We have been given a great fundraising opportunity that also helps the environment. The story goes that by the early 1850s greenpoint residents were dissatisfied with the bland lettered street names, and thenceforth they acquired names. Street map of elmhurst, corona, middle village, and adjacent districts, queens county, long island, including long island city. Media in category newtown creek the following 39 files are in this category, out of 39 total. Newtown creek nature walk brooklyn, new york atlas obscura. It processes 270 million gallons per day of sewage from brooklyn, queens and manhattan. The nearest weather station for both precipitation and temperature measurements is elm which is approximately 1 miles away and has an elevation of 844 feet 1 feet higher than newtown creek. Replaced old penny bridge across newtown creek, linking meeker avenue in brooklyn to laurel hill boulevard in queens. It takes a minute or two to download try turning around and looking for it in all. Total cso newtown creek and tributaries 1,161 42 max. Newtown creek waterfront structure inventory see map 12 and photos in appendix b. This vision plan takes those principles and builds off of them. Foldlined, annotated and signed in blue pencil on verso.
Map of greenpoint, brooklyn and photo of historic district. Newtown creek map new york state department of health. The map is available as a free download for personal and education. Downtown brooklyn lic queens plaza n 62 st 47 st r r r r n r r n r r f g g g g c a c c a c c 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 f f f f f f f f f f f n n n n n n n n f l l l 4 5 6 l n r l 1 2 l 1 a c e 1 1 a c n. This very local guide highlights a number of key features including various infrastructure, historic industrial sites, active maritime use, access points and even the creek.
Trakas as a masterbuilder and poetguide with a vision of landscape that. North henry street greenpoint community environmental. Much of this area is still referred to as either bushwick, williamsburg, or greenpoint with the term east williamsburg falling out of use since the 1990s. Vapor intrusion in new york city 3 february, 2009 a residential street in greenpoint, brooklyn, new york initially, activists complained that testing found a need for mitigation subslab depressurization systems, originally designed to prevent radon intrusion in ten homes, but that dec offered to pay for only two. If the answer to q 4 was yes, what is the name of the facility.
Did you begin your trip at a major regional warehousedistribution facility. Bridges kosciusko bridge over newtown creek, brooklyn. In the meantime, heres our own list of secrets about newtown creek. On the eight bridges in the bronx, daily traffic increased 0. Exxonmobil greenpoint site public comment invited about. Former 19th police precinct station house and stable. It is bordered on the southwest by williamsburg at bushwick inlet park and mccarren park. Having been consolidated with new york city in 1898, brooklyn is the most populous new york city borough, with an estimated 2. In the late 1800s it was one of only two bridges linking brooklyn and queens. The river runs the boundary between the queens and brooklyn burroughs. Behind eroding piers and abandoned shipping terminals lie two thriving neighborhoods with virtually no access to the river.
The top 10 secrets of newtown creek in greenpoint, brooklyn. Newtown creek, an estuary that straddles the line between brooklyn and queens, was once one of the busiest commercial waterways in the country but in more recent years has been called the most polluted waterway in america. It is currently undergoing renovations to meet clean water act standards. Brooklyn, ny 11222 718 3498504 brooklyn public library 10 grand army plaza brooklyn, ny 11238 718 2302762 newtown creek monitoring committee 329 greenpoint avenue the public is invited to comment on a. The new york state department of transportation region 11 prepared by. Bridges kosciusko bridge newtown creek in brooklyn queens end. Names sperr, percy loomis 18901964 photographer collection. Daily traffic using the four bridges over newtown creek between queens and brooklyn increased 1. Below are weather averages from 1971 to 2000 according to data gathered from the nearest official weather station. On february 7, 1989, the landmarks preservation commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation as a landmark of the former 86th police precinct station house and stable. Man arrested for dumping crap in the newtown creek, brooklyn paper, january 14, 2010 brooklyn artists to film newtown creek filth with remotecontrol boats, dnainfo, february 14, 2012 the newtown creek armada. The borough, originally an independent city settled by the dutch, was named after the dutch village of breukelen.
Map of greenpoint, brooklyn and photo of historic district 33 figure 3. East williamsburg is a name for the area in the northwestern portion of the borough of brooklyn in new york city, united states, which lies between williamsburg, greenpoint, and bushwick. The newtown creek, a 300footlong tanker, at the new york city department of environmental protection wastewater treatment plant in the brooklyn navy yard. Newtown creek between brooklyn and queens, to 260,529 in 2015 from 265,928 in 2014. Greenpoint avenue was a plank road that was bridged over newtown creek, entering the queens township that gave the creek its name, but it later became national street and later, simply l street. Newtown historical society queens county, ny welcome. English kills, east branch, maspeth creek, dutch kills, and whale creek. Ncb019 newtown creek 3 21 ncb021 newtown creek 0 0 ncb022 newtown creek 7 29 ncb023 newtown creek 0 8 ncq029 newtown creek 19 40 subtotal other outfalls newtown creek and dutch kills 106 40 max. In the 1850s the blissville drawbridge, with footing near greenpoint avenue, was the first drawbridge to be created over newtown creek, indicating the creek was already a busy waterway that needed to allow passage to larger ships. Photo by bill rhodes estimating the annual mass transfer. The newtown creek is a murky estuary that runs 3 12 industrialized miles along the border of greenpoint, brooklyn and maspeth, queens.
Because the nearest station and this geographic feature may have. The creek was originally a salt marsh environment with numerous fresh water streams feeding into. Since 1947 the ground water in brooklyn has not been used as a source of public drinking water. Health consultation newtown creek kings and queens counties. Channelization made it one of the most heavily used bodies of water in the port of new york and new jersey and thus one of the most polluted industrial sites in the us, containing years of discarded toxins, an. Long term control plan ltcp newtown creek public meeting.
Newtown creek superfund site, greenpoint, brooklyn, new york. Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the new york city borough of brooklyn, in the u. Brooklyn museums in new york, the uffizi gallery in florence, italy, the miami art. Birth outcomes and cancer kings and queens counties, new york city, new york. It was since the 1950s that a spill of oil has been leaking into newtown creek. Prepared by the new york state department of health center for environmental health. The warehouse was in a 100 year floodplain and abutted the newtown creek superfund site, a new york new jersey estuary where one of the worst oil spills in the united states us, estimated at 1730 million gallons, and the largest underground spill occurred. This map shows the original extent of the plume the 2nd largest oil spill in us. Bridges kosciusko bridge newtown creek in brooklyn. A subsequent investigation concluded that the area of the spill under the greenpoint area. Floating newtown creek bridge would connect brooklyn and. It turns out that the creek, a tributary of the east river, has also been the site of several deadly episodes over the years as well.
By 1870, newtown creek had become one of the nations most significant centers for production of chemicals and petroleum. After a few months of working closely with cartographer ed jacobus, nca is proud to present a comprehensive map of newtown creek. From the navy yard to newtown creek in north brooklyn is a twomile sweep of waterfront equal to the distance from houston street to 34th street in manhattan. Long island city newtown creek brooklyn waterfront west of bqegowanus 4. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. A thriving sight of industry, this river has been the location of much pollution for over a century. Why such changes in modeled volumes from previous models. In the late 1880s, electrolytic refining of copper, developed as a spinoff from sulfur recovery form chalcopyrite, a third highvolume industry. Essentially all industrial operations at newtown creek predate the. Battered by oil spills and oil seepage, raw sewage, trash carried by rain water, cement, animal fat, and a 15 meter sludge on. On your smartphone download and install the free layar app, go to one of the sites where the artwork is located, and search for ar newtown creek.
Newtown creek aerial photo new york city maps click on the newtown creek aerial photo to view it full screen. Coast guard first detected signs of an oil spill entering newtown creek in 1978. Loved among those in the community, the newtown creek nature walk is a secret point of relaxation in brooklyn, and an area of beauty amidst a history of environmental damage when complete, the. Irma and paul milstein division of united states history, local history and genealogy, the new york public library.
Description of the creek and surrounding neighborhoods the newtown creek runs between the brooklyn, ny neighborhoods of greenpointwilliamsburg and the queens, ny neighborhoods of long island city and maspeth. To create such a roadmap, riverkeeper and the newtown creek alliance, alongside creek stakeholders in the brooklyn and queens communities, launched the vision. N 2 subway station name q oint of interest hospital legend arttime service. Bridges kosciusko bridge over newtown creek, brooklyn, new york construction. Newtown creek water pollution control plant the newtown creek wpcp, built in 1967 is the citys largest wastewater treatment facility. Historic maps, including sanborn fire insurance maps.
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