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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: pollution

Posted inNews

Previewing, Pumping and Polluting – The Hook-up (8/10)

by Lucie LevineAugust 10, 2018August 10, 2018

Happy Friday, Greenpoint! There has been much in the news this week about L-pocalypse, what with this weekend’s L closure, and the city’s cap on ride-share vehicles, but that’s not […]

Posted inEnvironmental

Tour Newtown Creek By Ferry!

by Greenpointers StaffMay 9, 2017May 9, 2017

On May 21st, Newtown Creek Alliance sets sail on Newtown Creek in a NY Waterway ferry boat. Historian Mitch Waxman and NCA Program Manager Willis Elkins are hosting the boat ride, […]

Posted inCommunity, Environmental, News

DEP Fudged Newtown Creek Water Quality Reports, According to Former Employees

by Laura AppersonJuly 28, 2016July 27, 2016

We’ve already talked about how Newtown Creek is one of the most polluted waterways in the country  (AKA, don’t even think about taking a dip or eating its fish). And […]

Posted inCommunity, News

It’s Time to Speak up About That Proposed Toxic Water Bubble Plant

by Aaron SimonApril 1, 2016April 1, 2016

We in Greenpoint know better than to swim in the toxic, bacteria-laden Newtown Creek. We might soon be exposed to the contents of the creek regardless through a proposed aeration […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Newtown Creek Just Became a Little More Hospitable to Living Creatures

by Steph KoyfmanOctober 19, 2015

Over on the lonesome eastern shore of Greenpoint, where massive tulip-shaped structures loom large over the horizon and process sludge from outer-borough toilets, life is beginning anew.

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

What Lurks Under the Pulaski Bridge? A Dose of Greenpoint History

by Ellie RMay 6, 2014May 6, 2014

  “I’m gonna keep you alive, I promise!” says Mai Armstrong, member of Newtown Creek Alliance. It’s Saturday morning – a scorcher, by the way – and a group of […]

Posted inCommunity, News

We Survived! Birding Canoe Trip on Newtown Creek (Video)

by Jen GJuly 5, 2013July 4, 2013

Thanks to Newtown Creek Alliance and North Brooklyn Boat Club for organizing this fun canoe trip on the Newtown Creek. While nature in the way of lush forests and crystal […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Want More Garbage Cans on the Greenpoint Waterfront and Franklin St? Sign this petition

by Jen GJune 20, 2013

With the summer months ahead and significant increase in pedestrian traffic to and from the East River Ferry and Transmitter Park, many Greenpointers are complaining that the Greenpoint Waterfront is […]

Posted inCommunity, Historical Greenpoint

“Presumed Inevitability of Gentrification” in Greenpoint: Not The End Of The Story

by JoelMay 20, 2013May 20, 2013

Two new articles about gentrification and environmental activism in Greenpoint, appearing in The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, argue that the neighborhood is challenging the typical narrative that gentrifying neighborhoods […]

Posted inCommunity

Is Greenpoint Safe? 10 Things To Do

by Jen GJune 25, 2012June 22, 2012

Do you find it ironic that Greenpoint features the environmentally friendly Rooftop Farms, the new McGolrick Park Farmers Market, a Clean Green Dry Cleaners on Nassau Ave, among many other […]

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