The EPA is currently doing sampling at the Cooper Park Houses.
Tag: EPA
This Day in Greenpoint History: Standard Oil Plant Up in Flames Again
Another footnote of Greenpoint’s oil refinery saga.
Annual North Brooklyn Dolphin Sightings Continue at Newtown Creek Nature Walk
The dolphin sightings keep on coming.
EPA Prepares to Collect Residential Samples from Meeker Ave Superfund Site
They’re also seeking community involvement.
Clean-Up of Newtown Creek Superfund Site Pushed Back Until 2032
Not a typo, sadly.
EPA Extends Comment Period for Newtown Creek Control Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment deadline to Febraury 28th on the proposed control plan to partially reduce combined sewage overflow into the Newtown Creek superfund site […]
EPA Proposes Newtown Creek Tunnel to Divert 61 Percent of Annual Wastewater Overflow
The Environmental Protection Agency released a control plan for Newtown Creek to divert 61 percent of the raw sewage and wastewater that overflows into the superfund site each year.
Newtown Creek Clean by 2035!, BQE Weekend Woes, and Greenpoint is the New Home Design Capital of the World! – The Hook-up 10/28
A green cab driver was shot in the leg early last Friday morning when he tried to speed away from two armed assailants attempting to rob him and his passenger. […]
Trump-tar pops up in Greenpoint, Free Trees for Neighborhood Residents, and a Sketchy Bat at Silk Road Cycles: The Hook-Up 10/14
A bat has been posted up outside Silk Road Cycles (76 Franklin St.) all week. Someone at the shop reportedly contacted Animal Control 4 days ago and as of yesterday, […]
Newtown Creek Pollution and Monsanto’s Roundup Pose Double-Duty Health Concerns for Greenpointers
Recent city investigations have revealed new information about two major health concerns for Greenpoint residents: details on the contaminants—and the plans for clean-up—in one of the nation’s most polluted waterways, […]