The plug wouldn’t have to be pulled until early next century, according to a new study. But the soaring saltiness could affect the taste.
RESIDENTS SAY THAT the stench of the Gowanus Canal, an EPA Superfund Site, is the worst it has been in 50 years due to cleanup efforts.
Mayor Adams issued a drought watch this month and urged city residents to conserve water by taking shorter showers and fixing leaky faucets.
CARROLL GARDENS — Crews from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection opened fire hydrants to flush the local water distribution system on Monday after receiving
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — This was not a good way to start the weekend. A water pipe break flooded the basements of three brownstones on Monroe
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A wall of a one-story brick building undergoing demolition at 181 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn Heights collapsed on Monday, taking down the
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — At 4 a.m. Sunday morning Toba Potosky, president of the board of Cadman Towers at 101 Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights, was
DYKER HEIGHTS — State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Councilmember Justin Brannan, Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann, and former U.S. Rep. Max Rose joined residents of 10th Avenue in Dyker
Thirty-seven students from Brooklyn Technical High School on Tuesday joined the city Department of Environmental Protection, Trout Unlimited and the Watershed Agricultural Council to release juvenile trout that the students have
Dear Editor, There is still even more to the problem of subway flooding. Super Storm Sandy in 2012 resulted in extensive flooding damage to the NYC Transit subway system. In
The Department of Environmental Protection’s new Harbor Protectors initiative kicked off on Thursday morning with an Earth Day Cleanup in Coney Island, as student volunteers and others cleaned catch basins,
A new luxury condo building in Cobble Hill, being marketed as 5 River Park, is not only driving neighbors crazy with its “screeching noises” at all hours. Now it is
This story was originally published on Dec. 3 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. As the COVID-19
SUNSET PARK — A massive water main break flooded the area near 44th Street and Fifth Avenue at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, leaving hundreds of Sunset Park
One of the main groups responsible for the Gowanus Canal’s pollution will begin building an 880-foot wall along the waterway this fall as part of the federal Superfund site’s overall
The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a competing plan put forth by the city to keep untreated sewage from entering the toxic Gowanus Canal. In a letter obtained by the
A water main break flooded a DUMBO block with cascading water for hours Thursday morning. The rushing water swamped sewers, which backed up into the basements of surrounding buildings starting
“If something bad does happen … the agencies will have blood on their hands.”
Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher CSO is the product of a centuries-old sewage system and the thought process of urban planners who couldn’t possibly predict the urban
Gowanus residents allege that two city agencies tasked with overseeing the neighborhood’s rezoning and canal cleanup are unprepared and have left them in the dark. Tensions boiled over on Tuesday
The price of two sewage retention tanks built for the Gowanus Canal has ballooned from a projected $78 million to $1.2 billion — more than 15 times the initial figure
The Environmental Protection Agency is casting doubt on a competing plan put forth by the city to keep untreated sewage from entering the toxic Gowanus Canal. While federal employees were
It’s the hole that won’t go away. After a recurring sinkhole next to the playground at P.S. 264, 88th Street and Fourth Avenue, began reopening again on Monday, July 30,
The city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) seems to have dropped the ball on yet another water main break in the neighborhood – one that, this time, not only inconvenienced
A water main break on a Bensonhurst block Thursday evening took a turn for the worse resulting in an approximately four foot by five foot sinkhole that laid claim to the tail
It’s a Sunset miracle! After 13 months, the 20 foot wide and 20 foot deep sinkhole that opened up near 64th Street and Fifth Avenue has been 100 percent repaired.
A sizable sinkhole has formed on 79th Street near Third Avenue during the afternoon hours of Tuesday, July 26. The FDNY quickly showed up to tape the area and investigate the
Two public schools in the Bensonhurst/Gravesend area can really talk the talk. P.S. 200, The Benson School and I.S. 228, David A. Boody, were two of 15 New York City
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), on Thursday, July 9, launched the 2015 Hydrant Education Action Team (HEAT) program – a fire hydrant abuse prevention campaign that
As part of National Workzone Awareness Week, New York City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has launched an advertising campaign designed to keep its workers and pedestrians safe. During the announcement,
The city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hopes some of their new changes will make measuring, paying and asking questions about your water bill a bit easier. A new website,
The city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hopes some of their new changes will make measuring, paying and asking questions about your water bill a bit easier. A new website,
After three months of snarled traffic, noxious fumes and deafening noise, the 92nd Street sinkhole has finally been filled in.
Construction workers smoothed the pavement over the 70-foot hole that formed on June 28, the evening of October 9, making the street open to traffic.
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Homeowners responsible for sinkholes?
As a result of the gigantic sinkhole on 92nd Street, and a more recent one on 79th Street, there have been a flood of calls to Community Board 10’s district office about other, smaller sinkholes.The DEP has resp …