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… clothing, food packaging, paints — but among them were also apparent microbeads. Plastics from Newtown Creek carried heavy doses of atlenol, a drug used to treat high blood pressure.” In … Read More

… enough to the water’s edge to begin to care for its neglected shorelines.” – Lisa Bloodgood, Newtown Creek Alliance, NYC “Sweep is an opportunity to teach important lessons to our children … Read More

Join the Newtown Creek Alliance, Interval Projects and Evergreen Exchange for their second visioning … Read More

… runoff mixed with untreated sewage (often referred to as CSO) into the Dutch Kills tributary of Newtown Creek. Local stakeholders, who are working on restoration and educational projects in the … Read More

… 135 opportunities for restoration on New York City’s waterways: Flushing Waterways Vision Newtown Creek Vision Read More

… and launched community-driven Vision Plans for two long-suffering waterways in New York City: Newtown Creek and Flushing Bay and Creek. The plans are brimming with possibility, detailing 135 … Read More

In honor of World Toilet Day, NYC H2O, FLUSH, and Newtown Creek Alliance are hosting a walking tour focusing on where NYC’s water and waste go. … Read More

… plans have focused on smaller waters, including Bronx River, Flushing Bay, Gowanus Canal, and Newtown Creek. The state has signed off on all of them (except for Jamaica Bay’s plan, which is … Read More

… staff, we have the opportunity to see many stretches of the Hudson River and its tributaries from Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal in New York City, to Rondout Creek, Saw Mill River, and the Roe … Read More