Celebrate your Valentine’s love with a visit to a wastewater treatment plant
Love is in the air in Brooklyn
How better to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with a tour of a wastewater treatment plant?
This uniquely Brooklyn tradition continues with the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Valentine’s tour of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint.
Three odoriferous tours will be held on the Saturday before Valentine’s Day, February 11, and will be led by plant operators. Romantic moments include a short overview of the wastewater treatment process followed by a visit to the 120-foot-high observation deck located atop the iconic digester eggs. There, the romantically inclined can enjoy scenic views of the New York City skyline and watch barges loaded with human waste pull off into the mist.
This is a hot ticket, so reserve ASAP. Tour times are 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. – and reservations are taken on a first come, first served basis. The tours will begin at the Visitors Center, which is located at 329 Greenpoint Ave.