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Families flock to Coney Island for cleanup outside aquarium for World Ocean Day

By Kacie Moschella

NY: Summer Heat

News

The heat is on! Brooklyn braces for first heat wave of summer 2025

By Gabriele Holtermann

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City opens ‘mini forest’ filled with native trees and grasses on Williamsburg waterfront

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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‘Setting ourselves backwards’: EPA terminates $3M grant for El Puente, jeopardizing environmental justice project

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bronx Times

Advocates renew push to double bottle and can deposit from 5 to 10 cents

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Rooted in time: Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates 100 years of bonsai

By Regina Martinez

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Flower Bed-Stuy celebrates 15 years of neighborhood beautification and civic pride

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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Experts, advocates chart a sustainable path for Brooklyn’s climate future at Borough Hall forum

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Bushwick

Reworked Runway turns Brooklyn roller rink into sustainable fashion showcase

By Regina Martinez

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Greenpoint

City launches ‘Adopt-A-Catch-Basin’ pilot in Greenpoint, asking locals to help keep storm drains clear

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Empire Wind 1 project at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal faces setback as Trump admin halts construction

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Gowanus

It’s a small, small world: Meet the microbes cleaning up the Gowanus Canal

By Kirstyn Brendlen

beach grass planting on coney island

Over 400 students plant beach grass to fortify Coney Island Creek shoreline from flooding

By Adam Daly

fort greene park

To tree, or not to tree? Advocates, city continue legal battle over Fort Greene Park revamp

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Bee Hive Installation

Park Slope

Bees in the big city: Park Slope residents install rooftop hive with 12,000 honey bees

By Gabriele Holtermann

green-wood cemetery

Life and death in Green-Wood Cemetery: Rewilding project revives native flora and fauna

By Lauren Rapp

The South Street Seaport was slated to receive $42.4 million in federal funding through FEMA’s BRIC program for critical infrastructure upgrades. The project, now cut, aimed to protect the area from coastal flooding, sea level rise, and extreme weather.

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Hochul, Schumer blast Trump’s FEMA cuts as NYC loses $280M for climate resiliency projects

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Not composting yet? Here’s what to know about NYC’s new fines

By Lauren Rapp

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Bronx Times

NYC dramatically raises fines to curb illegal dumping in parks

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Gowanus

Construction of long-delayed Gowanus Canal CSO tank moves forward as city completes excavation

By Kirstyn Brendlen

More from Around New York

The 2025 NYC Pride March lined the streets of Manhattan in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

NYC Pride March brings the heat on a sizzling Sunday in Manhattan

Dancers entertained the large crowd at the 2024 Folk Festival at the Old Boys High School grounds, at 746 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn.

Guyana Cultural Association NY marks 25th Anniversary with Summer–Fall cultural series

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New York Family

NYC Public Pools Are Now Open for the Summer Season!

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NYPD fumes over gay officers’ group’s ‘disgraceful’ exclusion from Pride March