Cleaning Our Waterways Archives • Brooklyn Paper

EPA releases sampling results from Coney Island Creek, finds presence of contamination

By Jessica Parks

a large barge sunk in newtown creek near Greenpoint

Barge sinks off Greenpoint, though environmental threat remains minimal

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Coney Island ferry launch delayed, additional dredging planned for Summer 2022

By Jessica Parks

Coney Islanders blast health risks from construction of incoming ferry landing after suspected oil spill

By Jessica Parks

wastewater treatment plant

Southern Brooklyn wastewater treatment upgrading with green infrastructure

By Jessica Parks

gowanus

Gowanus

City faces $60k per day in fines for Gowanus tank delays: EPA

By Kevin Duggan

Gowanus stormwater tanks

Gowanus

City must build Gowanus stormwater holding tanks by 2029: EPA

By Kevin Duggan

Huntington Street

Gowanus

Gowanus boaters push for shore access with Huntington Street development

By Kevin Duggan

Gowanus

New Jersey dock damaged Gowanus barge before it sank: report

By Kevin Duggan

sewage

Flatbush

Gross! Flatbush homeowner inundated with sewage while city stalls on permanent fix

By Ben Verde

affordable housing

Gowanus

State scolds EPA guru for voicing concerns about pollution at Gowanus Green site

By Kevin Duggan

dead horse bay

Cleaning Our Waterways

Local historian petitions to save the trash from planned Dead Horse Bay cleanup

By Jessica Parks

Cleaning Our Waterways

Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup barge sinks

By Kevin Duggan

coney island ferry

Environmentalist blasts alleged ‘falsehoods’ in official Coney Island ferry document

By Rose Adams

coney island creek

Cleaning Our Waterways

Coney Island Creek inches closer to Superfund designation

By Rose Adams

Rendering of affordable housing complex Gowanus Green

City confirms Gowanus Green project will be fully below-market rate housing

By Kevin Duggan

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