek in New York City reveals a story of a polluted past. On either side are industrial worksites and oil refineries, in front of you is the iconic Manhattan skyline, and beneath you is one of the most contaminated waterways in the United States. Newtown Creek is a 3.5-mile estuary and long tributary of the East River that forms part of the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
Newtown Creek offers spectacular views of the New York City skyline. (Photo courtesy of Marie Lorenz)
What was once a fresh water, stream-fed creek became a dumping ground for industrial byproducts and toxins in 19th and 20th centuries, perhaps most famously noted for an oil spill in 1950 that was not discovered until the late-1970s. That disaster released between 17 and 30 million gallons of oil and petroleum product into the soil and creek. Today, organizations like the Newtown Creek Alliance are working on projects to address remediation, re ....

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Softer Ground: Reclaiming Wetlands through Design


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Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Phase II transforms 5.5 acres of an abandoned industrial landscape into a new waterfront park. Phase II of the park begins south of 54th Avenue and wraps around Newtown Creek to complete the full vision of Hunter’s Point South Park initiated with the Phase I park, resulting in nearly 11 acres of a continuous waterfront park. A trail meanders along the causeway, elevated slightly above the river, a stroll of shifting perspectives of the skyline and close-ups of the marsh habitat along the river’s edge and protects nearly 1.5 acres of newly established wetlands. ....

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Environmental activists hold bike caravan in Brooklyn to oppose construction


Environmental activists hold bike caravan in Brooklyn to oppose construction
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 02, 2021, 9:48pm EDT
Environmental activists held a bike caravan Sunday in northern Brooklyn to oppose the construction of new infrastructure at a National Grid facility.
The protesters started in Greenpoint and stopped at fire stations across the borough to encourage the FDNY to deny National Grid s permit applications for the new construction.
They re opposed to the new liquefied natural gas vaporizers that were proposed by National Grid at their Newtown Creek location, which borders northern Brooklyn and Queens.
Activists say they do not want fracked gas to be pumped or trucked here, which is part of National Grid s proposal to ensure reliability on the coldest winter days when demand is highest. ....

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