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NYC Urban Ecosystem Toolbox: Newtown Creek

NYPL books, atlases, maps, and online content.

Useful Catalog Subject Headings

New York (State) Newtown Creek (Kings County-Queens County)

Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.)

Newtown Creek (Kings County and Queens County, N.Y.) -- Maps

Collection Highlights: Maps and Charts

Map of Newtown Creek and vicinity by City of Brooklyn Dept. of Health
Publication Date: 1896
Map showing the original high and low grounds, salt marsh and shore lines in the city of Brooklyn from original government surveys made in 1776-7. by [Board of Health?]
Publication Date: [1876]

Collection Highlights: Books and Atlases

Greenpoint Brooklyn's forgotten past by Geoffrey Cobb
Publication Date: 2015
Greenpoint neighborhood history guide by Marcia Reiss
Publication Date: 2005
Hidden waters of New York City : a history and guide to 101 forgotten lakes, ponds, creeks, and streams in the five boroughs by Sergey Kadinsky
Publication Date: 2016
Newtown Creek, N.Y. : hearings on the subject of the improvement of Newtown Creek, N.Y. by US Congress, Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Publication Date: 1918
Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Project WP-53 201 Facilities Plan : public review draft by Greeley and Hansen
Publication Date: 1980

Newtown Creek

Newtown Creek map

Map of Newtown Creek and vicinity (1896)

Online Resources

Newtown Creek -- NYPL Digital Collections

NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study (HATS) -- US Army Corps of Engineers

New York Harbor Water Quality Results Maps

Office of the Coast Survey: Chart Locator

Newtown Creek Alliance

US Environmental Protection Agency Newtown Creek Superfund Site

Controlling Depth Reports and Surveys -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers