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Gowanus

EPA: Gowanus Canal is cleaner than it has been in 150 years

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

Reel conundrum: New signs ban fishing in toxic Gowanus, but some say they don’t do enough to discourage sport

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

Locals: New designs for water-filtering headhouse along canal better, but not there yet

By Julianne Cuba

What the muck? McCarren ball fields a muddy mess thanks to city’s negligence, athletes say

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

Park it elsewhere: Public-housing tenants pan idea to put Double-D pool’s stand-in on their pavement

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

The big sink: Whole Foods’s esplanade along Gowanus Canal puckers due to waterway’s cleanup

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

There’s a catch: Signs can’t ban angling in Gowanus without data on how putrid canal affects fish, state says

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

Big spender: City proposing excessive cost, size for Gowanus filtration site, Feds claim

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

Double dipping: Feds eye land for replacement Gowanus pool that city already set aside for housing

By Julianne Cuba

Tortured water: Noxious blue-green algae returns to Prospect Park Lake for fifth year in a row

By Colin Mixson

Gowanus

It stinks! Locals pooh-pooh plan for Gowanus sewage-tank site

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

For the love of filth: Gowanusaurs come together to celebrate canal, neighborhood

By Saul Marquez

Hoot and bothered: Wildlife advocates demand end to fishing in P’Park after owl caught in line dies

By Colin Mixson

Gowanus

Council okays use of eminent domain to seize Gowanus plots as part of canal cleanup

By Julianne Cuba

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Crab with a side of chemicals: Signs will warn Gowanus anglers about health hazards of eating seafood from canal

By Julianne Cuba

Gowanus

Help from a higher power: EPA can spare century-old Gowanus Station from city’s destruction, Feds say

By Julianne Cuba

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