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Unprecedented infestation: Invasive beetle species never-before-found in city hits Brooklyn’s Backyard

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Unprecedented infestation: Invasive beetle species never-before-found in city hits Brooklyn’s Backyard

By Colin Mixson

Hell or high water: Our reporter canoes the Gowanus Canal

Cleaning Our Waterways

Hell or high water: Our reporter canoes the Gowanus Canal

By Lauren Gill

Bye, bye birdie: Injured swan dies shortly after being rescued from P’Park Lake

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Bye, bye birdie: Injured swan dies shortly after being rescued from P’Park Lake

By Colin Mixson

Gowanus Canal cleanup begins

Cleaning Our Waterways

Set to scrub: Workers will begin new phase of Gowanus Canal cleanup next week, EPA says

By Lauren Gill

Gowanus Canal cleanup begins

Cleaning Our Waterways

Clean up or pay up! Gowanus polluters threatened with penalties for delaying canal cleanse

By Lauren Gill

Scat-urated! Locals fear more sewage dumping in Coney creek

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Scat-urated! Locals fear more sewage dumping in Coney creek

By Caroline Spivack

Dump on Trump: Williamsburg comedy club offering free entry to Muslims

Cleaning Our Waterways

Yuck! Gowanus polluters could stall cleanup for up to eight years

By Lauren Gill

EXCLUSIVE: Kentile Floors sign and Under the Tracks Playground restoration plan revealed!

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EXCLUSIVE: Kentile Floors sign and Under the Tracks Playground restoration plan revealed!

By Lauren Gill

Smartwater advertising on filthy Gowanus Canal

Cleaning Our Waterways

Smartwater advertising on filthy Gowanus Canal

By Lauren Gill

Emancipation desecration! Prospect Park’s historic Lincoln statue vandalized

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Emancipation desecration! Prospect Park’s historic Lincoln statue vandalized

By Colin Mixson

Gowanus Canal cleanup begins

Cleaning Our Waterways

Gowanus Canal cleanup begins

By Lauren Gill

Gowanus 1, Flotilla 0: Canal kills boats that float in inaugural ‘Tides of October’

Cleaning Our Waterways

Gowanus 1, Flotilla 0: Canal kills boats that float in inaugural ‘Tides of October’

By Lauren Gill

Grassy goal: Locals demand Bridge Park replace dog run’s stony surface with turf

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Grassy goal: Locals demand Bridge Park replace dog run’s stony surface with turf

By Lauren Gill

A bridge too wha? Squibb span still closed after 17 months with no explanation

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Condo developer further damages Squibb Bridge, total repairs could cost more than $3M

By Lauren Gill

Anti-‘America’: Locals don’t want statue ‘advertising’ Cap in Prospect Park

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Anti-‘America’: Locals don’t want statue ‘advertising’ Cap in Prospect Park

By Colin Mixson

A bridge too wha? Squibb span still closed after 17 months with no explanation

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Scared stiff! Park: Bouncy Squibb Bridge back next spring with much less bounce

By Lauren Gill

There is nowhere for dogs to swim in Prospect Park this summer

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There is nowhere for dogs to swim in Prospect Park this summer

By Colin Mixson

Do you recognize this Gowanus Canal swimmer?

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Do you recognize this Gowanus Canal swimmer?

By Lauren Gill

Weed all about it! Rev. Billy spreads word about controversial herbicide

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Weed all about it! Rev. Billy spreads word about controversial herbicide

By Colin Mixson

Man on a mission: ‘Americans’ studio owner fights city land grab

Cleaning Our Waterways

Two thumbs up: Feds OK city plan to seize Gowanus film studio

By Lauren Gill

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