Environmental Protection Agency

Gowanus Canal Cleanup Begins

Gowanus Canal. Photo by Udi via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/udi/8145783849/]GOWANUS — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of an administrative order requiring the start of the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. Designated a Superfund site by the EPA in

Announcements

Meeting To Update Community About Red Hook Ball Fields Scheduled For Monday, April 30

RED HOOK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon encouraging the community to attend a meeting with NYC Department of Parks and Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/whats-happening/red-hook-park-remediation] (NYC Parks) and the Environmental Protection Agency [https://www.epa.

Announcements

Learn About Gowanus Canal Cleanup At Town Hall Thursday Night

GOWANUS – The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) [https://gowanuscag.org/] is hosting a town hall this Thursday, November 16, to let the public know what the canal cleanup will entail, the timeline, and what to expect. Designated a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2010, the

environment

Work Begins On Gowanus Canal Cleanup

GOWANUS – Earlier this month, a pilot study kicked off at the Gowanus Canal’s Fourth Street Basin to test-dredge the floor of the Superfund site, clearing the way for workers to dig up approximately 11 feet of sediment, or “black mayonnaise,” sitting at the bottom of the canal, DNA Info

Food & Drink

Park Closure Drives Away Red Hook Food Trucks

Photo by Red Hook Food Vendors via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/119720824749619/photos/a.511195992268765.1073741825.119720824749619/1065176350204057/?type=3&theater] Since 1974, the popular Red Hook Food Vendors [https://www.facebook.com/Red-Hook-Food-Vendors-119720824749619/] or “Ball Field Vendors” have been serving authentic Latin American street food to hungry sports

News

Asbestos Found At Controversial Gravesend Waste Transfer Station

District Leader Nancy Tong and Assemblymember William Colton at the South West Brooklyn Transfer Station site. (Photo via William Colton’s office)Construction has been temporarily halted after workers found asbestos at a former incinerator site in Gravesend, where a new waste facility is slated despite vehement protests from local

Nonsponsored

Next To Whole Foods, Submerged Shopping Carts And Boats Scooped Up In Gowanus Canal Pilot Project

The 4th Street Turning Basin Debris Removal Pilot Project began on October 24. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#

Arts & Culture

Gowanus Film Studio Heads To City Hall, Fighting With Spunk After Canal Sewage Tank Decision

Via the Environmental Protection AgencyThe Gowanus-based film and television studio Eastern Effects [http://easterneffects.com/home/] heads to City Hall tomorrow morning with an important mail delivery that they hope will help spare their space. The company has led a campaign for community members, film and television employees, and local

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‘Absolutely Disgusting’ Gravesend Bay Dredging Caught On Camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZbq4YY_gb8&feature=youtu.be Assemblyman William Colton is outraged over raw footage which appears to show a moving construction container dropping black sludge and debris into Gravesend Bay. Dredging at the site of the controversial Southwest Brooklyn Marine Waste Transfer Station [/?s=gravesend+

Christopher Swain

Brave Activist Christopher Swain Swims The “Lavender Lake”

Photo via itookthispic [https://instagram.com/p/1ytbNJK9Mz/?tagged=gowanusswimmer]The Gowanus Canal opened in 1866, hailed at the time as a vital waterway. Mills, commercial shipping, and many other businesses used it during a 19th century business boom. But that business boom led to the canal being recognized as

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Announces $506 Million Gowanus Cleanup Plan

From the banks of the Gowanus Canal Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency [http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/gowanus/] announced its $506 million plan to clean up the Superfund site, one of the most polluted waterways in our country. “What this cleanup plan will do is require the removal

college point

Authorities Failing To Notify Public Of Sewage Plant Spills, Despite New Law

Photo by PayPaulWhen it comes to sewage spilling into our waterways, people might not really want to know – but they should. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/adequate-public-notice-sewage-spills-new-york-waterways-lacking-study-article-1.1411231] that while sewage plant operators are required to report spills to health authorities right away,

7601 19th ave

Gentile Helps Clean The Light Fixtures In P.S. 186

Councilman Vincent Gentile. (Source: nyccouncil.tumblr.com)Councilman Vincent Gentile secured a deal that would make classrooms in P.S. 186 (7601 19th Avenue) safer by removing PCBs from light fixtures before the start of the next school year, according to a press release. PCBs are a carcinogenic chemical used

arthur tress

Photo: Fishing on Plumb Beach, 1973

DailyDOCUMERICA [http://dailydocumerica.tumblr.com/tagged/arthur-tress] recently dug up this old photo of Plum Beach, taken in May 1973 by Coney Island native Arthur Tress [/tag/arthur-tress/]. It looks to be a part of the same Tress series as the Plumb Beach photo we showed you [/1973-plum-beach-photo-even-then-garbage-in-abundance/] – also from

arthur tress

Photos: Sheepshead Bay Circa 1973

"A Small Park on Sheepshead Bay 05/1973." Photo by Arthur Tress. Source: The U.S. National ArchivesI accidentally stumbled upon a treasure trove of photographs by Abraham Lincoln High School graduate Arthur Tress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tress] in the flickr account of The U.S. National