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EPA: Gowanus Canal is cleaner than it has been in 150 years

Cleaning Our Waterways

EPA: Gowanus Canal is cleaner than it has been in 150 years

By Julianne Cuba

Reel conundrum: New signs ban fishing in toxic Gowanus, but some say they don’t do enough to discourage sport

Cleaning Our Waterways

Reel conundrum: New signs ban fishing in toxic Gowanus, but some say they don’t do enough to discourage sport

By Julianne Cuba

Locals: New designs for water-filtering headhouse along canal better, but not there yet

Cleaning Our Waterways

Locals: New designs for water-filtering headhouse along canal better, but not there yet

By Julianne Cuba

What the muck? McCarren ball fields a muddy mess thanks to city’s negligence, athletes say

Meadows of Shame

What the muck? McCarren ball fields a muddy mess thanks to city’s negligence, athletes say

By Julianne Cuba

Diving in! Borough residents celebrate city pools’ opening day

Cleaning Our Waterways

Park it elsewhere: Public-housing tenants pan idea to put Double-D pool’s stand-in on their pavement

By Julianne Cuba

The big sink: Whole Foods’s esplanade along Gowanus Canal puckers due to waterway’s cleanup

Cleaning Our Waterways

The big sink: Whole Foods’s esplanade along Gowanus Canal puckers due to waterway’s cleanup

By Julianne Cuba

There’s a catch: Signs can’t ban angling in Gowanus without data on how putrid canal affects fish, state says

Cleaning Our Waterways

There’s a catch: Signs can’t ban angling in Gowanus without data on how putrid canal affects fish, state says

By Julianne Cuba

It stinks! Locals pooh-pooh plan for Gowanus sewage-tank site

Cleaning Our Waterways

Big spender: City proposing excessive cost, size for Gowanus filtration site, Feds claim

By Julianne Cuba

Lot of gold: City strikes deal with private builders to erect towers on public-housing parking lot

Cleaning Our Waterways

Double dipping: Feds eye land for replacement Gowanus pool that city already set aside for housing

By Julianne Cuba

Dogs’ swimming hole in Prospect Park is toxic

Meadows of Shame

Tortured water: Noxious blue-green algae returns to Prospect Park Lake for fifth year in a row

By Colin Mixson

It stinks! Locals pooh-pooh plan for Gowanus sewage-tank site

Cleaning Our Waterways

It stinks! Locals pooh-pooh plan for Gowanus sewage-tank site

By Julianne Cuba

For the love of filth: Gowanusaurs come together to celebrate canal, neighborhood

Cleaning Our Waterways

For the love of filth: Gowanusaurs come together to celebrate canal, neighborhood

By Saul Marquez

Hoot and bothered: Wildlife advocates demand end to fishing in P’Park after owl caught in line dies

Meadows of Shame

Hoot and bothered: Wildlife advocates demand end to fishing in P’Park after owl caught in line dies

By Colin Mixson

Help from a higher power: EPA can spare century-old Gowanus Station from city’s destruction, Feds say

Cleaning Our Waterways

Council okays use of eminent domain to seize Gowanus plots as part of canal cleanup

By Julianne Cuba

Splashing through sludge: Boaters traverse Brooklyn’s Nautical Purgatory in ‘Gowanus Challenge’

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Crab with a side of chemicals: Signs will warn Gowanus anglers about health hazards of eating seafood from canal

By Julianne Cuba

Help from a higher power: EPA can spare century-old Gowanus Station from city’s destruction, Feds say

Cleaning Our Waterways

Help from a higher power: EPA can spare century-old Gowanus Station from city’s destruction, Feds say

By Julianne Cuba

EPA: We found the money to keep Gowanus Canal cleanup going

Cleaning Our Waterways

No Go-wanus: Pilot canal-dredging program stalled, further postponing cleanup effort

By Julianne Cuba

Building a new Fort: Community board approves Ft. Greene Park makeover after months of debate

Meadows of Shame

Prime cuts: Parks department will fell dozens of healthy trees in Ft. Greene Park makeover

By Julianne Cuba

Double D-saster! Gowanus pool could shut for nine years under Feds’ closure plan, says city

Cleaning Our Waterways

Short-term splash: Feds promise to build temporary replacement for beloved Gowanus pool during canal cleanup

By Julianne Cuba

Building a new Fort: Community board approves Ft. Greene Park makeover after months of debate

Meadows of Shame

So much for preservation: Residents blast landmarks agency for okaying Ft. Greene Park plan with ‘meaningless’ changes

By Julianne Cuba

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