Coney Island Creek Monitor Project

in association with Neighborhood Improvement Organization, Friends of Kaiser Park.

IMAGINE THE CONEY ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE
Coming Soon!
Volunteer on the Coney Island Creek Monitor Project- for boat trip schedules email

Coney Island Creek Awareness Day Flotilla Clean-up- May ??at Kaiser Park, from 11 am. UD, NIO, FOKP, CB13, local officials. Postponed for 05. Kaiser Park Restoration Begins.

Calling Eco-Volunteers, Canoers. Kayakers and other paddlers. Coney Island Creek Monitor Project- for more info email
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July 25, 04- Eco-Cruise Rediscover the Coney Island Creek-with Author Charles Denson in association with Neighborhood Improvement Organization. Advance Registration required for Reg form click here!or Call Eddie Marks (NIO)- 718-333- 9000
<<actual photo, Oct.2003
The Coney Island Creek although it a very environmentally challenged estuary, it still provides a sanctuary for acquatic birds.These photos were taken on the creek in Sept 2003 on UD's Eco-Cruise- Discover NY/NJ Harbor's Hidden Estuaries on National Estuaries Day.
Coming Up! JULY 31, 04-REDISCOVER The Coney Island Creek With Author Charles Denson- Charles Denson is a Coney Island native and author of the award-winning book “Coney Island: Lost and Found.” His interest in the preservation and restoration of urban creeks and wetlands evolved into a new book in progress: “Politics of Pollution: The Story of Coney Island Creek.” advance reg. is required. see insert on left or click here!
Key Span begins phase #1 of 16 acre brownfield clean-up along side of the Coney Island Creek- Nov 2004.
<<Original UD photos, 3/3/04 >> In 1995, The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation required Key Span Energy to clean up and remove all contaminants from the 16 acres site and an adjacent 3,000 plus foot stretch of the Coney Island Creek. The first phase of the mitigation requires the dredging of contaminants from the creek bed, installation of a protective wall along the creek to prevent further leaching of pollutants, and replacement of the creek bed with clean sand. The second remedial phase involves cleaning up the entire site, including the removal of several foot-thick layer of soil that will be replaced with clean fill. "It is during this phase that the marsh could constructed. The clean fill could be used to create the environment for the new wetland refuge"- ( - Charles Denson -Coney Island Creek Wildlife Refuge Proposal). Phase 3 - Requires dredging of a least of 3ft of contaminated sediment from Stillwell Ave Bridge to the mouth of the creek- Key Span began phase 1 of clean-up in November 2003. If you would like to obtain a copy of Charles Denson's visionary proposal for a wildlife refuge, email, urbandivers@urbandivers.org or crdenson@earthlink.org
The headwaters on the far left marks the point where the creek was filled- in during the turn of century attaching Coney "Island" to the mainland of Brooklyn. The tunnel supposedly drains from Sheepshead bay.