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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

Kentile in exile: New spot pitched for iconic Gowanus sign

Gowanus

Residents: Reclaim derelict Gowanus playground — before it is too late!

By Colin Mixson

Toxic shock! Marine life returning to Newtown Creek

Greenpoint

Toxic shock! Marine life returning to Newtown Creek

By Allegra Hobbs

FIRST LOOK: We got a sneak peek at Prospect Park’s about-to-open ice rink complex

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

Stink on ice: Ammonia leak at Prospect Park skating rink sends 11 to hospital

By Colin Mixson

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

Rat droppings poison ‘Dog Beach’

Park Slope

UPDATED: Pooches poisoned in Prospect Park — maybe by eating drug-laced human poop!

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

Dogs’ swimming hole in Prospect Park is toxic

Park Slope

Dogs’ swimming hole in Prospect Park is toxic

By Allegra Hobbs

Red Hookers: Ball field cleanup could cause more flooding in ’hood

Red Hook

Red Hookers: Ball field cleanup could cause more flooding in ’hood

By Max Jaeger

This is a cartoon of a crying squirrel.

Red Hook

Lead Hook: Ball fields laden with heavy metal, says EPA

By Max Jaeger

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

Butts out! Transmitter Park seating shrinks, leaving less room for rumps

Greenpoint

Butts out! Transmitter Park seating shrinks, leaving less room for rumps

By Danielle Furfaro

City yet to fix McCarren Park slime problem

City yet to fix McCarren Park slime problem

By Danielle Furfaro

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

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