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Brooklyn Heights- East River, Pier 2 kayak dock

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Physical/Chemical Data

Physical, chemical and biological properties of the surface water that are measured continuously while the patrol boat is underway.

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall

165 Samples taken

Sample Date [i] Enterococcus Count
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Entero Count

Enterococcus (“Entero”) is a fecal indicating bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. It is the EPA preferred indicator for sewage contamination.

Quality Rain, day of (in) Prior Day 2 Days Prior 3 Days Prior Rain 4 Days Total Rain
Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort
09/21/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3
09/14/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.0 3.2
09/07/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
08/24/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/17/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 1.6
08/17/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 1.6
08/10/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
08/10/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
08/03/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/03/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/27/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/20/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
07/13/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/06/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.1
06/15/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4
06/02/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/25/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/18/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/29/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/22/2022 197 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
09/15/2022 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2
09/08/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
09/01/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/25/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
08/18/2022 75 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
08/11/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/04/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/28/2022 109 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
07/21/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9
07/14/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/07/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/30/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
06/23/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/16/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/09/2022 97 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/02/2022 414 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7
05/26/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/19/2022 183 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
10/01/2020 52 Acceptable 0.0 1.1 0.5 0.0 1.6
09/24/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/17/2020 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/10/2020 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/03/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4
08/27/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
08/20/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5
08/13/2020 73 Beach Advisory 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8
08/06/2020 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.1
07/30/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/23/2020 122 Beach Advisory 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.4
07/16/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/09/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6
07/02/2020 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6
06/25/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/18/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/11/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/03/2019 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/26/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
09/19/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/12/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/05/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
08/29/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/22/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/15/2019 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/01/2019 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
07/18/2019 173 Beach Advisory 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 2.3
07/11/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
06/27/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9
06/20/2019 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.8
05/30/2019 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.0
05/23/2019 94 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/04/2018 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.7
09/27/2018 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 2.0 0.0 2.2
09/20/2018 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.2
09/13/2018 30 Acceptable 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.2
09/06/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/30/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/23/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.8
08/16/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 1.5
08/09/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.9
08/02/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5
07/26/2018 1301 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.9
07/19/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 2.2
07/12/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/05/2018 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/28/2018 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/21/2018 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
06/14/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/31/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/24/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.6
09/28/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/21/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
09/14/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
09/07/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
08/31/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/24/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
08/10/2017 60 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8
07/27/2017 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
07/20/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/13/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/06/2017 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
06/29/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
06/22/2017 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4
06/15/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
06/08/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/01/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
05/25/2017 10 Acceptable 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8
05/18/2017 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/29/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
09/22/2016 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
09/15/2016 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6
09/08/2016 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/01/2016 85 Beach Advisory 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
08/25/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/18/2016 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
08/11/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
08/04/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/28/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
07/21/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
07/14/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
07/07/2016 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.2
06/30/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6
06/23/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/16/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/09/2016 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
06/02/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7
05/26/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
05/19/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/01/2015 98 Beach Advisory 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.0 1.5
09/24/2015 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/17/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/10/2015 96 Beach Advisory 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
09/03/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/27/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/20/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
08/13/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.2
08/06/2015 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
07/30/2015 <10 Acceptable 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.3
07/23/2015 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/16/2015 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
06/25/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/18/2015 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.8
06/11/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
06/04/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1
05/28/2015 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
05/21/2015 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/02/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/25/2014 120 Beach Advisory 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
09/18/2014 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
09/11/2014 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/04/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/28/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/21/2014 10 Acceptable 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
08/07/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/31/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
07/24/2014 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
07/17/2014 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.5 1.8
07/10/2014 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
07/01/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/26/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/19/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/12/2014 31 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.7
06/05/2014 201 Beach Advisory 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0
05/29/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/22/2014 10 Acceptable 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
01/01/1970 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall Correlation

165 Samples taken

Water Quality*

Acceptable (0–60) Beach Advisory (61+)

*Single sample thresholds;
Enterococcus count per 100mL

Prior Four Day Rainfall
(in inches)

Dry Weather (0–0.25) Wet Weather (0.25+)

Enterococcus is an EPA-approved fecal contamination indicator.

Samples taken by citizen scientists and processed at laboratories that aren't directly affiliated with Riverkeeper, using methods and study designs that are consistent with Riverkeeper's Hudson River and Citizen Testing programs.

Rainfall data comes from wunderground.com. Wet weather is a common trigger of fecal contamination.

What do the Numbers Mean?

Water Quality scoring is based on the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for safe swimming. Learn More

About this location:

This site is no longer actively sampled. Site Coordinator: Rebecca Gibson

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