BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The infamous Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is welcoming back canoeists after years of extensive environmental remediation efforts. This milestone marks a significant step in the ...

Georgia resident and author Vincent Coppola's memoir "Gowanus Crossing" about his childhood in Brooklyn captures a vanishing sense of community.

The Gowanus Canal is a mysterious and oft-misunderstood waterway. Its waters are heavily polluted and its bed covered in a thick coating of old industrial sludge called “black mayonnaise.” In ...

She’s seas-ing the moment. An Olympic sailor navigated her way though the notoriously filthy and “shocking” shores of the Gowanus Canal Wednesday — just days before she hoists anchor on her bid to ...

“Chronos” (2014), from Gowanus Waters by Steven Hirsch (courtesy the artist and Powerhouse Books) “One spring day, we visited the canal and Hirsch saw, for the first time, the water teeming with tiny ...

They love doing the dirty work. The city started its long-awaited $1.6 billion project to build sewage containers beneath Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal aimed at preventing further pollution of New ...

If Gowanus is known for anything, it’s filthy water. But that legacy may change down the line with not only the dredging of the Gowanus Canal and a rezoning away from industrial uses, but now the ...

Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, known for its unmistakable odor and Superfund status, is also a window into history. From the early days of Brooklyn industry through to the present wave of residential ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In an Eyewitness News Exclusive report there is bad news for people who leave near one of the toxic waterways in New York. It's taken forever to clean up the polluted Gowanus Canal ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Chief Climate Officer and New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala, and U.S. Environmental Protection ...