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… We suspect that the plume has found a new route into the creek. At the east branch of Newtown Creek we found a discharge from a cement plant. We have had a successful prosecution of … Read More

Out on Newtown Creek with an editorial crew from New York Magazine. Church property on Harlem River. … Read More

Photos by John Lipscomb On 3/27/07 we returned to Newtown Creek and found a recycling barge losing some plastic material through a tear in its … Read More

Perphaps this sign should read “No Wake – Pollution in Progress”. Newtown Creek Patroled Newton Creek with Riverkeeper staff and the Regional Administrator of the … Read More

9/18: Nyack to Newtown Creek. Patrol Newtown Creek with two members of the press and Riverkeeper staff. Patrol … Read More

Nyack to Newtown Creek. Patrol the creek with RvK staff, two still photographers and a MTV video crew. There … Read More

A “bouquet” of discharge pipes midway up Newtown Creek at the Exxon spill. The only active discharge today is Exxon’s. The DEC has … Read More

… safe recreational water quality. Outside of the Capital District and New York City waters like the Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal that receive exceptional combined sewage overflow discharges, the … Read More

… material entering our waterways, Riverkeeper is working with the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Newtown Creek Alliance, SWIM Coalition,  and New York City Soil and Water Conservation District  … Read More