Annual North Brooklyn Dolphin Sightings Continue at Newtown Creek Nature Walk – Greenpointers
As if we didn’t have sufficient factors to tidy up the Superfund super star that is Newtown Creek, a set of dolphins were found in the Whale Creek Tributary, which runs along with the Newtown Creek Nature Stroll.
Sadly for stated dolphins, the EPA has actually postponed the much-needed Newtown Creek clean-up– among the most contaminated waterways in the country thanks to sewage discarding, commercial contamination, and oil spillage, which made it a Superfund classification in 2010– up until 2032 (yes, 32, not 23). The firm partly associates the timeline shift to comprehensive groundwater tracking below creekside homes.
This dolphin sighting follows a summertime 2022 sighting at Bushwick Inlet (though that dolphin was regretfully deceased) and spring 2021 sighting at Transmitter Park; we can just start to hypothesize where they’ll set their sights on for next year.
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