Made possible by the generosity of NEWTOWN CREEK Vision Plan 2017 Chrissy Remein OUR APPROACH RK CAG 4Rs Riverkeeper-led Born out of Superfund Framed by 4Rs initiative, with Community Advisory > Remediation Newtown Creek Group Remediation > Restoration Alliance Goals > Recreation > Resiliency OUR PARTNERS P+W The Community New York City Riverkeeper NCA CAG RUN OF SHOW 1:15 PM Introductions and Newtown Creek Orientation 1:45 PM Workshop 1 2:15 PM Break-out Speaker 2:25 PM Workshop 2 2:55 PM Break-out Speaker: Paul Gallay, President of Riverkeeper and Hudson Riverkeeper 3:05 PM Workshop 3 3:35 PM Closing Remarks and Next Steps PLANNING STATIONS Parks and Public Space CSO and Stormwater Delancey Nelson, Partnerships for Parks Julie Welch, SWIM Coalition Mike Mullaley, Partnerships for Parks Korin Tangtrakul, Guardians of Flushing Bay Dora Blount of LIC Roots Penny Lee, City Planning Water Quality Sean Dixon, Riverkeeper Surrounding Street Redesign Holly Porter-Morgan, LaGuardia Community Meritxell Font, Nelson Nygaard College Recreational Boating Industry Brad Kerr, North Brooklyn Boat Club Stephan Fabian, Evergreen Natalie Vichnevsky, Evergreen Ecology and Ecosystems Sarah Durand, LaGuardia Community College Policy Lisa Bloodgood, Newtown Creek Alliance Shorelines Kate Boicourt, Water Front Alliance Marcha Johnson, NYC Parks Department Niki Jackson WILLIS ELKINS Greenpoint Oil SpillGREENPOINT OIL SPILL 1978: Seepage into Creek leads to discovery of 1978 massive plume under GreenpointSeepage into Creek leads to discovery of massive plume under 2002 - 2010: Greenpoint Lawsuits from Riverkeeper (2004) 2002 - 2010 Community members (2006)Lawsuits from Riverkeeper (2004) NY State AG office (2007)Community members (2006) NY State AG office (2007) Today: 13 millions gallons recoveredTODAY 13 millions gallons recovered No active seepage into Newtown Creek No active seepage into Newtown Strong oversight by NYSDECCreek Strong oversight by NYSDEC Source: Ecology and Environments, Inc. 2016 SUPERFUND CLEANUP Superfund Cleanup 2010 • Official Designation by EPA 2010: Official Designation• byPotentially EPA Responsible Parties (PRP): ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, National Grid, Potentially Responsible PartiesPhelps Dodge (PRP): and City of New York ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron,• CNationalommunity Advisory Grid, Group (CAG) in place Phelps Dodge and City of New York TODAY Community Advisory GroupRemedial (CAG) Investigation in place still underway Today: Remedial Investigation2035 still underway Finish Date of Cleanup (estimate) 2035: Finish Date of Cleanup (estimate) Newtown Creek NEWTOWN CREEK Wastewater TreatmentWASTEWATER TREATMENT Plant Upgrade PLANT UPGRADE (2000 - 2012) (2000 - 2012) Increased capacity, decrease odors Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee (NCMC) Creation of Visitor Center on Greenpoint Ave • Increased capacity, decrease odors Nature Walk: • Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee (NCMC) • Creation of Visitor Center on Greenpoint Ave Phase 1 opened in 2007 • Nature Walk: Phase 2 and 3 underway (2019) Phase 1 opened in 2007 Phase 2 and 3 underway (2019) NEWTOWN CREEK ALLIANCE Newtown Creek Alliance Founded in 2002 Founded in 2002 Mission: Mission Restore, Reveal, Revitalize Restore, Reveal, Revitalize Mixed Use Goals: Industrial, Environmental and Mixed Use Goals Community Improvements Industrial, Environmental and Community Improvements Mike Aziz Daniel Windsor THE NATURAL CONTOURS OF THE CREEK WERE TRANSFORMED AS EUROPEAN SETTLERS DRAINED AND FILLED MARSHES TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES HAVE SHAPED THE CREEK OVER THE LAST 300 YEARS 17TH & 18TH CENTURIES EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS Pre-1600s Native American settlement at the head of the Creek. Mid-1600’s The Dutch and the English settlements use the Creek for agriculture and industrial commerce. RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION 1850s Country’s 1st Kerosene Refinery. 1860s 1st Modern Oil Refinery; Railroad installed. 1880s Astral Oil Company, later Standard Oil. 1920-30s Creek evolves as a major shipping hub, a home to sugar refineries, hide tanning plants, canneries & copper wiring plants. A POLLUTED WATERWAY Prior to mid-20th Century: No Industry or Government Regulation on disposal of unwanted by products caused major pollution of the Creek. 17-30 million gallon of underground oil spill, copper contamination, hydrogen sulfide, old tires, car frames, seats and loose paper. LATE 20TH CENTURY A NEW BEGINNING Remediation begins, life returns to the Creek. 1997 The Newtown Creek Alliance forms. 2017 The Newtown Creek Vision Plan begins. NEWTOWN CREEK REMAINS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF MARITIME COMMERCE AND WATERFRONT INDUSTRY NEWTOWN CREEK HOLDS A STRATEGIC LOCATION IN 2 THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, CONNECTED TO ROBUST RAIL, 6 La Guardia MARITIME AND HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE Airport Lincoln Tunnel Sunnyside N Midton Tunnel Rail ard 45 5 olland Tunnel 45 NEWTOWN CREE BOA Williamsburg BR 2 Manhattan BR 78 Fresh Pond Neark Rail ard Airport Battery Tunnel 6 Port Eliabeth Airport Red ook Container Terminal South Brooklyn Marine Terminal 2 JFK Airport th Street ard IT IS ALSO AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE EAST RIVER BETWEEN THE NEW YORK HARBOR AND MOUTH OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND MANUFACTURING USES AROUND THE CREEK HAVE HISTORICALLY LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERWAY FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS AT 3.5 MILES LONG, NEWTOWN CREEK IS LONGER THAN ALL OTHER COMPARABLE SECONDARY WATERWAYS Newtown Creek Flushing Bay & CreekEsri, HERE, DeLorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community Esri, HERE, DeLorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community 1,000 500 0 1,000 Feet 1,000 500 0 1,000 Feet Westchester Creek & Gowanus Canal Bronx River Esri, HERE, DeLorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community Esri, HERE, DeLorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community 1,000 500 0 1,000 Feet 1 mile 1,000 500 0 1,000 Feet NEWTOWN CREEK IS THE #1 SECONDARY WATERWAY IN NYC BY TONNAGE OVER HALF OF THE NEWTOWN CREEK AREA IS OCCUPIED BY INDUSTRIAL & Long Island City MANUFACTURING USES. QUEENS TRANSPORTATION & UTILITY USES OCCUPY NEARLY A THIRD. Hunters Point Sunnyside Greenpoint Maspeth LandUse N/A One &Two Family Buildings Multi-Family Walk-Up Buildings Multi-Family Elevator Buildings Mixed Residential & Commercial Buildings Williamsburg Commercial & Office Buildings Industrial & Manufacturing Transportation & Utility East Williamsburg Public Facilities & Institutions Open Space & Outdoor Recreation BROOKLYN Parking Facilities Vacant Land Ridgewood Bushwick A RANGE OF INTERNAL AND Long Island City EXTERNAL MARKET FORCES AND LAND USE CLUSTERING WILL Hunters Point Sunnyside INFORM LONG-TERM PLANNING AROUND THE CREEK Greenpoint Maspeth Williamsburg East Williamsburg Ridgewood Bushwick C6-7 M1-5 R5 R6B R5 R4 C8-1 C6-6 C5-2.5 C6-6 R8B R8B R10 PARK R6 M1-3 M1-2/R5D C5-2.5 C4-5 M1-5/R10 M1-2/R6A C8-1 R5 PARK C6-4.5 PARK M1-2/R5B M1-1 C4-2A R10 C1-9 R8B PARK C6-4.5 C5-2.5 M1-2/R6A M1-2/R5B C5-3 PARK PARK M1-3/R7X R7-1 C6-4 M1-5 M1-5/R7-3 R5 C6-6 C5-2.5 C5-2.5 M1-5 M1-6 R7-2 R9 M1-5/R9 M1-5/R7-3 R10 R7A R4 C5-2.5 M1-4 M1-1 R7A R7-1 C6-4.5 R8B PARK C5-2 R6A AREAS AROUNDR7-2 THER8B CREEK ARE M1-5/R7-3 M1-6/R10 C6-6 C6-4.5 R10 R10 M3-1 PARK R9X R10 PARK M1-4/R7A M1-6/R10 R4-1 R4-1 C6-4 R4 C4-3 R8B C1-9 M1-4/R6B R6B C5-3 PARK R5B PARK R5D PARK Long Island CityM1-5/R9 ALMOST WHOLLYC5-3 ZONED AS M3, R7-2 M1-4/R6A R6A R5B R5B R7-1 R5B M1-6 C5-2 R8B R9 M1-4/R6B M1-4/R6B C6-1 R8 R5D R5D R6B C1-9A M3-2 M3-1 M1-4/R7A M1-5/R7-3 PARK R6 R6A R7A R7A R4-1 R5 R8B C4-6 M1-5/R7X R5D R7B WHICH SEPARATES HEAVYC1-9A AND LIGHT M1-4/R6B R7X PARK R6A C6-2A R8B C1-9 M1-5/R8A M3-1 M1-4 R5B R7B R8A C4-4A C8-1 R6B PARK R6B PARK M1-4/R6B R6A C5-3 C4-5A PARK R5D R5B PARK M2-3 M1-4/R6B M1-4/R6B R6A M1-1 R4-1 INDUSTRY FROMC6-4A C2-8 OTHERC1-8A R7B USES R5B R8 R7-1 R5 R10 M1-4 M1-5/R7X PARK R7X PARK C5-2 R8B C1-8 Hunters Point C6-4M C6-2 PARK R5D Sunnyside R6 C6-3 R7-3 M3-2 R4-1 R8 M2-1 M1-1 PARK C2-8A C1-9 R5 R5 R4 R5 R9A M1-2 M1-2 PARK R7B R8A C1-9A C2-7 R8B R8 M1-2/R6A M1-2/R6 M1-3 M1-1 M1-1 R8B PARK M1-2 R4B R8B M1-2/R6A M1-1 PARK C1-9A R9A PARK C1-6A R6B M1-2 M1-1 R7B R7B PARK R4B C1-7 M1-1 R6A R4 C6-3X R8 R7A R6A M3-1 R8A C1-8 M1-2/R6A PARK R6 R6 R6B M1-2/R6A C1-6A R7-2 PARK C1-7A R6B R4 PARK C1-7A R8 R8B R8 Greenpoint PARK C8-1 PARK M1-1 R6A R6B R7A C1-6A PARK M1-1 M2-1 PARK PARK M3-2 R8B R8B R8B PARK R6 R8 M1-2/R6A C4-3A R4-1 PARK R7A PARK PARK R6B M1-2 R6B R8 M1-2 M1-1 PARK R7A PARK M1-2 R8 M1-2/R6B R7A Maspeth PARK R7-2 PARK R6 PARK R7A M3-1 PARK R7B R8B M1-1 PARK R6B PARK R8B R7A M3-1 R6A PARK R8B R8B M1-2 R6B R4B C6-2A PARK M3-1 M1-2/R6A M1-1D R5B Commercial District R8A PARK R6 C4-4A PARK R8 M1-2/R6A PARK M1-2/R6A PARK M1-2/R6 M1-1 M3-1 Mixed Use District R7A PARK PARK R6 M1-2/R6B R6A M1-2/R7A PARK M3-1 M1-1 R4B C6-2A PARK M1-2/R6A R6B ManufacturingC6-1 District M3-1 M1-2/R6AWilliamsburg R4-1 R4 R8A PARK R6B M1-2/R6B R6 PARK M1-2/R6B R6A Park R8 C6-2 C6-2 M1-2/R6 M1-1 PARK R6A R6B M1-2/R6B R6B R6A PARK PARK M3-1 R6A R6A R4B Residence District (LowerPARK Density) C6-2 R6 R6A R6 C8-2 R4 PARK M1-4/R6A R7A East WilliamsburgR6B R4-1 R8 R6 R6B PARK M1-2/R6 M1-1 Residence District (Medium and Higher Density) PARK R6A R6B R7A C8-2 R6B R5B PARK R6 M1-2/R6A R6B PARK PARK M3-1 M1-2/R6 M1-2 M1-1 R4B PARK C4-4A R6B R5B R6B C6-4 M1-2 R6A PARK M1-2 PARK C4-3 PARK R5B M1-4 PARK PARK PARK R6B M1-1 R5B R7-3 R7A PARK PARK PARK R4 Ridgewood PARK R6B PARK PARK PARK M1-1 R4 PARK PARK R5B R7X C8-2 M1-1 PARK C4-4 R5B M1-2 Bushwick M3-1 PARK R6B M1-4/R8A R7-1 R6 R6A M1-1 PARK R6B M1-4/R7A R6B R6 R6 R6 M1-1 M3-1 R7A PARK PARK M1-2/R8 R7A R7A R6A M1-2 M1-2 R7A C4-3 R6A Esri,M3-1 HERE, DeLorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMapR6B C4-3Acontributors, andC4-3A the GIS user communityR5D 1,0001,000500500 0 0 1,000 1,000FeetFeet NEWTOWN CREEK BOA LIES WITHIN THREE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS ZONES (IBZS) District 37 Assembleymember 12th District Catherine Nolan Senator Michael Gianaris POLITICAL AND CIVIC BOUNDARIES District 30 VARY GREATLY THROUGH LOCAL, CITY, Assembleymember Brian Barnwell AND STATE DISTRICTS 15th District Senator Joseph P.