Newtown Creek Alliance
New York City
News
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April 24, 2008 U.S. House Passage of New Environmental Study for Newtown Creek
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$625k Grant Awarded For Brownfields Remediation Planning Around Newtown Creek
State Money to Fund Community Work of GMDC, Riverkeeper & Newtown Creek Alliance
Click here for press release Riverkeeper announcement
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Community Health & Harm Narratives:
Exploring the Public Health Concerns of Communities along the Newtown Creek
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The Newtown Creek Alliance hosted cruises on July 8 and September 16, 2007.
Our 2008 Cruise was held on Sunday, September 14.
Here is a view taken during our July 8, 2007 tour.
The classic tug Cheyenne is westbound at Pulaski Bridge. Image courtesy of Cindy Goulder.
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Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Entrance at foot of Paidge Avenue, Greenpoint NY
Open dawn to dusk, weather permitting.
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Newtown Creek EPA
Report released September 12, 2007
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is overseeing cleanup and remediation of the Newtown Creek/Greenpoint oil spill in Brooklyn, N.Y. EPA conducted, at the request of Congress, a study of the public health and safety issues related to the oil spill. Government officials detected the Newtown Creek/Greenpoint oil spill in 1978 and estimated that the some 17 million gallons of petroleum covered more than 50 acres of underground area. Free product exists in large amounts on the water table between Monitor Street and Kingsland Avenue, and extends southeast near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Residual petroleum contamination exists in local groundwater, native soil and fill materials. About half of the spilled oil has been recovered by several oil companies.