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Tag: newtown creek

Turns out, Gowanus Canal isn’t the grossest of them all

It's pretty gnarly.

Despite warrior wolves’ best efforts, old Kosciuszko Bridge’s span being barged to Jersey

They came, they howled, and still Cuomo personally lifted the old Kosciuszko Bridge's main span from its rightful place and…

We all need an escape to nature right now and this hidden Greenpoint trail is the answer

It’s been a long 18 months. If the all-consuming and nauseating electoral coverage we’ve been marinating in has you world-weary…

Hotel with romantic views of Newtown Creek coming to Bushwick

Now that Brooklyn is the kind of place tourists carrying comically large bags of cash want to come and explore,…

Up shit’s creek: Gowanus swimmer Christopher Swain to jump in the Newtown Creek

Did you miss the media event of the century, our generation's moon landing, Christopher Swain jumping in the Gowanus Canal…

Kayak or canoe Newtown Creek for free with the North Brooklyn Boat Club Saturday …if you dare

Newtown Creek is full of, to put it mildly, doody. Even beyond that, it's a waterway that's our industrial forebears…

You can get a text alert if your toilet flush will send sewage into Newton Creek

The Gowanus catches a lot of shit for being full of uh...pollution, but just because it hasn't killed a dolphin…

People caught living illegally on a boat in, where else, Bushwick

We know that rents are high around here, historically high even, and that people are looking for any and all…

Regatta be kidding me: boat race planned for Gowanus

Man, one dolphin dies in your canal and everyone bends over backwards to prove it's nota swirling mass of poison.…