Survey summary *

Total surveys: 518

5 zip codes with most respondents # surveys

11101 Long Island City (eastern), 50

11109 Long Island City (western), Queens 25

11211 Williamsburg, 86

11222 Greenpoint, Brooklyn 157

11378 Maspeth, Queens 77 1 Have you been affected by the construction of the * Wastewater Treatment Plant?

Affected by WWTP 34% Not affected by WWTP 46% No response 20% 1 Have you been affected by the construction of the Newtown Creek Wastewater * Treatment Plant?

Not Most common zip codes Affected affected

11101 Long Island City (east), Queens 24% 76%

11109 Long Island City (west), Queens 19% 81%

11211 Williamsburg, Brooklyn 36% 64%

11222 Greenpoint, Brooklyn 54% 46%

11378 Maspeth, Queens 85% 15% 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often?

Brooklyn parks: Cumulative data summary

Frequency of use

Once a A couple of Once a Use at least Every week or times a month once per Park day more month or fewer Never week McCarren Park 16% 26% 12% 12% 13% 42% Monsignor McGolrick Park 9% 12% 11% 14% 24% 21% Greenpoint Playground 4% 6% 7% 10% 37% 9% American Playground 3% 6% 5% 8% 38% 9% 0% 8% 7% 8% 10% 8% Transmitter Playground 3% 5% 6% 10% 36% 7% Avenue Streetend Park 2% 5% 6% 11% 36% 7% Newtown Barge Playground 1% 3% 4% 10% 41% 4% 0% 2% 3% 4% 20% 3% Nature Walk at Newtown Creek Plant 0% 2% 3% 10% 16% 2% 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often? * Brooklyn parks: Data summary by zip code

Percent that use park at least once per week

All Park 11101 11109 11211 11222 11378 surveys McCarren Park 4% 4% 64% 71% 5% 42% Monsignor McGolrick Park 2% 0% 12% 51% 0% 21% 2% 0% 24% 24% 4% 8% Greenpoint Playground 2% 0% 3% 18% 0% 9% American Playground 0% 0% 3% 23% 0% 9% Transmitter Playground 0% 0% 1% 18% 0% 7% Manhattan Avenue Streetend Park 0% 0% 5% 12% 1% 7% Nature Walk at Newtown Creek Plant 0% 0% 0% 6% 0% 2% Bushwick Inlet Park 0% 0% 3% 4% 1% 3% Newtown Barge Playground 2% 0% 0% 6% 0% 4% 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often? * Brooklyn parks: Data summary by WWTP impact

Percent that use park at least once per week

Not All Park Affected affected surveys* McCarren Park 58% 48% 42% Monsignor McGolrick Park 31% 19% 21% East River State Park 21% 23% 8% Greenpoint Playground 20% 6% 9% American Playground 24% 8% 9% Transmitter Playground 16% 6% 7% Manhattan Avenue Streetend Park 17% 4% 7% Nature Walk at Newtown Creek Plant 14% 3% 2% Bushwick Inlet Park 15% 1% 3% Newtown Barge Playground 11% 2% 4%

*Includes surveys that had no response to being affected by Newtown WWTP 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often?

Brooklyn parks: data presentation

By percent that use park more than once per week By average use ranking Heavy use (>20%) Heavy use McCarren Park McCarren Park Monsignor McGolrick Park Monsignor McGolrick Park Moderate use (5-20%) East River State Park Greenpoint Playground Moderate use American Playground Greenpoint Playground East River State Park American Playground Transmitter Playground Transmitter Playground Manhattan Avenue Streetend Park Manhattan Avenue Streetend Park Low use (<5%) Low use Newtown Barge Playground Nature Walk at Newtown Creek Plant Bushwick Inlet Park Bushwick Inlet Park Nature Walk at Newtown Creek Plant Newtown Barge Playground 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often?

Queens parks: Cumulative data summary

Frequency of use

Once a A couple Once a Use at least week or of times a month or once per Park Every day more month fewer Never week Hunter's Point Park 3% 4% 6% 10% 39% 8% Principe Park 1% 4% 3% 2% 23% 6% 2% 3% 3% 6% 19% 5% John Andrews Playground 2% 3% 4% 4% 23% 4% Murray Playground 2% 2% 5% 7% 44% 4% Reiff Park 1% 1% 3% 2% 23% 3% Bridge & Tunnel Park 1% 2% 4% 9% 45% 2% 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often? * Queens parks: Data summary by zip code

Percent that use park at least once per week

All Park 11101 11109 11211 11222 11378 surveys Gantry Plaza State Park 6% 32% 0% 3% 3% 5% Hunter's Point Park 32% 36% 0% 2% 3% 8%

John Andrews Playground 20% 16% 0% 1% 1% 4% Principe Park 0% 0% 0% 0% 32% 6% Reiff Park 0% 0% 0% 0% 16% 3% Murray Playground 22% 8% 0% 1% 0% 4% Bridge & Tunnel Park 6% 4% 0% 1% 0% 2% 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often? *

Queens parks: Data summary by WWTP impact

Percent that use park at least once per week

Not All Park Affected affected surveys* Gantry Plaza State Park 10% 17% 5% Hunter's Point Park 8% 14% 8% John Andrews Playground 20% 8% 4% Principe Park 28% 2% 6% Reiff Park 13% 5% 3% Murray Playground 7% 6% 4% Bridge & Tunnel Park 3% 3% 2%

*Includes surveys that had no response to being affected by Newtown WWTP 2 Which of these parks do you visit, and how often?

Queens parks: data presentation

By percent that use park more than once per week By average use ranking Heavy use (>5%) Heavy use Hunter's Point Park Gantry Plaza State Park Principe Park Hunter's Point Park Moderate use (4-5%) Moderate use Gantry Plaza State Park John Andrews Playground John Andrews Playground Principe Park Murray Playground Low use Low use (<4%) Reiff Park Reiff Park Murray Playground Bridge & Tunnel Park Bridge & Tunnel Park 3 Which of the following activities have you, or people in your household, done in these parks during the last 12 months? Cumulative data summary

Activities done in the park in the Rank past 12 months Percent 1 Passive recreation 80% 2 Active recreation 65% 3 Attending events 51% 4 Going to playground with kids 41% 5 Sports 38% 6 Picnicking or barbecuing 37% 7 Walking your dog 31% 3 Which of the following activities have you, or people in your household, done in these* parks during the last 12 months? Data summary by zip code

Activities done in the park in All the past 12 months 11101 11109 11211 11222 11378 surveys Passive recreation 76% 92% 86% 87% 71% 80% Active recreation 64% 68% 77% 73% 49% 65% Attending events 48% 60% 59% 59% 26% 51% Going to playground with kids 12% 28% 42% 48% 35% 41% Sports 28% 24% 38% 36% 34% 38% Picnicking or barbecuing 28% 40% 47% 46% 10% 37% Walking your dog 32% 60% 36% 33% 34% 31% 3 Which of the following activities have you, or people in your household, done in these* parks during the last 12 months?

Data summary by WWTP impact

Activities done in the park in the Not All past 12 months Affected affected surveys* Passive recreation 84% 82% 80% Active recreation 69% 63% 65% Attending events 47% 55% 51% Going to playground with kids 43% 36% 41% Sports 43% 33% 38% Picnicking or barbecuing 35% 42% 37% Walking your dog 30% 27% 31% *Includes surveys that had no response to being affected by Newtown WWTP 3 Which of the following activities have you, or people in your household, done in these parks during the last 12 months? Data presentation

Activities done in the park in the past 12 months

Passive recreation 80%

Active recreation 65%

Attending events 51%

Going to playground with kids 41%

Sports 38%

Picnicking or barbecuing 37%

Walking your dog 31% 4 Rank Activities you would like to do in parks Percent 1 Movies 60% If they were available, which of the 2 Concerts 59% following activities would you, or 3 Neighborhood festivals 55% people in your household, like to 4 Enjoy views of the water 54% 5 Swimming 50% do in these parks in the future? 6 Community gardening 50% 7 Picnicking or barbecuing 49% Cumulative data summary 8 View art or sculpture 47% 9 Bicycling 44% 10 Boating/kayaking 40% 11 Theater 40% 12 Go to playground with kids 34% 13 Let your dog play in dog run 33% 14 Composting 32% 15 Science or environmental programs for kids 31% 16 Tennis 29% 17 Dance 27% 18 Soccer 26% 19 Sports instruction for kids 25% 20 Basketball 21% 21 Baseball 20% 22 Sports leagues 20% 23 Volleyball 18% 24 Football 12% 25 Cricket 3% 4 If they were available, which of the following activities would you, or people in your* household, like to do in these parks in the future?

Data summary by zip code Most preferred activities Concerts (56%) 11101 Enjoy views of the water (54%) Neighborhood festivals (54%) Concerts (76%) 11109 Boating/Kayaking (72%) Movies(72%) Movies (77%) 11211 Concerts (73%) Neighborhood festivals (71%) Movies (70%) 11222 Enjoy views of the water (68%) Community gardening (64%) Community gardening (46%) 11378 Let your dog play in dog run (42%) Neighborhood festivals (42%) All surveys Movies (60%) Concerts (59%) Neighborhood festivals (55%) 4 If they were available, which of the following activities would you, or people in your* household, like to do in these parks in the future?

Data summary by WWTP impact

Most preferred activities Community gardening (58%) Affected Neighborhood festivals (57%) Movies (54%) Concerts (66%) Not affected Movies (65%) Enjoy views of the water (61%) Movies (60%) Concerts (59%) All surveys* Neighborhood festivals (55%)

*Includes surveys that had no response to being affected by Newtown WWTP 4 If they were available, which of the following activities would you, or people in your household, like to do in these parks in the future? Data presentation

Most preferred (>50%) Moderately preferred (25%-50%) Least preferred (<25%)

Movies (60%) Picnicking or barbecuing (49%) Basketball (21%) Concerts (59%) View art or sculpture (47%) Baseball (20%) Neighborhood festivals (55%) Bicycling (44%) Sports leagues (20%) Enjoy views of the water (54%) Boating/kayaking (40%) Volleyball (18%) Swimming (50%) Theater (40%) Football (12%) Community gardening (50%) Go to playground with kids (34%) Cricket (3%) Let your dog play in dog run (33%) Composting (32%) Science or environmental programs for kids (31%) Tennis (29%) Dance (27%) Soccer (26%) Sports instruction for kids (25%) 5 Please rank the following possible uses of funds in your preference order, with 1 being the most important and 9 being the least important. Cumulative data summary

All responses Correctly ranked 1-9

Average % ranked Average % ranked Potential uses ranking 1st or 2nd ranking 1st or 2nd

Renovation of existing parks 3.33 43 3.51 46

Creation of new parks 3.96 41 4.18 43

Tree planting and tree care in the Depending on which data parks and on the streets 4.41 32 4.54 25 are used, the results of these two choices flip if Building and preserving community } ranking by strength of gardens 4.66 17 4.7 27 preference.

Gaining better access to the waterfront 4.69 24 4.81 14 If using data only from Programming and activities in the those that used the correct parks 5.14 17 5.54 10 scale, these two choices Programming and activities along flip depending on if the } average rank or strength of and around the waterfront 5.44 14 5.56 13 preference is used. Adding sports facilities and playgrounds to existing parks 5.52 15 5.78 11

Stormwater management 6.53 8 6.37 11 5 Please rank the following possible uses of funds in your preference order, with 1 being the most important and 9 being the least important. Data summary by zip code * Percent of respondents that ranked use as 1st or 2nd most important (top 3 for each marked in red)

Potential uses All 11101 11109 11211 11222 11378 surveys Renovation of existing parks 46% 48% 61% 56% 34% 43% Creation of new parks 43% 38% 37% 35% 89% 41% Tree planting and tree care in the parks and on the streets 26% 10% 38% 25% 33% 32%

Building and preserving community gardens 24% 30% 22% 14% 22% 17% Gaining better access to the waterfront 37% 20% 17% 39% 6% 24% Programming and activities in the parks 33% 20% 15% 18% 8% 17% Programming and activities along and around the waterfront 36% 23% 10% 16% 2% 14% Adding sports facilities and playgrounds to existing parks 31% 21% 18% 15% 4% 15% Stormwater management 9% 5% 6% 9% 14% 8% 5 Please rank the following possible uses of funds in your preference order, with 1 being the most important and 9 being the least important. Data summary by WWTP impact * Percent of respondents that ranked use as 1st or 2nd most important (top 3 for each marked in red)

Potential uses Not All Affected affected surveys* Renovation of existing parks 48% 50% 43% Creation of new parks 57% 40% 41% Tree planting and tree care in the parks and on the streets 26% 28% 32% Building and preserving community gardens 17% 20% 17%

Gaining better access to the waterfront 27% 31% 24% Programming and activities in the parks 14% 19% 17% Programming and activities along and around the waterfront 12% 19% 14% Adding sports facilities and playgrounds to existing parks 12% 19% 15% Stormwater management 10% 11% 8%

*Includes surveys that had no response to being affected by Newtown WWTP 5 Please rank the following possible uses of funds in your preference order, with 1 being the most important and 9 being the least important. Data presentation By average ranking By strength of preference Most important Most important Renovation of existing parks Renovation of existing parks Creation of new parks Creation of new parks

Tree planting and tree care in the parks and Tree planting and tree care in the parks and on the streets on the streets Moderately important Moderately important

Building and preserving community gardens Gaining better access to the waterfront

Gaining better access to the waterfront Building and preserving community gardens

Programming and activities in the parks Programming and activities in the parks Least important Least important

Adding sports facilities and playgrounds to Programming and activities along and existing parks around the waterfront

Adding sports facilities and playgrounds to Programming and activities along and existing parks around the waterfront Stormwater management Stormwater management