Announcements
The site of a proposed NYC Ferry site in Coney Island Creek across from Kaiser Park in Brooklyn, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Clifford Michel, for THE CITY. Originally posted on February 11, by THE CITY. Standing between Coney Island and a planned NYC Ferry dock:
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Coney Island Creek. Cheyenne R. Ubiera/Bklyner.CONEY ISLAND —Southern Brooklyn’s sole remaining creek has gained more attention with the upcoming opening of a ferry dock, but residents are hoping that its newfound spotlight will also address water quality issues and pollution. Coney Island Creek [https://www.nycgovparks.org/
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GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s waterways, according to a recent City Limits [https://citylimits.org/2018/01/16/in-unknown-numbers-and-often-unwittingly-homes-and-businesses-pollute-city-waterways/] report. The Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge. (Photo: BKLYNER)While the Beach Haven Apartments
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Aerial photo of the Coney Island Creek via the Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study.GRAVESEND – Beach Haven Apartments [http://beachhavenapts.com/], the 16 apartment building complex in Gravesend, has been fined $400,000 for dumping untreated sewage [http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/112334.html] – as much as 200,000
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Oil Spill In Gravesend/BKLYNERFour months after BKYLNER revealed a large, unreported oil spill in Gravesend [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/], city officials are pushing to ensure future spills can’t be kept secret. City Council Member Vincent Gentile, with the support of Council Members Costa Constantinides, and Jumaane Williams will be introducing two
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“Stop Dumping On Us” shouted local pols, civic leaders, and advocates this morning near the site of a 27,000-gallon diesel oil spill into the Gravesend Bay last week [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — shaming environmental protection agencies for failing to notify them about the spill. “The Gravesend Bay
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A lovely view of Coney Island Creek from Calvert Vaux Park. Photo by Den SchwartzIf locals get their way, the notoriously polluted Coney Island Creek just might become Brooklyn’s third Superfund Site. (Currently, the Gowanus Canal [/?s=%22gowanus+canal%22] and Newtown Creek are the only Superfund Sites in
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A rendering of proposed improvements to Six Diamonds Park, to benefit residents in times of storm and peace, via ArcadisIn anticipation of future climate change events, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency commissioned design and consultancy firm Arcadis to study
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Aerial photo of Coney Island Creek via the New York City Economic Development Corporation.A representative from the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed that the City could have done a better job alerting area residents about illegal sewage dumping that created unsafe water conditions in Coney Island Creek this
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Aerial photo of Coney Island Creek via the New York City Economic Development Corporation.A representative from the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed that the City could have done a better job alerting area residents about illegal sewage dumping that created unsafe water conditions in Coney Island Creek this
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Screenshot from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53931969/?terms=sheepshead%2Bbay]Would you believe that Sheepshead Bay residents used to exert a significant amount of their effort in pushing for wealthy real estate developers to invest in the neighborhood? Well it’s true, according to
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Screenshot from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53931969/?terms=sheepshead%2Bbay]Would you believe that Sheepshead Bay residents used to exert a significant amount of their effort in pushing for wealthy real estate developers to invest in the neighborhood? Well it’s true, according to
Events
Bayfest 2015. (Photo: Sheepshead Bites)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Don’t miss a fun-filled afternoon at the 25th Bayfest. There’s also a presentation about the history of Floyd Bennett Field, a cleanup of Coney Island Creek, a police community council meeting, a rain barrel giveaway
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Roll-N-Roaster, 2901 Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter
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By Vincent GulizioConey Island Creek, as viewed through the lens of neighbor and photographer Vincent Gulizio [http://www.gulizio.com/]. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https:
Ben Wellington
Coney Island Creek by Cropsey Avenue is the city’s most fecal-filled waterway, according to one number-crunching analyst. Ben Wellington, a statistics professor at Pratt Institute who runs the I Quant NY blog [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/97788820249/fecal-map-nyc-the-worst-places-to-swim-in-the-city] , pulled Department of Environmental Protection water sampling data on fecal