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Double D-saster! Gowanus pool could shut for nine years under Feds’ closure plan, says city

Gowanus

Double-D day: City won’t stick Canal sewage tanks under pool — but Feds will likely dig it up anyway

By Lauren Gill

Dirty photos! Shutterbug makes himself sick shooting artsy Canal waste

Gowanus

Dirty photos! Shutterbug makes himself sick shooting artsy Canal waste

By Lauren Gill

It’s official: Newtown Creek dirtier than Gowanus Canal!

Greenpoint

It’s official: Newtown Creek dirtier than Gowanus Canal!

By Colin Mixson

UPDATED: ‘Toxic avenger’ conquers, tastes Gowanus Canal

Greenpoint

He’s back! Toxic Avenger will swim Newtown Creek today!

By Colin Mixson

This is a cartoon of a man in a hazmat suit.

Cleaning Our Waterways

Newtown Creek Vs. Gowanus Canal

By The Brooklyn Paper Water Board

Developers: We’ll give city free real estate to avoid sewage-tank land-grab

Gowanus

Developers: We’ll give city free real estate to avoid sewage-tank land-grab

By Colin Mixson

Toxic shock! Marine life returning to Newtown Creek

Greenpoint

Toxic shock! Marine life returning to Newtown Creek

By Allegra Hobbs

All clear! Test proves Gowanus was OK for a swim

Gowanus

Number two! Toxic avenger will make second attempt to swim Gowanus Canal

By Colin Mixson

Toxic summer! Contamination studies to begin at Newtown Creek

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Dump schmuck: Bed-Stuy biz flushed toxic waste into Newtown Creek

By Allegra Hobbs

Nursery slime: Landscapers launch floating herb garden in the Gowanus Canal

Gowanus

Nursery slime: Landscapers launch floating herb garden in the Gowanus Canal

By Colin Mixson

Everyone into the Double D!

Gowanus

Double D-saster! Gowanus pool could shut for nine years under Feds’ closure plan, says city

By Allegra Hobbs

All clear! Test proves Gowanus was OK for a swim

Gowanus

All clear! Test proves Gowanus was OK for a swim

By Noah Hurowitz

Recap: The Great Gowanus Canal Swim of 2015 — with slideshow!

Downtown

Recap: The Great Gowanus Canal Swim of 2015 — with slideshow!

By Armand Diphthong and Noah Hurowitz

Love it or hate it, here’s our look back at 2009

Gowanus

LIVE BLOG: Man swims the Gowanus Canal — the world’s most polluted waterway!

By The Brooklyn Paper Swim Team

Sleeping with the fishes: Group hopes man-made ecosystem brings life back to Newtown Creek

Greenpoint

Sleeping with the fishes: Group hopes man-made ecosystem brings life back to Newtown Creek

By Danielle Furfaro

Don’t do it! Feds warn this guy not to swim in Canal

Gowanus

Don’t do it! Feds warn this guy not to swim in Canal

By Noah Hurowitz

Love it or hate it, here’s our look back at 2009

Gowanus

Toxic avenger! Activist to swim Gowanus

By Noah Hurowitz

Girl Scouts aim to rout Gowanus pollution

Gowanus

Girl Scouts aim to rout Gowanus pollution

By Noah Hurowitz

Lightstone development will be disaster for Gowanus, activists say

Gowanus

Developer digs deeper into pockets for Gowanus cleanup deal

By Noah Hurowitz

Activists pitch historic designation for Gowanus

Gowanus

Activists pitch historic designation for Gowanus

By Megan Riesz

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