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Toxic summer! Contamination studies to begin at Newtown Creek

Cleaning Our Waterways

Dump schmuck: Bed-Stuy biz flushed toxic waste into Newtown Creek

By Allegra Hobbs

Nursery slime: Landscapers launch floating herb garden in the Gowanus Canal

Cleaning Our Waterways

Nursery slime: Landscapers launch floating herb garden in the Gowanus Canal

By Colin Mixson

Dogs’ swimming hole in Prospect Park is toxic

Meadows of Shame

Dogs’ swimming hole in Prospect Park is toxic

By Allegra Hobbs

Red Hookers: Ball field cleanup could cause more flooding in ’hood

Meadows of Shame

Red Hookers: Ball field cleanup could cause more flooding in ’hood

By Max Jaeger

This is a cartoon of a crying squirrel.

Meadows of Shame

Lead Hook: Ball fields laden with heavy metal, says EPA

By Max Jaeger

Everyone into the Double D!

Cleaning Our Waterways

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

By Allegra Hobbs

Butts out! Transmitter Park seating shrinks, leaving less room for rumps

Meadows of Shame

Butts out! Transmitter Park seating shrinks, leaving less room for rumps

By Danielle Furfaro

City yet to fix McCarren Park slime problem

Meadows of Shame

City yet to fix McCarren Park slime problem

By Danielle Furfaro

All clear! Test proves Gowanus was OK for a swim

Cleaning Our Waterways

All clear! Test proves Gowanus was OK for a swim

By Noah Hurowitz

Recap: The Great Gowanus Canal Swim of 2015 — with slideshow!

Cleaning Our Waterways

Recap: The Great Gowanus Canal Swim of 2015 — with slideshow!

By Armand Diphthong and Noah Hurowitz

Love it or hate it, here’s our look back at 2009

Cleaning Our Waterways

LIVE BLOG: Man swims the Gowanus Canal — the world’s most polluted waterway!

By The Brooklyn Paper Swim Team

Sleeping with the fishes: Group hopes man-made ecosystem brings life back to Newtown Creek

Cleaning Our Waterways

Sleeping with the fishes: Group hopes man-made ecosystem brings life back to Newtown Creek

By Danielle Furfaro

Don’t do it! Feds warn this guy not to swim in Canal

Cleaning Our Waterways

Don’t do it! Feds warn this guy not to swim in Canal

By Noah Hurowitz

Love it or hate it, here’s our look back at 2009

Cleaning Our Waterways

Toxic avenger! Activist to swim Gowanus

By Noah Hurowitz

Dogs unleashed in Coffey Park

Meadows of Shame

Coffey talk: Park won’t reopen for two more months

By Noah Hurowitz

Pay to playground: McGolrick Park scores spruce-up

Meadows of Shame

Pay to playground: McGolrick Park scores spruce-up

By Danielle Furfaro

Girl Scouts aim to rout Gowanus pollution

Cleaning Our Waterways

Girl Scouts aim to rout Gowanus pollution

By Noah Hurowitz

Lightstone development will be disaster for Gowanus, activists say

Cleaning Our Waterways

Developer digs deeper into pockets for Gowanus cleanup deal

By Noah Hurowitz

Parks big: Sorry for Red Hook fence snafu

Meadows of Shame

Parks big: Sorry for Red Hook fence snafu

By Noah Hurowitz

G’point mom: Women, kids locked in McCarren Park bathroom on Memorial Day

Meadows of Shame

G’point mom: Women, kids locked in McCarren Park bathroom on Memorial Day

By Danielle Furfaro

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