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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: superfund

EPA Proposes Newtown Creek Tunnel to Divert 61 Percent of Annual Wastewater Overflow

by Greenpointers Staff December 5, 2019December 10, 2019

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.

Proposed School On Superfund Site — Community Meeting Tonight in Greenpoint! (6/28)

by Greenpointers Staff June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

Once the site of a Halloween rave that never happened, and the superfund site of a former plastic manufacturer, NuHart Plastics is the location proposed for a new Greenpoint school […]

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 […]

Radio(active) City: Is the Wolff-Alport site a new priority at the EPA?

by Lucie Levine November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

New York City is a super city. We have it all. But sometimes, having it all means warts-and-all, as is the case with the city’s three Federal Superfund sites. Superfund […]

Community Visioning, Newtown Creek History, and Green Roof Tour at Kingsland Wildflowers this Saturday (6/3)

by Sponsored May 30, 2017

This Saturday (June 3rd), you can tour the beautiful rooftop at Kingsland Wildflowers (520 Kingsland Ave), learn about the future of Newtown Creek at a community visioning workshop, and take a look […]

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

by Aaron Simon April 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 […]

NuHart Superfund Cleanup Plan on the Way

by Aaron Simon November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

Now that the smoke has cleared from the attempted Halloween dance party incident at the NuHart Superfund site, we’re back to the perennial and even messier topic of the proposed […]

How Did a Massive Halloween Rave Almost Go Down in One of Greenpoint’s Most Dangerous Buildings?

by Steph Koyfman November 4, 2015November 5, 2015

By now, most of you are familiar with the story of the Cityfox rave that never was. To sum it up briefly, a club promoter sold thousands of tickets to […]

More Toxic Secrets In This Rare 1980s ‘Hazardous Neighbors’ Brooklyn Study

by Aaron Simon October 30, 2015October 31, 2015

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of toxic chemicals, specifically as they pertain to Greenpoint. First, Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) released the ToxiCity Map to bring […]

Tomorrow (10/20), ToxiCity Map Reveals Greenpoint & Williamsburg’s Contamination Trail

by Aaron Simon October 19, 2015October 19, 2015

Did you know that North Brooklyn’s industrial legacy left behind an alphabet soup of toxins – TCE, PCBs, phthalates, benzene, and many other chemicals – that’s lingering beneath the surface in many sections […]

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