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Tag: Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Help Envision the “Gateway to Greenpoint” (3/5)

by Greenpointers Staff March 4, 2019March 5, 2019

The Newtown Creek Alliance, Interval Projects and Evergreen Exchange are hosting a second visioning workshop for the “Gateway to Greenpoint” on Tuesday, March 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 520 […]

Valentines Wastewater Treatment Tour Registration Opens Thursday (1/31)

by Greenpointers Staff January 30, 2019January 30, 2019

Registration opens tomorrow Thursday, Jan. 31 at 12 p.m., for the annual Valentines Day tour of the futuristic digester eggs at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.  The tour will be […]

One Word: Plastics — The Hook-up (4/27)

by Lucie Levine April 27, 2018

Get Benjamin Braddock on the phone: the lead story in today’s hook-up is all about plastics. The former NuHart Plastics site has been snapped up by a developer. In a […]

New DEP Garbage Grabbers are cleaning Newtown Creek

by Lucie Levine February 22, 2018February 21, 2018

Here at Greenpointers, we love getting down and dirty with the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. On Tuesday, that complex kicked it up a notch further when the Department of […]

Following the Flush: What we Learned on the Newtown Creek Digester Egg Tour

by Lucie Levine February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection is in Love! The municipal organization hosted a Valentines Day tour of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on Saturday, and the complex’s iconic […]

Valentine’s Day Newtown Creek Digester Egg Tour

by Lucie Levine January 30, 2018January 29, 2018

Nothing says I love you quite like sewage. This valentines day, you could go the traditional route, candy, flowers, etc… Or, you do something truly special: A tour of the […]

Ketamine: The Musical, Acherontas, PR Benefit Show, Rooftop Garden to Park Art Talk & Tour — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (10/4–10/10)

by Greenpointers Staff October 4, 2017October 5, 2017

WEDNESDAY 10/4 ♫ Momentum-Rite of Wednesdays w/ Viviana Toscanini / Chris Cross@ TBA Brooklyn (395 Wythe Ave), 6pm, FREE, Buy tix * Trash Free NYC Waters Public Meeting @ Newtown Creek […]

Train Thoughts & Trash Talk — The Hook-Up 7/29

by Steph Koyfman July 29, 2016July 28, 2016

Though full-size G Trains are very much on the agenda for the coming L Train shutdown, here’s another thought: extending the E to run along the G track to take […]

A Little-Known Newtown Creek Access Point Takes Shape

by Aaron Simon March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

If you walk along Greenpoint Avenue toward Queens, you will eventually approach North Henry Street, which appears to be a private road for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. A little-known fact […]

Laundromat Hospitals & Date Night Sewage Plants — The Hook-Up 2/19

by Steph Koyfman February 19, 2016February 18, 2016

The Greenpoint Hospital housing development is stalled once again, and this time, it’s because its services are needed in the laundry room of city life. Does your ideal Valentine’s Day […]

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